Catholic Attorney Giacomo Rosapape, of Rome. Italy, addresses Los Angeles Chapter as Interpreter Alfred Perna stands by. See story on Page Three. VOL. I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION NO. 10 Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International EXECUTIVE STAFF AND Full Qaspel DIRECTORS President DEMOS SHAKARIAN VoicE 8413 Lexington Road, Downey. California Vice-President Published Monthly by LEE BRAXTON Full Gospel Business Men’s Box 505, Whiteville, North Carolina Fellowship International Vice-President Incorporated January 2, 1953 as a Non- GEORGE D. GARDNER Profit Religious, Charitable and Educa­ 35 Collier Street. Binghamton, New York tional Corporation. Vice-President Editor and Publisher MINER ARGANBRIGHT T h o m a s R . N ickel Box 367, La Crescenta, California Vice-President EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATION OFFICE EARL DRAPER 210 WHEELOCK ROAD WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA 1609 Belmont Avenue, Fresno, California Secretary and Treasurer Entered as Second-Class Matter at the HAROLD G. 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Nickel Part O ne What may well be one of the When Demos Shakarian was in greatest Church events since that Rome, he made the acquaintance of day in 1517 when Catholic Priest Alfred Perna, who was much dis­ Martin Luther tacked his Scriptural turbed over the abusive treatment 95 theses against indulgences upon being administered to the Full Gos- the door of his Catholic castle church nel people in particular and to the in Wittenberg, Germany, is the de­ Protestants in general. cree issued by the Supreme Court of Back in the United States, Argan­ Italy on December 1, 1953, that com­ bright and Shakarian were drawn plete religious liberty throughout together as officers in the newly Italy must be granted Pentecostals organized Full Gospel Business and all Protestant churches. The Men’s Fellowship International, and man responsible for this decree is in Italy Perna found a champion for Catholic Attorney Giacomo Rosa- his cause in a powerful politician and pepe. dynamic Catholic Attorney Giacomo Like Luther, Rosapepe is not fight­ Rosapepe. ing the Catholic Church. Luther be­ On September 5, 1953, Giacomo lieved that the sale and even issu­ Rosapepe and Alfred Perna came to ing of indulgences was not Scriotural the Los Angeles Chapter Breakfast- and not Christian, therefore not good Broadcast. Rosapene snoke concern­ Catholicism. Rosapepe believes that ing his burden and zeal for the cause the confiscation of Pentecostal and of religious liberty in Italy. Alfred other Protestant Church property Perna acted as his interpreter. At and the persecution of Pentecostals the conclusion of his message, Percy and other Protestants is neither Fraser, Prayer Director of the Los Scriptural nor Christian, therefore Angeles Chapter, came forward and not good Catholicism. requested that the men gather a- When Miner Arganbright and Rev. round Rosapepe, lay their hands upon Kenneth Schmidt were in Italy in him, and “possess the land” of Italy March, 1951, between 30 and 35 Full for God and the Full Gospel move­ Gospel Churches had been closed ment as well as for all Protestants. and some of the pastors were in As they prayed, Angelo Arbuzi, prison. Arganbright and Schmidt, Missionary to Chile, saw a vision of accompanied by some Full Gospel the map of Italy, black with darkness. ministers who were not yet in con­ Suddenly a great light appeared and finement, registered a protest with Italy became pure white, beginning the American Ambassador, who did at Rome and extending even to the not seem too sympathetic or con­ very tip of the boot. cerned. Rosapepe and Perna went to Our Organization Is Moving Ahead By Demos Shakarian Recently I made a three-week trip flowed over the congregation dur­ back East and was not only pleased ing that period. The altars were filled but even surprised at the rapid at the conclusion of the service. progress our movement is making. On Monday night, at the Chicago My first stop was Springfield, the Chapter Fellowship Banquet, George capital city in Illinois, where Evange­ Gardner, Lee Braxton, Rev. R. W. list Tommy Hicks was in a great Culpepper, Rev. William Lewis and meeting. I spoke on Friday night I took part. A dope addict was saved and nearly all the men in the con­ and appeared changed man. This gregation