Alma Bridwell White, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alma Bridwell White

Founder of the Pillar of Fire Church

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1862

Place of Birth: Lewis County, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1946

Profession: writer, priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alma Bridwell White (June 16, 1862 – June 26, 1946) was the founder and a bishop of the Pillar of Fire Church.
In 1918, she became the first woman to become a bishop in the United States.
She associated with the Ku Klux Klan and was involved in feminism, anti-Catholicism, antisemitism, anti-Pentecostalism, racism, and hostility to immigrants.
By the time of her death at age 84, she had expanded the sect to "4,000 followers, 61 churches, seven schools, ten periodicals and two broadcasting stations."