Frank Bartleman

Frank Bartleman
Born December 14, 1871
Died August 23, 1936 (aged 64)
Occupation Author, Evangelist, Missionary
Website
frankbartleman.blogspot.com

Frank Bartleman (December 14, 1871 – August 23, 1936) was an American Pentecostal writer, evangelist and missionary. He was converted to Pentecostalism and also became a preacher in 1892. He began his writing career in 1905.

Early Life

Bartleman was born the third of five sons on a farm near Carversville, Pensylvania to Frank Bartleman, a strict German and Roman Catholic immigrant and Margaret (Hellyer) Bartleman, an American-born Quaker of English and Welsh stock. Bartleman worked on his parent's farm until he moved to Philidelphia at age 17. Here, he worked odd jobs and attended Grace Baptist Church, where he was converted on October 15, 1893. The following summer he began formal preparation for full-time ministry at Temple University. He also studied briefly at the Moody Bible Institute. In the following years Bartleman ministered with the Salvation Army, the Wesleyan Mthodists, Pillar of Fire, and Peniel Missions.

On May 2, 1990, Bartleman married Anna Ladd, a Bulgarian woman who had been adopted and raised by American Methodist missionaries to Bulgaria. The Bartlemans had four children together. Their first child, Esther, died shortly after birth and in Frank recommitted his commitment to ministry as a result.

From 1906 to 1908, Bartleman attended prayer meetings led by William J. Seymour prior to the Azusa Street Revival.[1]

Achievements

Bartleman wrote many daily articles for Pentecostal magazines and documented the events that led up to the 1906 Los Angeles revival. Through his writing he accomplished much in the area of evangelism during his lifetime. His book Azusa Street describes the events surrounding the Pentecostal revival. He authored six books, four pamphlets, over five hundred and fifty published articles, and one hundred tracts. Bartleman is best remembered for his chronicles of the 1906 Los Angeles revival.[2]

After the Los Angeles revival and his missionary work (ending with the start of World War I) he returned to evangelistic and street work until his death in 1936. He is buried in Burbank, CA, at Valhalla Memorial Park.[1]

Missionary Work

After joining Alma White and the Pillar of Fire holiness church in Denver, Bartleman continued the work that became his lifelong mission – working with down-and-outs, alcoholics and wayward girls, mostly in inner city rescue missions.[3] Bartleman's first mission work began while he was studying at Temple University. He set out in slums, he first set out for the Middle Alley and Trout Street areas, and evangelized. For a short time after quitting a shoe job in 1895, Bartleman made ends meet selling religious books, which he used as an opportunity to spread the Gospel. In February of 1897, Bartleman entered the Salvation Army. [4] In addition to missionary work in America, Bartleman also ministered in China sometime between 1908 and 1916, joining other Azusa inspired missionaries like Alfred Goodrich Garr.[5]

List of works

Frank Bartleman was the authored the following works:

In addition to the these works, Bartleman was also a contributor to the following publications[1]:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robeck, Cecil M. Jr. (2002). "Bartleman, Frank". In Stanley M. Burgess. The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements. (Rev. and expanded ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House. p. 366. ISBN 0310224810.
  2. ↑ http://www.tribwatch.com/azusa.htm Azusa Street Mission by David Cloud
  3. ↑ "Revival Library". April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Bartleman, Frank. From Plow to Pulpit: From Maine to California. 5606 Isleta Drive, Los Angeles, California: Order of F. BARTLEMAN.
  5. ↑ Espinosa, Gastòn (2014). William J. Seymour and the Origins of Global Pentecostalism. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822356356.

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