ABSTRACT

William Wadé Harris was a Liberian evangelist, from the Grebo (Kru) ethnic group. Harris claimed to have received his call to be an evangelist while serving a prison sentence for an alleged protest against the repressive policy of the Americo-Liberian authorities towards his Grebo ethnic group. Harris claimed that while in his prison cell the Angel Gabriel appeared to him in a trance and told him that God was coming to anoint him and he would be God’s Prophet and baptize many. Harris is reported to have experienced the descent of the Holy Spirit upon him and to have spoken in tongues.