Nona Freeman
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Nona Freeman was an Oneness Pentecostal
preacher; columnist, evangelist, author and missionary to Africa.
(UPCI) missionaries to South Africa where they served for 41 years returning to the United States every 5–7 years to raise funds.
After the passing of Freeman's husband in 1999 she contented to travel as an evangelist and became a popular speaker among some Oneness Pentecostal groups. In January 2009 Freeman suffered a stroke which lead to significant reduction of her previous schedule and on December 8, 2009 she entered hospices care, dying at home on December 26, 2009.
Churches affiliated with the UPCI and similar organizations responded to the growth of feminism in the 1960s and on by greatly reducing the role of women. By maintaining her work as a missionary and evangelist Freeman provided a notable example of a woman active in ministry.
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness Pentecostalism refers to a grouping of denominations and believers within Pentecostal Christianity, all of whom subscribe to the nontrinitarian theological doctrine of Oneness...
preacher; columnist, evangelist, author and missionary to Africa.
Biography
In 1948 Freeman and her husband E. L. (Bug) Freeman were the first United Pentecostal Church InternationalUnited Pentecostal Church International
The United Pentecostal Church International is a Pentecostal Christian denomination, headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood, Missouri. It is a part of the Oneness or "Apostolic" portion of the Pentecostal Movement, and was formed in 1945 by a merger of the former Pentecostal Church,...
(UPCI) missionaries to South Africa where they served for 41 years returning to the United States every 5–7 years to raise funds.
After the passing of Freeman's husband in 1999 she contented to travel as an evangelist and became a popular speaker among some Oneness Pentecostal groups. In January 2009 Freeman suffered a stroke which lead to significant reduction of her previous schedule and on December 8, 2009 she entered hospices care, dying at home on December 26, 2009.
Churches affiliated with the UPCI and similar organizations responded to the growth of feminism in the 1960s and on by greatly reducing the role of women. By maintaining her work as a missionary and evangelist Freeman provided a notable example of a woman active in ministry.