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                                  Azusa Street Mission 
   Fred and Wilma Berry, Azusa Street Mission
    
 

      

Our affiliate ministries include an extraordinary team of ministers who have been with us for many years.  We are privileged to call them friends, co-laborers in the harvest and disciples of Christ.  

 

There are also those we call "friends" and if you ask us for a referral, we will happily give you one and assist you in any way possible to get to know them ... because they have something to offer you!

 

It is always hard to "define" a role of a minister at Believers'.  Below is a generic attempt.  Our people and sister ministries work so closely that it is hard to separate them.

 

There are currently 150+ churches, Para church ministries, and evangelist in the U.S.A., Kenya, India and other nations that are under or work alongside the BMI Umbrella.

 

They are apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, intercessors, church planters, worshippers, dancers, children's ministers, various bands and more.  They are the equippers of this generation.  It is an honor to co-labor in the nations with them.

    

1 Cor 13:13

 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. 

But the greatest of these is love. NIV

 It is our goal to protect and honor our valuable commodity as ministers;

our committed, long term relationships which are the foundation of our ministry.

  We must prefer others above ourselves - no matter how gifted we are.  Such is the challenge for His entire body.

 

Fred & Wilma Berry of Southern California, USA

 

www.azusastreetmission.org

    Azusa Street Mission

Fred served as Centennial Prayer officer on the Azusa Centennial Board which will convene
 the 100th anniversary gathering back to the Historic Azusa Street Mission in 2006.  

We met Fred and Wilma while they were preparing for the 100th year anniversary of The Azusa Street Revival through Dr. Bola of Nigeria.

 

We fell in love with their passion and tenaciousness in prayer.  I was most impressed by the demand they put on the body of Christ to walk in UNITY of PURPOSE as the event drew near.  It was a privilege for our team to serve with them at that time.  

 

Azusa Street Mission

Fred now heads Azusa Street Mission with Wilma, where they do extensive conferences and training seminars.  They also travel extensively in the United States, Africa, Brazil and Europe and has lived in the Orient. Their life is a testimony!

   

Azusa Street 2008

Apostle Fred Berry has a unique ministry with a focus on teaching the principle’s of God’s word as it relates to the Nations. Apostle Berry has a Holy Spirit inspired love of biblical and natural history and seeks to teach others about our historic legacy through an annual event called the Azusa Street Festival and a weekly TV show titled "All About Love" which airs throughout Los Angeles county.

 

Bishop William J. Seymour
  Azusa Street Revival Catalyst William Seymour         a legacy that stands from generation to generation

Where Racism was washed away and all agreed on the blood of Jesus.

The Azusa Street Festival traces its beginnings to 1906 and a little house at 216 N. Bonnie Brae St., Los Angeles, the home of Richard and Ruth Asberry, where a small group of multi-racial Christians, led by Rev. William J. Seymour, came together in worship. News of the gatherings and the prophecy by a member of the group of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake brought hundreds to the house. When the porch caved in from the weight, the group moved to the Azusa Street Mission (property originally owned by Biddy Mason) where the revival began.

“People came by boat, on horseback, trains, horse and buggy,” said Fred Berry, founder of the Azusa Street Mission and Historical Society.

Berry says the original revival was “a signal from God that the church has the answer to the racial divide that engulfs America” and that during the 1906 festival, “racism ceased to exist” as people from all races and denominations came together as one to worship.

“In 1906—when racism and lynching was at its highest. The year when 3,000 black men were lynched—it was called ‘red summer’—that God took a one-eyed, black preacher and made him the leader of the Azusa Street revival and he (Seymour) touched black, white, Asian, Hispanics, male, female,” Berry said as he spoke about Bishop Seymour.

“It is said that the color line was washed away in the blood. That was one of the sayings that came out of the revival that the blood (of Jesus) was enough to wash away racism,” Berry added.

He said racism is still here and the church is supposed to deal with it. That’s why the question is constantly asked of all Pentecostal members, “Do you remember the Azusa Street Revival?”

The Azusa Street Revival lasted more than three years and is widely considered to be the catalyst that ignited the worldwide Pentecostal movement. It is reported that more than 600 million living in the United States, Latin America, Africa and Asia can trace their religious origins to the Azusa Street Revival and Bishop Seymour.

For more information about the Azusa Street Festival or the Azusa Street Mission and Historical Society call (323) 692-7268 or visit www.azusastreetmission.org.