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Aimee Semple McPherson was Christendom's most flamboyant evangelist...
Soul-Winning Business. Last week some 3,000 of the faithful, from every state in the union and eight countries, gathered at her "jolly, gaudy" Temple for the 41st annual convention of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Membership, reported Church President Rolf McPherson, 50, Aimee's only son, has reached a record 218,800. The Angelus Temple has spawned more than 750 daughter churches and 1,300 mission stations in 27 countries; graduates from its three Bible colleges will carry the faith to eight more lands in 1964. The church now boasts gross assets of $41 million...
...success seems largely due to the shrewd management of muzzy, homey Rolf McPherson, who looks, says one colleague, "like the man who comes onstage from the side and takes the third seat from the center." McPherson, who lives modestly in a middle-class Los Angeles suburb, has a Scotsman's knack for paring pennies and replenishing coffers. He himself attributes the church's survival to his mother's vision. "Soul winning is the one big business of the church," she declared; most of her convert-seeking followers tithe, while many give up weekends to build or repair...
Before this comedy Northeastern pitcher Dick McPherson had commenced the inning with a 360 ft. home-run, a wild pitch had set-up a second run, and Harvard pitcher Dick Garibaldi, who took the loss, had walked in another...
...Canada's acrobatic Donald McPherson. 18: the men's figure skating title at the world championships in Cortina, Italy. Trailing in fourth place, 38 points behind after the compulsory "school figures." McPherson grimly took to the ice in 5° cold, put on a dazzling display of free skating that drew scores as high as 5.9 (perfect: 6.0) from the judges...