John G. Lake

John Graham Lake (1870–1935) was an American evangelist and faith healer who helped establish Pentecostal churches in South Africa.

Thomas Hezmalhalch: An American Pentecostal missionary who worked with John G. Lake in South Africa. Hezmalhalch joined Lake in the 1908 South African mission and shared leadership in its early work.
Azusa Street Revival: A 1906–1909 Pentecostal revival in Los Angeles associated with William J. Seymour. Lake visited the revival in 1907, encountering a movement that informed his later ministry.
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa: A Pentecostal church body established in South Africa in 1908 through missionary work associated with Lake and Thomas Hezmalhalch. Lake helped establish this denomination during the South African mission.
Pentecostalism in South Africa: The development of Pentecostal churches and practices in South Africa from the early twentieth century onward. Lake’s mission helped establish one of the country’s earliest Pentecostal church networks.
Aimee Semple McPherson: An American Pentecostal evangelist and founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. McPherson’s ministry developed in the same North American Pentecostal world that Lake helped shape.
Pentecostalism: A Christian movement emphasizing the baptism in the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and practices such as speaking in tongues. Lake’s healing and missionary work belonged to Pentecostalism’s early expansion.
Healing rooms: Dedicated spaces where people receive prayer for physical or spiritual healing. Lake organized healing rooms in Spokane after returning from South Africa.
Apostolic Faith Mission of Zimbabwe: A Pentecostal church body in Zimbabwe that developed from the Apostolic Faith Mission’s regional expansion. The South African mission’s network later extended into neighboring territories, including present-day Zimbabwe.
William J. Seymour: An African American Holiness preacher whose Los Angeles meetings helped launch the Azusa Street Revival. Seymour’s revival preceded Lake’s South African mission and helped spread Pentecostal expectations internationally.
Holiness movement: A Protestant movement emphasizing sanctification and a life of holiness, influential in nineteenth-century revivalism. Holiness teaching shaped Lake’s religious background before his Pentecostal ministry.

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Charles Fox ParhamRelated: Lake encountered Parham’s movement and became one of its influential early missionaries.