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/l'hel/ (III 111.1' laho/"S lIlId frill/I lire 0 '(!I: we now enter into." Abo remembering Moulltall1: Cy1c G. & Il elen C. IJa\ i-;. Alld I (lin safe 01/ Ihal h/!(l/lli/II/I/wre. the ministers \\ Ith appreciallon. Rocky Mountain: and Ilellry & Bella ,/I/I( /0 he lIl'tll' fhe dcal' Lord I adore, General Secretary George O. Wood GOIl/ales. Southern Pacific Latin Wi ll 111m 'he age\' hI! g/mT/o/" fill', \\fote In the foreword: "These Americ

\ /c lt E I~II"\G E. !oo 1"lIlIll'r 100 13 G ncr Ie neil A(/(lfJfl'd from (I femllr" in lite " C' nl('Cos tal Eqwgcl ill 199- • A historical glimpse at the Assembli es of God General Councils The famil comes to get er By Wayne Warner

e is 110\\ retired. and at 90 railroad waler tower and crushed his remains out of Ihe ankle. "Although he reeovercd." Grant H mainstream of church says. "his ankle was very rigid. activities in a Lenexa, Kansas. \Valking was di fTielllt. especially if any retirement home. Strokes have made distance was involved:' it impossible for him 10 attend The two friends left a council General Councils as he did for so session al noon one day to go to a many years beginning with the nearby Woolworth's store. Great Depression era and ending with Then it happened. the compuler age. As they walked down some steps leading inlo Ihe store. Si mpson U. S. Granl stopped JUSt ahead of Grant. He turned Ilis name is U. S. Grant. retired abruptly. and shouted at his pastor. paslOr of First Assembly. Kansas City. "\Vait a minutc" lI e ran back lip the Kansas. stai rs. "The Lord just loosed my And as time draws ncar for the ankle:' 491h Coullcil opening in Kansas City. Grant and Simpson rejoiced over he like so many others will think the healing. about Ihe exhilarating experience that ______--, brings Assemblies of God people together every 2 years. l ie loves to reminisce about his first council In 1931 In San Francisco: the 1937 Counci l al l\ilcmphis when he sang a solo and heard his friend Ilarry \3owley preach: and Ihe Ol1e he preached at in Long \3eaeh. California. in 1967.

Deacon hea lC'd His most memorable General Council was in 1975 in Denver. Grant was there with his senior deacon LOllis Simpson. More Ihan 30 years previolls to U. S. G rallt has vivid IIH' mo ril'S nf l lH' Ihe council. Simpson fell from a 1975 Gelleral Coullcil whcll his frie nd \\as heal ed. "That was one of Ihe mosl the 1914 orgall1zational mectlng exciling momcnts of my lifc." Granl cOJl\ened in the Opera Ii olise along recalled recently. When Simpson bath ro\\ In Iiot Springs. Arkansas. wondered aloud why God \\ould \\ all DollicAnne Drain. a 15-year-old Paris. 33 yea rs 10 perform Ihe healing. Grant Arkansas. farm girl had already didn'l ha\ c an answer. Bul he looked al preached ror nearly 2 years, On the his happy deacon and added "God last day or thai historic council. rv!. t-, L looked down on a couple of fellows Pinson and C. A. Lasatcr ordained her. \\ho were jusl talking about Ihe good Today. if IS-ycar-olds were to ask things II c was doing al the council and ror ordination. the district crc(it.:ntia ls decided 10 do somelhing special fo r commillees would no doubt encouragl.! Ihem:' them 10 kel.!p witnessing and preparing Countless olhers who havc ror ministry (and stay in school). BlIt allended General Councils will agree comc back for ord ination when they wi th U. S. Grant that almost anything tll rn 23 the minimum age. can happen in or out of a sen icc. lI istory shows In Dollie's case it was no Council nupli:lls misguided rll!;h to ordain. A One happy couple decided they rew years later she married coul d ri nd no beller place to gct Ilcrbert Simms, and thl.! two married than Ihe 1921 General Council ministered in Arkansas ror in SI. Louis. Willie Millsaps. who had many years. Dollie outlived allended th c organizational meeting or her husband several years the Assembli es o r God in Hot Springs. and then went on to heaven Arkansas, and who lived to th e ripe age rro lll Maranat ha Manor. or95. never rorgot that meeting. Spri ngfield. Missouri. in 199[ at the He was the groom. ageor 92. And General chairman (l ater The invitation to the call ed superintendent) E. N. Bell lOok organi zationa l meeting in Il ot Springs, time in the counci l schedul e to perrorm commonly rererred to as "the Cal l:' the wedding ceremony ror Mill saps was ror "sain ts who believe in the and hi s Kansas bride at a SI. Louis baptism wi th the Holy Ghost with hote l. signs ro ll owi ng." The call also said, "Nei ther is th is meeting ror any First C ouncil captious. contrary. divisive, or Perhaps the youngest person ever content ious person: ' ordained in th e Assembl ies of God was Wi llie Millsaps rcmembe red that commissioned at the age or 15- whi le many or th c 19 14 delegates were apprehensive about creating an organi za tion. Some of them had been tossed out of denominational churches because o r their Pe nt ecostal expcriencc. And it was hardly an experi ence they wa nted repeated with th ei r newfound colleagues. But the leaders Olltlined the benefits. Mill saps added. which calmed many or the rears the delegates had expressed. Du ring the first IS years or the Assemblics of God. outsiders no doubt viewed it as a regional fellowship. Each or its first [3 coullcils convcned I)ull il' Simms was 15 whcn shl' wa s in rour central states: Arkansas. ordaill l'd al Ih l' organizal ionalml't'l ing [[Iinoi s, Missouri. and Kansas. It was of Ihe Asscmbli l'S ufGod in Apr il 19 14. not untIl 1931 that the Ic .. der~ H!ntured eommunlt) of I:: ureka Spnngs, In the to put the Gent.!ral Council on the roa{l green-forested mountalllS of northern you nught say. when the) ..,el up ..,hop Arkan<;as. III San Francisco\ Glad Ticltng.., lJack 111 Ihls simpler period, Temple. Welch'!> need ... for a counC il \\ere baSIC. \en IOC:lliolls If hc could rent a sUJlable audJloTium lJel\~'eell 1933 and 1939 COLIIlCII (or a local13apllsl or victho. Just 3 month<; before the And he could always get an cn:ning bombing of Pearl speaker and musicians pro\iding he Harbor. ga\e a few hours' notice. The two councils in That Eureka Springs COllncil Springfield during \... ·ould be Welch's la st as leader of the World War I r \~:cre th e dcnomination he helped start . last th ere. Spnngfield More than half a century ago in si mply could not handle 1947, delegates streamed in lO th e th e gro\\ IIlg number of Grand Rapids. Michigan. Civic Center attendees. \\ ith a new \ibrancy and an energetic The A%embhes of God was post-war worldwide agenda. They were coming of age. challenged by missionaries some of whom had sutTered painfully in prison C hanges camps during the wa r. Many ehanges ha\e come wit h G rand Rapids brought th c General Councils since 1914. Assemblies of God into a new era . A rcportcr inteniewcd J. Roswdl Beginni ng here. Illore dislricts and and Alice Reynolds Flower al the regions around the country began to Dallas Council in 1969 about the host General Councils. \Ve became a eontrasts they had secn in 33 General Fellowshi p that could be found 111 Councils. every state and wilh mi ssionaries in They recalled th e 1935 Council nearly 150 countries. that also met in Dallas. "In those days Reminiscing with th e pi oneers there wa s no suc h thing as a about the early cOllncils takes LI S back headquarters hotel." Mrs. Flower said. 10 the Model T days. forward through "Most of us stayed in pri\'atc homes:' the Great Depression, World War 11. Early General Councils were si mple. and into a period of lInprecedenled "{ In 1935] I was elected both general change and challenge. secretary and the only assistam general Now within a few days this big superintendent." Roswcll Flower fam ily will gather once again for the recalled. The assistant su perint endelll General Council. at the time had no particular duties. "It We can expect morc council fe\'er was more of a symptoms which include warm safeguard in case greetings. friendly embraces. plenty of anything happened to laughs. much sharing. and a few shout s the superintendent." along the way. If you've been there For the II th before, you know thousands of General Council in memories of previous counci ls will 1925, General Chair­ comc ali\e around the convelltion man J. \V. Welch in cente r. ncarby restaurants, and April of that year was hotels just as they did in Grand still looking for a site for the following Rapids. Milwaukee. and Long Beach September. lie found it in the resort so many years ago. And we'll take • 1987--·- Media atlention focused on the Assemblies of God because of scandals. Alleniion continues at Old:lhoma City Council. • '9S9--Michael Cardone Media Center buill in Springfield. Assemblies of God eelcbr.nes 75th Annivers:u)' at Indianapolis Council. • 1991 - Spiritual Life Report reccives favorable response in Portland Council. • 1993· G. Raymond Carlson and Joseph Flower re ti re. New cxecuti\'e offieers elected: Thomas E. Trask, T\\ o minislers \\ho aUend(' d lh(' organi/_alioll 11I (,(,li lll,: superintendent; Charles T. Crabtree. oflhe l\ sS('l1Iblies orGod ill 191..1 sl1ol\11 \isiling in assistant superintendent: G,"-'Orge 0. 198 L Willie ,\ 1 iII saps. Il'ft . reminds D:l\ id Lee Fl o~ d Wood. secretary: James K. Bridges. 1I1l11 il \IllS in 19 161 h:11 lh(' ~ lasl S:I\I each olher. treasurer. • 1995 --Senior Adult Ministries established, Membership in Ihe new timc Friday morning to rcmember As U_ S. Grant. Willie Millsaps. PcntecostaliChllrismatic Churehes of more than 700 ministers \\ho havc Dollie Simllls. and thousands more North America (PCCNA) appro\·cd. finished Ihcll" course during the past hale since 191-L wc'll sharc in those • 1997- U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft challenged audience to participate in biennial. some of whom were wi th us 2 exhilarating family experiences \1 hen mission ofrcdemplion. The General years ago in Orlando. we arri\e in Kansas City. -t- Presbytery llppro\"ed a capital fund drive Oeing il family, we " rejoice with ofS I million to l:lUneh the new Flower the111 that do rejoice. and wecp with Pentecostal Heritage Center. them th at wecp" ( Romans 12:15), \ Va~ ' n (' \ Varllc r is • 1999· . Gcnernl Superintendent That's certain to include sharing din ' rlo!' of I ll(' Thomas Tmsk presented two laymen. mcmorles and trials. cnJoylllg Flo\\c,' Pcn tccosta l D:l\"id Cribbs and Barry Meguiar. with fell owsh ip. and praying w ith onc Hc l"i lagc Cenlcr the General Superintendent's Medal of ano th e r in g red ients that he lp li nd ediior of Honor. strengthen Ihis growing fa m ily God H erif(ff,:e m agaz ine, -Glem. Gallr alld Way/U' Wamer has creatcd.

