Assembly Minutes 1960

COGOP · International Offices · General Assembly

Date Sep 12, 1960

Language English

Author COGOP

Pages 192

Source International Offices

Year 1960

Date Sep 12, 1960

Language English

Author COGOP

Pages 192

Source International Offices

Document viewer

Page 1 of 192

Open original PDF

Rendering PDF page...

PDF preview unavailable

Match verified in extracted page text. Visual highlight is unavailable for this PDF.

Searchable text

Manual document text

MINUTES
55th Annual Assembly
of the
Church of God of Prophecy
Held in the World-Wide Annual Assembly Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee, U. S. A.
September 13-19
1960
Ye are come unto Mount Sion ... and to an innumerable
company of angels, to the general assembly and church of
the firstborn ... and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant."
"Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground."
LOVE TRUTH UNITY

Table of Contents
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Program _____ ___________ 11
Adoption of Minutes ______________ _ ____________ 147
Advice to Members 156
Bible Training Camp Program 101
Call of Countries, Provinces and States 35
Closing of Assembly 147
Committees Appointed ____ 11
C. P. M. A. Program --19
Deeds for Church Property 151
Duties of District Overseer 158
Duties of State Overseer __ 157
Financial System 148
Free Literature Distribution Report __ 78
Free Literature Financial Report 78
Free Literature Offering 97
Friday, September 16 42
General Overseer's Address:
1. Introductory _______________________ 45
2. The Sabbath 48
3. The Church of Prophecy Marker Association 50
4. The Prayer Meeting Campaign __ 53
5. These Necessary Things 55
6. Certi&#6684777;cate for Lay Ministers 56
7. Our New Headquarters Property 58
8. Interesting Information:
(a) Data Gathered from Ministers' Reports ________ __ 58
(b) Number of Ministers 59
(c) Foreign Mission Drives
59
(d) State Convention Mission Offerings 59
(e) State Convention Free Literature Offerings 61
(f) State Convention Orphanage Offerings ___ 62
(g) State Convention C. P. M. A. Offerings 64
(h) C. P. M. A. Membership 66
(i) Attendance at State Conventions 67
9. Conclusion 68
Headquarters Committees 151
Instructions-Local Church Officers 153
List of Ministers:
Bishops ___ 160
Deacons ______________________________ _______ 165
Male Evangelists 168
Female Evangelists 183
Management and Personnel 5
Mission Offering 11
Monday, September 12 7
Monday, September 19 129
Obligation for Membership 158

Table of Contents (Cont'd.)
Opening of Assembly -------------······-···········-·----------···-·····----10
Order of Business --·-·--····-····-····-······155
Orphanage Offering-----··-·--·---·-------------···-···-····119
Report of A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A. Secretary 14
Report of Adjustment Committee ····-····------ --------137
Report of Assembly Expense Committee 144
Report of Auxiliary Boosters Committee 140
Report of Bible Training Camp ............. 101
Report of Caribbean Islands Representative 123
Report of C. P. M. A. Secretary 22
Report of Europe and Africa Representative ·····-······ ····----··-·107
Report of Field Secretary, C. R. Payne 129
Report of Field Secretary, Edward L. Jones 32
Report of Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez ·--------···130
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager---·-·· 24
Report of Foreign Language Secretary _______________ 72
Report of Foreign Mission Committee .. .. 131
Report of Foreign Mission Secretary 124
Report of General Properties Committee 138
Report of Honor Stone Department Director 19
Report of Ministerial Aid Committee 80
Report of Radio Department ........... . ····-·-98
Report of Questions and Subjects Committee _____ . __ 133
Rewort of Sunday School Orphanage and TMS Board
of Directors -----···--······--······-··---------· ·-- ·-·-82
Report of Sunday School Secretary ····--··---118
Report of Visual Department Director 27
Report of V. L. B. Secretary 92
Report of Watchmen Committee........... 145
Report of Ways and Means Committee 142
Report of White Wing Publishing House Field Representative 79
Report of W. M. B. Secretary ··--·· 114
Saturday, September 17 86
State Overseers, Missionaries and Other Appointments 146
Sunday, September 18 ... 106
Sunday School Program 114
Teac&#6815849;ngs ____ 159
Thursday, September 15 ·-······ -·-·······--·- 35
Treasurer's Financial Report --···--········-······---- 74
Tuesday, September 13 ·-------·······--····· 9
V. L. B. Program 91
Wednesday, September 14 ·-·-···· 10
White Wing Publishing House Program 88
White Wing Publishing House and Press Report ...... 76
W. M. B. Program 106
World Must Be Evangelized 153

Prefatory Notes
&#5505128;is book of the Minutes of the 55th Annual General Assembly has
been prepared from the record kept by our clerks and the tape record
ings made by the Radio Department. We are grateful for the efforts put
forth by those who made the records. Their assistance is very much ap
preciated.
Only a brief description of much that transpired during the Assembly
is given here; however, the business that was transacted appears in full.
Portions of the good messages are given and many things of interest are
recorded. We feel that enough is given to make this book interesting
and informative.
We appreciate the assistance of all who helped to make the Assembly
the success that it was. Those whose names appeared on the program
and all who were called upon for any service gladly gave of their time
and strength. Everything that was done to assist in making the Assem
bly the glorious time that it was is greatly a ppr e c i ate d. We trust
the blessings of the Lord will be upon everyone and may they be bounti
fully rewarded for their willing service.
The Assembly was attended by our ministers, members and friends from
nearly every state in the United States and from some forei&#6750318; countries.
We were glad to have everyone with us. A number from Canada were
present, including the overseers of three provinces. Also the overseer
of El Salvador and Honduras was with us. Some of the Caribbean Is
lands were represented, and a nice delegation was present from the Ba
hama Islands, including the overseer and the Brass Band. Greece, Cyprus,
Holland and India were also represented. We thank the Lord for bring
ing so many of our people together for this Assembly and we trust that
everyone was blessed by being present.
The radio and press gave good coverage of the Assembly again this
year. The local radio stations gave hours of time and the Cleveland
Banner and Chattanooga &#4587634;ee Press carried information and pictures of
the Assembly each day. &#5505128;eir assistance in making known the good news
is very much appreciated.
Our registrars worked faithfully and we wish to commend them for
their valuable assistance. They did good work in recording the names
and addresses of the many who were present. It is doubtful if they were
able to register all in attendance because it seems impossible to do this,
but they succeeded in getting the names of 10,077. There were 7,073 who
came from a distance and 3,004 from the vicinity of Cleveland.
The time for the next annual feast, the General Assembly of the Church
of God of Prophecy, will be September 12-18, 1961.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
MINUTES
OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF
The Church of God of Prophecy
HELD IN CLEVELAND, TENN., U. S. A., SEPT. 13-19, 1960
Management and Personnel of the Home and Local
Organization
M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
Private Secretary, Lillie Duggar
5
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMITTEES-Reception, Entertai&#7209069;ent, Reg
istrars, Ushers, Parking-C. R. Payne.
CLE&#5374027;S-Buford M. Johnson, Ashe! T. Wagar, Zella Creel, Billy Riggs,
Jack Jenkins, Lamar Parton, Esther Wagar, Betty Padgett, Kendrick
Linville, Edwin Jones, Sunrise Clerk.
TREASURER-J. R. Kinser; Bookkeeper-Pruddie Martin.
OFFICE SECRETARIES-Mattie Kinser, Eunice Goins, Ellen Ann Cassidy.
PUBLISHING DEPARTM&#4522062;T-E. L. Higdon, Business Manager; H. R.
Smith, Field Representative; Buford M. Johnson, Assistant Editor;
Robert F. Wright. Sunday School Editor; &#4718709;gh R. &#4522084;wards, Press
Superintendent; Frank A. Howard, Accountant; Carol Dupre, Joyce
Horner, Kathleen Pruett, Betty Padgett, Joyce Chandler, Grace Hig
don, Barbara Higdon, Polly Kinser, Sue Fail, Ruth Duggar, Laura
Rogers, Peggy Jane Bell, Nina Reagan, Ramona Thompson, John Wal
ters, Gene Cannon, John Cassidy, Wayne Donaldson, Bobby Tapley,
Frank Bell, Paul Renner, Bill Coile, Ba&#7471214;ey Beisly, Janie Sanders.
POST OFFICE-J. F. Anderson, Postmaster.
CAFETERIA-George Jackson.
PARCEL CHECK ROOM-L. R. Oppert.
JANITOR-Lloyd Rogers.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM-Loyal Washington, Roscoe Cannon, Hugh
R. Edwards, Gene Cannon, Edsel Hartman, Gene Douglas, Russell Sul-
livan, Raymond Powers.
ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR and see that microphones are in place
Harry Lee Hoare, assisted by P. E. Gillum, Lavell Hawkins, C. E.
McKey, James Green, Clive Jared.
RECEPTION-Charles S. Pennington, Sherman Minter, Fred Bird, Cora
Bird, Willard Boyles, Kenneth Cooley, Dorothy Creel, John C. Lyles,
Jimmy Wentz, A. W. West, Eddie Mounce, Robert Montgomery, Wil-

