There are two kinds of Angelenos: Those who’ve heard of Aimee Semple McPherson and those who should. She was a showperson, a radio star, a publisher and writer, a beloved figure and a celebrity ...

Los Angeles has always been a city that prefers reinvention to tradition, making it the ideal incubator for new religious movements. From the beginning, its distance from the centers of ...

Before the Hillsong scandal, before the prayer apps fronted by A-listers, there was Aimee Semple McPherson. The evangelist was a one-of-one figure for her time—a harbinger of what was to come in ...

Back in the early years of the Roaring Twenties it was a charismatic lady evangelist by the name of Aimee Semple McPherson who ruled a circus-like path to heaven that enthralled audiences and ...

SISTER, SINNER: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman Laced with romance, tragedy, courtroom drama and an alleged kidnapping, the story of ...

Wearing a white dress with a blue cape and carrying roses, Aimee Semple McPherson walked to the microphone, smiled, greeted, and blessed her congregation. With her reddish hair and large ...

In the early 20th century, genuine celebrity was rare, which is what makes Claire Hoffman’s telling of the story of Aimee Semple McPherson so compelling. In “Sister, Sinner,” Ms. Hoffman ...

Los Angeles has always been a city that prefers reinvention to tradition, making it the ideal incubator for new religious movements. From the beginning, its distance from the centers of ...