About Elsie Wallace
Lived 1868 – 1946 (aged 77–78). Elsie Wallace was a civil servant.
Elsie May Marble Wallace (1868 – 1946) was an American Wesleyan minister.
In 1897, Wallace founded a holiness mission in Spokane, Washington. In 1902, the mission became church, part of the Church of the Nazarene, and Wallace became the first pastor, ordained by Phineus Bresee. The church today is Spokane First Nazarene Church.
Wallace also started churches in Ashland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho, Walla Walla, Washington and Seattle, Washington. She became district superintendent, the first woman to hold that post, and the last until 1988.
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Who was Elsie Wallace?
American Wesleyan leader
When was Elsie Wallace born?
Elsie Wallace was born in 1868.
When did Elsie Wallace die?
Elsie Wallace died in 1946.
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Elsie Wallace was a civil servant.
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