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Angelus Temple is the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is an Evangelism Pentecostal Christian denomination. Commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, as of 2000, it had a membership of over 5,000,000, with almost 30,000 churches in 123 countries....
 in the Echo Park
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California

Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California....
 district of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
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It was constructed under the leadership of Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Semple McPherson , also known as "Sister Aimee" or "Sister," was a Canadian-born evangelist and Mass media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s; she was also the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel....
 and dedicated on the First of January, 1923. The temple, located opposite Echo Park Lake, had an original seating capacity
Seating capacity

Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law....
 of 5,300, huge for a church then and now, but suited well for the crowds McPherson attracted as an evangelical sensation of the 1920s and 1930s.






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Angelus Temple is the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is an Evangelism Pentecostal Christian denomination. Commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, as of 2000, it had a membership of over 5,000,000, with almost 30,000 churches in 123 countries....
 in the Echo Park
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California

Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California....
 district of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
.

It was constructed under the leadership of Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Semple McPherson , also known as "Sister Aimee" or "Sister," was a Canadian-born evangelist and Mass media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s; she was also the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel....
 and dedicated on the First of January, 1923. The temple, located opposite Echo Park Lake, had an original seating capacity
Seating capacity

Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law....
 of 5,300, huge for a church then and now, but suited well for the crowds McPherson attracted as an evangelical sensation of the 1920s and 1930s. A 2002 renovation left it with a capacity of about 3,500.

The lighted cross, atop the temple's dome, is a longstanding landmark. The entire temple was designated a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, :wiktionary:site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States for its historical significance....
 in 1992.

L. I. F. E. Bible College
Life Pacific College

Life Pacific College was originally founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, in 1923 as "Echo Park Evangelistic and Missionary Training Institute" by Aimee Semple McPherson....
 was founded in a building adjacent to Angelus Temple. The building is currently the home of the Angelus Temple Hispanic Church. The former Queen of Angels Hospital is the base of operations for the Dream Center
Dream Center

The Dream Center began as a home missions project of the Southern California District of the Assemblies of God. The church was launched by Matthew Barnett, with the help of his father, Pastor Tommy Barnett as the Los Angeles, California International Church with attendance averaging 48 people on a Sunday morning....
, which housed many people from the Gulf States displaced after Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
 and Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico....
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It is currently pastored by Matthew and Caroline Barnett.

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See also

  • List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
    List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles

    This is a List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles. There are 188 places listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles, California.The total is documented by the table below, with verification in the National Register Information System for each one....


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