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Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was reportedly kidnapped near Venice Beach in Los Angeles before reappearing five weeks later in Mexico.
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Denominational renewal movement of Protestant Christianity
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Aimee Semple McPherson
Canadian-American celebrity evangelist (1890–1944)
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Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US
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