Sign at the border of the city of Zion, Illinois, USA

Sign at the border of the city of Zion, Illinois, USA. The city was founded in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie, an eccentric Scottish priest who founded the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in America. He owned all the land on which the city of Zion was built, and planned the city layout to resemble the Union Flag. As the sole owner of Zion, he prohibited smoking, drinking, eating pork and establishing theatres, dance halls, doctors surgeries and secret lodges within the city limits. In 1905 he suffered a stroke whilst away in Mexico. In his absence, Wilbur Glenn Voliva deposed him and took over Zion. It is his signs, based upon Dowie's ideas, that are shown in this image

Apostolic Boarder Chuch Dowie Eccentric Evangelical Evangelism Extreme Extremist Limits Wilbur Zion

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