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FPI-IC panoramic vicw above highlights Ihe communication displays. From the left, TV prognuns kiosk; sound bytes frolll radio programs; " family li stening to Rel,jl'fl/rime; '"ael io photos and memorabilia; Rail'll/lime 1}I'oductioll team; and right, life-cast ngul'c of C. M . \V~ lrd at microphone. R rint from the Au '. 8 1981 To Jekll e ll JiU//-JOllfi/lI/ Stormy 1915 Topeka Camp Meeting Recalled Lots of Trollble bllt IO-year-old Boy Healed of St. Vitlls' Dallce

By Wayne Wa rner

They said Louis Il omer died ill Oregon l:lsl .J an uary ;11 age 95. T his W;.IS 11 0 insignificant obit ua ry fur IIIl" because Louis was ,I feature of II siury I had" rillclI for" Tlte Topeka Capita/-Journal ill A ug. 19H I IWed " Stormy 19 15 Cmnl> J\ lceting Ilccall ed:' Tlmt's ,\ hell Louis was 75 ~ Ind fi gured ill the 1915 meetin g liS a 10 YC~l r -o ld boy suffering "ilh S1. Vi tus' Oancc. A nd he shouldn' t have li ved beyond :tbolll 1920, acconling to the medic:'1 1 professio n of the day_ Louis's n ::lmc came to m y

elect rician in 19HI was that his healing 6S years TO!ll'i';:1 !lnlk,' ~ hul uff 111l' dl~ IJll .. k IJll\ ilioll lil,:hl\. earlier "as complete. arrl"'h'tI Ilu' spollsoring pasto r, anti urtil'red EI:lII{:l'li,t 'I;... i:l II, \\ootillorlh-Eller lu dO'l' hl'r NUl\ 20 years il ft el- the SlO ry appe:Hed in the 19 1:" Topekll me{'fill~. nut nOI befOrt, Loui\ ROIIll'r Cllpillll-JOflrJIlll we :H-e rel)l-illting it here. Il l.' healed of SI. Vii us' D:IIICl'. Spollsur\ of 11l{' \ Vaync \ Va rncl- nll' {, lin ~ H ! np a !{'1It across th{' ~ lr {,l' l. o uhitl {' Ihl' cit~ limih. :lnd continu{'d the s{'n ic l'~. !though hundreds of people will attend th e Just 66 years ago this month_ the late C. E. Foster_ 75th annual camp meeting at the Pent ecostal founder of the annual camp meeting. brought the A Grace Campus Grounds. 2622 E. 6th. legendary charismatic woman evangelist. Maria B. begi nning Sunday. it is ;:limost certain the week-long Woodworth-Eller, to Topeka as the main speaker for meeting despite the expected traditional camp th e meetings held in the ol d pavilion at Garfield Park. meeting enthusiasm will fall far short in excitement Before the meetings ended three weeks later, a judge. orthe one held in Topek

10 MG II EKrl \G \::. ~, ,,nlll..r 200 1 ~'T h e police chi ef and several dellollllllatlon~ had dropped Ihe camp meeting~ by the officers moved into the pavili on lurn of the ceIHury, newcr church group.s ~pnngmg up aroulld thc eountr) ~uch a~ the hohlles~ and with an order to close the meetings P l.!llteco~tal group~ cOllllllued the tradlllon \\ lIh a nd rlln the \\orshipers off me~lll1g'l ~uch a.., held III Topeka, Fo~ter\ nallle cit~' property." became '1)l1on) mOll.., \\ Ith camp Illcetlllgs. But he \\ ,bn 'I prq>ared for \\ hat happened III police order to close the meetmg one night: a IO-ycnr­ 1915 . old boy nnd n 9-ycar-old girl \\cre pulled from the altar A IO-)l.!ar·old bo~. LOll]') Romer, \\ho..,c father \\a~ nnd Inken 10 a detl.!ntion home and their pnrl.!nb a hard\\arl.! merchant III AlIl.!n. Kansa~, becamc the charged \\ ith permitting Iheir children 10 become Cl.!lltcr or .lIIentlon dunng the 1915 11ll.!ctlllg not il1\oh cd in \\ hat cil) ofl'iciab labcled "hol) rollcr-­ becau"!e he \\ anted the attl.!ntlon but snnpl) because he mee lings. Finally one c\ening the police chief nnd \\Il'l pra) lllg to rl.!eel\ e the Pentecostal e\penencl.! sC\'cral ofTi cers mo\ed into the 1)(1\ ilion \\ ith an order comlllonl) called the baptism in the 1I 0ly SPlfll. to closc the meetings and run the \\orshipcrs on' cit) PClltcco'ltah and chansmatics bdie\c Ihis I.!xpenence i"! property, When th e pl.!ople wo ul d 11 0t mo\c, the police w,:compalllcd \\ Ilh 'Ipeaking in longues. Ihe ~ame a.., ofl'icers turned ofTthe lights. belil.!\ er'l rl.!Cel\ ed on Illl.! Da) of Penlccost III ACh 2: 4. No, the 75th annual camp mcetings \\ ill n01 h:1\ e To gI.!l ROllll.!r ..... "tor}, one l1l11~t go back t\\O ) car.., th e exeit emcnt of thc ninth b) any means. 10 1913. \\ hl.!ll hc \\as g )I.!ars old. Ilis parl.!llh noticed c\ cn of Foster's first nine camp meetings their ..,on \\,l'l hin lllg trouble controllmg hIS arm .. and \\ere conduct cd nt Garfield Park \\ith no hands. Il is condItIon gre\\ stcadil~ \\orse Ulllli doctor.., apparelll trouble. but ci l) ofTicinls \\nlched \\erl.! ask cd to dlagno"c the "!trangl.! easc. Thl.! ea"l.!, Sthe 1915 mccting closel) because they hO\\c\er. \\a .. not strange 10 the doclOrs although Ihe) believed chi ldren wcre bcing unduly influenced b) had no eurc for II al Ihal 111ll1.!. Thc) told the Romer.. emotionalism and il was thought they \\ould be thl.!ir son vas anlictl.!d \\ IIh \\ hat was th l.!l1 kl1O\\ 11 a~ 51. perm anen tlyafTected. Vitus' Dance. Toda) the dl~ease IS kno\\ n as chorea, a Since Foster and the other sponsoring ministers !len ous disease closely as~ocialed \\ Ilh rhl.!lInl can combat thl.! dl!'>e:l'lc who have studi ed th c early history of th c Pentecostal today, the pa tient can bl.! alllicted 1'01' months. move mcnt arc familiar with her name and th c re\ ivals he illlll.!SS afTected Loui~' fect so that his toe~ she conductcd. "Sister"' Eller. according to one church drl.!\\ lIl~dcr. I1l"C\enting him from \\I.!anng hislOrian, look ed "just likc your gran dm ot her but shoc~. l·rl.!qllcl11ly he would lose control of exercised tremendous spiritu al aUlhority O\cr si n, T hi!-. hand"! and ringl.! rs. The bo) 's conclltlon disease and demons.-- got sO bad that he could no longer feed Illlll"ctf \\ Ilh She had preached from coast 10 coast for some 30 table utcnsils. And because there \\as no efTl.!ctl\·1.! years and as many as 25,000 people had been allracted trealment in [ l lO~e days. doctors had lillie hope that he 10 a sin gle sen icc, Topeka had been onc of her favorite would li \e beyond age 13. stopping places sincc th e early 1890s. Nc\\ spapcrs In 1915 a friend told the Romers

MC II ERIT,\ CE.SUIII"IH 2001 13 She 1110\ cd on to Colorado Springs. She would prcach another nine years until her death in 192-l at age 80. Shc \\ould hold sen ices elsewhere in Kansas. but thcrc is no record th at she e\cr rClllrncd to Topeka the plaec that is known worldwidc as the birthplflcc of th c modcrn Pcntecostal mo\cment. Foster \\ould continuc holding emnp mcctings in Topeka c\cry ycar until hi s death in 1973 at thc age of93. Si ncc thcn his two SOil S. Clem and Victor. ha\c Icd the annualmceting. Thcy wi ll bc in chargc \\hen thc first li\ely song signals thc opening ofthc 75 th camp mecting this wcck. But there is little fear they will experience anythi ng si milar to what thcir fat her faced back in 1915. T h e c dihW'S IJI'ol h c L L c unanl \ V anIC" , I lIlI k Ih is phlllo of Luui .. Ihllllc r , Lo\\ e ll. O '·('J,.:III1. ill 19K I for 1.1" (.' ill Ihe T#I/J ~' k tl Ctlp i wl-./ Ollr lltll \1 0 ' · ... . ·Vic,ory Tabernacle. Topeka. Kan~a~. 11111 conducl 'he 951h anrll\er~ary services would resume the follo\\ ing Sunday in a tcnt camp meelmg III lIugu~t. Victor "o~ter. 84. rollowed hilo rather c. I· at Seward and Elliott. l-oMcr as pa~lOr or the church and IS In charge or the mcctlng. What happen cd to thc fiery little e"angelist. Maria B. Woodworth-Etter?

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by Edith L. Blumhorer and Grant Wacker

[\:III l!disl Sle\(' ilill r eproduced Iht' 19t16·0H Aposrolic Fair" pap('rs in Ih is 1997 puhlicalion.

he Azusa Mission's 1110st if not all or the unsigned (more or less) edilOrials and articles. At first bimolllhl y glance that \ iew seems reasonable. Apostolic Faith since Seymour was one or the appeared founeen times between mission's main rounders in the Clar :1 tUIIl. Il ho helpcd 10 ('(Iii September 1906 and June 1908. spring of 1906, and he served as its th(' /lpo.IlOlic Pair" of Los An~d(' s and I'o rllaud. Or·cl!o ll . Despite its brief lire span. this pastor and guiding light until his COl/ n e.,.\' of /lpo.lfOlic ,," Iir" eighl-page paper might well be death in 1922. I-Ie signed many or IHi.l .liO/l of " onlmlfl. Ort'goll. christened the Pentecostal revival's the key doctrinal articles (indeed. Oagship periodical. Each issue the number of words that appear California, possibly for health contained scores o r articles. over his na me or ini tials runs to reasons. Nothing is kno\\ n aboul testimonies. letlers, news items. about 8 % of the tota1). And his her formal edueaIion. hut the record edilOrials. and editorial asides. namc appears more often than any shows thai she taught school in the Quickly reaching a print run or othcr in the index. Nonetheless, town of Arlcsia. [n (he summer of 40,000, the Aposrolic Faillt soon close examination suggests that 1897 Lum moved back to the turned up in homes. street cars, and Seymour shared editorial and Midwest. this time 10 Shenandoah. mi ssion stations in all parts of the mana gerial responsibilities with a Iowa. where she associalcd with continent and many parts or the whi te woman named Clara E. Lum. Charlcs Il anley and the radical world. Irany one text spoke ror the holiness World's Faith MissiolliJry movcment as a wholc, it was the A Backgroulld Check 011 Association. Aftcr undcrgoing a Apostolic Fail".1 Clara LUIll powerful spiritual expcrience in the The story or the AposlO/ic Though not much has been summer of 1898. LUlll started Failh's editorship reveals the !luid wrillen about LUIll , Ihere can be writi ng ror the Association's papcr. leadership pallerns among early lillie doubt that she possessed the The Firehroll(/. By January of 1899 Pcnteeostals. Conventional wis­ education, training, and aptitude to Il an1cy would call her the paper's dom holds that William J. Seymour. take a leading role in the paper's associate edi tor. The two authors an A friean American evangelist. operation. Born in Wisconsi n in made clear that they intended to edited Ihe periodical and wrote 1869. Lum migrated to southcrn speak as onc voice. \

MG II UU'I'AGE, ~ "rnrn "r 200 1 15 Cashwell spoke of' "Si!'.ter Lum" re~lding about th e lloly Ghost falling in other places. LUIll's name appeared only one other time in the periodical while it \\as associated with Azusa. This was an autobiographical cli p. published in the spring of 1907. in which she simply listed her location as "A pos101ic Faith Office. 3 12 Azusa St.. Los Angeles.'" Later oral tradition held that LUI11 stenographically recorded personal testimonies and the interpretation of tongues messages at Azusa. Though rarely recognized in the pages of the Apostolic Failh. I'C('l II I I' LUI11 clearly played a prominent William J . Sc~ mOllr. a lld C lar:1 Lum (S hl' b holdin ~ a p(, llcil). Sl;lnding: unidc nlificd, 'II'. E\a n" .J cnnic \loOl'c (lalH .' 11'05, \\illiam SC~ lI1 o ur ), Glcnn A. role in the periodical's day to day Cook. Fturcn('(' enl\l ron!. II nidcnl iliN!. '! "I'i n('c. C r:1\\ ront's ( blU ~ h I(,L \l ilcin'd, operations. For one thing. the paper i .. ~c lil c d in Hiram Smith's lap. itself made plain that Seymour was LUlll's responsibilities grew. 1110S1 earnest and efficient workers not th e only one who had a hand ill By 1900 she had mastered typing and members" of the comlllunity.' producing it. So. for example. the and shorthand

16 Me IIOH !" GL ~ U"''''''' ' 200 1 California theology student studying the re\ ivaI. said that Lum Clara E. Lurn \\as "in charge orthc publication:' By Edith L. Blumhofer

