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	==Death==		==Death==
	Allen died at the ] in San Francisco, California on June 11, 1970, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0015/1590677/10023891_clean.html \| title=Alcoholism Took Life of Evangelist Allen \| publisher=] \|date= June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen died after a heavy drinking binge.<ref name="Randi"/> Don Stewart, his successor, is said to have "attempted to clean up evidence of his mentor's alcoholic binge in a San Francisco hotel before the police arrived."<ref name="DonStewartReward">{{cite news \| url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/04/20090504charities-stewart0504.html \| title=Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward \|publisher=] \| date= May 4, 2009 \| first=Robert \| last=Anglen \| accessdate = 2009-12-18}}</ref> Stewart says he wasn't trying to cover up anything, but was trying to protect Allen.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> Nonetheless, the claim is made that police found his body in a "room strewn with pills and empty liquor bottles."<ref name="Randi">{{cite book\| last = Randi \| first = James \| authorlink = James Randi \| year = 1989 \| title = The Faith Healers \| publisher = Prometheus Books \| isbn = 0-87975-535-0 page 88}}</ref> Following a 12-day investigation and an autopsy, the coroner's report concluded Allen died from ] brought on by ] ].<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-29/culture/well-healed/\| title=Well-Healed: All revved over evangelist Leroy Jenkins' pyramid schemes \| publisher=] \|date=1999-07-29 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> The coroner reported that when Allen died he had a ] of .36, which was "enough to ensure a deep coma".<ref name="Deathalcohol">{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0007/448495/4926471_clean.html \| title=Evangelist death laid to alcohol \| publisher=] \|date=June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen was buried at Miracle Valley, Arizona on June 15, 1970.<ref name="Deathalcohol"/>		Allen died at the ] in San Francisco, California on June 11, 1970, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0015/1590677/10023891_clean.html \| title=Alcoholism Took Life of Evangelist Allen \| publisher=] \|date= June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen died after a heavy drinking binge.<ref name="Randi"/> Don Stewart, his successor, is said to have "attempted to clean up evidence of his mentor's alcoholic binge in a San Francisco hotel before the police arrived."<ref name="DonStewartReward">{{cite news \| url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/04/20090504charities-stewart0504.html \| title=Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward \|publisher=] \| date= May 4, 2009 \| first=Robert \| last=Anglen \| accessdate = 2009-12-18}}</ref> Stewart says he wasn't trying to cover up anything, but was trying to protect Allen.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> Nonetheless, the claim is made that police found his body in a "room strewn with pills and empty liquor bottles."<ref name="Randi">{{cite book\| last = Randi \| first = James \| authorlink = James Randi \| year = 1989 \| title = The Faith Healers \| publisher = Prometheus Books \| isbn = 0-87975-535-0 page 88}}</ref> Following a 12-day investigation and an autopsy, the coroner's report concluded Allen died from ] brought on by ] ].<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-29/culture/well-healed/\| title=Well-Healed: All revved over evangelist Leroy Jenkins' pyramid schemes \| publisher=] \|date=1999-07-29 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> The coroner reported that when Allen died he had a ] of .36, which was "enough to ensure a deep coma".<ref name="Deathalcohol">{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0007/448495/4926471_clean.html \| title=Evangelist death laid to alcohol \| publisher=] \|date=June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen was buried at Miracle Valley, Arizona on June 15, 1970.<ref name="Deathalcohol"/>