6 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
burn Curtis, William De&#7209070;is, Don Hatton, Eddie Gray, Earl Gray,
Wilce Litton, A. H. Davis, Clive Jared, Ralph Scotton, Paul C. Buckles,
Bonnie Barnes, Betty Green, Esther Green, L. A. Moxley, John W.
Miracle.
ENTERTAINMENT-F. F. Johnson, A. W. Gonia, Harper Hunter, Jr., Wil
liam Akers, Eugene Rominger, H. P. Bu&#7471214;s, Ethel Payne, Eunice Goins,
Willie Scotton, Daniel Abrego, Willard Calfee, Margueretta Calfee,
Junior Elrod.
REGISTRARS-Jess F. Pruitt, M. M. Smith, J. S. Taylor, J. R. Lancaster,
N. C. Nelson, Carl Brooks, 0. R. Hogan, Clarence Cox, Kenneth Cooley,
Virgil Walls, C. V. Collins, Charles M. Browning, T. W. Goins, Marion
Butler, R. L. Radford, C. W. Grubbs, C. M. Bynum, Pauline Pratt,
Norvella Lightner, Diana Goins, Polly Callahan, A. D. Cleaver, Na
omi Filer, C. F. Reynolds, Ludie Bynum, John Brasher, Warren
Roney, Johnnie Morrison, Lloyd Black, Brenda Fields, T. J. Doug
las, Jennings Taylor, S. F. Gibson, Daniel Ivans, J. R. Rainwater, H. N.
Harts&#6684777;eld, Ruby Deadrick, Harm F. Martin, Grace Norman, Luke
Hardin, Floyd Sheely.
USHERS-E. H. Griffith, Mack Caldwell, Joe C. Crews, Lonnie F. Free
man, Zilvon R. Young, &#4259948;bert Linville, James Manus, Marvin Davis,
Oscar Gibson, J. Leslie Spurlock, John Roberts, Marvin Scotton,
William Rabsatt, Sam E. Raney, Albert Bock, Grady Horner, Eugene
Tranthem, J. L. White, Archie Crews, A. J. Coalter, William Joselyn,
0. C. Pittman, Charles Scotton, Harold Sadler, Aubrey Donahue, C. E:.
Manning, A. C. Murray, James Johnson, Mickey Burgess, Kenneth
Snodgrass, William Porter, Tom Hart, Glen Farmer, D. M. Shults,
Willie Scotton, Orvie Braland, Jack Bryant, L. A. Fritts, A. N. Brooks,
J. W. Nobles, Joel Cox, Leroy Scotton, Ray Jones, Charles E. Collins,
C. R. Talbott, Odus Durham, Russell Barnes, Floyd Bonham, Robert
Bradley, Charlie Pace, Henry Lamb, Joseph Lyle, Raeford Wallace,
Harvey Gardner, Theodore Clemens, J. B. Jones, Calvin Grubbs, Clar
ence Tobin, F. W. Hagood, George Beecham, Frank Wright, Delbert
Gray, Vern Doran, Charles Pentecost, M. A. Chapman, Jesse Cagle,
A. A. Callahan, Melvin Pittman, Delmar Spurling, Leslie Porter, Bobby
Brackett, Samuel Brackett, Millard L. Ledford, Richard Puckett,
Edward Gray, Robert Freeland, Joe Pendergrass, Jack Jenkins, Wil
liam Edgar Runnels, John Wood, L. D. Deadrick, Alexander Gilmore,
M. A. Burt, J. V. Galloway, C. B. Curtis, Ernest Carter, James E.
Anderson, Sam Donahue, Cecil Goin, Wilce Litton, Marvin Larson,
Calvin Carter, Fred Bryant, Charles Palmore, Wayne Allen, O. E.
Shroyer, Bobby Dean, Bobby Welch, Alvin Brantley, Elwood Mat
thews, Lavell Hawkins, Johnny Bragg, Ralph Bryant, Mickey Johnson,
Robert Patterson, Gene Sholar, Jim Williams, Robert Strickland, Billy
Murray.
PARKING COMMITTEE-D. H. Queener, Emitt Davis, Gene Gillum,
T. W. Goins, Oscar Pittman, E. J. Bias, Jesse A. Griffin, Harry W.
Grimes, Neil Wilkerson, Lamar Parton, Eugene Weakley, D. D. Creasy,
Lloyd Davis, Raymond Lawson, L. T. Morris, LOT WORKERS
James H. Graham, Frank Rogers, John Rogers, Dave Rutledge, Riley
Wood, J. C. Crawford.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 7
Monday, September 12
Delegates to the Fifty-&#6684777;fth Annual Assembly began arnvmg in Cleve
land a few days before the Assembly began. Quite a number were
present in the service in the Tabernacle on Sunday night, which was
in charge of the local pastors of Cleveland. On Monday the Reception
and Entertainment Committees were busy all day receiving and wel
coming the people and locating lodging for them. Also the registrars
were on hand recording the names and addresses of the delegates. The
Entertainment Committee presented programs of music, singing, testi
monies and short talks in front of the Tabernacle. Brother Edward L.
Jones, Field Secretary, conducted a service inside the Tabernacle in
the morning, and Brother Buford M. Johnson, Assistant Editor, was in
charge of a service in the afternoon. Brother Homer Rye conducted a
special healing service in Bible Place Chapel at six o'clock. This serv
ice was conducted each day at this time for the bene&#6684777;t of those who
needed healing, and quite a number testi&#6684777;ed to being healed by the power
of God. During these services there were 487 prayed for and anointed
with oil.
6:30 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played on the lawn of the Capitol
Building and continued to play as they marched inside the Tabernacle
to the band stand. The General Overseer expressed appreciation for the
band.
6:45 p.m.-The song service was led by James Barrett with Willystene
Calfee at the organ and Ruth Duggar at the piano. Robert Pruitt read
the &#6684777;rst Psalm. The General Overseer read the requests for prayer
that had been handed to him and the congregation stood and gave their
requests in unison. Clarence N. Guire offered prayer at the pulpit, then
the congregation prayed in concert for those for whom requests had been
made.
7:03 p.m.-Special songs were sung by Bobby Barrett, a quartet from
the Fairview church, the Spring Place Singers, the Tennessee Valley Boys
and Wanda Edwards.
7:21 p.m.-Message. by Brother C. R. Payne, Field Secretary, "Our Re
sponsibility to the Church of God." He used Ephesians 5:27 and Ephesians
4:11-15 for a beginning, then he gave the de&#6684777;nition of responsibility and
stated that the work of perfecting the Church and getting it_. ready to
be presented to Jesus Christ was our responsibility. He referred to Saul's
failure to smite all the Amalekites and utterly destroy them at the com
mand of God, and how the Lord rejected him because he refused to
be obedient. He told of God sending Samuel to the house of Jesse to
anoint one of his sons king in the place of Saul. He chose David to
shoulder the responsibility that Saul had refused to carry.
He mentioned Gideon and the three hundred. He said of them, "You
can use those who keep their eyes on the leader. They will shoulder
the responsibility. Gideon told that number that God was going to give
them the battle and He did. Then they gave God the credit for what
was done. Some people want to receive the praise for what they have
done, but God wants to have the praise for whatever we accomplish."
The speaker referred to the responsibilities that have been placed upon
him during the years, then he said, "I remember when I &#6684777;rst started
in the work of the Lord. &#5505128;e responsibility was great, but as I went
on the responsibility became greater from time to time. But God will
help us carry out the responsibilities that are placed upon us. When you

8 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
became a member of the Church you accepted a responsibility. You ac
cepted the responsibility of paying tithes, giving offerings, assisting in
every way you can to make the Church grow and prosper. This is what
every member obligated himself to do when he said 'I will' as the
covenant was administered. Our responsibility is great in the Church of
God but we have a great God to help us along the way."
8:00 p.m.-Voice of Salvation program. This program was broadcast
over the local station and recorded for release to stations throughout the
nation. The program included a song by the choir, a song by Stanley
Wright and the choir, another song by the choir, a prayer and a song by
the choir with the congregation joining them. Brother H. L. Moore, Gen
eral V. L. B. Secretary, brought the message using for a subject "The
General Assembly and the Church of the Firstborn."
8:30 p.m.-Music by the Bahama Band as the congregation stood and
clapped their hands and rejoiced in the Lord.
8:43 p.m.-Brother C. R. Payne, Chairman of Committees, introduced
the various committee chairmen serving in the Assembly as follows:
Public Address System, Loyal Washington; Reception Committee, Charles
S. Pennington; Entertainment, F. F. Johnson; Registrars, Jess F. Pruitt;
Ushers, E. H. Griffith; Parking Committee, D. H. Queener. With the ex
ception of Brother Washington, each of these responded with a few words
concerning their work.
8:55 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert for the suc
cess of the entire Assembly.
8:58 p.m.-Brother J. B. Wright, General Superintendent of Bible Train
ing Camp, directed a short program with all former students. Jamaica,
Bahamas, India, Canada, Holland, Mexico, and the United States were
represented among the students present. They came to the platform and
sang "Onward Christian Soldiers" led by M. S. Curry. &#5505128;en they re
peated the B. T. C. motto, "B. T. C. strives not to establish a doctrine
but strives rather to establish in the doctrine."
9:06 p.m.-Brother E. H. Griffith, General A. B. M. Secretary, directed
a program with all state secretaries and band leaders, that were pres
ent. He called for the state secretaries to come to the platform and for
the leaders to stand in front of the lower platform. Bill Porter sang
"The Lost Sheep." Brother Griffith made mention that there are approxi
mately twelve hundred backsliders in the Church. The secretaries and
band leaders joined together in praying for these.
9:17 p.m.-Brother Charles S. Pennington, General C. P. M. A. Secre
tary, directed a program wi&#7602280; the state secretaries and those participat
ing in the pre-Assembly airplane tour. He called for the secretaries to
repeat "C. P. M. A. zeal," then the members of the C. P. M. A. repeat
ed "C. P. M. A. zeal." Those who made the tour repeated "Assembly
zeal."
9:20 p.m.-Song by Robert Montgomery, "The Cup of Loneliness."
9:25 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Eddie Mounce. His subject was
"Journey Through the Halls of Hell." He took his listeners on an imag
inary trip to hell calling attention to this one and that one who were
praying and screaming in that awful place. He stated that those who
were already in torment could never be released and there is nothing
that anyone can do for them, but those who are now living in sin don't
have to go there because they can repent and confess their sins and be
saved. He urged those who needed the Lord to come to the altar and

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 9
accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. Several came to the altar
and one was saved and one sancti&#6684777;ed.
Sister Willard Boyles and her corps of workers assisted in the altar
service each night. Ninety-six experiences were counted during the As
sembly. We thank the Lord for these who prayed through and received
something from God and we trust they will ever be faithful to God.
We are grateful to Sister Willard and all who helped in this work. May the
Lord richly bless each one.
Tuesday, September 13
The Reception Committee conducted a service in the morning in front
of the Tabe&#7471214;acle. This featured music and singing by Eddie Mounce,
Bobby Montgomery, Bill Dennis and Don Hatton. Short messages were
preached by John Wakeman and Eddie Gray. This was a wonderful time
of shouting and rejoicing. Brother W. M. Lowman, Chairman of the
Ministerial Aid Committee, directed a service inside the Tabe&#7471214;acle in
the afternoon.
6:00 p.m.-The introductory service began on the outside in front of
the Capitol Building with music by the Bahama Brass Band. They moved
to the front of the Publishing House and played there, then they marched
inside the Tabernacle and on to the band stand. A concert prayer fol
lowed in behalf of those for whom requests were made and for the suc
cess of the Assembly. This was followed by a number of songs by the
Gospeltones Quartet.
6:59 p.m.-The song service was led by Liston Pritchard with Joyce
Womack at the piano and Roberta Long at the organ. Brother B. B. Grif
fin read 1 Corinthians 13:1-9 and C. C. Lanter prayed at the pulpit
while the congregation stood in quietness and reverence before the Lord.
7:13 p.m.-Special songs were sung by the Johnson Family, "Search
Me, Lord;" Pecolia Headen, "How I Got Over;" &#4259948;l for Jesus Jesus Choir,
"Ye Must Be Bo&#7471214; Again."
7:30 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played while the ushers received
an offering for the expense of the Assembly. While the congregation
stood in sacred silence, L. R. Peninger prayed at the pulpit to conse
crate the offering to the service of the Lord.
7:40 p.m.-Brother A. W. Gonia, pastor of the Wildwood Avenue church,
delivered the introductory and welcome address. He gave the dele
gates a warm welcome and invited all to feast at the table of the Lord
which was spread with good things.
7:52 p.m.-The singers from the Church at First Street welcomed the
people with a song.
7:56 p.m.-The church at Eastview welcomed the people through its
pastor, Brother Harper Hunter, Jr. He welcomed the people and en,
couraged them to be one in the Assembly so they could enjoy the bless
ings that the Lord would give from day to day. He made them know
they were not only welcome but they were wanted.
8:02 p.m.-Song by Jenna Allen, Evelyn Gillum and Karen Blumen
thal, "Say a &#5242994;ayer for Me." The Akron Trio sang "What a Day That
Will Be" and "Never."
8:12 p.m.-The delegates to the Assembly were welcomed to Cleveland
and Bradley County by Mayor W. K. Fillauer; George W. Thorogood,