Shumway, \\ ho was unfricndly to In Jul~ 1897 Clara LUIll left a greeting frOIll Lum ju.. 1 under lI an l e~ 's Pentecostals. must be read teaching job and a co mfortable life in column. -\\e " anl but one Aulhor for cautiously, but in this respect. al Artesia. California. to assodatc \\ilh the thl.' FIREHRA 'D and Ihat One 10 b{' least. his account proved consistent \\ orld's Fai th ;\li ssio nar ~ Association in the lI o l~ Gho .. t," she \\rOle. "Another Shl'II:1 udoah. Iowa. She had h('ard Iht' edilOr means bul another instrum{' nt with other evidence. And in 19-1S association's foulHkr. C harl('s lI anl('~. for llis u se."~ IIhicl Clemmons inten iewcd s p£' ak in Clilifornia in 1896 and Lum soon took up ~ hurlhand l3i shop C. I l. Mason of the Church subscribed to his 1lI 0 1l 1 hl ~ papN', The ;lUd t~ )ling, becoming e\:l.ert al bOlh .6 of God in Chris! about the early Firebrand. A n ('\IH' ricllccd Christian IJ~ ..\pdl 1900, Till' Firebrtwd 1II 0nt hl ~ \\orkc r, Lum "as Htlrartl'd b) the print run reached 10.000.' LUlII 's days. Mason had kno\\ n Seymour training school and clUSlt' r of miniSlric) acli\ilies outside the office includ{'d the and th e Azusa selling \\ell. lIanil' Y supl.'r\'is{' d in a cou nl ~ s{'lll in ,,\\ C A. She represented th{' local Clemmons. apparently relying 011 so ulh\H'stcrn Iowa . She found I-Ianle) \ chapter at the lo\\ a Slate " \\ CA Mason's firsthand knowledge. ('fforls a hi\(' of acti\ it) . its furniShings CO lI\ ention in O~d ar Falls,M [arl~ in described Lum \\ ithoul :l nd food pla in. bill the mCl' linl!S 1900. Lum IISS Ullled the dulies of qualification as "thc edi tor." intriguing. In Jill) IN98, she h:ld a ~ee r e tar~ and treasun' .' of Ihe dramatic religious c\:pl'ric ncc Ihrou~h Mis s ionar~ f\ ssociation,' She also Third. internal literary \\ hiell sll(' conduded "Christ in me is all became Ihe chroniclrr of \\orld's Faith evidence suggests LUlll's authorial the preparation I need .... I 1I('\,('r ('an be \li ss i o nar ~ Assoc iation hi~tor~. ' oonl' hand. The 1110st obvious is that hungry a n) mOI"('-1 am feasting 011 :11 Shl'nandoah Sl'l' m('d mort' unit('d sentences and distinctive phrases Him. I never can Ihirsl :ln~ lIlorl'-He heart and so ul \\ith th(' 1I 11 nl t'~s. Rul that appeared uncl er LUlll's name in is in l1I e a " ell of " alt' r ... The Morninl,: Lum. bese t b ~ health pro bl e m ~, fOllnd Star has rise n:" ha rsh lo" a \\intHs difficult. In 190" the Missivl/my World appeared in Days in Shenandoah b('I,::l1I al she 1II0\ ed for Ihe "intH 10 Oregon, her similar form in unsigned articles in 5:30 :1. 111. "ilh Hibl l.' study leclurl.'S and falllil~ 's earlil'r hOllle. 1O She 'Hoh' to th e Apostolic Failh. Consider the induded IwO or Ihree meelings eH.. r ~ Ih e lI a nk~ 'i (" ho had cha ng(' d the following passages, which appeared day. Othen\ise, workers and Inline('s­ nalll(, of Ihl' pap('r 10 Ihe '\/;\.\;011(":.1' in the Missiollarv World and in the then' "ere some 50 resid(' nts in 1\\ 0 IHJrld) fl'o m Salem. O rego n, "eporting large failh homes- occupied Ihemsdves her leadership in a rescue hOIll (' and Apostolic Faflll in the same month. "ith lucal oUlrl.'3ch , hOllse"ork, and Ihe miss ion.1I During 1905. SliII ;111 editor November, 1906. produclion of n'e Pirebrlllld, edited b ~ of Ihe Mi.,:.iOllllry World, she ~ I)rnl a fe" C harles Uanl('y. I-I ere Clara tum found weeks a s~ i s tin g at a mission in Porll11nd . "The meetings have been a ne" "ocalion. She began "riling for Orel,:OIl .12 In April 1906, lIanh.' ~ told his running six months now. They the paper in the second half of 1898. readers that Lum had spent Ihe p ;l~ t begin at ten o'clock in the I-Ianley soon co mmission ed Lum as " ell "inter as :l slenographer for "hine:ls morning and hardly stop lImil as an eva ngel ist for lo"a 3nd adjacent Url'sre of Ihe Nal.a rene Ilible Sc hool in twelve at nighl."l' stales,! tos Angeles. As soon liS spl'ing '\ a~ :1 Short e\'a ngdislic fora~ s did ;'seUh'd facl;' she promised to n'lurn 10 "Bul here you find a mighlY not distract from her gro"ing Shenandoah.IJ Pentecoslal revival going on reslJOn sibililies in the editorial office. In stead. tum sellt a startling from len o'clock tn Ihe In January 1899, Banley inlrodueed lettel' detailing her \'isit lUnaI'd Ihe end mortlttlg lill aboUl Iwelve al Lum (\\hom he called "one of the of May 1906 to AI.U Sll Slrel't ("the 1II 0:.t Lord's handmaidens es pecially adapled humble place I \\lI S e\er ill for :1 nighl." " for this "ork") :IS his associate editor.J m t'e tin g") . I~ Cominced again (as she Lum (Ihe only associate editor) and had been "hen she ar ri\ ed in Or consider the following, which Ihnley agreed on an editorial policy: Shenandoah in IH97) Ihal she had appeared ill the Missiol/m:I' World "So far as knowing who 'Hiles Ihe "grie\ed" God and " Iosl in Ih erl different positions t3ken by Ihe paper, il l1l August. 1906. and tn the ex perience," she imlllediately began is sufficienl 10 know thai Ihe time has praying for the baplism of Ihe lIoly AposlOlic Failll tn September. cO lli e when the \\atchmen sec eye 10 eye SI)iril al'companied b~ tongues. 8 y her 1906. and all speak Ihe same thing: Ihose "ho own account, she got lIlore than she are deler mined to kno" nOlhing among ''They have spoken in Spanish. requested : the gifts of healing and men but Jesus C hrist who is All in A II .. , casling (Jut devils, and l'mpo"erment to Chinese. Japanese. African The paper must be , shall be a voice, one 'Hile. "He shol\ s me he is I!o ing to lise dialects. Indian dialects. voice ;111(1 thai is all."~ Readers found a Esquim Faith \1'!>"'0IliLry Association. Seymour authored them since he al\o"i11 nollake Ihis po"er from me . ~' ~ Under AppOlnlment for 1899." Tile signed OIher piece~. The 11105t In S('plcmb('r. lIanlc~ lold hb r('aden Firehmnd. No\cmber 1898. 4 Ihlll Lum "a~ "bl'ing milch lI\ed of Ihe "A nothcr Editor," TI,e fire/mllIlJ, credible explanation is that LUtll Lord" in I.o~ Angt'll'!>.1 6 II~ l'dilorial January 1899. 2. wrote th em. Presumably she, like 1)Olic~ mirrored Ihat of Tile PirebrUl,d • Ibid .. 2. many working editors, simply and some of ils Ilinguage did, 100. Clara L Lum, "Grecting:' Tire assumcd that this was her job and Lale in 1907 Lum as k(' d tht' Fi",hrmul. January 1899. 2. she did not need to claim credit for II lI nle~ s 10 1,:('1 II I~pe "ril{'r for Ihe • Clara L. Lum. "The Living Go!.pc1. her contributi o ns. This A/usa ~Iree t mission. Thl'~ fOllnd Ihe J ntroouclory t\otc!>." Tire Firehmnd. June IlIl eS I model for SIS III an Omaha s hop 1901. I: Augu!'> t 1901. 4 interprelatio n gains strength \\ hen lind 'ihippt'd il 10 Lo~ Angelt's." Onl~ a "Circulation of the Firebrand," The we remember that Lum had worked FirehrllluJ. April [900,3. fl'" eommcnl~ aboul tum elln hl' found for many years as a writcr and in tilt' re maining i~suc~ of Ihe "Office JOllings." Tire Firebrand. editor at the Missiol/my World and Shenandoah pal)cr. In 1909, shc \Holl' Dcccmber 1900. 1. thlll 100,000 eOI)ies of the AplI\to/il: o The Fin:hrm,d. february 1900.3. seemingly felt comfortable in that Filit/, for AI)ril had bel' n p"blhhl'd in The Fil'ebl'lllld. December 1901. p. 2 role. Portland al a cosl ror prinlinj! alld carried a nOllce offering Lum'~ motheri; For all of these reasons, then. it home in Dayton. Oregon for .. ale. ma iling of SSOO.18 The laS I mention of seems most reasonable 10 think of LUIII eam(' ill J a nllar ~ 1910. Undt'r Ihe "Clara Lum in Oregon."I/iuioIltIlY Seymour and Lum as something hl'lIdill j! " Personal 'OIl'S:' C harll's lI(,rld. January 1904.3.5; February 1904. Ifllllle ~ 1I0ied Ihal Lumm (sic) \\a ~ " Ihe 5; May 1904. 7: Ju ne 1904. 5. 6. like co-editors of the Apostolic ('dito" of I he Apo»wlic Failh al l'or11111111 "Field Note!. ... Mi~lio/l(II :\ · lIodd. July Faitl!. By thi s reckoning Seymour II lid II leader ill Ihe TOllgue~ 1905.5. exercised general ove rsight and 1\ Missiolltln' World. April 1906. 5. IIHI' emelll."' '1 undoubtedly produced some of Ihe Lum r('llIain('d in I·orllalld for IIll.' o. "Mis!> Clara Lum Write!> Wonder!'>:' editorials. while Lum took ,'('sl or her life, "orking ollhidl' Ih(' -I/i.)'sionary 11 01''''. August 1906, 2. liml'lighl al Ihe ht'adqllart('rs of Ibid. responsibility for th e daily Florcnce Cnmford's ApOSlolic Failh Hissiollary World. September 1906. 5. management of the paper. as well as \lissioll. Sh(' died ncar I'orlland in I/issiollary lI arid. Jan uary 1908. 4. writing some of the editorials and .. "Field Notes." Missiollary Hodd. May Ilecl'mbt' r 1946. most of th e news items and 1909.5. o .1li.nioIlIllY /lOril/. Janu:lry 1910.4. unsigned theological essays.

