~ 0 0 CHURCH OF GOD 1965 YEARBOOK of the CHURCH OF GOD R. EUGENE STERNER Registrar PUBLISHED BY Executive Council of the Church of God DIVISION OF CHURCH SERVICE P.O. BOX 2420 • ANDERSON, IND. PRICE $3.00 FOREWORD GUIDE TO CONTENTS The certification of ministers and churches in the Church of God Move­ Page ment is done by the respective state or area ministerial assemblies. For Foreword __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ ___ ____ __ ___ ____ ___ __________ __________ ____ __ ___ ______ ______ ________________ ___ _______ ___ __ _ ____ 2 this and other reasons the state ministerial assembly is assuming greater proportions in strength and in scope of work. The ministers and churches In Memoriam ________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 listed in this Yearbook have been certified by the various ministerial Directory of General Church Agencies -------------------------------------------------------- 5~ 13 assemblies which bear the responsibility for approving registration and for performing the sacred function of ordination. General Agencies Information _ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 14-3 5 Directory of Home Missionaries -------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 The office of Church Service does not exercise ecclesiastical authority in such matters. It does seek to gather helpful information relating to Directory of Foreign Missionaries -------------------------------------------------------------- 28-29 both ministers and churches, and to make this information available as Regional I nformation --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ 3 6-44 it is needed in time of pastoral changes and for other purposes. State Information ------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________ 4 5-71 In order to facilitate the necessary working relationships among the Key to Ab breviati o ns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 2 several state ministerial assemblies, the roster of state officers and the Ministerial Listing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73-129 times and places of principal meetings are assembled. To facilitate work­ ing relationships between the national agencies and the church at large, Congregational Listing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 130-167 a directory of national agency personnel and a listing of information Statistical Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 168-169 relating to the activities of those national agencies are provided, also. Chaplains ___ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 0 The Yearbook is thus intended to be a useful handbook for each person Helpful Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 171-17 6 actively engaged in the church's work. It is a monumental task each year to assemble all the detailed information necessary through the registration of each and every minister and church. This is necessary because in­ IMPORTANT! formation must always be kept current and accurate insofar as it is The Office of Church Service attempts to keep-up-to-date information on the humanly possible. following: Each user of this Yearbook is urged to get acquainted with its contents, to 1. Churches become aware of what help it provides, and to make suggestions for its 2. Ministers improvement. Suggestions do come from time to time. These are always 3. State and area organizations carefully considered and while some of them may not be practical to 4. Officers of such organizations work out right away, it might well be that they will prove very useful 5. Conventions, Ministers' Meetings, etc. later. 6. Chaplains in Service (correct addresses) As always, I owe a great debt of gratitude to the girls in my office­ All changes of address, dates of meetings, election of state or area officers, etc. Mrs. Lois Forsberg, my able assistant, along with Mrs. Gloria Smith and Miss Charlene Voth, who must see to it that every "i" is dotted and every should be reported to Church Service. In helping this way, you help yourself. "t" is crossed. God bless them for their patience and their dedication. Write to: Here, then, is the Yearbook of the Church of God for 1965. I hope DIVISION OF CHURCH SERVICE you will find it increasingly useful. ExECUTIVE CouNciL OF THE CHURCH OF GoD -R. Eugene Sterner Box 2420, Anderson, Indiana 46011 Phone 317-642-0256 2 3 DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATION GENERAL MINISTERIAL ASSEMBLY IN MEMORIAM Officers and Executive Committee Business Committee Harold W. Boyer, Chairman Marvin J. Hartman Gabriel P. Dixon, Vice-Chairman 1965 George A. Edes Ray Keith, Recording Secretary C. Lowrey Quinn W. Albert Donaldson Arlo F. Newell Ard, Ida Coasey McDilda, Kate Harold A. Conrad 1966 Albert J. Kempin John A. Morrison Beamon, Robert Mitschelen, Guy N. Program and Pulpit Committee-1965 Sethard A. Beverly Dewayne B. Bell, Vice-Chairman 1967 Denver H. Smoot Castor, T. E. Myers, C. H. Ross H. Minkler !1965 Sam Hines J. H. Burchett Adam W. Miller, Chairman 1968 Chapman, Clinton K. Neal, Elmer C. Cecil M. Washington 1966 Boyce Blackwelder Historian-John W. V. Smith Dyer, George W. Nelson, Maude E. Paul A. Jenkins 1967 Parliamentarian-Adam Miller Charles V. Weber, Secretary Fair, I. J. Olson, George W. Hawkins, Stanley G. Price, Rollie K. