August 1946 brought eventful days to delegates meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, for the 41st General Assembly of the Church of God. Some of the excitement was likely because this was the first full meeting of ministers and members in several years. The war years had...
On entering the auditorium Sister Emma Barr was the first to dance upstairs. . . . Sunday, April 12, 1936, was no ordinary day for the “saints” gathering in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the first day of the annual assembly of the Church of God’s black constituency....
With the advantage of time, it is easy to see that the year 1929 was a watershed for youth ministry in the Church of God. On October 24, the General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing the Church of God Young People’s Endeavor(YPE) as a national youth...
In January, 1907, I became more fully awakened on the subject of receiving the Holy Ghost as He was poured out on the day of Pentecost. That whole year I ceased not to preach that it was our privilege to receive the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues as they did on the...
“Glorious results. Speaking in other tongues,” wrote the travel-weary A.J. Tomlinson as he returned home to Cleveland, Tennessee, on June 14, 1907. Tomlinson and fellow minister M.S. Lemons had participated in a week of revival services led by evangelist M.M. Pinson...