came forward to rededi­ was a tremendous meeting and the cate their lives. We anointed them Chicago men are enthusiastic over with oil and prayed over them for what God is doing. a consecrated service to God. The From Tuesday night until Sunday next morning we had our first Full night, we were with Alfred Valdez Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship in a great meeting at the Planking- Breakfast-Broadcast, which was a ton Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wis­ great service. consin. Over 500 souls came forward The following day, accompanied and 35 were baptized with the Holy by my wife, Rose, and sister, Flor­ Ghost. Approximately 85% of this ence, I was in Chicago, where we group were Catholics and Lutherans. held three services. That night, at Miner Arganbright and Art Wilson Philadelphia Church, where Dr. and wife joined us here. My wife’s N. Jerome Stowell and William organ-playing, my sister’s singing, Branham recently held two great and testimonies of the business men campaigns under the direction of added much to the meetings. Pastor Mattsson Boze, messages The Saturday morning Breakfast- were delivered by George Gardner, Broadcast was held in the “Sky Dr. Stowell and myself. As my wife Room” of one of Milwaukee’s finest played the organ, there was a mighty hotels. Evangelist Gayle Jackson of stir in the church and more than New Orleans, Louisiana, and Russell one person saw a vision of the Lord Olson, pastor of the Fremont Taber­ Jesus Christ on the platform. Words nacle, Minneapolis, Minnesota, took cannot express the praise that an active part in the meeting, which Springfield, Missouri, to confer with Rosapepe returned to Rome and officials at the General Council resumed his fight for religious liber­ Headquarters of the Assemblies of ty for minority groups and carried God, and on to Washington for con­ the case to the highest Italian court, ference with officials in the State receiving the victorious verdict on Department of the United States December 1st. Government. (C o n t in u e d N ext Issue) Officers of the Chapter at Springfield. Illinois, are, left to right: William Irwin. President; Welbur Waters, Vice-President: R. J. Ledgard, Master of Ceremonies; Ray Sinclair, Assistant Master of Ceremonies; Loren Turner, Secretary and Treasurer; and International President Demos Shakarian. Evangelist Tommy Hicks assisted in organizing the Springfield Chapter. was broadest over WISN. More than day until Friday. Gordon Lindsay 400 attended and the city was stirred. graciously extended us the privilege Arriving back in Chicago, another of telling the fine audience of 3,000 great Fellowship Banquet was held about the work of our Fellowship. on Monday night. Five persons re­ From Saturday until Monday, my ceived the baptism of the Holy wife, my sister and I were in Wash­ Ghost, including a Baptist minister ington, D. C. We attended a prayer and a Baptist boy as well as the meeting the first night, and I spoke dope addict who had been saved and in three different churches Sunday. delivered and completely changed Monday was spent with Linwood by the power of God at the previous Safford, Russell Wellons and Herb week’s Banquet. Fuller making plans for our Conven­ Our Full Gospel Business Men’s tion to be held in Washington June Fellowship cooperated in the Voice 19-25. The Shoreham Hotel will be of Healing Convention from Tues­ the Convention headquarters. Nego- This is a view of the Banquet held when the Chicago. Illinois. Chapter was organized. Left foreground is International President Demos Shakarian and right foreground is Henry Carlson. President of the Chicago Chapter. tiations are under way for President the men and felt the moving of the Eisenhower to speak and there is Spirit and declared, “I want the a possibility that NBC will telecast Baptism of the Holy Ghost!” part of the Convention on coast-to- On the preceding Saturday, a coast network. Chapter was organized at Reading, The Washington Chapter Banquet Pennyslvania, under the direction of was held Monday night. Pratt C. George Gardner and Evangelist Remmel, Mayor of Little Rock, Tommy Hicks. Arkansas, a Methodist, was led by On Tuesday night, we attended God to the meeting and was so im­ a marvelous Banquet at the Pitts­ pressed that he fell into my arms burgh, Pennsylvania, Chapter, where weeping for joy for having found Dan Oschinick is President.