EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; ALICE BELLE GARRIGUS P/30

                                                                                   Read Part One HERE

In this post I will continue to share the story of a woman named Alice Bell Garrigus. She lived from 1858 - 1949. Together with a missionary couple Alice travelled to Newfoundland, arriving in St.John's in December 1910. The three establised "the Bethesda Mission" and began their work in 1911. In 1912, her co-preachers left Newfoundland for health reasons, leaving Alice in charge.

The Pentecostal movement grew quite slowly during its first decade. However, after a cruade in 1919 by the evangelist Victoria Booh-Clibborn Demarest, interest in Pentecostalism increased. New converts started their own personal missions, and one of these, Robert C. English, eventually became co-pastor with Alice of the Bethesda Mission. Their work with the Bethesda Mission eventually led to the founding of a Pentecostal organisation in Newfoundland.

Alice's nearly 40 years in Newfoundland were very busy. She remained there for the rest of her life and continued to be a principal figure in the Pentecostal organisation, serving as an evangelist in charge of the Bethesda Mission.

Alice died at the age of 91.

Read Part Thirty-One HERE