Assemblies of God '---THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD ARCHIVES FALL 1981

Introducing the New Assemblies of God Heritage Paper

YOll alc holdlllg the rll ~I I~~LI(' of Ihe A~,cll1hlie~ of Cod IIrritagt'. (I

'Ill,ute, h Iwblitillion being 11111'0-(u('cd by t 11: \~,crnbhc.., 01 God Ar­(hin.'\.

I his inllOdU(\Ol r i\~lIc is Ix-ingdis­nihu[l"d f)('l' at the 39,h (;CllI.'ral COIlI1(.'il in Sl. LouIs and through the :,\'o\'cmher i.."uc oiAd,'(HI('{' mag;.lIine.

~h:rnbcrs of the Ilewh treated . \~scmblics of God lleritage Society will receive lI(')"ilagr f rcc hcc pagel fOllTlcml.>CI'Ihip infonnaliun and gift orlers),

I homas ", I.llllmcrman. General Superintendent of the A~semhlics of God said: "The I lcrilagc Society is a lTIost signiricant development for the Assemblies of God. It will be the means of calling allention to ollr in­spiring heritage and the imrxwtance of presening that heritage. I am happ~' 10 become a charter memberof aliI' Heritage Soc iety and u rge each of our ministers, la ymen, churches, and schoo ls to join with me in this significa nt effort."

The Role of the A/G Archives

Winsto n Churchill sai d , "The fanher backward you can look, the fan her forward yOIl are like! ) to sec."

This is true when o ne looks at church history as well as secular his­tor)'.

The Assemblies of God recogn i7('s the imparlance ofpresening its heri­tage. In 1977 the Archives was estab­lish ed as the official repository for all docume nts, records, and materials of any form created b)' the Assembliesof God. I n addition , hi storica l collections s uc h as books, perso n a l papers. diaries, photographs, recordinb'"S, and anifactsof prominent membe rs of the Assemblies o f God are presened and made avai lable for reView, research, and displa). An active oral h istol"} project captu res the voices of I>crson~ who were involved in the ear} years

Headq .... rten and Gospel Publishing House employees in SI. Louis about 1916. ln the rront (Iert) is Zel ia Reynolds Mussen. On the far left in the back is Bertha Lawrence Schneider; in the cente r isJ. Roswell Flower. Others are unidentified.

The St. Louis Era By Wayne E. Warner

51. Louis has I>cell a kc) ciq for the Assemblies of God e\cr since Its head­quarters and Gospel Publishing 1Iou se were mo\ed here from Findlay, Ohio, in 1915. This was The headquarters c it )· lInTil 1918 when big~eJ" facilities wCI"e purchased in Spnngficld .

The cit ) ha<; also been the site for 6 significant General Councilsl and the important Council on E\angelism in 1968. And the many local Assem blies of God churches in the Lit)' and Slll'-

and development 01 the Asse mblicsof God.

Fo r more in­formation. requ est the brochure, "A Grand Ilcritage.·' It is availablc from the Assemblies of God Archivcs, 1445 Boolnille, Springfield, MO 65802.

rounding area ha\e been a re~pcued and strong \OIce for the l\lo\cl1lcllI for ma lH ),eal s.

Se\e ral h()Jines~ c\angclists \,ho preached here in thc lattcr 1><,1 t of t he 191 h ccmu I ) hel ped pi el);\re 51. I.oui~ lor the coming PentecosTal re\i\al. One of these was E\angeli\t ~Iaria B. Woodworth-Eller who ST ilTed the cit, with a might} sal\ation- heal in g cam p;li gn in 1890. Il er 8,OOO-~ca t tcnt in nort h St. Louis \,'a S filled to capacil \ night aftcr night: and a~ a result of that 5-month campaign. a church was formed and a buildingconstruucd at 2929 MOlllgome!'} Street. In 1916. after the Assemblies of God head­quarters wa s established here, th is same church building became the home of The first Assemblies of God conhTJ"egation in the cit).

