Francisco Olazábal
Francisco Olazábal (1886–1937) was a Pentecostal evangelist, who conducted an evangelistic healing ministry and founded the Interdenominational Mexican Council of Christian Churches in 1923,[1] later renamed as Latin American Council of Christian Churches[2] or Concilio Latino Americano de Iglesias Cristianas (CLADIC). Francisco Olazábal committed 30 years to his evangelistic healing ministry.[3] Olazábal held healing campaigns across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.[3]
Early life
Olazábal was born on October 12, 1886, in El Verano,
Affiliations
Education
In San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Olazábal attended Wesleyan School of Theology from 1908 to 1910.[1] In 1911, he attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago for one semester.[3]
Ministry
Francisco Olazábal committed 30 years to his evangelistic healing ministry.[3] Olazabal held healing campaigns across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.[3] Before attending Moody, in 1911, Olazábal pastored a Spanish-speaking Methodist congregation in El Paso, Texas.[3] After a semester at Moody Bible Institute, Olazábal followed Reuben A. Torrey to Los Angeles to pastor to the Mexican congregants at Church of the Open Door.[3] After parting ways with Torrey, and Olazabal went on to pastor in Spanish-speaking Methodist Churches in California;[1] for example: the Northern Methodist Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California and the Northern Methodist Episcopal Church in the San Francisco Bay area.[3] Olazábal pastored Mision Mexicana de Pasadena until 1916.[5] In 1920 Olazábal began Buenas Nuevas Mission in El Paso, Texas.[2]
In 1922 Olazábal founded a Bible college in El Paso, Texas.[3] In 1923 Francisco Olazábal formed the Latin American Council of Christian Churches, the first independent Latino Pentecostal denomination in the United States.[3]
In 1929 Olazábal held a healing campaign in Chicago.[1] In 1931 Olazabal's evangelic healing campaign attracted over 100,000 people to Spanish Harlem.[3] Olazábal's services took place at Cavalry Baptist Church in Brooklyn.[1] Olazábal's "Puerto Rico Para Cristo" campaign in 1936 was considered unsuccessful.[1] On September 10, 1936, Olazábal announced his intention to unite with The Church of God, at that time the group under the leadership of A.J. Tomlinson which would later become the Church of God of Prophecy.[1]
Death
On June 1, 1937, Olazábal was critically injured in an automobile accident near Alice Springs, Texas.[1] Olazábal died in the hospital from internal bleeding on June 9, 1937.[1] Francisco Olazábal is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles.[1]
See also
References
- ^ JSTOR 1466209.
- ^ ISBN 9780674728875.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Espinosa, Gaston (2009). "Olazábal, Francisco". Hispanic American Religious Cultures. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ a b Espinosa, Gaston (2005). Religion and Healing in America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 123–139.
- ISBN 0-231-12733-2.
Further reading
Espinosa, Gastón (2008). Mexican American Religions: Spirituality, Activism, and Culture. Duke University Press.
Sánchez Walsh, Arlene. Latino Pentecostal Identity Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society. Columbia University Press.