	==After death==
	In 1970, after Allen died, Reverend ] gained possession of Allen's organization, including his Miracle Valley property, and renamed Allen's Miracle Life Fellowship International to Don Stewart Evangelistic Association (and later the Don Stewart Association).<ref name="Report">{{cite news \| url=http://www.trinityfi.org/press/donstewart.html \| title=Finances, Fraud and False Teaching - The Troubled History of Don Stewart \| publisher=] \|year=2002\| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref><ref>Stanley M. Burgess, Eduard M. van der Maas, and Ed van der Maas. ''New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements'' (Jun 1, 2002), page 312</ref><ref>''Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements''. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing Co., 1988), pg. 832.</ref> Stewart "went from pounding tent stakes at Allen's revivals to driving a truck to preaching".<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> In addition, Stewart "was hit with allegations of embezzlement by Allen's brother-in-law, of pocketing offerings from the revivals" in the wake of Allen's death.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> Nonetheless, the activities of the association were then moved to Phoenix and the Bible college continued to operate in Miracle Valley until 1975. Stewart then leased the campus to the Hispanic Assemblies by a 20-year lease agreement for one dollar a year. They opened a Spanish-speaking Bible college known as the Southern Arizona Bible College.<ref name=courier>{{cite news\|title=Prescott native hopes ashes will help rebuild his ministry\|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vK9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3830,1550814&dq=miracle-valley+assemblies-of-god+stewart&hl=en\|accessdate=November 22, 2011\|newspaper=The Courier\|date=November 5, 1982}}</ref><ref name=repub>{{cite news\|last=Anglen\|first=Robert\|title=A life in pursuit of God's reward\|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/azcentral/access/1697565101.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+04%2C+2009&author=Robert+Anglen&pub=Arizona+Republic&desc=A+life+in+pursuit+of+God's+reward&pqatl=google\|accessdate=November 22, 2011\|newspaper=Arizona Republic\|date=May 4, 2009}}</ref>

	In 1979 Miracle Valley came to a close after bankruptcy hearings.<ref name="Randi"/> For the next three years, nearly 300 members of a group led by Frances Thomas isolated themselves professing what locals said was an "anti-white doctrine."<ref name="Shooting">{{cite news \| url=http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=9801248&nav=14RSSfrH \| title=Deputies relive shootout at Miracle Valley \| publisher=] \|date=February 6, 2009 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/658914162.html?dids=658914162:658914162&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Oct+01%2C+1981&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Black+Church+Vs.+White+Pentecostals&pqatl=google \| title=Black Church Vs. White Pentecostals \| publisher=] \|date=Oct 1, 1981 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> Immigrants from Chicago and Mississippi rioted, which resulted in the death of Therial Davis, a six year old.<ref name="Randi"/> In 1982, the group had several confrontations with utility workers, neighbors and eventually law enforcement resulting in an November shoot out, during which two members of the church and a deputy were killed.<ref name="Shooting"/><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/625074022.html?dids=625074022:625074022&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Nov+30%2C+1982&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Miracle+Valley+10+freed+pending+trial&pqatl=google \| title=Miracle Valley 10 freed pending trial \| publisher=] \|date=Nov 30, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> That September Miracle Valley's main administration building and vast warehouse were set fire by arson, which resulted in the total destruction of the facilities.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IGkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PlMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6534,2391927&dq=miracle-valley+arson \| title=Arson Could Be Cause \| publisher=] \|date=September 22, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> The main building was valued at $2 million dollars.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GWkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PlMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5289,1485512&dq=southern-arizona-bible-college \| title=Lack of water hurt firefighting \| publisher=] \|date=September 13, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> Stewart sent multiple donation requests to some people on his 100,000 person mailing list "even though his ministry is not associated with the college and the fire damage was insured."<ref name="arsonletter">{{cite news \| url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HJ0KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865,1550813&dq=prescott+native+hopes+ashes+will+help+rebuild+his+minsitry \| title=Prescott native hopes ashes will help rebuild his ministry \| publisher=] \|date=November 5, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> According to the press, one of his letters "gave the impression ... the fire had crippled Stewart's ministry" and another purported to include the building's ashes with a request for $200 donations.<ref name="arsonletter"/> His church had issues over Stewart's financing and "questioned Stewart's fundraising techniques" before.<ref name="arsonletter"/><ref>"Don Stewart, a former Bible student from Clarkdale, Arizona, began running the operation. Stewart eventually established his own following in Phoenix, and is currently accused of arson and embezzlement by his church."{{cite book\| last = Randi \| first = James \| authorlink = James Randi \| year = 1989 \| title = The Faith Healers \| publisher = Prometheus Books \| isbn = 0-87975-535-0 page 88}}</ref> In addition, Stewart was accused by his church of arson, something Stewart denies.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/>