The preacher who actually brought the Pentc<;ostal message to St. Louis wa s Seeley D. Kinne. l ie had recei\cd the baptism in the I-I oly Spirit at the Awsa Street ~ I ission in Los Angeles and came to 51. Louis in 1907 wherc

(C07tlm ued Oil I). 2)

2

The St. Louis Era (C""'I1IIII'fI/1II1II I'. /)

11(' c~[;.hll~h(·(1 .1 P{,IIII'llhl.11 mi,~i()11

.tho\(" the \loll,lI(h I~HItUt.~ . \noll1<'1 1'('1111.'(0'1.11 .... IH) h.ld all

Ill1pOlliint ,1<111 in tht, (',111\ 1(' ,11" of I he Ilorl.. III _~I. 1.0111' 11.1" \I ,II \ n"nu:\ who ,_a\;. 11('II-kno"" (·\.ln~dl"l and dilt'(lnln] a tWill(" 101 \,.I\\,.udguJ... ~.\{"nh()d\ kIlt· .... \1,11\ ,1\ "\lolhl'l nalll(-,," ,mel Iht" fi,,[h,('lI1hli('\ of (;0<1 milll'I(" ~ I()II ('\l'IlIi,lt'(lllt"r that ',';1\

While huldlll,l{;\ 1('111 ~'I \ iet' III Sl I.(HII' III "hUIII 1~1I(J, \lotll('1 B;trnc\ .Ind h('1 ('lIng! ('K,II!()11 lej(litt:c] I!) ~('(' ,. dlunl..('1j (111I111MI Jd"H'1 molh· hi, Ilay 10 the ('J lIdl' It'lll .. 1t.1l {;od ..... Orl­

d('\ iul" ',I\('d lurn thai 11Igh!. ,Inc! Iw gol I{' II phi, 1'1 ;It I it {" .• 1 nd WI'IlI 1111 0 I Ill' mini'l/\ ;Itld 1,110:1 1)('{,llI1l' a ll1l'mIX'1

of thl'\""t'lIlhll(" of (;ud Old-llllle" ',III It'IIlt'lI1ht't Ihl'

l,lI\H"-IIIIIH'd plt';lCht'1 ;1' Fh Jo'cn, Cunningh'lIll-(ltlt' of Ih(· fil,lfIIlU\ of tilt' 1'('I1I('«"lal "-01 k In ",1 I...ou",

Wht'n lil(' ,\,,('mhlit" of (.od Il<'ad­<111;111('1' and publi,hitlg tIl[l'l('''I, w(,I"e 1I1()\('d hOIll 1111£11,1\, Ohio, in 191 S. a huilding "a, obl<lllwd <II 2H:~H Ea,IOIl ,\\(·nut,.2

\ '('('Imd hUilditll( .11 121:1 'OIlh (;,llli,otl wa, 1(';I'w('cl frolll tilt, ",,,11;1' IIOIl .\ 1111' I' hCI (' ;1 (0111 IilUII,lf ,t, Ie of tiling 1\<1' \t'l up 101 th('ll<'aciqu;I1I('" of fit t'r\;1 nd 'onll' {II [he WOI k(,1 ,_ I 'hi, I,a, kllo"tl iI" tl1l' EI,mgd Iioull',

I-Ilre(' tWCHOOIl1 ,11',111111('111., itllh(' E I an~('1 I lom(' "t" (. (K{ II pl('dlll the LU1111l(', of J RO'I,dl }'!OW('I, ",tan!e, II . 1'1'od,h,I111, andJ W Wl'l{h. Cui O'Cuin, who i, now Hr) ilml 11IC., in \lacii'o(IIl, 1IIIIlOL', 11'01 kt:d at (;o,pel PlIhli'hmg 11011'(' "nd It'fall, Ih,11 he hIed ill ;1 ,m;111 loom 111 Ihe "niL Room' ,,<'.t t' ,Iho pl'Olickd 101 l i"itlng 1ll1'~lotMII(,'.