10 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
President of Merchants Bank; W. G. Emrey, Manager of the Telephone
Company; Mark Fullbright, County Judge; Virgil F. Carmichael, Attor
ney. Each of these extended a cordial welcome to the people and wished
for them an enjoyable time while in Cleveland and expressed a desire
that their spiritual life would be greatly enriched by attending the As
sembly.
8:44 p.m.-The Bahama Band furnished music while the congregation
clapped their hands, marched, danced, waved handkerchiefs and praised
the Lord. This was a wonderful time of praising God. This time of fel
lowship lasted for several minutes as the band continued to play.
9:00 p.m.-"Attending the Assembly to Do My Part from the North,
East, South, West and Isles of the Sea," Harry Grimes, Wisconsin; Cecil
Goin, West Virginia; Fred S. Fisher, South Carolina; Reuben A. Adams ,
Jamaica; and P. G. Shroyer, Oregon. Each of these speakers showed
a desire to do his part. They were attending the Assembly to do their
part in order to receive help for themselves so they might be able to
help others.
9:17 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed together in behalf of
the evangelistic message.
9:18 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Benny Hart. The speaker used for
a subject "&#5505128;e Tragedy of Neglecting." He referred to the Scripture,
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." He
said that many people have a false idea about coming to God. They
seem to think they can come to the Lord any time they want to. He
said according to the Bible this is not the case. To prove this statement
he used the Scripture, "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call
ye upon him while he is near." He said the harvest of youth would pass
quickly and the young would not remain young. He urged the young
who were not Christians to give their hearts to God. He invited all who
needed a blessing from the Lord to come to the altar. Jenna Lee Allen
sang "Standing Outside" as the invitation was given. A number came
forward and four were saved, four sancti&#6684777;ed and four baptized with
the Holy Ghost.
Wednesday, September 14
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of Edwin Jones and Her
shel Kell. Those present joined in singing three selections. A testi
mony service followed in which all testi&#6684777;ed and rejoiced in the Lord.
Several prayers were offered for the success of the Assembly that day.
Brother Kell read Psalm 121 and spoke briefly. The service was dis
missed with a concert prayer.
8:00 a.m.-Program by the Electric Band.
&#2883630; 8:15 a.m.-Program of music by the Bahama Brass Band in front of
the Tabernacle. They continued to play as they marched inside to the
band stand.
8:30 a.m.-Song service led by Lamar Gilmer with Betty Vicars at the
piano and Leonard Kendrick at the organ. A. R. Waggett read Galatians
6:1-9. J. I. McDaniel prayed at the pulpit while the congregation stood
in holy reverence before God. Then all joined together in praying for
those for whom requests were made.
8:42 a.m.-The General Overseer spoke briefly, then opened the As-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 11
sembly with reading the thirteenth chapter of Romans and praying for
the blessings of God to be upon every part of the Assembly. He then
declared the Assembly open for any business that might properly come
before it.
8:56 a.m.-Appointment of Committees:
No. 1. Questions and Subjects-M. E. Wilson, &#4259948;exander Gilmore, L. V.
Jones, Boyd Thornton, Sidney A. Cooley, E .. A. McDonald, R. Clement
Lynch.
No. 2. Watchmen-W. A. Newsom, L. E. Silvers, T. J. Lowe, Omer
Lawson, C. T. Goss, J. V. Johnson, S. B. Moss.
No. 3. Adjustment-Adrian T. Griffin, D. M. Cobb, Archie Melvin, C. H.
Sartin, D. F. Rowland.
No. 4. Ways and Means-W. M. Lowman, G. C. Decker, Alvin S. Moss,
Z. R. Young, R. W. Stockdale.
No. 5. Assembly Expense-C. R. Payne, H. M. Biggers, John A. Stubbs,
Don B. Thomas, J. D. Williams.
No. 6. Auxiliary Boosters-J. P. Sullivan, Joe Martin, Ralph Scotton,
Floyd H. Bonham, Roy H. Phipps, W. G. Hardin, Sebastian McGee.
As the names of the committees were called they came to the plat
form. &#5701736;ile standing together prayer was offered for them and their
work by Brother Melvin Pittman. At the close of the prayer Galathia,
Louise and Vinell sang "Pull Altogether."
9:14 a.m.-A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. program directed by the General
Secretary, E. H. Griffith.
The state secretaries, dressed in their regalia, marched into the Tab
ernacle and on to reserved seats on the platform as the Bahama Band
fu&#7471214;ished music. The pastors and band leaders were seated in the two
center rows of seats in front of the platform.
9:21 a.m.-Dessie DicKerson and Florence Harper directed a prayer by
the pastors and band leaders. At the close of this prayer the congrega
tion joined together in a concert prayer.
9:31 a.m.-Warren Roney sang "Jesus Paid the Price for Us All." The
Lord blessed the people and many gave vent to their feelings and shouted
His praises.
9:41 a.m.-"How to Deal with a Backslidden Member," message by R. J.
Reynolds. He used 2 Timothy 2:24 to begin his message. A portion of
the message follows:
"This is one of the best ways to deal with a backslidden member. We
must restore backsliders the Bible way and the Bible says that the serv
ant of the Lord must be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. We
have to work one way with one backslider and another way with an
other, but I have found that gentleness will work with them all. The
servant of the Lord can't be any other way but gentle. Every backslider
desires to serve the Lord and if we can keep a gentle spirit, and humble
spirit as we deal with them, we can win them.
"The sign there says 'If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are
spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thy
self, lest thou also be tempted.' All of the members should be spiritual,
but the pastors and band leaders are placed over the membership to
see that their spiritual welfare thrives. The Bible says for the spiritual
to restore the one overtaken in a fault in the spirit of meekness. Being
spiritual is not just having power to shout, but I feel that spiritual peo-

12 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASS&#4522061;BLY
ple have power to work. They have power to do what the Bible says.
Spiritual people can restore backsliders.
"When we visit backsliders the &#6684777;rst time we get a promise that they
will come to church, but they don't. When we go the second time we
don't want to go with the feeling that we are doing our duty, but we
must go with the thought that we are supposed to restore them. That is
our duty. That is what God requires.
"I have thought of backsliders in this way. You have seen an apple
tree in the winter. It is an ugly tree and looks like it is dead. Do you
know what is wrong with it? The sap is low. That is all. The sap has
gone down. Do you know what causes the sap to rise? Just a little
warmth. A little sunshine, a little rain and the &#6684777;rst thing you know that
apple tree is budding, then bl&#7274607;ming and after a while it is bearing fruit.
What a beautiful tree! How tasty is the fruit! Our backslidden mem
bers are going through the winter season and the sap is low. The thing
that will make the sap rise again is some warmth from spiritual people.
Pastors and band leaders, when you visit a backslidden member, tell them
something about the blessings of the Lord. Tell them something that
will make the sap rise in them. If you will, the &#6684777;rst thing you know
they will blossom and begin to bear fruit."
9:58 a.m.-"The Purpose of the Revivi&#6684777;cation Campaign in the Marietta
District," Ralph Bryant.
He stated that in this campaign their primary concern was to reacti
vate and restore those who had been dismissed from the Church. He
said they examined the church records and when they learned the ad
dress of one who had once been a member they sent him a letter. Then
they contacted him personally and those contacted were favorably im
pressed with their deep concern for their souls. He said they asked ques
tions to learn why they were dismissed from the Church and found out
that a number of them had been dismissed for little frivolous things.
He said one church in that district had disfellowshipped four times as
many people over a period of years as there are members in it today.
He felt that in almost every case that the members could have been saved
with a little patience, effort and compassion. He referred to two or three
who had once been members that were now assisting him with their
&#6684777;nance in erecting a nice church building. He referred to one church
turning out two hundred people over a number of years and it now has
&#6684777;fty members. He expressed his regret over this deplorable condition.
In showing the effects of the campaign on the people, he referred to one
band leader who arose at four o'clock in the morning and she and her
husband were in the home of a man who was once a member at five
o'clock down on their knees pleading with God for his soul. He said
that it is one thing to have compassion on people and another thing to
act on that compassion. He said, "Our program is a restorative pro
gram. We are to take the broken threads of a shattered life and knit them
back together for God. The Revivi&#6684777;cation Campaign brought lasting re
sults. It is continuing to burn in the hearts of the people."
10:14 a.m.-"My Observation of the Revivi&#6684777;cation Campaign in the Mari
etta District," Earl Gray.
The speaker said the Spirit of God began to move upon the churches
during the campaign and lasting good was accomplished. He said that
his Sunday School had doubled since the campaign and he had received
people into the Church who had been members a number of years ago.
He felt that through the work of these campaigns the Church of God

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 13
was about our Father's business just as Jesus was when He was found
in the temple.
10:24 a.m.-Testimony of Brother J. A. Grubbs who was once a member
of the Church but had been backslidden and dismissed from the Church
for fourteen years. He said he failed God because he refused to obey
H&#6881389;. He said the church at School&#6684777;eld, Virginia, kept praying for him
and on Sunday night before the Assembly he went to the altar and re
dedicated his life to God. He referred to the condition of a lost sheep
and said he found it to be a rough place out there where the backslider
lives.
10:30 a.m.-Song by Ray Jones, "I Must Be Saved." This song touched
hearts and brought tears to the eyes of many.
10:40 a.m.-Message by the General Secretary.
He read John 10:1-5 and said: "The thought I will use is found in the
last part of the second verse-the shepherd of the sheep. It means much to
be a shepherd. He said He called His own sheep by name. According to
the custom of that day the shepherd knew each sheep by name. The shep
herd went before the sheep. He didn't send them to some place he didn't
go. He set the example by going before them and calling them by name.
"A story was related to me of a member of a church where a certain
minister was serving as pastor. He had been pastor for sometime. This
pastor was in town and someone called to him and said he wanted to
introduce him to one of his members. That pastor didn't know his
member, but the shepherd knows his sheep and calls them by name. Do
you know your sheep? This pastor had been serving this church for
more than a year in the same city where this member lived and he
didn't know him, much less know his name. I don't want to be harsh but
the truth is the truth. I wonder how many pastors know where their
members live. I wonder how many know their names.
"&#5505128;e General Overseer instructed us well. He told the band leaders
to place their list of members before them when they prayed. He said
for them to begin with the &#6684777;rst one on the list and pray for him and
call him by name. He said the Lord knew his name, but you call his
name to the Lord and tell Him what the member needs. If you don't
know your members, how are you going to tell the Lord of &#7602280;eir needs.
If you are a pastor or band leader and you don't know what your mem
bers need, they would be in bad shape if the Lord didn't know any more
about them than you do.
" 'How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them
be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into
the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?' This is a ques
tion. Jesus said, how do you feel about the natural sheep? How do
you feel about the sheep that you are looking after and trusting in for
a living? He was calling their attention to the care they gave the natural
sheep and using it as an example. A mountain is a rough place. You may
&#6684777;nd wild beasts there and other things you won't &#6684777;nd elsewhere. How
do we feel today? We feel this wonderful spirit here but it is going to
take following this up.
"The shepherd in those days carried a staff. When he became weary
he leaned upon the staff. The staff is a type of the Word of God. So
when we become tired we can lean upon the Word. We are to act upon
the Word of God also. The staff was not only to lean upon but to use in
other ways. &#5701736;en the sheep came to the fold, the shepherd was there
with his rod and staff. If a sheep was unable to jump over the rod

14 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY
into the fold, the shepherd took his long staff and pulled the sheep aside
to &#6684777;nd out what was wrong with him. He didn't wait until another
time but he checked right away to &#6684777;nd the trouble. If a shepherd could
be that conce&#7471214;ed about his sheep, what about us today? There is a re
sponsibility resting upon us. It is a wonderful thought to think of the
shepherd and his sheep. We look in the Bible and &#6684777;nd how the shep
herd looked after the natural sheep in order to sustain life. We can
get a lesson from them. They went into the mountains to rescue a sheep
and to bring it back. And when they returned home the sheep was checked
to see if it was all right. May God help us. We must be saved, and
for us to be saved we must help others along the jou&#7471214;ey."
10:58 a.m.-Report of E. H. Griffith, A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy
Greetings:
Sermons preached
Homes visited
---------------------------------
Homes prayed in __________________ _
Local churches visited
District conventions attended ____________ _
Ministers conventions attended ___________ _
State conventions attended ____ _________ _
A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A. rallies attende&#5898427; ___ ____ _
Revivi&#6684777;cation Campaigns and Honor Stone
Conventions attended
Number converted _________________ _
Number sancti&#6684777;ed
Number baptized with Holy Ghost. _________ _ _
Number added to Church ________ ________ _
Sunday School conventions attended
Missionary conventions attended --------------------------
Attended the convention in Bermuda. Taught in two sessions
of Bible Training Camp: one in Cleveland, Tennessee, and
one in Swan River, Canada; attended Easter program and the
June 13th program in Fields of the Wood. Assisted the Gen-
eral Overseer in the Emergency Fund Drive, corresponded
with the State Secretaries, Pastors, Band Leaders and work-
ers in the interest of the work.
118
79
50
14
8
5
5
8
16
7
5
1
2
1
1
Number of A. B. M. bands _______________ -4,361
Number of local churches operating the A. B. M.
and S. 0. P. A. ----- ----- ----- -1,560
Number of local churches on the Emergency Honor Roll__________ 964
Respectfully submitted,
E. H. GRIFFITH
A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A. Secretary

