What Dallas Pastors Preached After JFK Was Killed
Facing crowded pews and heavy hearts, Dallas clergy took to the pulpits on Nov. 24, 1963, to try to make sense of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy just two days before.
“It Is A Very Good Paper”
“I send twenty-five cents for The Way,” Agnes Floyd of Michigan wrote to editors A.J. Tomlinson and M.S. Lemons in September 1905. Her letter continued, “It is a very good paper. I like to read such papers and then give them to others, praying that they may be led into the Way of life in the Savior.”
Creating the Office of General Overseer in the Church of God
Not until near the end of the fourth General Assembly, on Saturday, January 9, 1909, did the Church of God create the office of general overseer.
With Tons of Gospel Dynamite”: The Ministry of J.T. Roberts
“Georgia has a great treat coming!” proclaimed the Georgia Reporter in 1947. By that summer camp meeting was already an established tradition in the Church of God–so much so that the churches in Georgia had just purchased property to build a camp ground near Atlanta.
Sharing the Load: The First State Overseers
When the sixth General Assembly met in Cleveland, Tennessee, January 3-8, 1911, the Church of God had grown to fifty-eight churches, 107 ministers, and 1,855 members. Despite this growth, General Overseer A.J. Tomlinson expressed disappointment.
The Great Revival
“We can’t begin to describe the great revival that is sweeping the town and country here. Can only say it is wonderful. Crowds are coming from far and near, and the large tent is filled to overflowing and altar so crowed with seekers we can hardly find room to work.” —-Ella Clyde Cotton