I hCI C W iI" I('n liltl<' mom'l 1IIIho\{' carll )('al'>, hut Iht' KIOuP \,l(l1fin'd, worked dO'>eh tog-etht'1. ;1I1(lliled I" I"ith_ ,""ilh l'ro(hh;1I1l Campbell, who \\'iI' ju.,! " hah\ when her part'nl'> mOlcd 10 ",1. Loui~, quolt'd her filt her'~ 11l('nloit ~ of IIHI"(' ('arl\ H'ar~:

" I f I ho'>(.' e,\I h \\'01 kel., had I1t)l ~ac· I·ificed. the GO'I)('I I)uhli,hing- Ilou'>e would halc gOllc Oil Ih(' H)( k." I (all 11'('11 r('l11el11l)('1 Ih(' d,H Wht'li W(' ',crc at it grcat (I j'I"; w(' Ol\(~d I.son and Brothcr Flower ~aid \\'e s'mph I1IU!,1

halc a ncw folding ll1adllne thai would CO~I S 100. So ..... e knelt together

lI'Il\~" f: WllIW" II dl (relor of lilt .~"""It"t' 0/ (;0(/ ",(Ir""", SIll mKfi,Id, \J~,\oun.

Some of the ptOple .... ho li .. ed al the Evan!C1 Home, In fron!. Mrs.j, Ros"ell Flo"er .... ith ~on joseph (no .... wnel'lll S«-relary of the Alisemblie50fGod); behind Mr., no"uto the right i5 Mrs, Kelley and hu young !IOn; 5ealW at the far left is Anna lIackelman .... ho ill hold· in! Adele lo'Io"'u; the "'oman holding the Inby in the center i5 Mrs, G~rge Howu, and the baby i5 George Emes! Flower; Standing (from the right) a~ j. W. Welch, GeorKe .'Io"'er 0, Ros .... ell Flo"'er'5 father); Mr , J. W, Welch; and Carl O'Guin. Theothersa~ unidentified,

and prit}('d for 2.000. I kill'" "t.' h,ld

I"awd III faith and 1Il1 heall wa~ju­)iLln!. But 11ll' Lord \\'a~ ('xu.t I..mcl: I Ie kne', wc I,(wld tle('d ilion: than that 10 earn u~ Olt'l Ihc .,ummt'l <,I)

Ilc pUI it on th(' h('all of;J Lull 111 S.1I1 Diego to scml S:~,O()O."3

II wa~ a lime 01 I(:joi(ing whell Ihe ~mall band of lailhlul WOlke!, ~e­{ured thc old WOOd\\OHh-l-.lte! dlUlTh building ,II 2929 ~I()nlgolll­en. j. \\'. W('lch. in addition 10 hi~ dUlles a!> ch;linnan of Ibe ,oung 01'­ganiliuion. 1)(-'(;1111(' the 1);J"tor of Ih(' COllgreg-atIOiI. I'odal within it ,adiu., of 50 mil(,s Ihere ;\1"(' ()\er 100 local assemblies.

h,o of the thret' Cenctal Counfil, beld in St. Loui~ dUllng the lime Ihc headquaners w;t, I()(-ated here \\ert' eX l remeh cruci,,1 for the "Uri ivai of Ihe orgallilation. In 1915 th(' con­trOl'erSlal ":\e\\ hsue" ',-a~ Ihe lI1<1in topic of busJIlcs,. r he dili.,ion wa,> on whether thc \\i1ter b"pll~mal formula should be based on ~f;\lIhel\ 28: 19 01" Act~2:38. I he"I) I)<II"('11I linon h, Ihe rrinitarian,> in 91S did 1101 ('I1(l lhe

COIlt101'el"SY, The lIh GCl1e r"ICoull('i l in Octobe r ' 19 16 ~aw the 01lenc,~ COIl­trOl'e r sy cOlllinue, \\hid1 prompted the ado ption of the Sialement of r n u hs-wi[h i t ~ "long Ix"itioll 011

t hc Trinit)'. As a result of l hi~ COllncil the 2-lear-old Assemblies 01 God 10~1

HERITAGE

"If those early workers had not sacrificed, the Gospel Publishing House would have gone on the rocks."-Stanley H. Frodsham I,~I) mini'>tt'I' and nUIll('1 ou <, a~\('m ­hlic~ I"HI <I«('pted the Onent''' IX)'" 11011. hut it '>lJl\i\C~d he(<lu"e () Ih(' 1;llthfullle,~ of dedicaled helicI(' t., thIOUgh('lIt the FellolI'~hlp .

