Eunilah K. Mean
Born: Mar. 16, 1926
Passed: Jan. 4, 2007
Inducted into the ORDER OF FAITH: 2006
While just a child living along a yellow-clay road near Roodhouse, Illinois, Eunilah K. (Rutledge) Mean received her Pentecostal experience. There were but few that had turned their lives over to the newfound apostolic experience at that time, so she did not have a large circle of fellowship. Nilah found the secret of daily spending quality time in the presence of God by an old stump nearby to their home. She would brush away the ants and kneel in precious times of communion. At the age of eighteen, she was active full time in the work of evangelism.
A few years had passed when Sister Charlotte, a twenty-two-year-old nun, came to Nilah's service in Davenport, Iowa, and was drawn to the altar by the powerful, anointed preaching. Sister Charlotte joined Sister Nilah soon after, giving her testimony each night preceding the preaching of the Word. They did this for fourteen years.
In July 1952 Sister Nilah preached a series of revival services as the first church of Apostolic faith was opened in the province of Nova Scotia. This pattern followed for the next five years, resulting in four new churches being established. Sister Nilah Rutledge was ordained at the 1952 General Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1957 Nilah married a young man, John, that worked with her in the opening of those churches. Along with Sister Charlotte, they traveled across the US holding revival services. In 1959 she returned to Nova Scotia and opened a new church in Amherst. She preached the first revival services in the opening of two other churches in Middleton and Dartmouth. She stayed in Dartmouth and pastored a growing congregation for some thirty years. Doubtless, thousands will walk the streets of gold because of her loyal, consistent, and positive approach. She passed from this life on January 4, 2007.
Born: Mar. 16, 1926
Passed: Jan. 4, 2007
Inducted into the ORDER OF FAITH: 2006
While just a child living along a yellow-clay road near Roodhouse, Illinois, Eunilah K. (Rutledge) Mean received her Pentecostal experience. There were but few that had turned their lives over to the newfound apostolic experience at that time, so she did not have a large circle of fellowship. Nilah found the secret of daily spending quality time in the presence of God by an old stump nearby to their home. She would brush away the ants and kneel in precious times of communion. At the age of eighteen, she was active full time in the work of evangelism.
A few years had passed when Sister Charlotte, a twenty-two-year-old nun, came to Nilah's service in Davenport, Iowa, and was drawn to the altar by the powerful, anointed preaching. Sister Charlotte joined Sister Nilah soon after, giving her testimony each night preceding the preaching of the Word. They did this for fourteen years.
In July 1952 Sister Nilah preached a series of revival services as the first church of Apostolic faith was opened in the province of Nova Scotia. This pattern followed for the next five years, resulting in four new churches being established. Sister Nilah Rutledge was ordained at the 1952 General Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1957 Nilah married a young man, John, that worked with her in the opening of those churches. Along with Sister Charlotte, they traveled across the US holding revival services. In 1959 she returned to Nova Scotia and opened a new church in Amherst. She preached the first revival services in the opening of two other churches in Middleton and Dartmouth. She stayed in Dartmouth and pastored a growing congregation for some thirty years. Doubtless, thousands will walk the streets of gold because of her loyal, consistent, and positive approach. She passed from this life on January 4, 2007.
Eunilah K. Mean
Born: Mar. 16, 1926
Passed: Jan. 4, 2007
Inducted into the ORDER OF FAITH: 2006
While just a child living along a yellow-clay road near Roodhouse, Illinois, Eunilah K. (Rutledge) Mean received her Pentecostal experience. There were but few that had turned their lives over to the newfound apostolic experience at that time, so she did not have a large circle of fellowship. Nilah found the secret of daily spending quality time in the presence of God by an old stump nearby to their home. She would brush away the ants and kneel in precious times of communion. At the age of eighteen, she was active full time in the work of evangelism.
A few years had passed when Sister Charlotte, a twenty-two-year-old nun, came to Nilah's service in Davenport, Iowa, and was drawn to the altar by the powerful, anointed preaching. Sister Charlotte joined Sister Nilah soon after, giving her testimony each night preceding the preaching of the Word. They did this for fourteen years.
In July 1952 Sister Nilah preached a series of revival services as the first church of Apostolic faith was opened in the province of Nova Scotia. This pattern followed for the next five years, resulting in four new churches being established. Sister Nilah Rutledge was ordained at the 1952 General Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1957 Nilah married a young man, John, that worked with her in the opening of those churches. Along with Sister Charlotte, they traveled across the US holding revival services. In 1959 she returned to Nova Scotia and opened a new church in Amherst. She preached the first revival services in the opening of two other churches in Middleton and Dartmouth. She stayed in Dartmouth and pastored a growing congregation for some thirty years. Doubtless, thousands will walk the streets of gold because of her loyal, consistent, and positive approach. She passed from this life on January 4, 2007.
Born: Mar. 16, 1926
Passed: Jan. 4, 2007
Inducted into the ORDER OF FAITH: 2006
While just a child living along a yellow-clay road near Roodhouse, Illinois, Eunilah K. (Rutledge) Mean received her Pentecostal experience. There were but few that had turned their lives over to the newfound apostolic experience at that time, so she did not have a large circle of fellowship. Nilah found the secret of daily spending quality time in the presence of God by an old stump nearby to their home. She would brush away the ants and kneel in precious times of communion. At the age of eighteen, she was active full time in the work of evangelism.
A few years had passed when Sister Charlotte, a twenty-two-year-old nun, came to Nilah's service in Davenport, Iowa, and was drawn to the altar by the powerful, anointed preaching. Sister Charlotte joined Sister Nilah soon after, giving her testimony each night preceding the preaching of the Word. They did this for fourteen years.
In July 1952 Sister Nilah preached a series of revival services as the first church of Apostolic faith was opened in the province of Nova Scotia. This pattern followed for the next five years, resulting in four new churches being established. Sister Nilah Rutledge was ordained at the 1952 General Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1957 Nilah married a young man, John, that worked with her in the opening of those churches. Along with Sister Charlotte, they traveled across the US holding revival services. In 1959 she returned to Nova Scotia and opened a new church in Amherst. She preached the first revival services in the opening of two other churches in Middleton and Dartmouth. She stayed in Dartmouth and pastored a growing congregation for some thirty years. Doubtless, thousands will walk the streets of gold because of her loyal, consistent, and positive approach. She passed from this life on January 4, 2007.
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