by onc: deaf mulC language is Another inlernal indication of The 1\loVl' 10 l'or llaLld spoken by one; Ilebl' cw. Lum's pen emerges from the The story grows more Greek. Latin, a lan guage of arrangement of one of the fi rst complex. however. In 1926 J. C. India. French by olhers. They hi storical articles in the Apostolic VanLtrongl) ~uggest s month.:. the) "Quid Chlllll a pnnl Ihat b) thcn LUIll rlln of 100.000. Wilh Lum'~ had largel) departure. the Apo.\{o/ic Failh died a~sum~d conlrol in Lo.:. Angclc~ (C\:CCpl for the of the - fugitiH! autumn 1908 issue nOh.:d publicatIon. So - abO\c) but pro~pcrcd for man) 11 1~ hardl) decades in Oregon (changing ib sLJrpnslllg thai title to Light oil/ope in 1965). she took some of Figuring out the significance the mailmg lists of the lfiJl1sfcr of some of the "hen shl: 1110\ cd. c'{cept 1\\0 li sts of subscnber':t. mailing lists frol11 Los Angeles \0 13) the summer of 1909 LUlll Iea\ ing 20 cOl11pletc lish of all Portland is a challenge in ibdf. and era\\ ford had panl) changed subscribers 1Il Lo~ Angeles," 1301h contemporary and rceCIl! thcir l11111ds about the meaning of Unfonunatcl). Lum\ and students orlhc fe\ i\al ha\ c charged thl:sC C\ent:-:. . First apologi.ling for ('r<1\\ ford'... mlent \\ 11'> sllli ullckaf. thai Lum and Crawford ctlecli\\:ly thc implication In the 190X Did Ihc) mean 1ha1 ofigmaJl) therc hijacked the paper. Il owe\ cr LUIll SliJlemenl (quoted abO\c) thai IIll: \\cre I\\C1l1Y-I\\O idcntical li!'!ts. and Cnl\\ ford clearly felt lhal the Portland Apo\lofic Faill, \\ hieh cont:llllcd the nallle ~ of all paper was theirs to take. In the reprcscllled a continuation of the sllb:.cnb~r,>, and LUI1l look t\\O of summer of 1908. jU~1 alier LUIll's Los Angclc!'! . Iposro/ic Fairh. thc) thcm. \\l11(.:h Ieli I\\Cllt) ? Or did relocal ion to Portland. Ihcy wrotc; now sought 10 strcss Ihc the) mcan Ihal LUlll took 1\\0 II~h. "We hmc 1l10\cd Ihe paper which discontinuity bct\\ccn the \\\0 \\ hieh contai lh.:d the namcs of Ihe Ihe Lord laid on us 10 begin at Los cndcmors. They \\fotc: "\\'e said il ~l1bscriber:. \\ ho 11\ ed out~ide Lo'l Angeles 10 Portland. Oregon. wh ich was mo\ cd from Los A ngcles \\ hen Angclc:,. and left t\\elll). \\hlch will now be ils headqua rt ers." we should have statcd wc wcrc cont<1ined th e namcs of Ihe Moreover inlcrnal cv idence in the starting a new ApO.HO/ic Failli of subscribers \\ ho li\cd ill~ide Lo~ May and in the June 1908 issues- I)ortland. as nothing \\as mO\cd f\ngelcs'! Eithcr \\ay. If LlIlll and

Th £' , lp(hlOlic' Pail". 'I:I~ 1911S (' ui. I I. \0. IJ). THE APOSTOLIC FAITH Ihl' hl'l l'\lant . ~"""'" ._ .... 'Or ... ". , ~ ~ .... ~ ...... ".... . "to , ...... to - -J.... l.. CUP.' nfl h ... papn '·<)I.m.. '" 1<0 Il lI'IUICM'I'T'(lN ", .... j"lIl'd frum 1.11\ ru ...... , ,..... _ _ 10 .. , .. ,._' ...1 (10, ...... I."... lib • .,...... ,M ..., ,,, \n ~l' ll". I. " .... , ..., _ .... . Of' ...... OO ...... _ ~ .. _. r .... . 3J!ir!'li Ar!' ill!'iltg iKiltMl'b It ..... _. , .,.. ... ,'" .... , '-". ~... no_ ...... • -"...... _.-. --.. ..." .... _- y ... ,._ ...." ...... -" , ...... - - I I.'...... , tool ....- • " . lh • • _ .... It . ...,_ll l .... _ By The Holy Ghost Throughout The World _"• • ...,...... ,_". B,"'" n •• , . ... ,.... , ...... r.- ...... loolt. 00' ,. 'tI ...... ,. .... '" ..... 1" . _ "tI'''' " " •••11. ~" ...... ' ... I ""'IOko. ,.".. . 11 .. _ J . .... W..... _ _ u, .j" ...... ,...... "'. , (lo""""H 2001 19 Fto,'c ncc racially charged atmosphere of the C"':I\\font, early 20 th cen tury. ThaI Ih i~ found c,' of \ 0 '1 E: IlIlh(' ('a rl ~ ~('an. :11 1i.':I'1 fi \(, harlllony e\cl1tually di ssohed is pcr i o di (,l ll ~ bO l"(' Ihl' IHIIIU' \pusWl if tilt' A p OSlHlic Faith, UIII('\\ , Ial £' d olh £' l"\\i s£' , all Failh less significant than that it e,x;sted r('f £, I"(' II I:(,.'> ill t hi , ('ss a ~ a n' 10 IlIIl' Ihat j\ 1 i\ ~ ion of orll and. o rigilHl!('d a l t h£' \ !.lIsa \l i~s i o ll in Los considerable research to answer thc A lI g('\t'~. Orcj.!o ll . question defi niti \cly. onc su:::.pecls raw ford had originally em­ that the editorial arran gcmcnts of I,mllo/it- Fallll c1:lIlllo.:d .. pnntlng of phasi/ed their proprietary right to few contemporary periodicals 40.000 III to.:bru:lry-'\la rch 1907. 2; scc :Iho r.. lay 19t)7. 2; January 190ft 2. Olher the paper, th ey now seemed to be could ha\ c bO:amplc IpOHOlic something fre sh in Portland. Pcntecostalism arc bel:h. the pcriodical\ br..:adlh of IIlflucnee Portland. hoping 10 recover th e because of a hidden assumption i:. mferrcd from Clara I , Lum. 111 mai ling li sb. They failed. Though that an unmarried woman reall y Bridegroolll \ \le\\(,lIg('l'. Deco.:mbo.: r I. 190 7. I: and Waync E. Warncr's could no t have orchestrated-or early Pentecostal s were Introduction to rhe A::II\(/ Sln'f'l I>apen: understandably relUc lant 10 say evcn co-orchcstratcd-sueh an II RqJrill1 0/ rhe 4pO\IO/;C Failh lli'liun much aboul Ihese e\'ents in print. impressivc enterprise. But in many P/fhlica/io",. 1.0\ Angell'\, Ca/ilol"ll;a the e\ idence suggests that the ways early Pentecostal hi story is (/906-/908), Willialll.l. S('\"II/Our. Ediror. rupture between the Los Angeles women's hi story. Wi th growing {Folc}, A I : Together in th..: Hancst Publi catio n~ . 19(7).4-8. f ~1c t iol1s num bers or doclOral stu dents and the Portland never A te >:1 VCl':o.io n of Ihe fi r ~1 thirteen hea led , " elltcring the field of Pentecostal issucs of the Apostolic Fllilh (Scptcmber S II III IIIl1" Y history. there arc good reasons to 1906-\1:1) (908) i ~ alailable on-hne al: Thi s brief, tangled story bears bclicvc that the breadth and depth hltp: \\ \\ \\.dunamai.com brighhpot ;l/u:;a implications beyond it self. The of women's cOlllribution will .hlm. ·r he fir~ t Ihirtecn Iv~ue~ an: abo available 1\1 prillted form III the Warner most ob\ iOlls. perhaps, is that many increasingly recei\e the allention it cd it ion, ci ted abole. Still anOlher is~uc. parts of early Pentecostal hi sto ry deservcs. 1101 a\ailablc in all} electronic or published are shrouded in obscurity, First And finall y. modern obseners compilation. conl:lin~ nl) printed ge nera tion COI1\ eriS olien left of the Pentecostal reviva l should be public:llion dala bul doc~ bear thc sketchy records about matters that impressed by the first generation's follo\\ IIIg h:llld\\ ritlell data on the ma:-'lhcad: "711l' Apo~I()lic F(IIIII. Vo l. 2. later generations \\ould dearly like ability to get the job dOlle. Lofty # 1-1. L o~ Angclc~. Cal.. June 1908'· 10 know more aboul. For the most spiritual cOlllmi tment s marched LFlowcr Pcntcco~ lal Heritage CClltcr pa rt the founders were not the ki nd hand in hand with a remarkable microfilm copy). Sel cral ~c nl~'n ce~ in Ihi s of people who were prone to leave degree of spunk. common sense. essay :Irc taken from Grant Wacker. eXlensi\·e records about anythi ng, and bu siness acumen. The founders l-leaH'II /)elOl\'." Ear/y P('I//('COI/(I/, alld Alllericall ("II/litre (Cambridge: Hanard Sin ce they expected Jesus to return lIsed the modest educational and UIlI\e r ~ lI } Prc". 2001). soon. what wa~ the poi nt'! If financ ial resources at their di sposal ~ Thb e~l ill1at .; i~ ba~cd on a word count of reconstruct ing their stories is not to build eITcct ivety and well. Ifthey thc thirtecn digitized is~ue~ (aboul exactly guesswork, it is not exact ly sufTe red thei r fa ir share or troubles, 210.000) and of th e art icles So.:ymour hard science either. they also exhibi ted more than their initialed or :-.ig ncd (aboul 17.000). Secondly. it is remarkable thaI fair share of determ ination and For addit ional biographical dctails and documentation ~ec Ihe sidc b:lf on Clara E. Seymour. a black man. and lum. a wi sdom. In that rcspect. as in many Lum in thi~ i~~uc of A G I/('rill/g/'. Scc white woman. managed to work others, they established a record also crara I:. Lum. in Ap()\wlic Fai/Ii. toget her as harmonio ll sly as th ey well wort h emu lating. February-March 1907. 8; and Cccil M. did for as long as they did in the Robeck. "Lulll. Clara E.... in Stanley :"4. 20 VG IIEIUT\GI::. :'ummer 2001 Burgc"" and Gary B. \,jeGec. cditor,. ,. "Blble P<.::nl<.::eO~L"" IpO'fOfic Faith. Portland lh permanenl home Dluiollarr 0/ Pellf('("o\f(ll (ll/d ("Ili/ril/lwlie '\0\ embcr 1906. 1. Parcnthetlcall) il I.. II\1rth notlllg Ihat \lOI"I' lIIelll.1 (Grand Rapid~: /ondcnan ··\Ii, .... ("lara Ll1lll \\ntes \\onder, Ihe July--\ugu'l 190t-; '111d Ihe September Publishing. 198R).I/lh \'l!rhulII. LU1l1 died \ltracle~ 111 1906:' lIi\\i()l1oI"Y /lor/d. 1905 Is~ue~ (\"01. 11. '\os. 15 and 16J. ncar Portland. Oro..:gou. III 19-16. AUglhl 1906. 2. contlllu<.::d to b..:: pn11led III 1.0\ \ngde ... , Probabl~ Charlcs Ilanle~. Ifllliol/IIIT IpOI(Olic Faith. S<.::ptemrn:r 1906. I Ihough pl1bll,h<.::(\ 111 Portbnd \\llh the World. April 1906. 5. The COlltCxt sugg"::~b "Brother \\ J Scymour h:l\ thc folloll 1I1g October-December 1905 ",ue(\'ol II. '\0. that thc church. Dible school. and 13rescc\ 10 ~a~ 111 regard 10 IllS call to Ihl' cil) 17) the prl11l1ng too 1ll00cd to Ponhmd. ofl"ice lIen.' located at lhe same 'Ite. [paragraph] 'It I\;h Ihe dilille call that See l/m'lo/i(' FfIIlhJOrc ]. J,l11l1t;l1 Ilcnlage CcnlcrJ. Frcd T. Corum. compiler. Likl! (II or nrl!. ~elcral mor..:: '><'::l1Ience,]. lpO\wfic Failh. lpo,w/ic Faiflt [Ore]. \1;1) and Jllnl'. A Reprilll olilie Old A:INI Sireef Papers Septcmber. 1906. I 1909. 2. 1ta1ic~ added to Ihe IIlk \\ h~ (Wilmington. MA: Corum. 1981). prcl~lee. Iher..:: \Iould halc bcen multiple lI,t .. at all 1. C \'anlchedule, On Ihe olher hand lhe \/11 ...1 and no other fir,1 gencr:lIlOI1 aUlhor CI er ShOll n. perhap,> ~ymplo1l1atica1Iy. Sitting quoted or Cited It. sl.ttf might h'IIC pruned 1l1111uple 1I~h of wilh a pencil in hand. In 191-1 C. W. , Set· Sidebar on Clara Illl11. idcntical label .. al a Il1l1e in order 10 .. all' Shumway rcported Ihal Lut1l had Ilolled a~ IprHlo/iC Failh [On.'.J. July-\Uglhl monc) The p,lpcr conl'llih olhcr servanl in Ihe homc ofCharlc~ Parham. IIIdicat!\llh thallhc \lal1"II;I, I1gilant ,lbollt a F. 1908. 2. Li\..e "ome olher l'cnteco,lal ThaI claim almost certainly lI'a~ incorrec\. pTlntlllg co~t.. lpo\{()/i(" railh. J,l1llJar} periodieah. thc Portland 'pO,/o/ic I'/Iilh For one thing. IIC find no hint of Ihis listed no cditors a11lo/ic Faifh editorials or unwelcomc 10 Parham. and liec lersa. Birmll1gham [UK]. 19XI. 6-1 denoled Lum and Cr'l\\ford. bUI thc Shumway probably confuscd hc r with Lucy ~. Cle1ll1T10n~ ~ugge .. t~ that a romi\nlle ci rcumstantial el i(knee SCCl1b deei~il e. Farroll. who Ilolled a~ a governess for disappointmenl compllealed the,>e elcnt". Scc for example Pori land ey<'::l\ itne~s 1\lrham's family ill 1905. C. W Shumway. "According 10 ~ I asoll. S<.::ymour told him VanLandt. 5i)I!(lf..ill~ ill TOII~III!I. 32. ""A Critical Siudy of ' The Gin ofTollguc<" that Clara LUIll had pri\ II ilh 1\ lason \I ho ad\ lsed him PORTLAN D. OR I::' The Portland freely and gladly by Ihose I\ho arc bapti/ed nOI to <'::Ien Ihm\.. :Iboul lhe Idea"" Sh01"tl~ addres~. which Illay halC beo.::n a laetful wilh Ihe Iioly Gho~L and \lho long to afterll

