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ix Acknowledgments Books do not write themselves, even though sometimes as scholars I am sure we wish they would. I have incurred many debts over the years, which I wish to acknowledge now. This book came about because of the urging of Grant Wacker, who introduced me to the history of the Assemblies of God and hinted that there might be an “interesting history of missions to Native Americans there.” Thanks Grant, for being an excellent mentor and for setting me on this course, which has at times been challenging, but also richly rewarding. In the early days of my research and writing, the late Michael D. Green pointed out to me that the “key to this whole thing is the indigenous principle .” I thank him for his guidance and friendship, as well as the guidance of others who read this work in its early stages, including Yaakov Ariel, Julie Byrne, J. Kameron Carter, Jan Cooper, Emily Mace, Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Samira Mehta, Kathy Morgan, Luis Losada, and Brendan Pietsch and the rest of my Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cohort who offered advice and encouragement. Jennifer Graber and Tisa Wenger read the entire final manuscript, gave me copious feedback, and brainstormed ideas with me. I am deeply grateful for their help and friendship. Catherine Bowler helped me make sure all my Pentecostal history and theology was properly squared away. C. Mackenzie Brown helped me to clean up and restructure sections of the manuscript. Toni Wall Jaudon offered insights on religious practice over many a lunch when we both taught at Oberlin. I also thank my two anonymous reviewers for their feedback, which enriched the manuscript further. I am deeply indebted to the director of the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center in Springfield, Missouri, Darrin Rodgers, as well as the staff, including Joyce Lee, Sharon Rasnake, and Glenn Gohr. I am especially grateful to Glenn for his help in selecting the pictures for the interior of the book and the cover. The FPHC maintains a tremendous archive of Pentecostal x acknowledgments history, much of which is digitized—something that many scholars who have to sift through so much material can appreciate. Through the FPHC I was connected with John Maracle, Rodger Cree, Joseph Saggio, Alma Thomas, and the late Ruth Lyon, all of whom shared with me their life stories , knowledge of the Assemblies of God’s missionary work, and opened doors for me in Pentecostal circles. I would also like to thank the late Gary McGee, a fine historian of Pentecostalism, for his wisdom and guidance. The faculty and staff at the American Indian College of the Assemblies of God, in Phoenix, Arizona, were incredibly welcoming when I showed up unannounced wanting to tour the school and talk to them about the Native Pentecostal community that they serve. A special thanks goes out to the Native Pentecostal community for supporting me in telling its story. Any errors or misrepresentations in this book are my own. The Department of Religion at Trinity University is a wonderful place to work, made all the more so by my colleagues including C. Mackenzie Brown, Rubén Dupertuis, Ruqayya Khan, Randall Nadeau, Sarah Pinnock, and Chad Spigel. Our indomitable departmental assistant Irma Escalante helped me with the many logistics in getting this manuscript to the publisher . I found Trinity’s library staff helpful (more than once) when I was stuck in a jam trying to request particular books and sources. My good friends and Trinity colleagues Michele Johnson and Nicole Marafioti made up my small writing support group, and over food and wine we worked together to keep each other going. I am also grateful to the Trinity students who encouraged me and expressed interest in my work, especially Isaiah Ellis, who was my research assistant when I was polishing the final manuscript. Funding for this project was provided by the graduate program in religion at Duke University, a grant from the Assemblies of God’s Home Missions Department, a teaching/research fellowship at Oberlin College through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges, and a Trinity University summer stipend. Both the Department of Religion and the Office of Academic Affairs at Trinity provided the money needed to buy the copyrights for the photos for this book. I would also like to thank the staffs at the libraries of Oberlin College and Duke University, who helped me gather the information needed for...

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