Charles Harrison Mason

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Charles Harrison Mason was an influential African American Holiness–Pentecostal minister who became the leading figure of early Pentecostalism in the United States.

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Charles Harrison Mason canonical 4

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instanceOf Christian minister ⓘ
Pentecostal leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
religious founder ⓘ
activeYears early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
attendedEvent Azusa Street Revival ⓘ
birthDate 1866-09-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Shelby County, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
near Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Mason Temple, Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
linked to: Mason Temple
clergyType Holiness–Pentecostal minister ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charles Price Jones ⓘ
convertedFrom Baptist tradition ⓘ
convertedTo Holiness–Pentecostal faith ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1961-11-17 ⓘ
denominationFoundedType Pentecostal denomination ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Mason ⓘ
founderOf Church of God in Christ ⓘ
fullName Charles Harrison Mason ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasHonor Mason Temple named in his honor ⓘ
linked to: Mason Temple
influenced African American Pentecostalism ⓘ
Holiness–Pentecostal churches in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy Azusa Street Revival ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on holiness and sanctification ⓘ
leadership in the Church of God in Christ for several decades ⓘ
promotion of glossolalia as evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit ⓘ
legacy established one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the United States ⓘ
shaped the theology and practice of African American Pentecostal churches ⓘ
movement early Pentecostal movement in the United States ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor founding the Church of God in Christ ⓘ
ordination Baptist minister ⓘ
organizationalRole spiritual leader of the Church of God in Christ ⓘ
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ ⓘ
Senior Bishop of the Church of God in Christ ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Holiness movement ⓘ
Pentecostalism ⓘ
spokeLanguage English ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis baptism in the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in tongues ⓘ
sanctification as a second work of grace ⓘ
title Bishop ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of God in Christ → founder → Charles Harrison Mason ⓘ
Charles Harrison Mason → fullName → Charles Harrison Mason ⓘ
Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary → namedAfter → Charles Harrison Mason ⓘ
Mason Temple → namedAfter → Charles Harrison Mason ⓘ