A/(; II E IU "I"AGE. Sun",,,·,· 2UUI 2 t The Story of Lloyd Colbaugh It was all Ministry By Sylvia Lee

ew Year's Day 1947 dawned with below. freezing almost from the moment of Lloyd's birth. temperatures. The young family was Born June 25, 1922, in ivIed fo rd. Oregon. Lloyd N uncomfortably cold in the car without a heater. Icc Norwood was the second child of Clinton and Mable formed 011 Ihe inside as well as Ihe outside of th e windshield Colbaugh. Wildon had been born 7 years earlier. before the as Lloyd Colbaugh dro\'c his wife. Nita, and IS-morllh-old family left New Mexico for the great Northwest. The son, Dwight, 10 their new home in Springfield. Missouri. Colbaughs moved to Medford after Clinton's job in the Just west of Poplar 13lulT, Missouri, Ihey hit 11 patch of icy Vancouvcr. Washington, shIpyards had closed fOllowing highway. and the sIllaillrai1cr full ortheif belongings turned World War l. Thc family was activc in the Baptist church over. whcrc Colbaugh was a dcacon. Behind th em. in Lexington. North Carolina. was the church and congregation Ihey had built and nurtured. His parents began Ahead, was a job for Lloyd as prol11olio11s director for the attending prayer meetings Assemblies of God Christ's Ambassadors lyoulh] Department. that led to the founding AI Ihe SiHl1C limc. L1ayc!"s older brother Wildon was of First Assembly, traveling toward Springfield from Chicago. He had just Medford, Oregon. accepted a position as cditor of The A-lissiol/(II:I' Challenge. United in Springficld, the Colbaugh brothers would resume Shortly before Lloyd's birth. Mable's mother came to a close partnership that had characterized their relationship Medford to assist her daughter. While there, she

22 AlG II[I(ITAG E, SUnlrH,'r 2001 cncOllnterl!d the Apostolic Faith Church and rccei\ed the -(RVll.[:1 baptism in the 1I0ly Spirit. Shortly thereafcr. Mable hOSp[L S .,,,,,, expericnced a hcaling during Dr. Charles Price's rneetll1gs in " ncarby A~hland. Oregon. Clilllon and 1\llable were capti\ated by the Pentc co~tal message and began to attend cottagc prayer meeting~ that lcd to the founding of First Assembly of God in Medford. Wildon and Lloyd \Vcre activc in the childrcn'~ and youth functions. Bccausc of thc diITerence in thcir agcs. Wildon took a truly big brother rolc in L1oyd's life. Thc younger boy looked up to and greatly admired his brother. Imagination and curiosity played a large part in Lloyd's childhood. Days were spent exploring the \\oods. fields. and streams around Medford. Frequentl) the family tnl\cled across the mountains (0 enjoy days on the scenic The Life of a Pioneer Pacific beaches. Clinlon Colbaugh was an avid salmon fisherman. and Lloyd often joined him in ca~ ting a line into Ll o~d lind '\il:, Colbaugh :, ,' .. h('d in Le\in~ton the Rogue River. ['1orl h Ca rolin al e i ~ hl da~ ~ :I rt ('r their \I('ddi,,:!. The Lloyd was a good student. \\hose interest in print11lg 1'0lOrn[le Di ~trkt had ~i\(' n 111(' 111 $300 10 piorll't'r Belhel and the power of thc printed word came into full bloom C hapd. whilc hc was in high school. l ie had decided Ihat the school Thei r t'int location \1 as a r(' nl ('<1 \torefronl- :I "was being run by Ihe jocks." To combat this injustice. former funeral parlor. The l1('I, I ~,\(' d ~ mll

MG II EHI TAGE. SUlIln,t'r l UOt 23 The ('ol1:.:re:':llIiol1 in L ('\i n ~I!' n ..... (JI·'h (':u'nlin:•. h:1( 1 numt'rnll' ~() tln l!t' r IIIt'mhl"" , rencClin~ I.I n~d IIml 'iln' , hllt'n , ' in mil1i-tcl'in:.: III ch ildn·n.

" ede~ It, ~ 1 ('t' lhl' r~ (Il'f! ) '1)O~e :11 Ihe d edicfllio /l of I/U' /Ie" church huildin~ in LI',ill:':IOU, I.In ~ d (ri:.:llI) h:l

I .ln.l d 11:1' "' I'ilnl '/im" in l'J,UI fnr Ihe {'I"III'I Huck"f. :111 A~'em blk s nf Gnd \I(-l'k l ~ I'l. din 111'U:.:r:l1l1 fol' kid"

FI'OII1 Iht' it'fI. Llo~d ('nlh:lu!:h, :u'lid Ve1'11011 Il:Ile. lIud edifor Lln."1 Co lh: lt l~h Ilith his French lIorn G\\t'll Jon t'S luok 111 IIIl' IlI.IOUI for :111 b~ut' oflhl' CA. J/t'rI/'li ill 1947, Illll ~i ll g in Ihl' lJ l' t h l'~ 'ni :11 Cenlrlll ,\ sse mbly. SII "i nglh-lti. in Ihe 19S0s.

24 Me; IIERII \ G .:,))IIIII",,-,. 200 1 RUlh Fisher met Wesley Slcclbcrg \\hlle alll..!nding \\ere stili lIllSOphISilcal..::d. ''Thcy \\ere pa ... tlllg gall.:)s of meelings al Victoria lIal1. lie wa~ a dynamic young Ihe 11\.'\\ Issue o\er Ihe page ... of an old one:' Llo)d ... <1) .... One preachcr \\ho had a burning IIltere~1 in mimstering 10 youlh. ofllls firsl conlnbul1on ... \\<1.., to mal\e Up:1 dummy for pa ... te­ II ..:: began holding rallie<., and cOl1\ention<., III 'Jorthern up:.. The Idea ~pread unul all Ihe headquarters publt'::llions California under Ihe banner. Pf!IITf!co.\wl Imha\\'udon .for had adopted thl~ method of p'\'IllIlg up. Christ. lie Ihen became aware of Carl Ilatch's youlh "Pnnl1ng ha~ been III con,tanl fermenl e\o.!r ... lIlee I ha\e ministry in Southern California. \\hich Carl had called been h':fe:' Lloyd stall..!:.. l Ie h,!'> ... eell the ch:mge from Christ \ Alllhas.wulon. The IWO men agreed 10 blend Ihe letterpress to on~et. from LlIlot~ pe to computer-generaled minislries in California. and befon.: long Christ \ Iypl..!. l ie rel11e1llber~ Ihe fiN rmlJor I\\o-color Job Go... pel !llllh(J\wu/ors (CA.'s) \\as rceogni7ed nationally and sel"\ed Publt ... hlllg I louse printed. II \\;1.., a ydlo\\ and black Speed for many years as the name for Ihe As~cmblies of God youlh Ihe Lighl po:.tcr Lloyd had desrgned. lie ru1..::d Ollt the fir ... 1 ministries. flab \\ hen the Pellfec(J.HlII £nlllgel \\enl to olT,et pnnllllg. Days alier they married in October 19-13. Lloyd and II I, not :-urpn~il1g thai \\hen Lloyd bought hr~ fir ... 1 Nita Colbaugh Illo\ed 10 North Carolina to pionc..::r a church \Iacllltosh compul.:r in 1987. he \\as ag:lln helpIng 10 1..::at! in Ll..!xinglon. The building Ihey oblained had been a funeral the change 10 l11agaz1I1e.., dC~lgned and created on parlor. There were parts of cask CiS. shrom\,.;. embalming computers. fluid. and other Irappings len by the former occupanls. "\\'e A:. hI:. talen\:- became kno\\ 11 around Ihe t\"se1llbll"::~ of heard bumps in Ihe night. 1"

\/G 11~: I{l r \GE. SUnlnlt'I" WOI 25 retlll.!lllber:.. Till.! program ran for 13 \\leeks. In another association with the Radio Department. Lloyd helped to dl.!\elop its fir~t network programs. lie was the one who ~ugge~ted the name Rel'im/time to the ministry released on the ADC network. 1 Sunday school campaigns, General Council publicity. biennial reports. bcne\'olcnee appeals, and more ha\c benefited from Lloyd's creati\e touch. l Ie frequently sel"\cd on committees. helping to take a general idell and turn it into a tangible concept that could be evaluated. Ilarris Jansen, foriller editor of the SUI/day School COl/lise/or and Adl'allce maga7ines. recal ls Lloyd's work on the annual Sunday school calendar. "A fter the cOlllllliltees decided on cmphascs alld themes. it was lip to Lloyd to by design make sense of the ab:;.tractions we came up with. That wasn't only for us in the Sunday School Do..:partl11enl. blll throughout headqU

26 MG IIE I (ITAGl:.S "m"' ~ r 20UI Spnngfield area. l i:ar"" ,manl from the 'illlonallederal Bureau of Pn ... ons 111 U o)d and '\lIa h:l\c cnthll''>I he ... hare, Among their nine grandchildren Is Sara GrO\es. God'" \\or]..lllg \\lIh and through the mcn he ami 'liit ha\c contemporary ("hn"t i il filling thcme for Llo~d church. Colbaugh'" life alld career. lho .. e of lh \\ho h;l\e \\or]..ed 11 0we\el". in the late I 960s. 1..1 0)<1 bcgan to gro\\ \\Ith Ilus talellted and dedicated man 1..110\\ \\e IM\e been restless. "1 re lt what I was doing as a li'eelance designer pri\ ilcged to ... hare III Ihat good \\01'1... working almo ... 1 entirely on religiou:-. publications \\a" ministry. but I wanted to get in touch \\ lIh people \\ho \\!.!fe inllced. I asked Ill) pa"tor at Cemral A""embl) for gUldam:e III gett ing imol\ed III hospitallllltll'M):' Icc ";hllit, and (;\\el1 Jone..,. ""\\c 'ccd Tl) Cll1 !.loyd'" Lloyd's \ isih to local hospitab look an ullc;\.pee led turn It/nll/n'. \ I ,I~ 11}95. 10. \\hen a friend 1m !ted him to becomc lIl\ohcd al the U.S. 2. Il.lrn" Janwn. leiter 10 S~ h la lce. ,\prj] 17.2001 Medi cal Center fo r Federal Prisoner.... Thirty-onc years J. Shuit, :llId J OIlC". 10. ..j \\ llll,ll11 I ,1..,lla!,;c. lelcphonc com Cf'o.III111l \\ Ilh S) h til l cc. lat er. the Colbaughs continue to le

Testimony Time

Eight Generations Larson's Thl! S/Jiril ill P(//"{/di\l!. III 1936 dUring the re\ 1';11 report b) Thus. 111) grandfather. Ralph D. Ralph lI a'TI'" ,"D,ar) ora RC\I\iIi""jlll Baptized in Farrington. recci\ ed the l3<1ptl ... 111 In the the \\ IIller 1000-0 I b"lle. Ii aly Spirit. \\a:. called to Ihe 11111 11:-. lr) the Spirit at 50 and ~ o unded our c hurch in t'\orman S. I"arnngton Corning. New York. My Illothcr\ Lallelle. Fl amla Albert Page Ihe and hi s wife Love parents also recci\ ed the I [oly Spirit. founded the Assemblies of God \\ork No\\ th ere arc cight generallon, in Fiji] prayed for my mOl her in 1911 thai ha\ c reeei\ed the [/01) SPInt. \\y \\ hen she \\as on her death bcd. The childre n and ... e\eral of Tn) doctors had told her e\cn if she Ih ed grandChildren [includedJ. At thiS date from thc kidney disc(l se. shc would three of my great-grandchildren hm\..' ne\er ha\c chi ldren (I S her womb had recehed. gro\\11 to her back. Brother Page Enelosed yO ll \\ ill pleasc find a prayed. and God completely healed photograph of the Schoollmaker famil) hcr. God gme her t\\O sons. and I \\a~ \\ho were missionaries 10 India .... \ Iy C hri, ti llll llllli \'iull'1 SchtJtJ lllll :.ker. Ihc second. You will al so find the story \\ife and I allcndcd Central Bibl\..' lIli ~ 'I o n l ll ' I l" 10 India. \Iith t hlLl g htl'r ~. in Ol i\c Pagc Delano's book. lIer Institute [no\\ Collegc1 \\ith Paul and G ran' (middk). alld 1\\111 ' 'l a l" ~ :11111 Nallle Wa .\ Lon'. and Lawrence Ruth Schoolllllaker. In fa ct. I \\as there " Jarilla III aboll! 191 2.