	The insurance company paid 1.5 million dollars for the reconstruction of the large building, or one million dollars for a "cash-out." Stewart was not interested in rebuilding<ref name="arsonletter"/> and intended to take the cash-out; however, the Spanish Assemblies of God (Central Latin American District Council of the Assemblies of God) wanted the facilities to be rebuilt. Subsequently, Stewart accepted the insurance money of one million dollars for Miracle Valley, and the Assemblies of God would receive the Miracle Valley campus consisting of 15 buildings and nearly {{convert\|80\|acre\|m2}} of land for six dollars, which equated into the one dollar per year for the previous six years.{{Citation needed\|date=February 2009}}

	However, Don Stewart forced the Assemblies of God to maintain a Bible College for a minimum of twenty years, or the property would revert back to his ministry. In 1995, exactly twenty years later, the Assemblies of God closed Southern Arizona Bible College and put the campus up for sale.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DSNB/lib00497,0F364F93CD966A47.html \| title=Former S. Arizona Bible College gets a new mission \| publisher=] \|date=November 6, 1999 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref>

	In 1998, a group of ten people with Melvin Harter came from Ohio to view the campus. The next year, Miracle Valley Bible College was purchased by Harter Ministries in August 1999 and the school continued under the administration of Melvin Harter as the Miracle Valley Bible College & Seminary where students were taught in classical Pentecostal theology.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00376,0ED3DBD4F748181F.html \| title=Religion Briefs \| publisher=] \|date=October 16, 1999 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> However, in January 2009 a Phoenix based mortgage firm foreclosed on the property, which currently contains several dilapidated buildings.<ref name="2009news">{{cite news \| url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/02/22/a-valley-in-ruins \| title='A Valley in Ruins' for Miracle Valley \| publisher=] \|date=2011-02-22 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2011-04-13}}</ref> Before the previous owner left the property, the entire north section of Sanctuary roof was removed for an unknown reason.

	Canadian family Gilles, Diane & Michael Langevin, have opened escrow on October 31 and on December 20, 2011, their purchase was approved by the State of Arizona.<ref name=heraldsv>{{cite news\|last=Petermann\|first=Eric\|title=Restoring Miracle Valley to its former glory latest goal of family’s ministry\|url=http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/11/12/233709\|accessdate=November 22, 2011\|newspaper=The Herald\|date=November 12, 2011\|location=Sierra Vista}}</ref> They are a non-denominational ministry called Miracle Valley Arizona Ministries.

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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A. A. Allen
Born	Asa A. Allen (1911-03-27)March 27, 1911 Sulphur Rock, Arkansas, USA
Died	June 11, 1970(1970-06-11) (aged 59) San Francisco, California
Cause of death	Liver failure caused by acute alcoholism.
Occupation	Evangelist/faith healer
Title	Head of A. A. Allen Revivals, Inc.
Successor	Don Stewart
Spouse(s)	Lexie (married September 19, 1936 and separated in 1962)
Children	Four

Asa A. Allen (March 27, 1911, in Sulphur Rock, Arkansas - June 11, 1970, in San Francisco), better known as A. A. Allen, was a controversial evangelist with a Pentecostal healing and deliverance ministry. He was, for a time, associated with the "Voice of Healing" movement founded by Gordon Lindsay. He died at the age of 59 in San Francisco, from liver failure brought on by acute alcoholism. Allen was buried at his ministry headquarters in Miracle Valley, Arizona.

