George Frederick Pentecost (1842–1920) was a prominent American evangelist and co-worker with
Revivalist D.L. Moody.
Biography
He was born September 23, 1842, in
Albion, Illinois
Albion is a city in and the county seat of Edwards County, Illinois, Edwards County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2020 census. The city was named "Albion" after an ancient and poetic reference to the island of Great Bri ...
, to Hugh Lockett and Emma Flower Pentecost, who was the daughter of Albion's founder
George Flower
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(1788–1862). George's brother,
Hugh O. Pentecost, was also a minister and activist.
Pentecost responded to Hindu criticism of slums, saying "Some of the brahmans of India have dared to make an attack upon Christianity. They take the slums of New York and Chicago and ask us why we do not cure ourselves. They take what is outside the pale of Christianity and judge Christianity by it."
Pentecost spoke against the behavior of westerners in Asian countries.
Pentecost spoke out against western imperialism in Asian countries and asserted that the actions of western nations did not come from Christianity.
He died August 7, 1920, in New York while travelling to preach. He had pastored Congregational, Baptist and Presbyterian Churches, latterly Bethany Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
Obituary
Moody Bible Institute Monthly
See also
* Religious views on smoking § Christianity
References
* ''George F Pentecost DD: A Biographical Sketch with Bible Readings and Experiences with Inquirers.'' London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1882.
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American evangelists
1920 deaths
1842 births
People from Albion, Illinois