VG " t RII \ G ~ . "'11111 111 ... r 200 1 27 Pentecostal "orld Fello\\ ship . C-..... •

\\I\h tht: theme. "Rcnc\qng the Vi'>lon:- the 191h from all IIldtcation ... God am,m.:rcd the prayer. Pcntcco'>tal \\'orld Conference (110\\ l-cllO\\..,lup) met \lhl) Among tht: ,c\cral ddegate.') from the A"crnbhc.') of 29-31 III the Airport 1II1Ion Iioleland Cn.::n.,h:1\\ Chn<.,lJaIl God hcadqllClrlCr ... \\ere '-Io\\cr PCllIcco:)talllcrtlagc Center Center. 1.0 ... Angclc... ! homa., Tra .. k. cha1rlnan of the P\\I Director \\aytle \\'arner and Special Projects Dtn:ctor Brett and gcncral slIpcnlltcndcnt of thl! A"scmbllc.., of God Pa\ia. They participated 111 the lIfchi\cs confcrcm:c at th e g rct.:tt.:d delegate.., and participant-.: "Our prayer I.., that t11l', headquarter... of the International Church of the Foursquare \'v1l1 be a tlillC of a fre..,h olltpollnng of the Iioly Spmt that Go~pcL \\ III rl:..,ult In lh bClIlg ..,ent forth \\ IIh a renc\\cd pa..,.,ion to The .. ccnc ... on this page wen: taken durlllg the ewning reach our world \\ Ith till.., gloriou.., (io..,pcl of Jc..,u.., ('hmL a.., rnccllI1g., at Ihe Crcnsha\\ ('hm,lIan Center. Los Angeles. happened on the Day of Ilenteco.." and again nearly 100 yea r.., ago from A/lI"''' Stret.:!."

It• ( I,• . ~., ' ...... '~.. , .~., ~- ...",.;-r ' ';' "!,.'h. t- 1 .- . ' .~ •.,.. . .I~ , ~ ...... ~, .. I J .. . ..,; II . .' .... _ .. ~ f ~,, " ·

'li'lU'1 Aq!<'na l.ldt. l1Iini' lc l'in g Ililh an in tl' r pr Ncr duri n!! Ih c 1'('ul (' l'O, lal " '01"111 Cunrl'n ' ncc ( 11(111 F('lI ol\\hip) 11I ('clin :.: ... ill Lo ~ \ Vo rshipcrs during UlI l' 0 1" llil' 1\lI gc l t ' ~. \Ia ~ 29-3 1. C\ cl1in !! St' '"' ires.

ilcl ir(' d Assl'lI1bl ies of God l . rr n~ chapla in . T:IllII lUI :,:(' ;\ lci\a bb, I'cll1bl'l"l o l1 . ,\,,1. l' nj ll~ in :.: nne of Ihe cvcni n!,! SC l"I"i Cl'S.

T hOlll as T rask. gClw ra l ~ lI p(' rinl e lld c lil of Ih (' A:!>s cll1bti cs of God, Ilit h o nc of t h(' pll rticipants. " ' a ~ n (' Co rdeiro. a Fo uI" S(IU:lrC pa~ t or in Ho nolulu.

28 VG II t:R I T\G E. ~ un1rn l't 200 L A REPRI NT or TH E FIRST HERITAGE I SS UE Assemblies of God,.. ..

THE ASSEMBUES OF GOD ARCHIVES FALL 1981 Introducing the New Assemblies of God Heritage Paper

You are holding the fir~1 Issue of the A~~l1lblies of God H,n/ogf, iI 'Iuarted) publiclilion belllg intro­ (ul,cd b) the A.'>SClIlblic~ or God Ar­ chile. I his illlrnduCIOT') l'Iowe i~ hemg dis­ tributed free al the 39111 General Council III 51. loUIS and through lhe No\cmbc=r issue ofAdl!(I1IU mag'll.me. Members of the newl ) c reated A~rnblie5 of Cod Ilcritage Socit't) will re

"If tJuu~ early worurl had not The St. Louis Era .ocriJictd. 1M Gospel Publish ;n, (ConlmW'd from /1 J } Houe would have gon~ on the he nLab)i~hf:d ;f Pcmec:o)t.ll lIIiuion r«Ju."~tanhy H. Frodsham ~f: the Monar(h L..otundr~ Anocher Pem«osl,.1 ~ho h;ld an 156 mmi.5len .md nume rO Il ~ assem­ important pan mlhe eOolrl y )f:ars of blies ""ho 3CCC'ptro lhe On... OI."ss posi­ Ihr work In 51. LOUIS was Mary Barnes IJOn , bUI il 5Ut"\HCd bee.nue of rh(' who was a ,",'ell known e\an~li.\t and fallhlulnt'ss 01 ded lC aled bell('\en dlrttlor of a home for wav",.. rd gtrls. IhroughOUI Ih ... . Fdlo",\lup EveryOOd) knew Mar) .IS " Mother OnC' 51 l..ouis enunCl1 1.5 l'"('fTK'm · 8arnes,H and Ihe first ..\'I..~mbhes of bercod fOi somclhing beside' ~ business God mlRl~eTS mil c\(:n Ii~ed her lhat meetings, time, of _onlHp, and fel· W''''y . Io ... slup. Wilht: \hUsar' will) is 110 ,," WIllie hokllng a lImt ~t'r'Kt' In SI. 85 .md li\ing in 8riSlO , Virgmia, had l..oulJ in about 1910. \tcxlK'T 8_ ~s atlended the firS! Ceneral Council III and her tongreJr.. uon ~jul(;ed tc)$CC"d Hot Sprin ~ But Ihe one he remem drunken cnulIn .. 1 I.. ",,)":::, make 111.5 bers bf=51 "Ihe 1921 51. Lolli, counol WiI) 10 Iht' crude 1«;111 :.ll.I.r, Cod "'011- when Ih ... dl31rman, E. ~ Bell, look derfully \;I\ed him Ih'lInighl,'Uld he lime nUl of hi .'! bu\) schedule 10 ~ r­ fP\1: up hiS pr~u("t. and ,",,'CnllIllothr fo rm ;a weddlllg ~(' r ... mon y fo r mlOlsul and bier b«ame d member MllIQPs ;a nd hi! Ii,-ide' III a kxaJ \t of Ihe A.w=mbhes of God. Lo UI S nOlel· Old limen will rememher this 11'1(' 1921 counc il "'(')uld he: Ikll'\ lawrer-Iumed prucher dS Ell' fox laM , for in JUlle 1923 , hi ) firsl ch,ur· ...... __ ' ..... III.b.... Cunmngham-onf: of the finlfrulu "-e. " f_...... J. ____ I n...- ..... m;all of Ihe Assemblies of God "'ould of the Pent«oSlaJ work In ~I, loUIS, he ..... Ih Ihe Lord _ J-r'o (_. ~ ... I StcrdU1 or dw (J'O(I Whrn Ihe AU('mhil('. nf htad­ A--wiHolCod); bdlIDCI ...... FloWWlOdw Tho5C' sllil li"ing who were :1$­ qUOIrt('H :md puhluhmg IOI('rC'~1\ ...... Kelley .... _rro-I_I~ socia ted wilh the St. Louis C'ra include' wC'r-C' mmed rrom Findlay, Ohto, in •• r• ..,.I.A.... H~ __ .. ~ .... Ihe wKlaw or J. Ros ...... 11 Flo w... ,., Alice 1915,,, building was obtOlm('d Oil ZSj8 ",A.w..n.~ *_....,.. ,.. ...,. Rt)'oold, Hower. ShC' i'slill octi\'(" asa t Easton AvenUle...... ~fd ...... c-rn.-...... leaCler in a Sunday school dus a nd a A In:ond building at 1243 Nonh ",,"c-r r.-.r"--" ...... (f_ prayer gToup al hlC'r church, CC'ntr,d Carmon was leased- frum thc= S;.ha· ...... "'J, w. W.la.c-.,. ,...... 0· Aucmbly II} Spnngfidd, Missouri. n.-r'. ,....,.., 1iIn. J. W•• ; lion Army where a communal M)~ of -..-u w. II... ,. \On J05Oeph, who ",·as JUst a tod· .... CarlO'GtoIoo. ~ ....naft_'1~.IifW. hVlng W,,"'SoC'I up for the htadquanel'"5 dler whe'n hI' rOlmll) Il\('d at Ihe o lel offlcen and some of the worken. ThiS hangel IInme, IS no", the: ( .... n ... ral was known as lhe [nmgd Home. and p.-a>C'd for 52 ,000. I knC'lo' _ ... had Secrelaryoflhe AS5OembhcsofGod-a ThTtC Iwo-room apanmC'nu In the: pra) ... d III f.wh and my hean "'as ju pmition his f.. ther held for 27 )e:trs. Evan~1 HomC' wC'rC' occupiC'llsnHII fonnuli will Ix- a\aibble III thl!' fu­ rC'Cord~ .... hic::h an' Imp0rlant to I~ ,""ill b.v longer: new prinI. of count'. ture. church as "'ell as to others. 15 one of the lea. pnTGanC'nt ..~ SOmeboo ....HoU rna)' find ~lpfull11 Many churches loda} maintain a Pro~r storage will "I'hm u.r ti~ organizmg ~our archl\~s arc hsted church library. An archnes is differ­ of the documents. If po-He. it is 1"«­ befow as ",·coll as thC' addrl!'" of -I hC' ent from a libr.lr} in its methods and ommC'nded that aod·free atorap Hollinger Corpoutioll AI'\O, pk-a~ III iu materials libr.lrics are collect­ bons and fokk-n be purchurd; 11ic reel free to wnte or call U~ al thc ing agenclcs-:-g-.llhering boo" b) a Iioiling-=:r Corponlillon manuWtul"rs Assembhl!':l of God ArchJ\cs (417) ,'anct, or authors on a varietl of sub­ boxl!'s of ''3rious duncntiofts includ­ 862·2781. WI!' "'ill IX' glAd to ;usisr jects. An archnes is established for ing legal size. Papers should br m­ lOU. the pur~ of p~sef\jng documents sened IIlto fokkrs and packed., that and other matC'rials produttd bv thC' the edges do not curl and funher Bnchford. Mal nard J .i,dut", mid institution it ~f\es . dama~ die document WOItIUN"'/X1 (Basic \lanual 5I!':nl!'s). hems Ihal should be preK'f\'ed in - In addition to t .... uar of proprr Ch.cago: Soci~I) or Aml!'ncan Ar­ box~s. It II impornOl to IlOft' ihr chi,,"," 1977 boxl!'s in the ~SII potlible environ­ Ouckl!'1:t. Kt'nnelh W MlHln'Jl MonlJ­ The St. Louis Era ment. Boiler room. and t.InlM'Dl. It"TIJI4, Nashville: AmC'rican Associ ­ are nOI suitable areas for aCJraF due ;Ilion for Stall!' .md Loc::31 .It~or~. (Conllnurd from p. 2) 10 high humidil) ;lnd ilKtt"a,rd 1975, EadC's Bridgl!' smcc a 5motll group of dl."loces of wal~r damasr f..... ~ KoIne, LucliI!' M. If Gulli, to tM Carr mid belie'·ers set up a hcadquanl!'u and ken pipes or fire dama~. Pltper will IfdMlnulrotio1l oj Ma1lUJlrlpU , printing plant at 2838 Easton A\l!'nue. lase longer if kepc in a dark arft with NashnUe: Amen-can Association The kaders of that period are gone lC'mperalU~S from 60 to 70~, for SlalC' and Local History. 1966. but cl!'flai!,ly nOl forgottl!'n . The F3hrcnheit and 50 PCF«nt relati\'C ThC' Hollill~C'r Corpor;uion. P 0 n;mlCJ of E. N Bdl, J. W. Welch, J. humidity. 8m: 6185, 3810 Soulh Four Mile Roswdl Ro",·C'r, Stank-y F. Frodsham, By planning an archival program Run Dri\'e, Arl1IlgtOll, \' A '1:2206 and OIhers wall rem,tln as 5)'mboI5 of dl!'dtcated ~r\kl!' 10 the k.ingdom of God. Som!!'!tOw it ~m5 onl) fitling Ihal Capturing History in the Sony Age therC' ""II be 3n E\allgel Horne re­ union in hea,·C'n. For here ""ere 50~ An increungl)' popu.... method for 1(""lhC'ring and pn!ser\'ing nnponalll cooicl!' xn'3ntS of the KinJtdom who cvenu and C'xperiencn in the live. of people and tht' stot'} of a mO\'l!'menl is oral wC'rC' instrumental in helping thc hillory. Tht' ASIt'mbtiesofGod Archi'~1 is ullhl.ingboth audio and ndC'o tapes to Assrmblil!'S of Cod gC't off to a good record intl!'n;ews with pcopIr who h.nl!' contnbuted to lhe devclopment of the !itarl durmg \I!'r) crucial,iml!'s. mOI·ement. Withoutlhr u .. oforal hiRol"). man\ ofthl!'~ .mport.alll ~ones \

