EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; AMELIA GIBSON P/87

 

In this story I will continue to focus on Evangelical women who lived in the second half of 1800 and felt called to ministry despite the opposition of men, this time sharing the story of a woman named Amelia Gibson. She lived from 1879 -1955. Amelia and her husband the Rev. Reuben A. Gibson were ordained in the Pentecostal denomination and pastored the Zion Gospel Temple.

Amelia and her husband founded as well the Zion Bible Institute in East Providence, R.I., which began as a single house, but grew to contain 19 buildings, a faculty of 12, and a student body of 200.

The students graduated as evangelists, pastors and missionaries. They came from all parts of the world. Today the school is in Massachusetts and is known as North Point Bible College.

Amelia died in 1955.