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Box 2420 Hayhurst, Ernest R. Rawie, Fred E. 1303 E. 5th Street Anderson, Indiana 46011 Phone Area Code 317-642-0255 Hechinger, Paul J. Scott, Andrew Officers Assembly Representatives Hicks, James R. Shaw, Ernest E. Charles V. Weber, Executive Secretary Harold W. Boyer Marvin J. Hartman, Chairman Gabriel P. Dixon Carl M. Poe, Vice-Chairman Ray Keith House, Mary E. Stilton, Ira J. T. Franklin Miller, Recording Secretary Paul A. Tanner, Treasurer Elected Members Hull, Joel H. Stuart, J. W. Director of World Service Division R. Eugene Sterner 1965~~~~~tAM~hl:;s Director of Church Service Division Evans Marshall Johnson, Alice Turk, J. C. Charles V. Weber Ross Minkler Director of General Service Division 1966 Loren Rohr Van Hoose, Martin Luther Emery C. Williams Johnson, Annie W. Executive Committee Milburn H. Miller Wilford L. Denton Marvin J. Hartman, Chairman Jones, John M. Watkins, Charles H. 1967 {E. E. Kardatzke Carl M. Poe, Vice-Chairman Robert G. Lindemuth T. Franklin Miller, Recording Secretary Paul J. Shrock Kent, Marvin G. Wells, Hazel C. William B. Eddy 1968 William B. Eddy W. E. Reed Otis L. Johnson Kernodle, E. L. Werner, Frederick E. E. Wolfram Carl M. Poe Harold W. Boyer 1969 Marvin J. Hartman Kolar, Julia Williamson, G. D. Board Representatives Denver H. Smoot Steele C. Smith 1970 Zanders, Leonard R. Lester A. Crose Lewis, N. Pearl W. E. Reed Robert H. Reardon McClure, James T. Franklin Miller E. E. Wolfram Louis F. Gough See page 13 for addresses of laymen listed above 4 5 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (Continued) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (Divisions-Continued) DIVISIONS COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION Box 2420 Box 2420 Anderson, Indiana 46011 1303 E. Fifth St. Anderson, Indiana 46011 Members-At-Large Phone Area Code 317-642-0256 James Earl Massey Marvin W. Baker, Secretary World Service Church Service General Service Hollie Sharpe Fred Vines W. W. King Adam W. Miller Kenneth E. Jones B. Gale Hetrick John W. V. Smith Steele C. Smith Herschell Rice Lester A. Crose Roscoe Snowden R. Eugene Sterner Charles V. Weber W. E. Reed W. E. Reed Melvin Miller J. Clifford Thor Emery Williams Luther Moore Robert H. Reardon Institutional Members Louis F. Gough Gene W. Newberry Frank A. Towers T. Franklin Miller Norman Beard Forest F. Carlson Robert A. Nicholson, Chairman-Anderson College Steele C. Smith R. Eugene Sterner, W. E. Reed T. Franklin Miller, Vice-Chairman-Board of Christian Education E. E. Wolfram Director Lester A. Crose Marvin H. Lindemuth, Warner Pacific College Robert J. Hazen T. Franklin Miller Gene W. Newberry, Graduate School of Theology Robert H. Reardon Thomas J. Sawyer Associate Members Ross H. Minkler E. E. Wolfram Paul A. Tanner, Director Dale Oldham J. Milton Chugg, Alberta Bible Institute Paul A. Tanner Fred Shackleton, Arlington College Louis F. Gough Max R. Gaulke, Gulf Coast Bible College Robert A. Nicholson Nellie Snowden Charles V. Weber, Director COMMISSIONS COMMISSION ON SOCIAL CONCERNS Box •2420 Anderson, Indiana 46011 Elected Members RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMISSION Isaac W. Mitchell Addie Wyatt, Sec. Box 2007 James Anderson David Jenkins 1965 P. Edgar Williams 1967 M. LaVern Norris, Chm. 1303 E. 5th Street Anderson, Indiana 46011 {Adolfo Pesquera {B. Gale Hetrick Phone Area Code 317-642-0259 Madelyn Hartman Harold Achor Pansy Brown Officers and Staff Commission Members Robert Culp, Vice-Chairman George Blackwell, Chairman K. Y. Plank 1966 Leroy Falling Cecil Baldwin, Vice-Chairman 1965 {Cecil W. Baldwin {Loren Smith Donald Collins, Recording Secretary George Blackwell Jack Anderson Dale Oldham, Executive Director and Speaker 1966 {David Cox Jack Odell, Program Director Board Representatives Paul Yerden, Promotion Manager 1967 Vernon Guttenfelder Robert H. Reardon, Anderson College 1968 Paul Jenkins T. Franklin Miller, Board of Christian Education 1969 Donald Collins M. Maurice Caldwell, Board of Church Extension and Home Missions 1970 Lester A. Crose,