Charles Fox Parham

Charles Fox Parham
Pioneer of Pentecostalism
Born	(1873-06-04)June 4, 1873 Muscatine, Iowa, U.S.
Died	January 29, 1929(1929-01-29) (aged 55) Baxter Springs, Kansas, U.S.
Occupation	Evangelist
Spouse(s)	Sarah Thistlewaite, 1896–1929, (his death)

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Background Christianity The Reformation Protestantism Methodist revivals Restorationism Holiness movement
Early history Bethel Bible College 1904–1905 Welsh Revival Azusa Street Revival Charles Fox Parham William J. Seymour
Theology Bible Old Testament New Testament Infallibility Fundamentalism God Trinity Father Son Holy Ghost Systematic theology Eschatology Premillennialism Sanctification Christian perfection Higher Life movement Full Gospel Finished Work Latter Rain Five solae Priesthood of all believers Conversion Born again Believers' Church Believer's baptism Private doctrines Baptism with the Holy Spirit Speaking in tongues Worship Spiritual gifts Pentecostal creeds Fundamental Truths (AOG) 12 Articles from Niagara Falls
Key people Asa A. Allen Yiye Ávila Thomas Ball Barratt Joseph Ayo Babalola Nicholas Bhengu Reinhard Bonnke William M. Branham David Yonggi Cho Jack Coe Margaret Court Lucy F. Farrow Mae Eleanor Frey Donald Gee Benny Hinn Rex Humbard George Jeffreys Kathryn Kuhlman Gerald Archie Mangun Charles Harrison Mason Aimee Semple McPherson Erik Andersen Nordquelle T. L. Osborn Agnes Ozman Charles Fox Parham Lewi Pethrus David du Plessis Oral Roberts Pat Robertson Bishop Ida Robinson William J. Seymour Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson Smith Wigglesworth Maria Woodworth-Etter Niilo Yli-Vainio Category:Pentecostals
Major denominations Apostolic Church Assemblies of God Church of God in Christ Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Indian Pentecostal Church of God Pentecostal Saint Thomas Christians International Pentecostal Holiness Church The Foursquare Church United Pentecostal Church International
Related movements Charismatic Movement Evangelicalism Oneness Pentecostalism
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Charles Fox Parham (June 4, 1873 – January 29, 1929) was an American preacher and evangelist. Together with William J. Seymour, Parham was one of the two central figures in the development and early spread of American Pentecostalism. It was Parham who associated glossolalia with the baptism in the Holy Spirit, a theological connection crucial to the emergence of Pentecostalism as a distinct movement. Parham was the first preacher to articulate Pentecostalism's distinctive doctrine of evidential tongues, and to expand the movement.