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 15
11:00 a.m.-"The Story of Mollie and the Lambs," B. B. Ketchum.
He spoke briefly concerning the backsliders and the work of the pas
tors and band leaders in caring for them. He referred to the warning
given by God through Ezekiel to the pastors about scattering the flock.
He encouraged all to draw closer to God and feed the sheep the food
they need so none will be lost. Concerning Mollie and the lambs he said:
"One time in the winter of 1908 when I was dismissed from school
and started home I found there was a great snow storm on. When I
arrived home it was my duty to go after the cows, the horses, the mules
and the sheep. I went through the &#6684777;elds and &#6684777;nally found them here and
there and drove them in. By the time I reached the house it was dark.
My father came to the place we called the milkgap. He came with the
milk buckets and while we were milking the cows my mother asked
me if I found old Mollie. I told her Mollie wasn't with the other sheep
and she said we must hurry up and get the work done and go &#6684777;nd her.
That didn't sound good to me. I had had all of the snow storm I want
ed. We went in and ate supper and when we had &#6684777;nished I slipped in
behind the stove and began to absorb the good heat. I was about half
asleep when my mother asked me if I was ready to go. I told her I
wasn't going. She got the lantern ready and said, 'Benny, are you
ready?' I said, 'No, mother, I don't believe I will go.' I told her Mollie
had no business straying away from the other sheep. Something needs
to get on us here in this Assembly, a snow storm or a howling wind
storm, or something. I tell you that spirit was on my mother. She was
determined to &#6684777;nd Mollie and bring her home. I told her to go on and
let me alone. She started out the door and then I told her to wait and
I would go with her. We went through the corn&#6684777;eld and wandered around
the creek. We couldn't see anything and it was still snowing. It was
very dark and I was afraid. I said, 'Mother, let's go back. I have enough
of this. We are going to freeze to death.' She said, 'Now son, you know
Mollie is expecting two little babies. If they come out here in this snow
storm they will freeze. And you know the wolves and coyotes are thick
and the other day I heard a panther scream over in the canyon.' I got
hold of mother's apron string and tried to pull the other way, but she
said we must go on. We &#6684777;nally got down by the pond and found where
we were. We went over to the gate and my mother found where Mollie
had gone over it. She had left some wool on the wire. We went to
the big woods where the brush was thick and the rocks were plentiful.
About that time the wolves began to howl and I begged to go back.
My mother said the wolves would not come to the light of the lantern,
so I took it. We went on through those woods in a blinding snow storm
and I saw some big eyes shining. I begged to go back but my mother
said we must go on. I saw some eyes and thought it was a wolf but my
mother said it was Mollie. We kept going toward those eyes and when
we got close enough my mother said it was Mollie sure enough. &#5505128;ere
she was on a big rock and she had two little lambs. Mother reached down
and picked up one and I picked up the other one. We carried them in
our arms and Mollie trotted along by us. She would look up once in a
while and bleat and I imagined she was saying '&#5505128;ank you.' &#5701736;en we
got home we put Mollie in the barn and took the lambs to the house
where it was warm. Mother rubbed them and they began to shake their
little heads and move around a little, then they got on their feet.''
The General Secretary said, "No wonder Jesus asked the question, 'How
think ye?' That is how his mother felt about Mollie. That feeling was
great enough that she expressed it by her actions. She braved the storm
to rescue Mollie and the lambs and bring them back."

16 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSE&#5046338;LY
11:20 a.m.-Song by Joyce Cowan, "They Axe Lost."
11:22 a.m.-"Setting Up a Blockade on All Roads Leading to This Place
Called Hell-&#6684777;re and Brimstone," Joe Martin.
The speaker said he thought of this subject one night while he was
in bed soon after he had gone to Ohio. He had lea&#7471214;ed there were many
backsliders in that state and he wanted to do something to reach them.
He referred to the words that kept coming to his mind while he was try
ing to &#6684777;nd some way of reaching every backslider in Ohio and he used
them in a special bu&#7077996;etin which he had prepared. He gave one to each
pastor and each member. The pastor &#6684777;lled out the blank spaces on the
bulletin which called for the number of backsliders, the number that
had been recaptured and the number still at large. The following de
scriptions and instructions appeared on the bulletin: "A special bulletin
has just come off the press to warn every district overseer, pastor and
band leader to be on the lookou t for those that are still at large. When
last seen, or heard of, they were headed toward hell-&#6684777;re and brim
stone which is surrounded by &#6684777;re and could mean destruction to them.
From all descriptions they are wearing deep sin. Please use all pre
cautions toward them as it could mean destruction to their souls if not
stopped. We highly recommended setting up a blockade on all roads
leading to this place called hell-&#6684777;re and brimstone. The only weapon to
be used in the blockade is love, love, and more love, mixed with long
suffering and kindness. If anyone knows or hears of the whereabouts
of any of these that have wandered away, please contact your nearest
district overseer, pastor or band leaders. If you can't reach them, please
contact state headquarters, Joe Martin, Overseer."
This campaign proved very successful. Quite a number of backsliders
were brought back to God and the work of the Church in Ohio increased.
11:35 a.m.-"Revivi&#6684777;cation," M. M. Burt.
As Brother Burt spelled revivi&#6684777;cation slowly people came to the plat
form carrying the letters of the word. He said: "We want to put a lit
tle stress on the I's of this word. You will notice the I's are much larger
than the other letters and they are painted red. At this time I want all
of us to give some attention to I-myself and I. We know there are
many people who were once members of the Church that are out of the
ark of safety, but their souls are still precious. It is our duty and our
responsibility to do all we can to revive those who were once mem
bers of the_ Church. We have backsliders who are members of the Church
and it is our duty and responsibility to help them to be spiritual men
and women. &#5701736;en we have reached the place where all of us can be
strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, we will become a
great force for the Lord in soul winning.
"Revivi&#6684777;cation means to restor e to life; state of being recalled from
death or. apparent death. I think it would be good for all of us to re
invigorate ourselves in the Spirit of the Lord. If we can be strong, then
we can be instrumental in winning those back to God who may be cold
in their experience.
"Jesus died that all might have salvation and I don't think there is
much contentment in the heart of one who has ever known the Lord
and has turned his back on Him. I don't think that we who are strong
in the Lord should be content with seeing people who were once mem
bers of the Church cold or asleep. We should do all we can to restore
every backslider and everyone who was once a member. If we had all
the people who were once members of the Church saved, this Tabernacle

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 17
would have to be about twice as large as it is. There are those in our
midst who are weak that need to be strong in the Lord. After we have
strengthened these weak hands and after we have con&#6684777;rmed these feeble
knees, after the weak ones have been made strong so all can see eye
to eye, walk by the same rule and speak the same thing, then we are
going to see the spirituality of the Church become much greater. When
this happens, we will see the eyes of the blind opened and the ears of
the deaf unstopped. Great streams of God's saving power will move in
our midst to the extent that many souls will be born into the kingdom
of God. If we will keep those that God has committed to our trust, we
will be successful in winning those who have never known God."
Brother Clifton Hyatt led the congregation in singing "Revive Us Again."
11:47 a.m.-Song by Elsie Brackett, "I Wonder Have I Done My Best
for Jesus."
11:54 a.m.-"Why My Church Had to Be on the Emergency Honor Roll,"
Raymond Lawson. He said:
"Many times we pray and ask God for faith to remove mountains, to
see the sick healed, and the dead raised. I remember Paul said he
preached the faith he once destroyed. I believe the faith he was referring
to is the Church of God faith. I feel that it would be useless to pray
for faith to do great things and not have enough faith in the Church
of God program to pay our tithes, the Assembly expense dollar, the
Emergency dollar and anything else that is required. We need enough
faith in the divine program of God to believe these things and put them
into operation. I know it is wonderful to see God work, but I don't be
lieve we are in need of new light. I believe we are in need of lining
up with God's program and doing the things we know to do. I believe
that will bring victory quicker than_ anything that we might seek after.
"A few years ago I was pastoring the church at Crab Orchard, Ten
nessee. I remember we worked hard one year and raised a wonderful
missionary offering. For some reason I felt that we had worked so hard
we needed to relax a little the next year, so I didn't boost the mis
sionary offering. You know what happened, the year we worked hard we
had a revival the entire year. God was blessing souls. We could make
an altar call and the people would come running to the altar to seek
God. The year we took it easy, the altar services failed to operate as
they had the year before. In the state convention that year I heard of
a shortage of mission funds. Some of our missionaries had to go with
out. I felt that I had failed God so miserably that I began to wonder if
God would forgive me. I went back to that local church from the con
vention and I told my people I was going to try to make up for what
we came short that year. A sinner gave the &#6684777;rst &#6684777;fty dollars to make
up the shortage. After we began to work for God in earnest, the altar
services were blessed and souls prayed through. If we operate as those
over us have asked us to operate, we can have revival meetings. When
we go to a church and the Emergency dollars are not paid and the mis
sionary fund is low and other things are out of line, that pulpit is a
hard place to preach in and it is difficult to get souls to the altar. You
go to a church that is measuring up one hundred per cent and you will
see the power of God working and the glory of God in the midst.
"The reason the church I am pastoring had to be on the Emergency
Honor Roll is because it can't have the victory and not be paid in full.
That is the way I feel. I believe we have come to the time that the
church which has the victory is one that is measuring up to the re
quirements of the General Assembly."

18 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
12:0 1 p.m.-"Let Us Say Something About the State Overseers Pay As
sociation Too," Gene Douglas and Joel Cox.
Brother Douglas said the State Overseers Pay Association was im
portant because it assisted in the support of the overseer, and if the
overseer has a support he can carry on his work without worry and can
be a blessing on the &#6684777;eld. He said the pastors in Mississippi had worked
faithfully in this part of the work and it had been a blessing to the
state the entire year.
Brother Cox said it was necessary to get into the spirit of this work in
order to make it successful. He urged that all get into the spirit of sup
porting the overseer every fourth Sunday. He said that when we fail to
give our state overseers a love offering every fourth Sunday, we are
muzzling the ox and this should not be done.
12:10 p.m.-Awarding of banners and prizes:
The states were divided into four groups according to membership and
the state secretary of the leading state in each group was awarded a
banner for having the best general report of the year as follows:
Group No. !-Georgia, Roy D. Mixon
Group No. 2&#2949168;hio, J. Leslie Spurlock
Group No. 3-Louisiana, Lillian Aucoin
Group No. 4-Maryland, Joseph Hughes and Rebecca Pressley
A banner was presented to the state secretary of Florida for having
the largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll-93.
A banner was presented to the state secretary of Tennessee for hav
ing the second largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll-
87.
A banner was presented to the state secretary of Georgia for having
the third largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll-82.
A banner was presented to Roy Mixon, Georgia, for his state having
the largest number of churches with every member saved-58.
A banner was presented to Gene Sholar, North Carolina, for his state
having the largest number of churches with every member sancti&#6684777;ed-24.
A banner was presented to Leslie Porter and Joel Cox, Florida, for their
state having the largest number of churches with every member baptized
with the Holy Ghost-13.
Rosettes were presented to the overseers of states and provinces hav
ing the Emergency Fund dollars paid in full. They were: Florida, Illinois,
California, Louisiana, Wyoming, Vermont, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, Ne
vada, New Jersey, Maine, Alaska, Delaware, Ontario, Saskatchewan, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Utah, South Dakota.
The foreign &#6684777;elds were also divided into four groups according to mem
bership, and the secretary of the leading country in each group was
awarded a banner for having the best general report of the year as follows:
Group No. 1-Jamaica, I. A. Hutchinson
Group No. 2-Dominican Republic, Ulises Tejera
Group No. 4-India, A. S. Turner
12:22 p.m.-The service was closed with prayers by Leslie Porter and
W. R. Porter.
Charles Rogers directed a program of music and singing during the
intermission.
1:15 p.m.-The song service was led by Wayne Allen with Jenna Lee

