Lewi Pethrus
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| Born |
11 March 1884 Västra Tunhem, Älvsborg, Sweden |
| Died | 4 September 1974 (aged 90) Stockholms, Sweden |
| Education | Betel Seminary in Stockholm |
| Spouse(s) | Lydia Danielsson |
Petrus Lewi Pethrus (11 March 1884 Vargön, Västergötland - 4 September 1974) was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country.
Petrhus held manual jobs from the age of ten, being apprenticed to a shoe factory in 1899. That year, he was baptized in the Baptist Church in Vänersborg. After emigrating to Norway in 1900, he became co-pastor of the Arendal Baptist Church in 1902, along with Adolf Mildes. He started speaking in tongues, believed by Pentecostals to be evidence of having received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. After a series of meetings in Lillestrand. He claimed that the experience happened to him spontaneously and that he did not understand at the time what was happening to him.
Pethrus became pastor of a small Baptist Church in Bengtsfors, Dalsland, in 1903, but did not seek formal theological training until 1904, when he enrolled at the Betel Seminary in . He was later to say that his training was detrimental to his faith. Exposure to the writings of liberal philosopher Viktor Rydberg temporarily undermined his faith in the divinity of Jesus, but claimed to have regained it after meeting Jesus personally in a vision.
After graduating from seminary, Pethrus completed his compulsory military service at Axvalla Hed, Västergötland, in the autumn of 1906. That year, he became pastor of the Lidköping Baptist Church.
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