Early life

Asa A. Allen's early life was lived in an often unpleasant environment. His family was very poor, and his father was an alcoholic. At the age of 23, Allen became a Pentecostal at the Onward Methodist Church in Miller, Missouri. Later, he learned of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit from a Pentecostal preacher who was conducting meetings in his home. He soon felt the call to preach and affiliated himself with the Assemblies of God (A/G), and subsequently obtained ordination from them in 1936. He then began to pastor a small church in Colorado. By 1947, Allen was pastoring a large A/G church in Corpus Christi, Texas.

After attending an Oral Roberts tent meeting in Dallas (1949), Allen testified that as he left that meeting he hoped to form a healing ministry and asked his church board to allow him to start a radio program. They refused. Allen soon resigned from his church and began holding healing revival meetings.

Death

Allen died at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco, California on June 11, 1970, at the age of 59. Allen died after a heavy drinking binge. Don Stewart, his successor, is said to have "attempted to clean up evidence of his mentor's alcoholic binge in a San Francisco hotel before the police arrived." Stewart says he wasn't trying to cover up anything, but was trying to protect Allen. Nonetheless, the claim is made that police found his body in a "room strewn with pills and empty liquor bottles." Following a 12-day investigation and an autopsy, the coroner's report concluded Allen died from liver failure brought on by acute alcoholism. The coroner reported that when Allen died he had a blood alcohol content of .36, which was "enough to ensure a deep coma". Allen was buried at Miracle Valley, Arizona on June 15, 1970.

Bibliography

The following is a partial list of books, all by A. A. Allen unless otherwise stated:

America's Sore Evil (n.d.)
Bargain Counter Religion (1967)
Born to Lose, Bound to Win (1970), autobiography written with Walter Wagner
Can God? (n.d.)
Command Ye Me! (1964)
Demon Possession Today and How to Be Free (1953)
Demons Are Real Today! (n.d.), a collection of drawings by a young girl, published by A. A. Allen Publications
Divorce and the Lying Demon (n.d.)
Does God Heal through Medicine? (n.d.)
Except it Be for Fornication (n.d.)
God Will Heal You (1953)
God's Guarantee to Bless and Prosper You Financially (1968)
God's Guarantee to Heal You
God's Last Message to a Dying World (1954)
God's Man of Faith and Power: The Life Story of A. A. Allen (1954), authored by his wife, Lexie E. Allen, and published by A. A. Allen Publications
How to Have Freedom from Fear, Worry, Nerves (1954)
How to Have Power Over the Devil (1954)
How to Renew Your Youth Without Medicine, Drugs, or Surgery (1953)
If I Make My Bed in Hell (1958)
Is It Religion or Racket? Faith or Fear? (1967)
Let My People Go! (n.d.)
The Man Whose Number is 666! (1953)
My Besetting Sin! (n.d.)
My Vision of the Destruction of America Atop the Empire State Building (1954)
Starving Sheep and Overfed Shepherds (1963), authored by Clarence G. Mitchell, but published by A. A. Allen Revivals, Inc.
Witchcraft, Wizards and Witches (1968)

Discography

The following is a partial list of phonograph recordings featuring A. A. Allen (In addition, since his death a number of audio and video recordings of his tent revivals and his meetings at Miracle Valley have been released in various formats):

1971 Indian Camp Meeting
Born to Lose, Bound to Win (EP)
Did God Call the Apostle Paul to Preach the Gospel to the Black Man? (sermon by Allen, LP)
Do Your Thing for God (sermon by Allen, LP)
God is a Killer! (sermon by Allen, LP, 1965)
God's Last Message (sermon by Allen, LP)
Harvest Time (music sung by Allen and others, LP, 1957)
He Died As a Fool Dieth (sermon by Allen, LP)
The Healer of Broken Hearts (LP)
Miracle Camp Meeting
Reach Out and Touch the Lord (Allen and others, LP)
Restoration Revival Alive (music by Allen and others, LP)
Sounds of Revival (by Allen and others, LP)
Sudden Destruction, No Remedy!/Spiritual Suicide! (sermons by Allen, LP)
Talking Bible: Healing-Health Edition (scriptures read by Allen, LP)
What Then (sermon by Allen, LP)