M(; JI £ ItITt\GE. SUrllrIIH lOO t 3 1 HERITACE How You Can Receive Heritage, Here's How You Can Help Free Book, and History Tape Preserve History How wou ld vou like 10 ha\«" ~.I!II<;"I)~. beret! 1 Ph,llip', .lame§ H,"'OK' come into your home, Mrll/lC' •.md I).Hld Lee Flo)d. '1 hIS '\0 Chn\u.1tl organililtlon III the church, or hbraq ("-cr)' (luarICr~ casseue i~ not for ~Ie _ It i\ a\'ail"ble "'OIld {".til bo;:lSl of a morC' (hnamlC VI)U Ciln rttci\c this P!'PC:r slmp"­ onl." to ne'" member. of the A.uem­ .1Ild ltl~plnnR hlswq than our o""n by becommg a member of the A§5<'m­ bhe~ of God HeritagC' ~)(.W-I\ .\'~ mblle of God, That I I'>h) Iil(­ A"'K'lIlhhC'~ 01 (;.)(1 -\rdm C'\ i\ ~.I (h­ bKs of Cod Ifenla~ ScKICI) And A 1-)C'ar member.hlp to the Heri­ Ulg lor Imponalll hl ~orlCa l matenal as a to~n of our .. pprr(.... "(ln t"U tage Soc.it't)' IS only $10. lifetime will rCCCI\C absolu\('I)' hee with Irfm f" I hn "IC' k,'\l or dC''Il1 O\ed.. . \ nd )'Our mC'm~r,hip ;t ""lI1llle. (ASKlll: ~·ou can ha\e .. \ Ital pan 111 thl\ I11UH.S­ tape from lht' Archl\cS or .. 1 hIROr)' Ir". projfil and you I chOice of two \-\'ere \OU ilHohed m the orlgm outstanding bools ~ ithcr S",Jth and/or the de\dopme/1l of .111) mm W'Kl(inu!orlll . Apostlt' of Faith (SJ.9S IItr)' relating t(l Ihe A\'K'mhlu" of varuc) or Th,SOt",lJ A"CoIfIIllK (12.95 God? 00 rou know pt"ople ",ho~ value), qories ~houlrl IIC' pn: '\("1 \t·d (In t,qr? Tilt' Ifcrlmgc 5<1('1('1), h,t' I)('c:u C5- Ha\'e lOU collected l' ent(,('o~ l al tabhshcd 50 people likc )'our~1I (;Ji n magazlIle . boob. hi51 0rical shotos. bf!t"omC' bt:-IIN acquamlcd "'llh our 1«or(IIII8'. films, diaries. an olher grand heritagc, Anil nOt onl) thai, but matelMl, relating to the InSlor .. of you un bet::omc penonallv m\·oh·ed the AS!o('mbb('~ of GQ(P In the p~5U\'a uon and promouOIl of If )OU answered le~ to JUst on(' of our hcnta~. Ih~ ahOH' questions. IhC'\f(hl\e, £...eh quarteT Hff'lI4K' Will publim needs 10 h('ar from you. -rh(' m.lleriats hule-known facts about the Astern­ ),ou ha\e acee" to I11lght be JUst hlit', of Cod and the PC'ntecostal what "'e ncetito com plete one of our mo\'ement. human inieITR features. 5C\'eral collecuons. hl.5lor1c photographs. and Ilpson pre­ mem~nhip i, $100, If )'OU JOin by Pkase "'rite to W,,\lle fo Wilmer. wrYIng ),our own church alld district Decl':mber 31 , 1981, )'UU will bccnme a gl\lng IIlform3tion' 011 materials hulOry. h's all a .. allable In JUSl one chaner mem~r Gift mem~rshlps av-.. it..hle p'oI~r-the unique A~""blv} 0/ GtJtI are al!lO :wailahk: (§lee dpvlic:ation be­ H"",,«,. low). How 10 Keep Informed The free cauctte contams thnllmg To b«ome a member 01 the Heri· on the A ...mbl ies of God stories of early PemecoSlall'('vu'2Il, as ta~ Society. Simply fill out the form You can be bener infomll:d con­ told by Alice Reynokb floW(:r. A A bd0100 and mall to the AS5embhes of cerning the A,~mbhes of God b) Wilson, E. S. Williams. ('~lrKe W God Archi\l" , 1445 8ooll\ilie A\e .. folluwing the suggestions bdo"" ; Hardcutle. Sr., Ben Webb. Willie Spnngfield. MO 65802, I . HlJto,., and tlit Ardll1'ts. Become ,I member -of the Assemblies of God Heritage Society (see StorY on thi, page). Order a copy of Anomud 10 Did You Attend the StTIIt, Tht Story o/Ih, Ass"",hb,.s of G(}(I, by Dr. Wilham W. MenZie, (Cos~l 1981 General Council? Publishing House. 1445 BOOlH'llle Ave., ~pnngfjeld, MO 65802. 02·1>165. SI0.95). 2. Cllrrrnl 'riformallOn. The Offla If ~o u \H' I'" in that SI. Louis Council. ~o u might rel11 ell1ber of Information hu published In ­ Ih ,lt General Superintendent Thomas F. Zimmerman introduced this formation regarding the MO\'ell1ent 4-paj!e is~ue of lIeriluge. And l)erhallS ~o u becll1ne a lifetime memher in general. Write to their offICe at 1445 8001l\ille A\e .• Spl"ingfield, of the Il critllge Socicty \\ ilh ~o ur subscription. Many Cha nges hnve MO 65802. h:lppcncd in Ihc Asse mblies of God Archives (now rlm\cr "cntecostal It pays to keep informed. II H ila)!!' CClltcr) sin cc 198 1 including in'l)rovements 10 this magazinc. OMUI. Ia tIoe Next __ Oigi1:11 prese n 'lltion \\as unhcn rd of in 1981. lIerilUJ.:e \\as :l long \\llys iL .- frll m bt'ing placcd on c n s. No\\ 20 yea rs latcr the entirc run of lIerira!:1! is ll\uilablc on one C D. Thc Pellfecoslu/ El"(lIlgelnnd Olhcr publications are also a I)arl of thc digital rC\'olution and are ava ilable through the Flo\\ er I'cnlccoslall-leritllge Ccnt cr.

T hank yU II for )our co ntinued support of the Flo\\ cr Pentecostal l-Ierilagc Center and lIerilage magllZin e. - ..=:!.~ ...... E. S. ODd aoben ..u what k_ Note: The 1981 offers in this reprinl are no longer valid. _ .. this,.....

