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On this episode of Our American Stories, seeing Los Angeles beginning to bustle, Aimee Semple McPherson built a 5,000-seat church building with stained-glass windows to bring a Four-Square gospel to the people there. From radio broadcasting to illustrated sermons, this first megachurch was just the home base of this vibrant preacher and just the beginning of a movement. Dr. Matthew Sutton, the author of Aimee Semple McPherson and The Ressurection of Christian America, tells the story.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, seeing Los Angeles beginning to bustle, Aimee Semple McPherson built a 5,000-seat church building with stained-glass windows to bring a Four-Square gospel to the people there. From radio broadcasting to illustrated sermons, this first megachurch was just the home base of this vibrant preacher and just the beginning of a movement. Dr. Matthew Sutton, the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Semple-McPherson-Resurrection-Christian-America/dp/0674032535">Aimee Semple McPherson and The Ressurection of Christian America</a>, tells the story.
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Aimee Semple McPherson and The Origins of The Megachurch

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