The Canadian born American, John G Lake, was part of a missionary party who arrived in South Africa in 1908. He might be seen as an "apostle to Africa" and was responsible for the formation of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa. His story reads like chapters of the book of Acts. 

Many books have been written about Lake. Most of them uncritical. A more balanced work was written by Kemp Pendleton Burpeau who made John G Lake the subject for his doctoral thesis at Rhodes University. 

My decision to do my own research and write a book from a Pentecostal, yet critical perspective, was prompted by the slanderous, quasi-historical, stick-figure portrayal of John G Lake by the historian, Barry Morton. Morton's Lake is a con-man and a fraud. In my opinion this libelous assertion reveals more of Barry's materialistic, atheistic (I assume) bias, than factual history. 

An accessible book is necessary to address the criticism and at the same time edify a new generation of Pentecostals with the history of the Spirit in our world.

If you have any material that may help with this project, please contact me.

For the 115th birthday of the AFM, I co-authored a book with Prof. Marius Nel and Past. Linda Marx telling the inspirational story of  John G Lake who came as an apostle to South Africa. 

The book takes a look at John G Lake's life before he came to South Africa in 1908, his impactful ministry in South Africa, as well as his life after returning to the United States in 1913. Dr Andrew Murray was in many ways a precursor to the Pentecostal message of Lake. During his stay in South Africa, his life intersected with Pieter Louis le Roux, a missionary and friend of Dr Murray and first South African president of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, and Elias Letwaba, one of the most effective missionaries Africa ever had. 

My contribution to the book was the three chapters on Dr Andrew Murray, Elias Letwaba and Pieter Louis le Roux.

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