Apostolic Faith Mission on Burnside
Hello! It has been over a year since I last posted here. Life gets in my way! The purpose of this blog, "Hometown Pilgrims," is to inspire your curiosity while you are out and about and to tell some interesting backstories about local buildings and places as they intersect with the colorful history of religion in the Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver metropolitan area (and sometimes in the Willamette Valley area). Apostolic Faith Mission (now Roseland Theater) Address: 8 NW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209 /// stands.upgrading.media Lots of TriMet lines serve this area, including the MAX Orange/Yellow Line, Line 12, and Line 20. Did you know that Portland, Oregon, played an important role in the history of Pentecostalism? Those who are familiar with the history of revivals or U.S. religious history are likely to know the Azusa Street Revival, which took place in Los Angeles (a few blocks from what is today Little Tokyo). Azusa is often seen as the beginning of the globa...