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 19
Allen at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Jack Jenkins
read Philippians 3:13-16. I. H. Hampton offered prayer at the pulpit
while the audience stood in silence. At the close of the prayer, the con
gregation joined in concert prayer in behalf of those for whom requests
were made.
1:30 p.m.-Church of Prophecy Marker Association program, directed
by the General Secretary, Charles S. Pennington.
The state overseers marched down one aisle and the pilots and state
secretaries marched down another to reserved seats on the platform. The
seats in the center on the main floor were occupied by local C. P. M. A.
leaders.
1:31 p.m.-C. T. Goss led the secretaries and leaders in prayer, then
the entire congregation joined in a mighty concert prayer.
1:35 p.m.-Wayne Allen and Wilce Litton led the congregation in sing
ing the C. P. M. A. theme song, "The Vision in Song."
1:40 p.m.-Report of L. S. Rhodes, Honor Stone Department Director.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of the Honor Stone Department Director From
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached -----------------------------------------
Ministers conventions attended __________ _
District conventions attended ____________ __ _
Local churches visited __ _
Taught in Bible Training Camp during the month of April.
Revivi&#6684777;cation campaigns and Honor Stone
conventions attended ________ _______ _
Honor Stone rallies attended ------------------------------
C. P. M.A. and Honor Stone rallies attende ______ _
Sunday School conventions attended ___________________ _
State conventions attended ____________________ _
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double
honour, especially they who labour in the word and doc
trine." 1 Timothy 5:17
165
4
6
11
16
5
6
1
5
Number of honored pastors _________________ 869
Number of honored ministers not pastoring churches____ 683
Number of honored ministers under appointmen�----- 105
Total number of honored ministers 1,657
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. RHODES
Honor Stone Department Director
The Honor Stone Department Director gave the information that there
were 110 churches that received honor stones for the &#6684777;rst time this year.
There were 90 churches that had their stones replaced in the Honor Roll

20 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
and 730 churches that retained their honor stones. This makes a total
of 930 honor stones in the Honor Roll in Fields of the Wood.
1:47 p.m.-"The Honor Stone Is Our Evidence," message by Brother
Roy Day. A portion of the message follows:
"Evidence means an outward sign or that which fu&#7471214;ishes any mode
of proof. The honor stones placed in Fields of the Wood are the out
ward evidence that we have measured to certain quali&#6684777;cations of the
General Assembly. This may seem like .a very insigni&#6684777;cant thing to
some, but those who have labored to place that honor stone in Fields
of the Wood feel that it is an accomplishment. The honor stone is not
given to those who do not prepare for it, but it is given in recognition
of those who have endeavored to put in practice those things the As
sembly has outlined for the local churches. One of the greatest testi
monies a local church can have is to have an honor stone in Fields of
the Wood. And I feel the churches that have honor stones in Fields of
the Wood are ready for the next move. The honor stones are the evi
dence they are ready.
"A number of churches lack just one thing. I have four in Illinois
that lack just one little something. This reminds me of the rich young
ruler that came to Jesus. He had a good testimony. It sounded pretty
good, but there was one thing lacking, and Jesus knew about it. If there
was some way for us to &#6684777;nd out how many churches just lacked one thing,
we might be surprised. But can we make it if one thing is lacking? I
do not mean to say that the Church which does not have an honor stone
in Fields of the Wood will not go on to perfection, but I am trying to
show that it is necessary for us to strive to meet the requirements. The
honor stone is the evidence. &#5505128;e honor stone is the evidence that we
are trying to do our best to promote the work of the Church. And it
seems to me the way to show that we are doing our best to promote
the Church is to promote the Honor Stone Program.
"This program may not make a great showing of progress, but it may
be that we give too much attention to the outside and not enough to
the inside. Noah had to &#6684777;nish the inside of the ark to have the work
done. And I believe the time will come when this program will be bal
anced just like it should be. And what do we have to lose by going along
with it? Jesus will have a glorious Church to present to Himself, so we
have everything to lose if we don't go along with it, if we don't push
the pro&#6750322;am, if we don't do the work.
"I learned when I was pastor that the only way for the church to have
an honor stone was for me to see that it received one. Sometimes pas
tors will organize the various departments and they will feel that they
don't have anything else to do until time to &#6684777;ll out the honor sheet.
But if the church receives an honor stone the pastor will have to help.
He will have to encourage the work of the various departments all year.
It is your job as pastor to push the work.
"I &#3801252;m wondering what is going to happen to the pastor who never
makes any effort for a church to receive an honor stone. I hate to think
what may happen to him, but I know he is going to have to line up or else.
"We have about two thousand churches and Brother Rhodes told me
there are more than nine hundred honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
We have the job about &#6684777;fty per cent done. This is the place for us to
get enough zeal and energy and initiative to go back to our respective
&#6684777;elds of labor and see to it that our churches have honor stones next
year."

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 21
The Honor Stone Department Director said: "We realize that the Bible
. puts many of us on the spot. The Bible said to let every man prove
his own works, and when we work twelve months and our work doesn't
pass the inspection of the Assembly we don't feel like shouting.
"Jesus said to the young ruler, 'One thing thou lackest.' In checking
the honor sheets it is surprising how many churches lack only one thing.
I would like to give them honor stones but I must be obedient to the
Assembly and the C. P. M. A. Committee. The only way I know to oper
ate this program is to be a doer of the Word. When we all do this we will
go somewhere.
"Jesus said, 'If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be
gone astray,' what is he to do to be a doer of the Word? He is to leave
the ninety and nine and go. But what about churches that have mem
bers who have been backslidden for four, five, six, seven or eight years?
We are to present every member perfect. Our work is to make saints
out of members. If there ever was a time that we as ministers need
to go on the inside and prepare the house, get it ready for the great
ingathering of people, it is now.
;'There is no place in the body of Christ for a sinner. But pastors,
please do not turn out a member in order for the church to receive an
honor stone. Please don't do that. As long as there is any hope, let the
church lose the honor stone. Everybody believes that we must be with
out spot or wrinkle, and the only way to keep sin out of the Church is
for the pastor and band leader to be doers of the Word. But right now
there is too much sin in the Church. You know how sin gets into the
Church. It gets in the member and when sin is in the member it is in
the Church. We want to get sin out of the members and when we do
we get it out of the Church. When one member suffers the whole body
suffers. We are suffering now on account of what is in the body. Some
thing is wrong and we need to get rid of the trouble. Let's get sin out
of the members and keep them in the Church.''
2:26 p.m.-Awarding of banners and badges by the Honor Stone De
partment Director:
A banner was awarded South Carolina for leading in soul winning this
year-2,525 .
A badge was awarded Virginia for winning the second largest number
of souls this year-1,917.
A badge was awarded Kentucky for winning the third largest number
of souls this year-1,682.
Eddie Mounce was presented with a banner for leading in soul winning-
309.
Henry L. Johnson was presented with a badge for having the sec
ond largest number of souls saved-256.
Clarence N. Guire was presented with a badge for having the third
largest number of souls saved-164.
Virginia was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of members added to the Church-553.
Kentucky was awarded a badge for having the second largest number
of members added to the Church-396.
Florida was awarded a badge for having the third largest number of
members added to the Church-391 .
Claude Boothe, pastor at Altavista, Virginia, was awarded a banner for
ha,
·
ing the largest number of members added to a local church-41 .

22 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Johnny Adkins, pastor at Benton Harbor, Michigan, was awarded a
badge for having the second largest number of members added to a local
church-29.
J. Russell Sullivan, Dayton, Ohio; Bergan Ruff, Greenwood, South Caro
lina; and Teddy Abreu, Alexander City, Alabama, were awarded badges
for having the third largest number of members added to their local
churches-27 each.
Georgia was awarded a banner for having the largest number of churches
with honor stones-59.
North Carolina was awarded a badge for having the second largest num
ber of churches with honor stones-56.
Tennessee was awarded a badge for having the third largest number
of churches with honor stones-54.
Washington and Oklahoma were presented badges of honor for being
one hundred per cent in the Honor Stone Program.
Jamaica was presented with a badge for having the largest number of
honor stones in foreign countries-58.
Haiti was presented with a badge for having the second largest num
ber of honor stones in foreign countries-51.
2:46 p.m.-Report of Charles S. Pennington, General C. P. M. A. Sec
retary.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of the C. P. M. A. Secretary From
September 15, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached _____________________________________________________________ 236
Number converted ___________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------25
Number sanctified ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
Number baptized with Holy Ghost __________ ____________ 8
Number added to the Church ---------------------------------------------1
Homes visited ________________ _ ____ _________ 229
Ministers conventions attended ------------------------------------------------------------6
District conventions attended ---- ------------------------------------------------4
World Tourist Aid meeting attended ___ _____ ____ 1
State conventions attended ----------------------------------- -- 6
Provincial conventions attended _______________ ______ 1
Rallies conducted, including Honor Stone and
Revivification Campaigns ---- ------------------------------- 61
Taught in Bible Training Camp during the month .of April.
Sunday School convention attended ----- ---------------------------------- 1
Wrote monthly letters to all state and foreign C. P. M. A. Secretaries.
Wrote local C. P. M. A. leaders three times and State Overseers once.
Made weekly trips to Fields of the Wood, also attended all programs
there.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 23
Managed the Thanksgiving and Easter programs with the very capable
help of Brother Robert Pruitt and students of Tomlinson Memorial School.
Have worked very closely with all the leaders of the various depart
ments of the C. P. M. A. and wish to thank each of them for his un
tiring labor of love in helping to put the C. P. M. A. over this year.
As of August 31, we reached a total of 11,638 C. P. M. A. members,
which is an increase of 206 over last year' s total of 11,432.
A number of states have erected large billboard signs of Fields of the
Wood and several others are planning to erect one or more in their states.
There are a number of airplanes scattered about in the various states
that are painted white and have the proper Scriptures on them that
serve as markers at any airport.
Humbly submitted,
CHARLES S. PENNINGTON
C. P. M. A. Secretary
The Secretary called for those who made the pre-Assembly tour in the
White Angel Fleet to come and stand on the platform. They were: D. H.
Queener, Charles Hawkins, Harry Lee Moore, A. J. Creel, A. T. Grif
&#6684777;n, Dudley Lowman, Wayne Allen, Lavell Hawkins, Eugene Richardson
and J. E. Brisson. Brother C. R. Payne was honored as being the first
member of the C. P. M. A. Brother Pennington asked for all the local
C. P. M. A. leaders to stand and they were cheered by the congregation.
Awarding of banners and badges by the C. P. M. A. Department:
Banners were presented to the overseers of the three leading states
in C. P. M. A. membership and badges to the state secretaries of these
states. They were: Florida, 1,224 members; Georgia, 1,158 members; North
Carolina, 1,003 members.
Nevada had the largest number of &#3866733;embers according to membership.
Every member a member of the C. P. M. A. The overseer and the state
secretary were presented with banners.
A banner was presented to the pastor of the church at Tampa, Florida
and a badge to the leader. This church is the leading church in C. P. M. A.
membership-250.
Pittman Chapel, Georgia had the second largest number of members-
152. Morgan City, Louisiana had the third largest number of members
-115. The pastors and leaders of these churches were awarded badges.
Riviera Beach, Florida was four hundred per cent in C. P. M. A. mem
bership. Gifts were presented to the pastor and leader.
Florida had eighteen churches that were one hundred per cent in C. P.
M. A. membership. The overseer was awarded a banner and the state
secretary a badge.
Oklahoma had seventeen churches that were one hundred per cent in
C. P. M. A. membership. The overseer and state secretary were presented
with badges.
Bahama Islands was the leading foreign country in C. P. M. A. mem
bership. A banner was presented to the overseer and a badge to the
colonial secretary.
Oklahoma had the largest state convention C. P. M. A. offering
$2,411.28. The overseer was presented with a banner and the state sec
retary with a badge.
Rosettes were presented to the state overseer and state secretary of