Onc SI. I.()ui~ foul1(il i., 1t'l11t'lI1 -

Ix-rcd for ,ol1lelhmg he'ldc, hmJl1(' " meellllg-'>, tim('" of \,OtShlP, ;lIld ft'! ­lo,\\hil}' Willlt' \"II~I\h' who i, 1I0W 85 all{ Il\ing ill Hnslo, "irginia, hild '11lt.'llclcd Iht' fint G('ller,,1 l.oUllcil III 11m Spl ings. Ihl! the Olle hc rt'II1('Ill ­

betS Ix,,,t j, I he 1921 St. I.mm ('()[lnnl "hell Ih(' (h"inn;lIl. E, '\. Bell, took lime OUI 01 hl\ btl,,, <;<;heclule to IX'r­form a wedding (eremOll1 101 \lill<,;I\)S and his bridc 111 a lo(al St. 1.0uI' 10t('1 1

I-hc 1921 council I,-ould be Ikll", b~t. for in JUllC 192:J [hi" fil~t ehall ­liMn of Ihe _\,_ .. cmblie~ of Cocl would lx' wilh Ihe Lord,

I hose slill tiling- ',ho IIcr(' ;I~­'o(Kiated with the St. l.ouis CI iI imlude Ill{' l\idO\\ ofj. Ro~"cll Flower, AIi(' Re, nol(!" Flowel She i" "ill a( \II l' ," a I('acle! 111 <I ",lIndal school dh, ,lilt! <l

p,alt'l group ilt ht'r c:hunh. Celltl;ll \ .. ~('mbh 1II Springfield, \li"outl ller ,on jO"l'ph. who 1\01' ju,t ;I t(1d­dler I,hell 1m !amih hIed at the old l\,lIlg('1 ilome, IS now Ihe Celler.tl St'( I etaI', of the .\ "emblies of (;od- a

l)mlllOtl Ius father held I'm 2i leill ,. , o.,eph\ ~i"lt'r, Adele Dalton. ,,-a.;; too \O\lllt{ w remembel much alx)U1 Ihe Ical"', III SI. Louis: she is a formel mi~· .,ionary amillow l\Tile, I{II Ihe FOicign .\Iis~ion~ Depart lnCnl of I he t\ ,~enlbhcs of Cod. Bellha Lawrence Srhllcidet who was in the first Penle('o.,L!l {hllr(h abole the \lonalch i,<Iumln <111(1 latn worked al I he puhlishing hou,><: on Ea"lOn Alellue Il\e~ in De­lroil. COl rI O'CUIIl Ii Ie!, ;ICI'OS~ 1 he ~ f is­"is'lppi al ~Iadi",n, Illinois, and <II 8S "tIll I('m;lln~ actile I,ith a Sund,n "hool cI"'s. ,\nothel p(,l'<,on who lilcd ,II the Elangei l lollle ilS a child i~ bUlh Fl(xl!,harn Campbell. She and het husband liH' in ,\riing-lOll. \'il gini,l, where her hushand i.t'Otlilni 1><lslOr<, Cail-an Gospel Church.~

\ lot of 1"Hcr has gone under the (C(mlmlll'd on /J. 3)

ASSEM BLIES O F GOD HERITAGE

IIfTitagf! is publ ished quan flr l) by lhe ASiOf:m. blie5 of God Arehi "es. 1445 Boonville A"e" Springfie ld. MO 65802. This papf:r i ~ rift to memben of the A5~mbl ies of God Arch;'-es J-ferilage Sociely. Sec p , 4 fo r infonnation on membenhip,