32 MG II ER ITAGE. SIJlnm er 200 1 From our Readers

Helll l'lIIiJe ring A rkilllSaS C hurtlH.'s ,/tare I\ ';tlt lI erit:! ),!"" 1-11.\0. remler.\ ThIS I'> Ju .. t a qUIck 1l01t.! to ""} I Thank:-, \cry much lor publt"hlllg able 10 It t'lp Ellller Shull' ill Iti., thml.. of )OU and pm} for the .. talr of In) arllcit.: {"When PCntcco~1 Carne to writillg a",",jglllllelll"' flbol'i! IIIUY write thc ardm c'> room. The da} .. I "penl 111 I: nterpnsc"] in Ih\,! In::.t is~ue. You did a w 1·I(' rilagt'. "'HI we'/I bl' happy '" the center \\\'!rc reall} profitable. l:tm wonderful job on Ihc hl}out. And b) corre" luJ/H/ll'itlt hjlll. al .. o gratdul for the opportunlt) of Ihe olher article aboul \ lah ern and meeting )Otl and othcr.. III thc \ (; 1I 0t Spring.,. YOll made the article lIeadquartcr". rhank you \cr) much about a httle 1Il.,lgmfieant place .,eem Thanl.. .. 10 FPIIC for the a".,l!>tanct.! )OU ga\e me 111 \ery Important. Ye.,\(:rda) \\~ r\,!cel\ed IIl'rifage 1Il locatIng malaiab for my proJcct In your article about the re\ I\alm th~ mal!. 1\., u.,u,,1 \\ Ith Heritage. the \ la) the Lord conllnue to ble .... and lI"e Mah ern ["A Return 10 Our Arkansa., artlclc!'; arc mo.,1 IIhpLflng and fauh you In tilt.! work you ar\,! dOing for lum. ROOb"J you melllioned Ihal 75 building. f\ thousand thanb fo r preachers came oul of Ihal re\ i\ al. sy!>lclllillicall) pl"~"e["\ ing It and }\ . C. George hadn'l heard lhat. bUI il is a~lounding. making il a\allable "the old fa:.-hlOncd Soulhern Asia BIble Collt.!ge II secrned Ihat most evcryone wanted \\ay. Bangalnr\,!. Soulh Indlil to spread lhe good nc\\s a~ soon :I., YOLI arc doing a greal \\ork. K~ep they gOI sa\ed. And Arkansas \\as a it up and the r\,!.,uh .. \\ III be kno\\ n III Your re .. carch for Oppdo hOI bed for . hem en. \""cmhl} or God. P\'!rr}. Arkiln .. a", \\;h My dad lold me that in the early Gratefully your.,. \cr) ht.!1pfuI. Informatl\\,!. and 1920~ Ihe church in Ru sselh ille had a appreciated. Our homccomlng Su nday school that rail aboul 1.500. PaulO. Ilot1" conlllllU~e \\;t~ ~o glad In get 11 . 'I han I.. That was when Ih e town 11;Id aboul Missionary in Chile yOU [G lenn Gohr] for your diligence 1. 200. Davi d Burris. who wa., and proll1plne~ .. III gl\ Ing u .. the Arkansas's firsl District CA. president You ha\e no idea the JOy your r\,!que .. ted 1llfOl"lnll1lon. \ \;I) God hie" .. [D-CAPl and latcr dislrict information brought to me! [Three yOIl. sliperilllendelll for about 16 years. telb articles from the Pelllecoswl E\"{wgel about that time in Ihe Russclh ille in 191-1 and 1915. and other \\fiting., AnthOll) DeVore church. lie had a boys junior class and records thai mention his Par}. Arkansa., with e\ery boy in lown except onc. grandfather. Elmer E. Gore.] ]\ 1) dear On behalf of the Plotl~cr" Pml"\,! This boy had a donkey that he played mother is the daughler of "Papa" and ChOIr. Wilma and I \\anl 10 cxprc~~ \lUI" with on Sunday. Burris visited him sang for him in his meelings. She is 87 1110.,t sincer\'! thanks li)r the OppOI"lUIlII) every Salurday and kcpI on praying. and was overjoyed at this news. you g:l\C u" to sing al )our "Ikl"llagc Finally. the donkey died and Bro. M y grandfather had a tremendou') Chapel"' s~r\ ICC. \1 <1) H. rhank" to Burris was able to cl aim e\ery boy in message for hi s day. Again. Ihank you each on~ of }OU lor all th\'! \,!,lr;1 to\\I1. so much. arrangement.. Il\,!cc .. "ar}. I have committed myself to Keep up Ihe good \\ork. \\ c \\riting Ihe biography o f Roy L. Fred L. Pol lard kno\\ you arc doing a gargantuan but Mallory. the founder of the church here Fort Worth. T\,!xas \ery gratll)lng and fulfilling mlllhlry In 51. Albans.... Also. Di ~lric l al Ih\'! I k ritage Cenler. Ole., .. you. Superi ntendelll Marvin Dennis has On Nov. 21 . 2000. Illy hu sband. asked me to wrile a hi story a/" Ihe Ronnie C Cofrey. pa ssed on to be \\ ilh La\\ rence 13. La rsen Appalachian District. Tha t will take a hi s Lord. lie was a lifetime subscriber Dl reclor lot of work. I am asking e\cryone in to He,.i/(lge and reall y cnjoyed il. l ie Pioneer Pra ise ChOIr Ihc Di strict 10 help on that. had kept all of the issues. I let our ~on­ God bless you in your work. in-law. Rick Walden. IHI\e them. lie The choil" is part (~I ("t!I/II"(/1 look them to Ihe Ph ilippines. where he A~Wlllh~\ ', Springfield. ,\/i\.H>ttri. The Elmer Shaw is a mISSionary. cIJapelH'/Tice mellliOlled (lhm'e i.\ rite SI. Albans. West Virginia regular Headquarlen .Il'/"I'ice to!" Lcvota Cotley employees. Employees lI'e/"(' II/gh ill I'l l/YO//(' hal'illg il//orll/aliol/ abolll Ihe Pryor. Oklahoma Iheir pl"(lise .f()I' rltt! jj-J/IeJ/l!Jer choir t~ ar~)' RlIsselh 'ille chl/rch is jl1l'ited '" (Jlld their J/Iilli"'T \/Co II E I ~ I T\Gt:. Summr r 2001 33 Visitors Tour Los Angeles PentecostaJ Sites

During the Pentecostal World Fellowship conference in Los Angeles. Dr. Cecil M. Robeck. Jr .. and Dr. Anthea 13utler.led three all­ day tours of Pentecostal heritage sites. Dr. Robeck is an Assemblies of God minister and professor of Church hi story and Eeumenics at Fuller Theological Seminary. Pasadena. Dr. Butler is a Roman Catholic Pentecostal and assistant professor, American Religious llistory, Loyola Maryrnount Uni versity. Los Angeles. On Thursday. May 31. several invited guests participated in a tree planting service on the si te of the old Azusa Street mission in downtown Los Angeles. The si te is on the Japanesc Cultural Centcr plaza. and in recent years the Azusa St reet Memorial COlllmi ttee has worked with the Center to recognize and di splay Pentecostal heritage. The si te is open to the public.

Thc 1Il 0!> t f:U II OLI S address in Pent ecostal history. Al.usa Slr('l't in s. Th{>s {> tl l'W sit,: lI s \\I're in Slalied this IIlI st ~ IIt · i n g.

Anthea Butlt' r t{' lI s visito rs lruo ut the signilic:lnce of the BOllni{' Brae Stre{' t hous{'. '·Ine the " e ntetos!;!1 fC l'iVlIl siafled lind Ihe ll 1I10l'cd 10 Iht· Azusa Sircet Mission. Thl' house has been restored by I~e nt ec o st al s in Los A ll ge l{'s. Th(' (' ditor's II ife, I' at \\'arm'!". at Ih(' piano ill t il (' BOl1l1i (' Bnl(, St reN house " hil (' the group sings an A 1. US;1 $tn'('t i\ l iss ion fa l'o r il (', "T h(' Cornforl(' r I-las Com('." This piano " as il1lh(' house in 1906 d uring the outpouri ng of Ihe Spirit.

C('d l ,\1. Il.ober l.; , Jr .. "it h a tour group at Iht' Al. uSiI i\ li s ~io n Sill',

Partirip:Ulh al Ih e \ .r u,:t Sln't' t \ Iiss ion's In'e pbnling 'Nl i n ' , T ill' lenl b sel li p on the "\ilt l , ih' of Ih(' old lII i s~ i o n . IlI l'nli li ed 0 11 thc left :Ir(' A S ~(' l lI b l i c, uf <;11 11 Ass istant C l'Ut'nl1 SUIH'ri nt('lId cnl C h arl (' ~ C r:lbln'(' , :In d hi, " ik Fred Ber ry, displaying t he Ra mon;!. propoSl'd AZlisa Slre('1 prom(,lI all('. B c rr ~' is a mcmbl'r of Ihe Azusa Slr('el i\ k rn orial Comm itt ee,

lluring 111l' 11"I,'c phllli ing c (' r e m o n ~'. t hese lisitn rs fro m vari ous traditions had till' ho nor of shoveli ng in Ih e first dirt. Frum t he kft, C hll l"l ('s Cnlbtree. Assembl ies of C od: ,J. W, i\ layfield, : Vinson Synan. Intcrnation;lI Pcnlccostall-lolin css Church: I):l ul Hiss(' r. Int (' rnatio ll al C hurd\ of Ih (' Fours

lI ouses and pcop'" do chllnge as these lwo pholos prove . The 1988 photo 0 11 the le l'l has edito r Way ne WanH"" ( right) wilh Cecil ~ 1. Ro bC'ck, J r .. in f,"oni of the Bonnie Brae Street house. \\'hile louring the hOll se 0 11 i\ la~ ' 3 1, they posed for 11 reenactmenl. This Los A n g£.' lcs hOll se, \\hkh has hc('n rcslOrcd , "as the scell e of a 1)(' I1I (,(, OSla l o utpo uring in 1906. From here the new I)c nl ccoslals lIIo\'l'd 10 Ih l' famOlI sAzlI sa Slr"ce l !\ Ii ssi on.

These young lII e ll han added 20 ~ ' l'lI r S 10 tht'i," ages since Ih e editor" asked thelll 10 pose in the Headquarte rs parking 101. 1)0 YO Il know them '? F,"om the Icft it is ,fohn Kaulz, III . now vice pn'sid clll for adminislnltivc services, Southcasl r rn College o f th(, ASS(' mbli('S of Cod : a nd Do uglas A, Oss. fo unding paslo" of Cllpilal C hrislian C('nl("', Sail L ak(' C il y,

36 \ Ie 11.: I ~ IT,\ GL S ,, "'''' ~r2001 Archives Activities

A d e ll l' A ll en : }(J/1 Sholi id Kn{)\~ Ihe I ,11th DIlIl (111"<0'>0.:11 ' e ll i{' 11l'lI on : Boo" .... : nt't'per l.1A- ill Ihl' .\/1//"il Hart R. Arm ... trong [dupllcate[. I.lIh J . 31 I P album ... by (hI! fullo\\ IIlg I!roup ... Honan I Irel.'lllan: II' C/millg nmt Bell:: Photograph ... of the I'.. N. Rlchcy and artl'>\<'. Don & Bt:\t:rI~ I.un"fonl (/t'lII/t'/IIt'lI lnmm~ Illds (duplicatl.'): 1'.111111) . . 1. B a ~ hrtll"(l Bi :. ho Jl ( \ ia G ar ~ Jam...: ... ~ la ... tl11:.1n. K...:n ...'\. ".Ianha III /· ..\"t·\rilllt'" '/{"(WIIII 01 Ihl' (irelll Fl nkstra): (""".elt e tape ... : Vanou~ Pilke11l11n, JaL"k Ilokmnb. Rt:\ IJ/lt'lIl!llirn Rt'I'il"lll Ifirll Fnmgdl\l music tapes (profc,>sionally produced I [u mbard (u:orgc B...:\crl) Shcil. I he 7/)/11111,' IIld, I lOUIe \\ Stol,.es and per,>onally rccorded): fu neral tapes: Sunsh1l1e Boys, Ilal1l.: \\llllams. the {dupllC, St;l!e,>mt:n ()uar(t:1. Thc ccrtlficate for Dori ... (·ilrlson. Garlit. 1[ att ic I lam lllond. Janc Jack, Zoe Speer lamily, TCllne ... <;ee I.rlm: I'vni \11 .... SlOllilfy praycr cards and i\-lundt. L. Matllll,l;, O lson. Russell H. Red I·oley. I k"iil ... lyler. \ 1;lhall;\ ml'>ccllallcou... photograph:. 10 111 O lson, A rthur Parsons. Lyman Jac\":"ol1. (ri'>ty lane. rhe Rebd .... I h' i ~e J : Photographs of IITst \ (I Ric hardson. A ngel1l1e Tucker. C. \ -1. Johnny Ambro,>c, Johnny [)ougla ..... (arl (\\ I1llllllgtOI1. De!;l\\an:). \ 11I 1'1.. Wa rd. Phi lip Wan nen maehcr. Bert Ollvebring, 11111 Smuh. and 1 he I ~oh erl\ . lI o l ~ !-'pi r il n{' .. t:lrc h Webb. Thom as F. Z II11me r111an: Revelation Quanet, "Ile Touched ".1c' Cenler : Boo" leI. 101h anlll\I.."rs;tn miseell aneou ... other caS... Cl1 e l a pe~: 2 The Grcatc ... t (jospel I ht-. her eOIllIllCIllOfatl\C bool,.let Oil Society for \ ideos: 1986 Foil \fissioll COII/i.>reilce Recorded:' "'(j()<,pcl Top 20:' "'The I\"llteeo ... tal Studie .... \larjori{' Shafr(' r : (Calvary Temple. Napen ill e. Illi nois) M u~ic r.. lat:hin..::· and "'Yc,>t..:nlay \, 2 photos llf(·harlc,> \ 1 Shalkra ... il child and !,mel: III Ihe SlepI of Jews Voice ... " ["ctlla] \Olces of some of the c\angcll\t C haplain Boh !-' Illiil' ~: presented by Dan Be\lel". J :lIlI e1o E, \\orld'!> great Chmlian leadersJ. Olla \klllonill folder for ("Iarencl.' I Stroill Book: Researc h paper. "A History of lI e Il S{' I': 2 rccord albums of "The Phil Slmall: I\jegatl\c ... of Confer..:nc..: A ssem blies of God Non-traditional Gabriels'" from !\CB(. on Ihe 11(1), SPITlI. \\ \I ... Department. Educ,uion:' written fo r a chlss at AGTS. 1);1\ id K i ll ~~ ril t' r : \11,>,>l()nar~ and Philip and Belt) Wannen1llilcher .... 200 1. films from Africa and \1a1;1\\1 Li la 40th \\...:ddlllg ill11l1\er""lry. E ll i(' :-' ~ I(> r : Hichanl C ar~ ' : Photographs of Krause-Gatlin: Bool,. The P/(m/ll(lll 2 rt:eord album~: \·o.\lal.f.{/(I D,ln Walter and Luci ll e Erola and th eir (lild Ihe Reaper I da [ . k.r;w'>e-(,atlill. 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