{"id":1628,"date":"2001-10-24T07:06:39","date_gmt":"2001-10-24T07:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.lk\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2024-11-05T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:37:07","slug":"ministry-with-madam-lewini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ag.lk\/web\/index.php\/ministry-with-madam-lewini\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry with Madam Lewini"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/anna-lewini1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Lewini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Anna Emilie Lewini<\/strong>\u00a0arrives in Ceylon for the first time. (Born July 22 1876) in Denmark into a theatrical family of partly Jewish ancestry, she had been an actress, both on stage and in at least one silent film. Copenhagen was the cultural capital of Scandinavia and in the entertainment field could compete with Paris. The period 1890-1920 was considered the golden age of Danish theatre. However, she was radically converted under the ministry of<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2004\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2004 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/ag.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sam-wickramaratne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"234\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 189px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 189\/234;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Samuel Wickramaratne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas Barratt who preached in Copenhagen in 1908-9 soon after returning from India. Saved on 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April 1909 and baptized in the Holy Spirit on May 13<sup>th<\/sup> 1909, by the time she came to Ceylon in 1919 Ms. Lewini was a mature woman in her forties with 10 years of solid Pentecostal experience and witness behind her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She held meetings at the Tower Hall in Borella, and in the group that responded was another Baptist lay-preacher, John Samuel Wickramaratne (Pastor Colton\u2019s Father) who had already received the Holy Spirit baptism 2 years prior. She was apparently accompanied by two other missionary ladies, Sisters\u00a0<strong>Pauline<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Margaret<\/strong>, about whom nothing else is now known.In this group were some of the later leaders of the main Pentecostal churches in our country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" style=\"width: 2044px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ag.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/8e-glad-tidings-hall-borella-1922.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2044\" height=\"1315\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2044px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2044\/1315;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glad Tidings Hall Borella 1922<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1787\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1787 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/ag.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/8a-anna-lewini-and-sam-wickramaratne-dark-coat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"266\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 232px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 232\/266;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam and Lillian Wickramaratne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anna Lewini was called by the Lord to return in 1923 to continue her work as a missionary, and stayed for twenty-five years. Anna, describing her call of the Lord said, \u201cI believe God wants this place as a center for the Pentecostal power\u201d. The congregation she established met at Glad Tidings Hall, Borella, and later, Anna Lewini with Pastor J S Wickramaratne moved to Makevita, Ja-Ela. The church they planted there played a strategic role in the days to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Emilie Lewini\u00a0arrives in Ceylon for the first time. (Born July 22 1876) in Denmark into a theatrical family of partly Jewish ancestry, she had been an actress, both on stage and in at least one silent film. Copenhagen was the cultural capital of Scandinavia and in the entertainment field could compete with Paris. 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