Biographical Sketch

"Demonstrator of the Spirit"

I heard the voice of Jesus calling me to go out in the highways and hedges and gather in the lost sheep, she wrote. But one thing stopped her, she was a woman. Sister Etter pioneered the way for the Pentecostal manifestations that are so common in the movement today. She studied the Word and began preaching His divine will in healing. It did not take long to see that evangelism and healing went hand in hand as thousands were won to Christ as a result of seeing others healed. Maria was the only leading evangelist of the Holiness Movement who embraced the Pentecostal experience of speaking in tongues. Sister Etter's faith caused her to continue when many others would have given up.

· buried six children and two husbands before she died.

· had an open cancer on the back of her neck,
yet delivered miraculous healings to the multitudes.

· would only raise her tiny hand and hundreds
would fall under the power of God.

· built one of the largest Pentecostal Holiness churches in America,
seating 500 people.

Church build in 1918

Etter's early years

Etter's ministry associates

Etter with a cherokee friend

Etter and some friends

Etter and some more friends

Etter on a horse

One of many tents used

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