Wayne E, Warner, Edilor Pam Eu ttake, ASS;Slanl Edilor

«'l Copyright 1981 by Ihf! c._ ra1 Council or Ihf! A • ..,mblioe. orCod

HERITAGE 3

Preserving Your District and Local Church History

By Pam Eastlake BelOI(';l thUltlr. <l1\lIlt\ nlfiu', (II

,Ill I ilhtitlllion (;111 ht'KIII 111('11 0"11

ilr(hl\e~ Ihn mll"l lil\l dt,tt'lmnlt" "h;11 ,\Ie ,1I{hi\al leuH(h, Yanou" tl'dUlllill .mel elahol'L1t· ddillltlOll\ (illl ht, u'c.'d, lun,ell'l. a dt'filllliorl IN.:d In all hn i" I R, S<'heliellherK i, mO~l ,lp\>lilahle: ,luhil,ll It'tonh an: Iho,e (O(Ul11t'llI~ and lll,ul'liah ere;lIed h, ,Hllll'lItUtIOI1I11 PUl'>u;lIl(e of 1/,> kg,l) OhtigilllOll' .md hU\llIe\\ U'all,>,lttiOlI'. 111t'\l'It'({)1d"IHlul(1 ht, Plc'>l't,ed;" t'\idl'nn' 01 11ll' in'lilu­l ion', IlllHtion" poli(lt''', <I('(i'IOI1'>. pron.'duIe<" ;tIlt! "IX'I ,Ilion,>. I he dr· (hilc'> 01 il dHIl(h .,hould hI.' ,ho"-'l.' rel'()I(h I,hidl illt' llIl\XHlanl 10 Ihe (hnf(h <I' \\(,11 a<, 1001 leI ,.

\I,llI1 thunht,,, IOda\ lllainiain a chuIl.h tihl <II I. ,\n an'hilt" 1<' dirkr· ('Ill hom a lihLlI I III II" 1Il('lh(){h and III ii, lIIill('I I.II ... l.ihralle<, ;lle (olletl­ing ag('mic'>--g;tllu.'lmg hook., I" it lancty of <llIlhOl<, Oil a \;lIlt'\1 of ,>ub­je('I", ,\It anhi\('., i., e.,lahli .. hed for I hc puq)o't{ 01 pI (''>('1 ling dOnllll('nt., and olhel milll.·llal., PI'(I<iuH'd b\ thl.' lIl~IlIIl\l()n II ",,-'I Ie .. ,

It('m~ Iha t .,hould lx' PI(,'>t'l\t'd Ill-

The 5t. Louis Era (Collllllllrd l'Oln I). 2)

Fade .. Uri<l gl.' .,ill<c " 'Illall group of bclielcr~ ,>CI up iI 1tI.',ldquitl\('I\ 'Illtl priminK/)ianl al2H3H L"lonhClllIl'. The Ica< e" of th,u 1X'llot! all' gOIlt' IHn <enaitth ttOI olgOII('11. rh t, n;lInc, of I',. ~. Bell. J. W . Weld t. J. Rmll'('11 Flower , Slanlel I·. Ftod,halll, and 01 her., will Icmaln a~ ~\l1lh()h 01 dediulI('eI ;,cl I i{c 10 th(' kingdom 01 G(KI.

Some!\oll il \l'elt" ollh lilllllg Ihal Ihel'(' will be all Flangt·\ Il o lll(, 11.'­union III hcalcn . For h('le \\('1(' ,-,(Hn(' choice ~et \;\111., of lite Killgdom II ho I\cre in~lIt11T1cntill III helplllg Ihe ,h~cmbli(' ~ of (;od g(' t off I() " ~()od ~Ian elm ing 1('1 I I.ru(i,,1 1I111('.,.

'( ,cncl ,,1 (:(lUI1' ,I, held ht'll' III I!II:;, 191h. \'Ili, l'l~l. 192:1. "rul l'ItH

• ~.,"WI1 .\,eTlue " 110" (,.Iled Ih \1,111111 [,([IIll" "' m~ \\olllcl,lId

~ F,lIlh hn<i\h,IIn CJnqKldl.\/(lIIl'1 folHI· ,JWIIl. I""phtt Il"lIh II/'n! '''pnrl~!ie1d. \Ii',mll i, Co,pel l'uhl"hl11)o1: J \()u'>(.'. Hli I). p, 51\,

I ,til",,!>, ,eno'd ,,, tl1l' tint 'lIpo .. ,.,l1It·l1(lel1l ot .... tIl, •• , DNliu Ii<- ",I' it P'UIII"'1 til I'CIl1l" ~()'l 10 Ihe \l1p,.I.Uhl,ol1 'l'gK'" "nd w"l'd .1' 'U]>CIII11l'ndl'IH ot Iht' \pp"I.,(hl,'" D""KI , . '0 <loulll Ihl'l\: ,11 , ' (J11o,'" h'II1)o1: "hll "l'r<' .1,.,o(i,I\('(\ ,,· .. h lIlt" \",·ml>h." ' It (;':Id dUIUlK 11""",1. I.UU""·I,i. II HIll lno" "I Olhel" ple,o~ ""nd 11;111"" .1IIt! "ddll'"'''' Iii Ih~ ediwi

