Published by Vince Baker Ministries
The Bradford years
The Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center describes a childhood marked by poverty and an adulthood spent working as a plumber. Wigglesworth learned to read as an adult. He helped Polly in mission work, where ministry meant showing up for people long before it meant preaching to audiences abroad. A biography that starts with his later reputation misses this period of ordinary work and shared service.
Why Pentecostal readers remember him
In the early twentieth century his preaching came to emphasize the Holy Spirit, trust in Scripture, and prayer for healing. His 1924 book Ever Increasing Faith preserves a published account of what he taught. Accounts of healings tell us how witnesses and participants understood the meetings. They carry a different kind of evidence from a documented job, date, or publication.
A question for readers today
Hebrews 11 connects faith with seeking God and acting on what he says. Read the chapter before the biography and notice where the Biblical examples include waiting and suffering as well as victory. Vince Baker Ministries continues that study in Faith Secrets, which explores faith as something readers can put into practice.
Scripture to read alongside the history
- Hebrews 11:1-6 · KJV