Notes

^ "Evangelist's Death Due to 'Alcoholism'". Washington Post. 1970-06-27. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
^ Harrell 1975, p. 67
^ Randi, James (1989). The Faith Healers. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-535-0 page 85. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help) Cite error: The named reference "Randi" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
"Alcoholism Took Life of Evangelist Allen". Daily Report. June 25, 1970. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
^ Anglen, Robert (May 4, 2009). "Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
"Well-Healed: All revved over evangelist Leroy Jenkins' pyramid schemes". Phoenix New Times. 1999-07-29. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
^ "Evangelist death laid to alcohol". Chronicle-Telegram. June 25, 1970. Retrieved 2007-05-17.

References

Billingsley, Scott (2008), It's a new day: race and gender in the modern charismatic movement, University of Alabama Press, ISBN 978-0-8173-1606-8
Harrell, David Edwin (1975), All things are possible: the healing & charismatic revivals in modern America, Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-10090-0

External links

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	==Death==		==Death==
	Allen died at the ] in San Francisco, California on June 11, 1970, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0015/1590677/10023891_clean.html \| title=Alcoholism Took Life of Evangelist Allen \| publisher=] \|date= June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen died after a heavy drinking binge.<ref name="Randi"/> Don Stewart, his successor, is said to have "attempted to clean up evidence of his mentor's alcoholic binge in a San Francisco hotel before the police arrived."<ref name="DonStewartReward">{{cite news \| url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/04/20090504charities-stewart0504.html \| title=Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward \|publisher=] \| date= May 4, 2009 \| first=Robert \| last=Anglen \| accessdate = 2009-12-18}}</ref> Stewart says he wasn't trying to cover up anything, but was trying to protect Allen.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> Nonetheless, the claim is made that police found his body in a "room strewn with pills and empty liquor bottles."<ref name="Randi">{{cite book\| last = Randi \| first = James \| authorlink = James Randi \| year = 1989 \| title = The Faith Healers \| publisher = Prometheus Books \| isbn = 0-87975-535-0 page 88}}</ref> Following a 12-day investigation and an autopsy, the coroner's report concluded Allen died from ] brought on by ] ].<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-29/culture/well-healed/\| title=Well-Healed: All revved over evangelist Leroy Jenkins' pyramid schemes \| publisher=] \|date=1999-07-29 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> The coroner reported that when Allen died he had a ] of .36, which was "enough to ensure a deep coma".<ref name="Deathalcohol">{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0007/448495/4926471_clean.html \| title=Evangelist death laid to alcohol \| publisher=] \|date=June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen was buried at Miracle Valley, Arizona on June 15, 1970.<ref name="Deathalcohol"/>		Allen died at the ] in San Francisco, California on June 11, 1970, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0015/1590677/10023891_clean.html \| title=Alcoholism Took Life of Evangelist Allen \| publisher=] \|date= June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen died after a heavy drinking binge.<ref name="Randi"/> Don Stewart, his successor, is said to have "attempted to clean up evidence of his mentor's alcoholic binge in a San Francisco hotel before the police arrived."<ref name="DonStewartReward">{{cite news \| url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/04/20090504charities-stewart0504.html \| title=Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward \|publisher=] \| date= May 4, 2009 \| first=Robert \| last=Anglen \| accessdate = 2009-12-18}}</ref> Stewart says he wasn't trying to cover up anything, but was trying to protect Allen.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> Nonetheless, the claim is made that police found his body in a "room strewn with pills and empty liquor bottles."<ref name="Randi">{{cite book\| last = Randi \| first = James \| authorlink = James Randi \| year = 1989 \| title = The Faith Healers \| publisher = Prometheus Books \| isbn = 0-87975-535-0 page 88}}</ref> Following a 12-day investigation and an autopsy, the coroner's report concluded Allen died from ] brought on by ] ].<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-29/culture/well-healed/\| title=Well-Healed: All revved over evangelist Leroy Jenkins' pyramid schemes \| publisher=] \|date=1999-07-29 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> The coroner reported that when Allen died he had a ] of .36, which was "enough to ensure a deep coma".<ref name="Deathalcohol">{{cite news \| url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0007/448495/4926471_clean.html \| title=Evangelist death laid to alcohol \| publisher=] \|date=June 25, 1970 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref> Allen was buried at Miracle Valley, Arizona on June 15, 1970.<ref name="Deathalcohol"/>

