ABSTRACT
By the fall of 1919 Aimee Semple McPherson meetings would begin to be housed more in concrete and steel than in flapping canvas. Her fears and concerns about having to permanently return to tents and a humbler way of living would soon be over. Aimee's ministry of a most unusual order manifested itself most clearly when she was twenty-nine years of age and culminated three years later with the founding and opening of her own church in Los Angeles. During everything rapidly and significantly changed for her. Theologically and sociologically it was a time, in her words, of open doors. Sociologically, these years of open doors saw her permanently vacate the missions and storefronts in back alleys for downtown theaters, opera houses, and municipal auditoriums. Due to the sheer dynamism of Aimee's platform presence, another aspect of her ministry was often overlooked and underappreciated.
