Rolf McPherson

Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson (born March 23, 1913, in Providence, Rhode Island) is the son of the late Aimee Semple McPherson and half-brother to Roberta Star Semple. After his mother's death in 1944, he led the denomination she founded -- the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel -- for 44 years, and retired from all church duties in 1997. He is also the President of Foursquare Gospel Church, and he still attends the church every week. ^[1]

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^ "Lorna McPherson, 82, Of the Angelus Temple", New York Times, June 18, 1993. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. "The Rev. Lorna Dee McPherson, daughter-in-law of the famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and a former minister of her Angelus Temple, died on June 11 at her home in the Los Feliz area. She was 82. The cause of death was emphysema and asthma, said the Rev. William Chavez, a longtime friend and fellow minister. Known as Sister Lorna Dee to followers, Mrs. McPherson was a former vice president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, which included more than 600 congregations and a Bible college. Mrs. McPherson was elected to the post in 1944 when her husband, Rolf K. McPherson, succeeded his mother as president and chief minister of Angelus Temple following her death. She is survived by her husband and a daughter, Kay. Aimee Semple McPherson founded Angelus Temple in the early 1920's, when her brand of fundamentalist Christianity, stressing the "born-again" experience, divine healing and evangelism, was popular in the United States. She died on Sept. 27, 1944, of shock and respiratory failure attributed to an overdose of sleeping pills. ..."