24 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
each of the ten leading states in C. P. M. A. membership. They were:
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, Ken
tucky, Mississippi, California, South Carolina.
The states were divided into two groups according to number of mem
bers and gifts were presented to the overseer and secretary in each group
having the largest number present at the annual pre-Assembly Fields of
the Wood program. They were:
Group No. I-Florida, 247.
Group No. 2-Ohio, 99.
Gifts of appreciation were presented to the overseers and secretaries
of states having twenty-&#6684777;ve or more present in Fields of the Wood for
the services at their markers .
3:09 p.m.-Wilce Litton sang "All God's Children Coming Home."
3:13 p.m.-Report of Fields of the Wood Manager, J. W. McDill.
The report was accepted in regular order by the &#4259955;sembly.
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
I wish to thank each state or individual who has helped in advertis
ing Fields of the Wood this year. We need more states to join with
us in erecting more road signs, thus giving Fields of the Wood an extra
boost. All this will help in bringing the many thousands to Fields of
the Wood to learn about the Church and we are hoping before next As
sembly that many states will have joined us in this great work.
Sermons preached _______ _____ ________________________________ 40
Homes visited _____________ __________ 75
Number converted ________________ ____ ____ _ 5
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ------------------------ ---------------------2
Holy Ghost --- -----------------------------------------------------------1
Conventions attended ------------------------- ------------------------------------------4
Ministers convention---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
District convention __ ___ _ ----------- -----------------------1
Managed werk in Fields of the Wood which included keeping it pre
sentable to the public; building the road from highway to Information
Booth, which included grading and pouring of 1,100 yards of concrete; build
ing wing on each side of Entrance; repairing Arise Shine marker, Gar
den, Testament; the grading of the road behind Testament; managed the
revival in Fields of the Wood conducted by Brothers Bill Dennis and Don
Hatton; attended to the distribution of funds set aside by the committee
for the maintenance and advertising of Fields of the Wood.
Fields of the Wood has been a great blessing to many thousands again
this year and I attribute much of its success to the work of Brother Bill
Axley and wife who served faithfully in the Information Booth.
Humbly submitted,
J. W. McDILL
Fields of the Wood Manager

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 25
3:15 p.m.-"We Heard of It-We Found It in Fields of the Wood," mes
sage by J. W. McDill.
The speaker read Psalm 132:6 and said "People who visit Fields of
the Wood say they heard of it and they came to see it. One man asked
many questions, then looked around at the various markers and before
he left he said that it is a most wonderful place. Writing the vision is
what makes it wonderful. It takes grass, flowers and all the other things
we have up there as well as the markers to write the vision. Another
man said, 'This is a holy place.' This great work is God's outline for
you and me to carry out. Somebody will help us h<we try to do this.
Let's write the vision in Fields of the Wood and talk about it so people
will hear of it."
·3:26 p.m.-"The World Tourist Aid," Don B. Thomas.
He said: "Many people fail to realize that there is an opportunity to
reach tourists with the message of the Church. Even on the scale that
the Tourist Aid Station is operated in Wasta, South Dakota, thousands of
people have learned about Fields of the Wood. We know that many peo
ple have visited Fields of the Wood because of their visit to this station
where they have seen pictures of it and have received literature con
cerning the Church. The manager of the station at Wasta informed me
that people have stopped there and registered from every state in the
union. People were there from twenty-nine foreign countries. Eight
United States senators visited World Tourist Aid station. Two of them
were from Florida and were acquainted with the Church in that state.
The question was asked by them h<there was a station in Florida similar
to the one operating in South Dakota. When they learned there was not,
they wanted to know why. The governor of South Dakota has been to
the station. We feel the station there has been a blessing to the work
of the Church and we are looking forward to the time when there are
stations everywhere that will be able to supply the needs of tourists and
also point them to the Church of God."
3:31 p.m.-"The Bene&#6684777;ts of Being a C. P. M. A. Member," Lavell Hawkins.
He said: "As time goes on and our vision of Christ and the Church
expands, I believe everyone of us will desire to become a member of
the C. P. M. A. And there are bene&#6684777;ts in this. I feel the greatest bene&#6684777;t
we can derive from being a member is the knowledge that we are putting
forth an effort to reach people with the last days message.
"The Bible tells us about Jacob who dreamed a dream and when he
awoke the next morning the dream was so vivid before him and he was
so stirred about it that he declared that this is none other than the
house of God. He made a covenant with God that he would give Him a
tenth of his increase. Finance is a part of this program, it takes this
to reach people with the message.
"Fields of the Wood is speaking because thousands of people are mem
bers of the C. P. M. A. This is one medium by which the Church is
helping to make all men see, so others are bene&#6684777;ted because we are mem
bers of the C. P. M. A."
3:34 p.m.-"Write the Vision, Make It Plain," Hubert Vicars.
The speaker read Habakkuk 2:1-3 and said: "&#5505128;e C. P. M. A. is in the
Church. It is one of the helps that has been set in the Church for the
promotion of the work. To write the vision means to spread the knowl
edge of the Church of God. We must make people who become new
creatures in Christ Jesus know the difference in belonging to Christ and
being in the body of Christ. The purpose of this auxiliary is to turn the

26 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
light on so the people of the world will come to the knowledge of the
truth. By writing the vision of the Church and the various departments
in Fields of the Wood, the people will see it in due time.
"Joshua told the children of Israel to select one man out of each tribe
that he might choose a stone for the erection of a marker and that marker
was for a speci&#6684777;c purpose. It was to call attention to the fact that the
water was cut off and the children of Israel crossed over on dry land.
When their children asked the meaning of the stones they could tell them
about how God had been with them. When my son grows up and asks
me what is meant by Fields of the Wood, I can tell him that the vision
of the Church is written there and that we live by its teachings in order
that we may be ready for the rapture. It is essential that we write the
vision."
3:42 p.m.-"Seeing Is Believing," Dudley Lowman.
He said: "I feel that the Visual Department is one of the great helps
in getting the Church before the people. Many people do not under
stand about the Lord's work and seeing is believing. When they see some
thing they understand more about it than if they hear about it. We re
tain more of that we see with our eyes than that we hear with our
&#2949221;ars. In the Lord's work even from the beginning, His people were in
structed by showing them what to do as well as telling them. In Jethro's
instructions to Moses, he was told to show the people the way they must
walk and the work they must do. And Jesus said to let our light shine
that people may see and glorify our Father in heaven. We can present
the work of the Church through this medium and people can under
stand something about the program.
"After Philip found the Lord he rushed over to Nathaniel and told him
he had found the Messiah. Nathaniel wasn't very quick to believe his
words and Philip said, 'Come and see.' By him going and seeing he was
convinced. It has been my privilege to use the &#6684777;lms and after seeing
them some people have told me that they were more able to understand
the work of the Church. And through this medium we can reach peo
ple we can't reach otherwise. People will come to see when they won't
come to hear. But when they come to see we can give them the mes
sage. I feel we should use the &#6684777;lms from the Visual Department to show
people as well as to tell them about the Church.''
3:47 p.m.-Brother Pennington introduced his office secretary, Brother
.Jack Harris. He said that Brother Harris was to be highly commended
for the faithful work he has done this year in the C. P. M. A. office.
3:48 p.m.-Ronnie Hamm and Don Hatton sang "That's How Jesus Saved
My Soul.''
3:50 p.m.-The General Secretary spoke a few words concerning the
proposed marker on Mount Hattin. Very little progress, if any, has been
made concerning the placing of the marker there this year. He requested
prayer in behalf of this matter.
3:51 p.m.-Report of the Visual Department Director, Jack C. Decker.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Report of Visual Deportment Director
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached -----------------------------------------------------····-··-------------7 4
Homes visited ·····-··--·------- -----········------------228
States visited ---------···············---------------- -···----····----···· 17
Attended and helped in 4 Sunday School Conventions.
Attended and helped in 2 Missionary Conventions.
Conducted 2 Sunday School Workshops using Visual Aids.
Attended 2 State Conventions.
Attended Audio Engineers and Society of Motion Picture
Television Engineers Convention. Also the Calvin Company's
Workshop in Kansas City.
Produced 7 new English &#6684777;lms and 1 in the Spanish language.
We also have 1 in the Indian language that will be released
very soon.
We have made up 2 new slide sets complete with narration.
Approximate number of &#6684777;lm showings ________________________ 677
Approximate number of viewers 28,869
27
These &#6684777;gures are under actual count because many users failed to re
port showings or sizes of audiences.
Virginia led all states in both number of showings (63) and number of
viewers (3,419). Texas was second in number of showings (54), and Ohio
second in number of viewers (2,485).
Films have been shown in all but 8 of the 50 states, and in Canada,
Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, and in many of the Caribbean Islands, par
ticularly in the Netherlands Antilles.
We have received requests from several denominational ministers and
young people's leaders for &#6684777;lms to show in their services. One of our
dramatic &#6684777;lms has been scheduled for showing on a Wisconsin TV Station
which claims a viewing audience of over 750,000 people.
Several Canadian ministers are using our &#6684777;lms with &#6750322;eat success; one
feels that the &#6684777;lm showings have helped to set a new Church in order;
denominational people have been attracted to the Church through the
teachings manifested through our &#6684777;lms. The showing of several of our
&#6684777;lms in the smaller islands of the Antilles group has brought reports of
outstanding evangelistic success.
One of our &#6684777;lms traveled over ten thousand miles in two consecutive
trips, one to Canada and the second to the Netherlands Antilles.
We began printing or duplicating our own 16-mm &#6684777;lm this year and
feel we can report this has been a very great accomplishment. Besides
the convenience of being able to keep the work in our own laboratory,
we feel we are also able to give a better quality reproduction. We also
have made considerable pro&#6750322;ess toward providing &#6684777;lms for TV. We now
have our own 16-mm black and white &#6684777;lm processing equipment. We
have improved in our sound equipment also and feel we are well on our
way to producing &#6684777;lm strips which occupy a large &#6684777;eld of religious
teaching.