	==After death==
	In 1970, after Allen died, Reverend ] gained possession of Allen's organization, including his Miracle Valley property, and renamed Allen's Miracle Life Fellowship International to Don Stewart Evangelistic Association (and later the Don Stewart Association).<ref name="Report">{{cite news \| url=http://www.trinityfi.org/press/donstewart.html \| title=Finances, Fraud and False Teaching - The Troubled History of Don Stewart \| publisher=] \|year=2002\| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2007-05-17}}</ref><ref>Stanley M. Burgess, Eduard M. van der Maas, and Ed van der Maas. ''New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements'' (Jun 1, 2002), page 312</ref><ref>''Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements''. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing Co., 1988), pg. 832.</ref> Stewart "went from pounding tent stakes at Allen's revivals to driving a truck to preaching".<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> In addition, Stewart "was hit with allegations of embezzlement by Allen's brother-in-law, of pocketing offerings from the revivals" in the wake of Allen's death.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/> Nonetheless, the activities of the association were then moved to Phoenix and the Bible college continued to operate in Miracle Valley until 1975. Stewart then leased the campus to the Hispanic Assemblies by a 20-year lease agreement for one dollar a year. They opened a Spanish-speaking Bible college known as the Southern Arizona Bible College.<ref name=courier>{{cite news\|title=Prescott native hopes ashes will help rebuild his ministry\|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vK9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3830,1550814&dq=miracle-valley+assemblies-of-god+stewart&hl=en\|accessdate=November 22, 2011\|newspaper=The Courier\|date=November 5, 1982}}</ref><ref name=repub>{{cite news\|last=Anglen\|first=Robert\|title=A life in pursuit of God's reward\|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/azcentral/access/1697565101.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+04%2C+2009&author=Robert+Anglen&pub=Arizona+Republic&desc=A+life+in+pursuit+of+God's+reward&pqatl=google\|accessdate=November 22, 2011\|newspaper=Arizona Republic\|date=May 4, 2009}}</ref>

	In 1979 Miracle Valley came to a close after bankruptcy hearings.<ref name="Randi"/> For the next three years, nearly 300 members of a group led by Frances Thomas isolated themselves professing what locals said was an "anti-white doctrine."<ref name="Shooting">{{cite news \| url=http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=9801248&nav=14RSSfrH \| title=Deputies relive shootout at Miracle Valley \| publisher=] \|date=February 6, 2009 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/658914162.html?dids=658914162:658914162&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Oct+01%2C+1981&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Black+Church+Vs.+White+Pentecostals&pqatl=google \| title=Black Church Vs. White Pentecostals \| publisher=] \|date=Oct 1, 1981 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> Immigrants from Chicago and Mississippi rioted, which resulted in the death of Therial Davis, a six year old.<ref name="Randi"/> In 1982, the group had several confrontations with utility workers, neighbors and eventually law enforcement resulting in an November shoot out, during which two members of the church and a deputy were killed.<ref name="Shooting"/><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/625074022.html?dids=625074022:625074022&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Nov+30%2C+1982&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Miracle+Valley+10+freed+pending+trial&pqatl=google \| title=Miracle Valley 10 freed pending trial \| publisher=] \|date=Nov 30, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> That September Miracle Valley's main administration building and vast warehouse were set fire by arson, which resulted in the total destruction of the facilities.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IGkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PlMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6534,2391927&dq=miracle-valley+arson \| title=Arson Could Be Cause \| publisher=] \|date=September 22, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> The main building was valued at $2 million dollars.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GWkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PlMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5289,1485512&dq=southern-arizona-bible-college \| title=Lack of water hurt firefighting \| publisher=] \|date=September 13, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> Stewart sent multiple donation requests to some people on his 100,000 person mailing list "even though his ministry is not associated with the college and the fire damage was insured."<ref name="arsonletter">{{cite news \| url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HJ0KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865,1550813&dq=prescott+native+hopes+ashes+will+help+rebuild+his+minsitry \| title=Prescott native hopes ashes will help rebuild his ministry \| publisher=] \|date=November 5, 1982 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> According to the press, one of his letters "gave the impression ... the fire had crippled Stewart's ministry" and another purported to include the building's ashes with a request for $200 donations.<ref name="arsonletter"/> His church had issues over Stewart's financing and "questioned Stewart's fundraising techniques" before.<ref name="arsonletter"/><ref>"Don Stewart, a former Bible student from Clarkdale, Arizona, began running the operation. Stewart eventually established his own following in Phoenix, and is currently accused of arson and embezzlement by his church."{{cite book\| last = Randi \| first = James \| authorlink = James Randi \| year = 1989 \| title = The Faith Healers \| publisher = Prometheus Books \| isbn = 0-87975-535-0 page 88}}</ref> In addition, Stewart was accused by his church of arson, something Stewart denies.<ref name="DonStewartReward"/>

