Anointed to ServeThe history and events that shaped and made the Assemblies of God as they are today.Summary of pages read: This book was a very helpful and insightful book . Let me break it down chapter by chapter.Ch. 1 was the background chapter before 1900. This chapter showed the years of social revolution. The people were content and had no desire to seek God in prayer. There was extreme self-righteousness and the churches were “dead.” Many false teachings have also shaken the nation. The worst was Kantian idealism from Germany and the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859. But not all was bad in America. From this theological mix came great advances for Christianity, such as the Princeton Theory and fundamentalism. The holiness movement was also gaining strength. The holiness movement is perhaps one of the greatest beneficiaries of the Assemblies of God. Charismatic movements within the Catholic Church were also important. And finally, in this chapter he brought out the important fact that at least 11 people spoke in tongues and many were healed in the early tent meetings.Ch. 2 discussions on the Topeka revivals (1900-1901). On January 1, 1901, the charismatic renewal broke out. This chapter talks at length about Charles F. Parham. The most important of these was the creation of a “House of Faith” and the information journal on holiness “The Apostolic Faith”. The “Faith Home” has become Bethel Bible Collage and the front line for speaking in tongues and other gifts of the Holy Spirit. This collage is where Miss Agnes N. Ozman spoke in tongues and started the Pentecostal movement. And it was the first time that a subject of this nature had survived the first waves of criticism.Ch. 3 reports on the renaissance spreading to Los Angeles and beyond. In Galena Kansas, Parham conducted meetings. “800 people were converted and over 1,000 were truly healed…” and many spoke in the Testimonies. The first Pentecostal church was erected in Keelville, Kansas. The revival then headed to Texas. Parham traveled to Houston and a woman injured in a streetcar accident and extremely disabled was completely healed. This brought great positive awareness of the movement among the public. Parham later erected and established another “faith” Bible school in Houston. One of the students WJ Seymour became very important, he was the link between Houston and Azusa Street..