28 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
We made approximately 3 pictures for each White Wing Messenger
a total of 137. We made large pictures of a number of the 21 who attend
ed the &#6684777;rst Assembly; also of deceased and ex-officials of the Church
auxiliaries, and covered B. T. C. this year with press and 35-mm pho
tography. All the Sunday School and Missionary Conventions were covered
by one of the department or a representative except about two.
Our still photography seems to be constantly increasing and this we
appreciate even though it creates more work on our already overworked
personnel. We are grateful to God for the strength and health He has
given us this year and a wonderful staff of helpers.
Respectfully submitted,
JACK C. DECKER
Visual Department Director
3:55 p.m.-"The Visual Department and Its Place on God's Program,"
message by Jack C. Decker. A portion of the message follows:
"Do you believe that God has a program? I believe He has a program
just as de&#6684777;nitely as I believe there is a God. The Bible says, 'In the
beginning.' The beginning of a thing is the starting of it. God caused
the heavens and the earth to come into existence. The things that it
took to make up the earth and to &#6684777;ll the earth had to come together to
make up this world, so it is here and we are here. Since we are His
people and His creation, we have something to do besides just living to
ourselves.''
He called for the reading of Ephesians 1:4-10 and said: "This shows
we were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world. This is won
derful to think about. He planned this thing. He &#6684777;xed it before He cre
ated Adam. He has made known to us the mystery of His will. God
had a secret and we are on the inside of it. And He is going to gather
together in one all things in Christ which are in heaven and which are
in the earth even in Him.
"Everything that God did was planned and organized, and God means
for us to be organized. In order for us to be organized we will have to
have some training programs. We have some but we will have some
more in the way of organizing, planning and training. And that is where
the Visual Department comes in. That which people learn through the
eye gate is retained longer than through any other medium. The man
that preaches or teaches, about ten per cent of it is all that gets to the
people, but when you show people through pictures they retain about
eighty-&#6684777;ve per cent.''
The speaker referred to the many who are saved that never become
members of the Church and of those who become members and back
slide. He said, "The record shows that much seed has been planted but
the harvest shows there has been a drought or a terrible storm. You
know the farmer can purchase insurance to protect his investment against
tragedy; the merchant can buy insurance to keep him from going broke
in case of a &#6684777;re or other misfortune. But what can we do to protect
our interests from the forces of evil that are stealing our labors. We
&#6684777;nd that the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than a
two-edged sword. It took only the Word of God to bring this universe
into being. One who is faithful and consecrated and has the Word of
God abiding in him, there is no telling what he can do. We must have
the Word of God dwelling on the inside. When we are asked a ques
tion we need to be able to give an answer for the hope that dwells with
in us.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSE&#5046338;LY 29
"&#4849722; feel we have some work to do. There are some training programs
that must be launched. And I want to say that it is the desire of the
Visual Departmen t to bring to you something through visual aids to help
you carry out your duties. I believe we can do this, but we need your
prayers and assistance."
4:24 p.m.-Song by Kenneth Cooley, "Working the Road."
4:27 p.m.-Message by the General C. P. M. A. Secretary. A portion
of the message follows:
"'Where there is no vision, the peopl e perish.' We move only with
the vision we have. We do the things that we see and the things we
have purposed in our hearts to do. We work to that end. But suppose
we have no vision. According to the Bible, we are going to perish. I
like to refer to the story found in the thirteenth chapter of Numbers.
The Lord spoke to Moses and told him to send men to the land of Canaan
to spy out the land. He called twelve of his men together and told them
to go to Canaan and look over the land and bring back a report. They
found what they were looking for. That is the way with us today. We
&#6684777;nd what we are looking for. We &#6684777;nd the good things of life, or we
&#6684777;nd the things that hold us back. Ten of the spies said they found a
land that ate up the inhabitants, a land &#6684777;lled with giants and they were
as grasshoppers in comparison. The other two men brought back some
thing to prove what they found. They brought a cluster of grapes to show
the land was a good land. They also saw the giants and the walled
cities but they said, we are able to possess the land. I tell you we are
well able to overcome if we will stick to God's program. God wants
brave men and women. He wants them to stand their ground and carry
on the work which is His work. We must have God to work with us.
"Elisha helped the king of Israel when the Syrian army came up to
&#6684777;ght. He made known to the king the movements of the Syrians and the
king was able to keep his army on safe ground. &#5701736;en the king of
Syria learned what Elisha was doing, he sent men to &#6684777;nd him. When
the servant saw the multitude of people that had come against them, he
was afraid and Elisha prayed. He asked God to open the servant's eyes
that he might see. When he looked again he saw the mountain was &#6684777;lled
with horses and chariots of &#6684777;re. He could see that those who were pro
tecting them were more than those that came against them.
"Sometimes our vision gets a little dim but if we will pray and look
to God we can see the work that is outlined for us to do and we will
desire to do more for the Lord than we ever have.
"I think of Peter walking on the sea. He saw Jesus walking toward
the boat he was in and he said, if it is you bid me to come to you. He
stepped out of the boat on the water and everything was all right as long
as he kept his eyes on the Lord. But for some reason Peter looked at
the water and he began to sink. Friend, when you lose a vision of the
Church you will fail God and fail His Church. Keep your eye on the
goal for which you are striving and you will make it all right. Some
times we are prone to turn aside but God doesn't want it that way. He
wants us to keep our eyes straight ahead. We must keep our goal in view,
work toward it and God will be with us to help us."
4:50 p.m.-Orie J. Ferguson spoke for a few moments. He said: "It
is our job to show the world the Church of God, the body of Christ. It
was said of Jesus, 'And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he ex
pounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.'
He didn't say He was the Son of God and He was going to do this or

30 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
that, but by the Scripture He showed them that He was the Son of God.
He did this while He was walking down the road with two men. There
are many good people that don't know, the world can't tell one from
another, but it is our job to show them the body of Christ. We can do
this by the Scriptures."
4:57 p.m.-The congregation moved outside for the continuation of the
C. P. M. A. program which was conducted from the lawn of the Capitol
Building. Airplanes were flying overhead while the program was in
progress.
5:00 p.m.-Song by Wilburn Curtis, "The Church of God, the Church of
Prophecy."
5:03 p.m.-The General Overseer spoke briefly to tell of the bene&#6684777;t the
C. P. M. A. plane had been to him during the year in making it pos
sible for him to visit &#6684777;fteen conventions.
5:07 p.m.-Jack Bryant and Joe C. Crews told of the value of the pre
Assembly tour of airplanes to their states. E'ach expressed the thought
that the visit of planes had been a great asset in making the Church bet
ter known in the vicinity in which the planes stopped.
5:25 p.m.-Marvin Brown spoke concerning his experiences in dropping
tracts and advertising revivals through the use of the airplane.
5:30 p.m.-H. L. Moore, Fleet Director, referred to some of the oppor
tunities he has had to tell of the Church at various airports when he
would be questioned about the plane. He told of wearing his uniform
when riding commercial airliners and of being questioned about his work
and having the opportunity of telling about the Church and its work.
5:38 p.m.-The service was dismissed with prayer by Dudley Lowman.
Charles I. Mackey directed a program of music and singing during the
intermission.
6:35 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert in behalf of
those for whom requests were made and for the evening service.
6:40 p.m.-"Advancing in Every Department of the Church," message
by Claude S. Boothe. A portion of the message follows:
"&#5505128;e only way I know to build the membership is through the One
that gives the increase. That is what the Bible says-one planteth, an
other watereth and the Lord gives the increase. We are nothing, so if
anything is accomplished it is the Lord that brings it to pass. We are
working for the Church of God and we are looking forward to the
time when we will see the increase as it was on the day of Pentecost.
We are serving the same God.
"The helps that are set in the Church are for the purpose of assisting in
the advancement of the work. They must function according to the di
vine plan. We will have to have them in the body just like the Bible
says. We will have to take an interest in every department of the Church
because God is depending upon you and me. We want to get right down
to where we are living tonight. If we want to see the Church of God
advance, you and I will have to take special interest in God's eternal plan.
"We want to think about 'when your faith is increased.' It seems we
sit around our local churches and we are unconcerned about God's work.
We are just not interested and I believe God is grieved on account of
this. He has called us into His vineyard and He is depending upon us.
There are many people who desire to know something about what you
and I know and it is time to get down to real business with God. The
commission is given to us. All of us want faith. We think about it and

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 31
talk about it. The Bible said the elders obtained a good report by faith.
And without faith we cannot accomplish the things God requires of us.
We must take faith and mix it with work and do what is commanded
of us. Paul said 'when your faith is increased.' Some may be looking
at others and waiting for their faith to be increased, but the Bible says
'when your faith is increased.' God has given each one of us some faith
and he wants us to put it in operation. And if we will do what He
tells us to do He will give us more faith. If we show God that we are
interested in what He has for us to do He will do something for us. He
will work with us.
"We must want to see our membership grow. There is only one way
to have an increase in membership, and that is to pray. It is going to
take prayer and fasting and consecrating ourselves to God in order to
have the advancement in the Church that we desire. If we want to see
the work grow we will have to get down to business and talk to God.
Tell Him that we want to see the work grow, tell Him that we want to
see souls saved, sancti&#6684777;ed and &#6684777;lled with the Holy Ghost. When we con
tact God we will see His mighty hand moving in our midst. Sometimes
we may want God to do something and all the time He is waiting on
us to do something; waiting on us to get stirred about His eternal plan.
"It is time that we come together and all preach the Word of God
alike. Let's preach holiness; let's live holy. When we do, God can smile
on our work. Sometimes we may preach one way and live another, but
God requires that we live according to His divine Word. God requires
that we build according to the pattern. I believe we will advance in every
department when we walk by the same rule and mind the same thing.
Every pastor wants to see an increase in membership. The leaders of
the departments want to see increases. Let us walk by the same rule.
Let us mind the same thing, and let us speak the same thing. We will
have to come together and be in unity.
"Let us have the mind of Christ. How are we ever going to ac
complish the work He has given us to do unless we have the mind of
Christ? If we have the mind of Christ we will know how to operate the
work of the Church. If we don't have the mind of Christ we will not
have success. God is depending upon us to build the work &#6488169;f the Church.
If we will be channels for Him to work through He will give the in
crease in every department. Let us take an interest in all of the work
and talk to God about it. And when we go forth let us be sure that
we have God working with us. If He is working with us we can ac
complish something."
7:14 p.m.-Program in charge of Edward L. Jones, Field Secretary.
The Secretary spoke a few words and asked that all join with him in
praying that God would have His way in the service. He said, "We have
an outline here to go by, but if the Lord wants to take over we will
throw away the outline and go God's way.''
7:15 p.m.-Song service led by Marvin Scotton, Kenneth Thurston at
the piano and Hilton Grant at the organ. The congregation stood and
clapped their hands as they sang. John Shannon and Ivory James prayed
while the congregation stood with bowed heads in reverence before the
Lord, then the congregation joined together in a concert prayer. Cephas
Ferguson read Mark 4:21-32.
7:43 p.m.-Song by the East Texas Singers, "Leaning on the Everlast
ing Arms.'' The Philadelphia Singers sang "I Feel Like Trave&#7077993;ng On."
7:50 p.m.-"Being Faithful to God and His Church," message by Alex-

32 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ander Gilmore.
The speaker gave the de&#6684777;nition of faithful and encouraged the lis
teners to &#6684777;nd new paths to walk in. He made it clear that those who stayed
in the same old rut were not making progress. He said it was neces
sary to get away from the banks and get out into deep water. He stated
that to be able to make a hundred we must be full of faith. He showed
that ninety-nine and a half won't do and that it is necessary to put in
practice all of the teachings. He emphasized the need of being faith
ful unto death. (The tape upon which this message was recorded was
misplaced. For this reason we could not give more of the message.)
8:08 p.m.-Song by the Excelsior Gospel Singers, "When They Crown
Him Lord of All." The Adderley Singers sang "No, Not One" and "I'll
Shout While I Am Here." An offering was received by the Assembly
Expense Committee while these songs were sung.
8:31 p.m.-Report of the Field Secretary, Edward L. Jones.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order,
Report of Field Secretary
September 14, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached _________________________________ 195
Preached on Voice of Truth Radio Program ____________ 49
Total sermons __________ _________ ______ 244
Revivals conducted ______________ ____ 6
Number saved __________ __________ 27
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ___ ____________ _____ 20
Number &#6684777;lled with Holy Ghost ---- ------------------------------7
Number added to Church __________ ____ _ 2
Number homes visited ________ ________ 169
Number prayer meetings in new homes _________ __ 9
Ministers conventions attended ____________________ 3
Dis&#7602290;ict conventions attended ________ ______ 6
State conventions attended ________ ________________ 8
Foreign convention attended ___ __ _________ 1
Sunday School conventions attended __________ 2
States visited ------ -------------- 17
Churches visited ______ __________ ___ 57
I have enjoyed working for the Lord this year, and do hope I have been
a blessing.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. JONES
Field Secretary
8:35 p.m:-The Field Secretary sang "Prayer Bells of Heaven." There
was shouting and rejoicing during the song and the con&#6750322;egation stood
and praised the &#4980847;rd.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 33
8:41 p.m.-Message by the Secretary.
Brother Jones referred to the last commission and said that Jesus prom
ised power to carry out the commission. He said that we know it is the
Church. It was revealed to Peter and the revelation came from God
through the Scriptures. He urged that the Church be taught to the peo
ple from the Word of God.
He said: "David said to Nathan, 'I dwell in an house of cedar, but the
ark of God dwelleth within curtains.' Nathan answered him, 'Go, do
all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.' David became
stirred. I feel we are so blessed in the Church of God. God has blessed
us so. There used to be the time when we stayed on our knees, but it
seems like we have got off of our knees and laid down in our beds and
taking it easy while people out there are still hungry for God. We must
be stirred about them just as David was stirred about a house for God
to dwell in. Nathan said to David, when God called you from &#7602280;e sheep
fold, you were a nobody. You were just following the sheep. Now
God has blessed you and you are about to forget Him. David said he
had a house of cedar to live in and the ark of God was housed in a
tent. David became stirred about it and he said, 'Surely I will not come
into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up unto my bed; I will not give
sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, Until I &#6684777;nd a place for
the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.' This thing took hold
of David and he said, 'Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in
&#6684777;elds of the wood.' David was stirred about the Church of God. Hun
dreds of years ago he was concerned about the Church. Here in this
Church age it seems that all we are looking for is to be blessed. It is
all right to be blessed. I feel we are the people to be blessed. There is
nothing too good for God's people, but while God is blessing us, let us
not neglect Him.
"There was the ark of God that had protected Israel so many times.
It was out there in a tent and David was sitting pretty in a house of
cedar. We are not to become settled. We are not to get so well &#6684777;xed
that we will forget God and His Church. Many of us were nothing when
the Church of God found us. We didn't have any money, but now we
have everything. That is all right, but let's not forget where our bless
ings come from. David said he was not going to rest any more until he
found a place for the Lord, and the same thing applies to us. We can't
rest until the work of God is &#6684777;nished. We have to preach and preach.
No matter how blessed we are, the Church of God is still our responsi
bility. As a whole we as the Church share in the responsibility of tak
ing the message to the whole world and to all people.
"I don't know where some people got the idea that I was over all the
southern states. I am not an overseer at all. Brother Tomlinson makes
the appointments. He reads the name of the state and the name of the
person for overseer of that state, and when I go to a state I look to the
overseer. I can't be the overseer. I am willing to do all I can and some
times it looks like all the responsibility is placed on me. Overseers, you
are responsible for your state, white and colored, if I understand it
right. When I come to your state I am going to let you know I am there.
When I leave if there is any stir, I don't want it said that you didn't
know I was there stirring up trouble. When Brother Tomlinson sends me
to your state, I go to help you, but still the work in your state is your
responsibility. I have done my best to preach a Church of God message
this year. That is what you want me to preach, isn't it? This is the Church