	The insurance company paid 1.5 million dollars for the reconstruction of the large building, or one million dollars for a "cash-out." Stewart was not interested in rebuilding<ref name="arsonletter"/> and intended to take the cash-out; however, the Spanish Assemblies of God (Central Latin American District Council of the Assemblies of God) wanted the facilities to be rebuilt. Subsequently, Stewart accepted the insurance money of one million dollars for Miracle Valley, and the Assemblies of God would receive the Miracle Valley campus consisting of 15 buildings and nearly {{convert\|80\|acre\|m2}} of land for six dollars, which equated into the one dollar per year for the previous six years.{{Citation needed\|date=February 2009}}

	However, Don Stewart forced the Assemblies of God to maintain a Bible College for a minimum of twenty years, or the property would revert back to his ministry. In 1995, exactly twenty years later, the Assemblies of God closed Southern Arizona Bible College and put the campus up for sale.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DSNB/lib00497,0F364F93CD966A47.html \| title=Former S. Arizona Bible College gets a new mission \| publisher=] \|date=November 6, 1999 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref>

	In 1998, a group of ten people with Melvin Harter came from Ohio to view the campus. The next year, Miracle Valley Bible College was purchased by Harter Ministries in August 1999 and the school continued under the administration of Melvin Harter as the Miracle Valley Bible College & Seminary where students were taught in classical Pentecostal theology.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00376,0ED3DBD4F748181F.html \| title=Religion Briefs \| publisher=] \|date=October 16, 1999 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2009-05-17}}</ref> However, in January 2009 a Phoenix based mortgage firm foreclosed on the property, which currently contains several dilapidated buildings.<ref name="2009news">{{cite news \| url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/02/22/a-valley-in-ruins \| title='A Valley in Ruins' for Miracle Valley \| publisher=] \|date=2011-02-22 \| first= \| last= \| accessdate =2011-04-13}}</ref> Before the previous owner left the property, the entire north section of Sanctuary roof was removed for an unknown reason.

	Canadian family Gilles, Diane & Michael Langevin, have opened escrow on October 31 and on December 20, 2011, their purchase was approved by the State of Arizona.<ref name=heraldsv>{{cite news\|last=Petermann\|first=Eric\|title=Restoring Miracle Valley to its former glory latest goal of family’s ministry\|url=http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/11/12/233709\|accessdate=November 22, 2011\|newspaper=The Herald\|date=November 12, 2011\|location=Sierra Vista}}</ref> They are a non-denominational ministry called Miracle Valley Arizona Ministries.

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