,Iude legal dO(Ulllt'nt, rOlHl.'lnlng (hunh prop(,II\. «ltl<'liIUliotl all(l h\lal". "nntla) It'putl', (,(Intmilll.'(' lep()JI~ and Illillut(", IIlt'mht'l,hlP IO'!(',\. (hUl(h <IiI t'{lor ie,. 1)(''''OIl11l'l (nilmc~ 01 Il.I'[()I~, ~uIl(LI\ ,thoo! Il.'a<1ICI",. ('t(' ), plt()[ogl <lph' 01 Ihe (hunh and IX'I 'Otttll.'!. ,Illd lIliltl'l I,ll .. Il'ill.,(tlng lit(' gnHlth ilnd dt"l'll)>­mC1ll of ,hUl(h ]lr0).lI,\Ilh.

\l(hl ;lIThil;!1 matelia], ,lIt' papel dO(UItl('nl" 1'1(,.,('1 1,IIIon i, lUll ,11',a\, Cil'\ du(' to th(' <llIahtl 01 IIIl' !,a)lel I he Illt'thmh 1I',(,d III jJl()('("'lng thl' wood pulp Ii,;t\'e;t I('"du(' 01 .Ilul ill the fint,>iJ('c\ pl'odmt clu\lngt·\('tlltl,tl del('riOI';ltIOIl. !llght'1 qUillil\ papel will la~1 longer: 1l('\"PIIllI, o( (OUl'("

I'> one of Ihe k"'1 \X'lm,lIJ('nl papt'I', I'ro/)('t ,Iorage WI I kngllll.'tl till' hit.-' of t IC do('umenl,>. I I p()"ihk', il I., I e( om mended thaI atl<l-Ilt·(' 'I01,lgt' bo,I." and folder,> he plln h.I'-'I'(I. I II(' !lollingcl COrp(11 ill ion milllU I iI( I U It" bo,e~ of \;triOll., dilll('miOlh 111( Iud· ing legal ,>lIe. Palx'l, .,llOnld 1)(' 1Il­'>Cltcd IIltO f()ldl.~I' "nd /M(k('c\ "I Ihal Ihe edge, do not nil and imlht'l damagc thc doc LltllCnt',

In addition 10 Ih(' lI,e of plOpt'l bo,c~, il j, impon;tIl1 to ,lore Iht, ho,e, in Ihc 1ll'.,1 po,<,ihlt.- ('milotl' mcnl. Boiler room, and ha'-'l,'tllt'ttt, .IIC nOI <,uilahle al('''' lot .,Wlagl.' <Ill(' to high humidl11 ,Ind ill(l(';t,e(\ ch;l1lcc .. 01 \lal('r c!all1agl.' hom blo­ken pipes 01 fi re dalllilge. I',qx', WI ll las\ longel il kepI in ,I dill k ittl';! I,ith Icmperalure~ flom (-)0 10 70 degl('l" I'ailrellheil and 50 Ix·,tent le].11111..' hUTllidil\.

Ih planning an ;lnhl\al plog-Iam

The AUlhor p1acins: doeument s in acid . rl'ft ruJdC'r and OOll,

101 IOLlI (h III (It nOli. HlU l' lhtl II.' I h.1\ till' It'totel, \,ill h ... ,11;ril,lhk illllt(' Itl­IUII.·,

"'mill' hook, IOU nt;1\ find "('I]llulill otg<lni/llt~ \()LIt ;tl(lttll." ,Ut' lr,tl.'d Ix'lllII a~ \1'1.'11 ,I' Iht' .lddlt'" 01 I itt' Il ollingl.·1 Cm pot ,111011 \1,,1. plt',I'-'I.' kt'l 11('1.' to In lI(' OJ t.11I I" ,II the \~'>t'ntblic, of ('od \nhlll." (II i) Hfi~·~iXI \\l' I,ill lx' gl.ld 10 ,1'>'1'>1 HIli

nli(hlmd. \1.1\11011<1 J Irdlll'(' (1m/ \lfIIllI'(YJ/J" !n,I'I( \I,UlU.I! """IIl"). Chiclgo: ~()nl.'ll 01 ,\n1t"lIt,1II \1 ,hl\I"", 19ii.

