In May 1910 R. G. Spurling held several services and prayer meetings in the community of Jones, Georgia. Both the rural community and the local Church of God were known by the name of the Jones family that resided there. In his report to the readers of The Evening...
God answered W.F. Bryant’s prayer for a sweet spirit and “signs following” with a 2:00 a.m. wakeup call. From the time of his salvation at the age of fourteen, Bryant had recognized the spiritual danger of anger and malice that too often filled his young heart. He...
The year 1922 was a difficult one for Milo Parks Cross and his wife, Lettie. It was not that the Church of God in Crane Eater, Georgia, had been unkind or uncaring to the young ministerial couple. The people at Crane Eater treated the Crosses well and voted for them...
“At this time I was a member of the Baptist church and none of us believed in sanctification although I attended this revival. I noticed how those who claimed sanctification would go to their fellowmen and fix everything right, making their confession to one...
The first history of the Church of God was written as a chapter in A.J. Tomlinson’s book, The Last Great Conflict, in 1913. The chapter was titled “Brief History of the Church that is Now Recognized as the Church of God,” and is the first written account of the...
