Chapter 12, 4 Events

Question 1

William Seymour, a Black Holiness preacher, founded a mission on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. There, many people began to speak in “unknown tongues.” The Pentecostal movement is still growing today.

Answer 1

Azusa Street Revival (1906):

Question 2

More than 1,200 delegates gathered for this missions conference. The
gathering helped to trigger the modern ecumenical movement.

Answer 2

Edinburgh Conference (1910):

Question 3

Cam Townsend founded this organization to translate the Bible into other languages. By 1980, the Bible was translated into more than 1,600 languages. Translation continues today.

Answer 3

Wycliffe Bible Translators Organized (1934)

Question 4

A shepherd-boy found the earliest known copies of the Jewish Scriptures at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. The scrolls verified that modern copies of the Hebrew Bible were nearly identical to ancient copies.

Answer 4

Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered (1947)