5 Azusa Street Miracles that Increase Your Receptivity to the Holy Spirit

When the Azusa Street Revival broke out, the Spirit of Healing broke out.

Here are five powerful testimonies that took place in in the revival that changed the landscape of global Christianity.

Sister Dundee

Sister Dundee, who was twenty-two, had a gift for praying for children. A mother brought in her crippled daughter on braces and crutches. Though she had previously been prayed for, nothing happened. Sister Dundee explained to her that if she was healed, it would bring great glory to Jesus. The little girl said, “Okay. Pray for me.” Sister Dundee removed the braces and crutches and said, “We’ve got to glorify Jesus.” The girl’s eyes began to well up. Sister Dundee prayed, and the girl felt something happening in her feet. Sister Dundee told her to stand and start moving. She said, “I can’t!” Sister Dundee said, “You need to try.” She started moving her feet up and down, then started dancing and stomping. Now realizing she was healed, she continued to dance and stomp around the building while shouting.

Sister Dundee also prayed for a baby with a bowed neck who was brought in by her mother wrapped in a blanket. When Sister Dundee prayed and saw the bowed neck straighten out, she cried. The mother asked, “Is there something wrong with my baby?” Sister Dundee pulled the blanket back to show her healed baby smiling. The mother ran rejoicing. Later, the baby’s father came and was saved. He went on to pastor a large church in Los Angeles for thirty-five years.

Sister Goldie

Sister Goldie, who was eighteen at the time, often prayed for people with growths or disfigurements on their faces. She learned to carry towels to catch the tumors as they fell. She estimated she had been instrumental in healing some 3,000 growths and tumors in the two years she attended the revival. Sister Goldie especially remembered a young man who had broken his arm in a ballgame at school but never went to a doctor to have it reset. His arm was crooked, but when Sister Goldie prayed, it immediately straightened.

Brother Garcia

Brother David Garcia, who was also eighteen at the time, remembered praying for two women and one man who had come in wheelchairs from a nearby nursing home. They all had crippling arthritis, and one could not talk or feed herself. Brother Garcia first laid hands on the lady who could not talk and immediately her head stopped shaking. Her first words were to Brother Garcia: “Are you Jesus?” she asked. He said, “No, but Jesus healed you!” Then she asked, “Can I get up?” Garcia said, “Yes!” She stood up, started walking, then danced a beautiful waltz for about an hour.

Then the other woman said, “I’m ready.” Brother Garcia prayed for her, and she too stood up and started walking. Brother Garcia reached out to steady her, but she said, “No, leave me alone; pray for him.” Then he prayed for the man, and he took off running. All three were healed! Brother Garcia also remembered praying for a blind Spanish girl whose eyes were gray. He prayed, and when she opened her eyelids, she had beautiful brown eyes. The girl started dancing, celebrating, and shouting the name of Jesus as her parents tried to keep up with her.

Brother Fox

Brother Fox, who was also eighteen at the time, remembered a sign language teacher who brought his entire class of thirty-five deaf students. Brother Fox said to the teacher, “If you want to teach them to sign, why did you bring them to a place where they could get healed? You’re going to be out of a job!” The teacher replied, “You’re talking like they’re all going to get healed.” “They are!” said Brother Fox. Brother Fox then gestured to the students to join hands in a circle. Looking at the teacher, he said, “Evidently, you don’t have much faith, so stand off to the side.” Then, forgetting they were deaf, he instructed the students: “Now, I’m going to lay hands on this man and start with him.” The teacher laughed.

Undeterred, Brother Fox whispered in the first man’s ear and told the spirit to come out. He was immediately healed. Then, seeing the excitement of the man who was healed, one by one, the others were all healed within a few minutes. Yet Fox had only laid hands on one. After that, whenever a group joined hands in a circle touching each other, Brother Fox said they were all healed.

He also loved praying for the deaf and mute. He said you could sometimes hear a “whishing” sound when their ears were healed. A man whose throat had been eaten with cancer could not talk. After Brother Fox prayed, nothing happened. He prayed again and the lump disappeared, and he could immediately talk. Brother Fox later became a missionary to India.

Brother Sines and Brother Christopher

Brother Sines, who was twenty-six at the time, was on the platform leading the singing when he noticed a young, crippled boy on crutches sitting off to the side. He asked why no one was ministering to him. The boy shrugged his shoulders and said, “I’m just waiting for someone to come over and pray for me.” Sines asked, “Do you believe God will heal you? “Why, yes!” he said. Sines took his crutches and immediately started praying and laying hands on the boy. At first, nothing happened. Then the boy yelled, “I feel it! I feel it!” and leaped to his feet running, dancing, and shouting.