Aimee Semple McPherson became the forerunner of today’s televangelist with her effective use of the radio and her exceptional looks in a time when the pickings were very slim for men. Our researchers here at The History Bluff have discovered that for every twenty men in 1920’s America, only .5 semi-attractive American women existed. When word of Aimee began to grow, thousands of men began to flock to her Pentecostal evangelistic meetings to catch a glimpse of heaven on earth.

This picture of Aimee was to men in the 1920's what Farrah Fawcett's iconic poster was to boys in the 1970's.

Her career in the States began in 1915 and began with her preaching by use of a megaphone on street corners. From businessmen to bums, men took notice of the petite and spunky evangelist. They would propose the idea of Bible studies with her, which she was more than eager to go along with.  Her Bible studies grew by the hundreds, eventually catching regional and national attention, thrusting her into the limelight.

By 1930 Aimee was known for her curious power of faith healing only men. They would line up by the thousands, all with curious ailments that had cropped up over night. She would take them in her arms, pull them tightly to her, and pray over them; a calm always came over the suffering men.

Only those in true love with Aimee would dare accept her invitation to go for a ride in her 'Gospel Car.'

At the time of her death in 1944 Aimee’s people had credited her with saving over 400,000 souls – most of which were men. After countless interviews with Aimee’s “converts,” our team of comparative religion experts believe that approximately 90 percent of her converts simply did so in an attempt to win her hand in marriage.