))u(kl.'tl. Kelllleth \\ \lm/n'l .\1(//111

,nl/II', 'a,llIllI(': ,\mcriclII \"O([ .111011 101 "'1,111.' allel I ,(X ,II !11~[()t\, 19i5.

K,llIe, 1.1l( i It.- \ 1 .. 1 (; 1I1I1t· 10 / hI' ( :(/ /I' (lml Idllllll/'IIr1/wl! 01 ,\I(lIlI/,n//II,. ,."llIille: ,\llll.'licllI ,\"()ti;tlio l1 lot SI.HI.' illlc! Local 111,101\ , 19hh.

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Capturing History in the Sony Age An increa'ingl, POpul;lt mcthod fOI g-alhelmg ami prc'>CIIlllg ItnlxUtilllt

e\cnts and e' !>CI-il.'l1(e., ill Iht' IiH" 01 people .mel Ihl.' ~lOn of a 1l\()\t'!I1Clll ... ot ,II hi slon. ·'1 he A ."emhlic, of Go<l ..\ It hil t'., I., III ili/ing IXII h ;llldio il lld \ idco talle" t () record IIl\Cllic,,~ Ililh people l,ltO ha\c c(lIIlllbulCd 10 Ihe de\c[opllIl.'nt ()f Ihe mOl emCll1. \\,il bOllt I he 1I'>t.' of oral h"wI I , lIIill1\ 011 he<,e 1m IXlr\ilm ~I()ric, II oul<l be losl fore\ er.

In addition to 1I11('l\icw ~ Ihl.'\nhl\(·' i .. tltlll (OI!{\u(,!lIlg, wc arc ~ardl1ng for lapc!; alre,l{h 1Il1.'''~tellce. \rra ll ge lllelll s 'l1e then maele 10 ~Op\ th(' tape ... 1IId placc thcm in I hc "\ 1'(' hll e., lot pI c;,ct I ilt ion ,.Ild I"e,e<llch. Rece nll, I i InICr. iCII~ \,crc obtained from Ihe (olletlioll ;11 '-icllllh\\('S(ern ,\''>Clllblie!; 01 Cod College, Waxahachie. lexils.

nIl' follol,ing i~ a I);lrtiill li"l of p(-, r'><ll1~ II Ito hale becn intenicw('c\: 1-.• S. Willi,lIus, Alice Rc~ lIolds How('r. J. Rowell Flo\\ el. William B. ~kC;t ffcrn, .\ . A. Wil.\,on. Dollie Sirnnt~, C('orge W. II,lId{;"tlc , ~1 .. Jilllle", ~fcnIlC, 1.I0HI ,\ . ~ilP­pil1gton, I.oi~ Bu ffum Child '. J. S. J ami.,oll, I I ugh Cad walder, Willic ~f ill~a p~, Everctt 1.. Phillip .. , :":ocl P(,rkin , Jlme~ I {",nil!.

Pcrsons inlereslcd ill inlcnil'wing lX'ople ill Ihcir area should \Itite 10 Ih(' /\rchil'es for furthcr infonn,lIiotl.

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grand h('rililg(',\nd not ollh that. bUI )OU (an bcnlll1c pcr .. onalll imoh('d In the prc'>t'l lanon and prolllotion 01 our heritage.

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How 10 Keep Informed on the Assemblies of God

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Coming in the Next Issue - From B (0 Z, A Slot) of tht, lIill(' "upenlllc l1dcl1Is of Ihe f"~(' lllbhe~ of COd (E. ~. Belilo T. F. l.imlllCI"IIl<ln) - Preserv ing Your C hurc h and Dis­(ric t H is lorr' Pam lasllakc gl\"t!" more hclpfu tips in this Important ,\1 e;t. - H istoric photographs, HOI' mam o f theS(! people will VOll be able to idemi!",, ? - Azusa Street 's Pentecost , E. S. Williilll1~ al ld othc .. ~ tell \\ hat it "OIS lile 75 ycars OIgo this IcaL