34 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
of God. Jesus purchased it. I am glad I have a small part, but let us
consider our responsibility and let us work together.
"We need workers. You can sit at home and be a preacher as long as
you have license, but we need workers, those who are active. We need
a worker in every &#6684777;eld in every state that can help the overseer all year.
I have gone to places this year where the people are in dire need of
help. I did all I could to help them, then in two weeks after I left they
were in as much need as ever. No one there to teach them the Church
of God way. We need workers in every &#6684777;eld, those that can give their
full time to the work. Many of our overseers are willing to sacri&#6684777;ce and
give to the work in order to get workers, and I appreciate them, but
we are Church of God, too, and we need help."
9:16 p.m.-"Sit Down and Rest a Little While," demonstrated song by
the Florida delegates, led by Mary Cox.
9:29 p.m.-Awarding of badges:
Badges of merit were presented to ministers in the states who had or
ganized at least one church this year. They were: Samuel B. Moss, R. C.
Scotton, Alexander Gilmore, Alpheus Williams, Roosevelt Ashford, Jethro
Bing.
Badges of merit were presented to Bessie Stephens and Meddie Ban
nister. They had conducted revivals which resulted in churches being set in
order.
Badges of honor were presented to ministers in the states for having
the largest number of souls saved, sancti&#6684777;ed, baptized with the Holy
Ghost and added to the Church. They were: Samuel B. Moss, Alexander
Gilmore, R. C. Scotton, Eva Gilmore.
Badges were presented to those who visited the largest number of homes.
They were: H. E. Dean, Florida, 386 homes; Francena Williams, South
Carolina, 256 homes.
9:40 p.m.-Songs by the Voice of Truth Choir, "I'm Walking with the
King," "Jesus Will Carry You Through" and "I've Got a Mind t&#6488169; Do What
Is Right."
9:50 p.m.-Response by· state &#6684777;eld secretaries.
Brother J. D. Williams, Florida, said: "We thank the Lord for the Church
of God. The Church is to have the mind of Christ. His holy Spirit will
be in you and lead you and guide you into all truth. The Church is to
be like Jesus in everything. The members are to be of the same mind
one toward another. The Church is the pillar and ground of the truth."
Brother J. W. Wood, Washington, D. C., said: "Brother Jones brought
us a timely message. He told us just what we need to promote this pro
gram. In regard to the harvest Jesus said the laborers are few, but He
said that we can pray and the Lord will send forth laborers into the
vineyard. We are workers together and we can't sit down and dry up,
but we must shoulder the responsibility and carry the message to our
people. If our people hear the message, we will have to carry it to them.
The Church of God is responsible for the world, for everybody, but every
race must be responsible for their own people. The Apostle Paul said
he had a burden for his people that they might be saved. &#5505128;at burden
will rest upon us when we love God, His Church and His people, and I
want to do something to help others. All around us souls are dying. It
is time that we take this message and run and run, especially to our
people."
Brother &#4980837;roy Scotton, Pennsylvania, said: "I am very much in har
mony with the message that was preached by our Field Secretary, Broth-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 35
er Jones. I feel we need just what he preached. The move is on. When
Jesus looked on the multitudes He had compassion on them. We need
to have more compassion for the lost. It is my desire to do everything
I can to help others."
Sister Dorothy Deadrick, East Texas, said: "I am not a &#6684777;eld secretary.
Brother Jones asked me to say something in behalf of Brother J. W.
Deadrick, &#6684777;eld secretary of East Texas. He has been very sick and is
not able to be here. I enjoyed the message Brother Jones brought to
night. I believe we can all get into the same spirit and put our shoulder
to the wheel and work where God would have us work and it will be
accomplished. This same spirit that is on Brother Jones, this great in
spiration that he has received from God, if that spirit continues with us
the work will be done."
Brother Thomas E. Dean, Louisiana, said: "We are in need of laborers
in Louisiana. We have a big &#6684777;eld and we have only four churches and
&#6684777;ve active ministers. We are in great need of laborers to reach the
many souls that desire to hear the Word of God. If there is a minister
who can come to Louisiana and is willing to suffer for the gospel, we
want him to come and help us win more souls for the Master."
Brother Samuel B. Moss, Virginia, said: "Thank the Lord for Brother
Jones who has been in Virginia and his messages have been a great help
to us. We thank the Lord for his message tonight and we need to stand
by him and pray for him. We are ready to go forward for God."
10:05 p.m.-Brother R. C. Scotton led the congregation in a concert
prayer.
10:07 p.m.-Exhortation and altar call by Nathaniel Beneby. He en
couraged those who needed something from the Lord to humble themselves
before God and seek Him. While the Bahama Band played "Humble
Thyself to Walk with God," a number came forward and &#6684777;ve were saved,
four were sancti&#6684777;ed and nine baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Thursday, September 15
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer service in charge of Jesse A. Griffin and How
ard W. Thomas. Brother Griffin led the song service, then all joined
together in prayer in behalf of the program throughout the day. Brother
Thomas delivered a short message and Brother and Sister Griffin sang
"Heaven Will Be Worth It All." A number who were sick were prayed
for, then the service was dismissed with prayer by all.
7:15 a.m.-Music by the Electric Band.
7:30 a.m.-C. F. Reynolds led the song service with Christine Douglas
at the piano. C. T. Williams read Acts 2:41-47. The General Overseer
read the requests for prayer and Sam E. Raney prayed at the pulpit
while the audience stood in reverence before the Lord. At the close of
the prayer, the congregation joined together in prayer for those for whom
requests had been made.
7:45 a.m.-Call of countries, provinces and states. Harold Simmons sound
ed a sharp trumpet blast to signal the beginning.
7:45 a.m.-Bahamas, Alvin S. Moss, Overseer. Forty-seven marched

36 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;U&#4259916; ASSEMBLY
with three flags, twelve banners and sixteen musical instruments. The
overseer called for the delegates to testify in unison, then read his re
port. This showed forty-&#6684777;ve churches and four thousand three hundred
and thirty-one members. The delegation sang "The Land Where Living
Waters Flow."
8:05 a.m.-Caribbean Islands, Walter C. Bates, Representative. Turks
Islands, I. J. Wynns, Overseer; Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent, Walter
C. Bates, Overseer; Jamaica, Reuben A. Adams, Representative. Twenty
three marched with four flags and eighteen banners. Brother and Sis
ter I. J. Wynns sang "Speak, My Lord." The representative from Ja
maica spoke briefly and read a report of the work in Jamaica. Brother
Wy&#7209070;s read his report which showed six churches and two hundred and
ninety-six members. Brother Bates read his report.
8:25 a.m.-Canada. Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Adolph Flemmer, Over
seer; Ontario, A. J. Creel, Overseer; Alberta, Ramona Johnson, Repre
sentative. Twenty-one marched with &#6684777;ve banners, eight flags and one
musical instrument. The delegation sang "I'll Fly Away." Brother and
Sister John Doroshuk sang "How Great Is My God." Brother Doroshuk
spoke briefly. Victor Maksymshuk, pastor at Swan River, spoke a few
words. Brother Flemmer read his report which showed three churches
and seventy-two members. Saskatchewan is paid in full in the Emergency
Fund. Brother Creel read his report and spoke briefly concerning the
work in Ontario. The report showed one church with eleven members,
and this church has paid the emergency dollars in full. Ramona John
son, daughter of the overseer of Alberta, William A. Lusch, read the re
port sent by the overseer. This showed three churches and seventy
members.
8:45 a.m.-Central America. El Salvador and Honduras, Jose Regalado
V., Overseer. Three marched with one banner. The overseer introduced
the state W. M. B. secretary, Sister Elisa Carbajal de Gonzalez. She spoke
briefly. The overseer and secretary sang a song in Spanish, then the over
seer read his report. This showed sixteen churches with three hundred
and twenty members.
9:00 a.m.-Europe, Ada McGehee, Representative. Holland, Willen Cre
tier, Representative; Cyprus, Steve Kounnas, Representative; Greece, Helen
Kefala, Representative. Six marched with two flags and two banners.
Brother McGehee spoke concerning the work in Europe and Africa in
general. Brother Cretier wore wooden shoes of his native Holland. He
spoke a few words. Brother Kounnas spoke briefly and read the report
his father sent from Cyprus. This showed nine churches and one hundred
and twenty-nine members. Sister Kefala spoke a few words and Brother
Kounnas sang "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" in Greek.
Mexico was not represented but a report from the overseer showed
sixty-eight churches and two thousand &#6684777;ve hundred members.
9:20 a.m.-India, Kadmiel Vijayaratnam, Representative. Two marched
with two flags. Brother D. H. Queener introduced Brother Vijayaratnam,
and he presented the General Overseer with a garland of the type that
is used in India to welcome visitors and officials. He spoke for a few
moments concerning his work in India.
9:30 a.m.-Alabama, L. V. Jones, Overseer. Two hundred twenty-four
marched with one hundred sixty-nine banners, three flags and three
musical instruments. The delegates sang the state theme song, "Getting
Ready to Leave This World." The overseer read his report which showed
sixty churches in the state with one thousand seven hundred and six
members.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 37
9:47 a.m.-Alaska, Harold Huff, Overseer. Six marched with three ban
ners, three flags and one musical instrument. Wayne Peek sang "Where
Could I Go?" Sister Doris Qui spoke a few words. The overseer read
the state song of Alaska, then read his report. This showed two churches
with thirty-four members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
10:00 a.m.-Arizona, A. L. Sullivan, Overseer. Thirty-&#6684777;ve marched with
&#6684777;ve banners and eight flags. The delegation sang "I Am Determined."
The overseer introduced the state secretaries and Gabriel and Lave&#7471214;e
Montijo sang in Spanish "Crossing the Valley." Vicky Sullivan sang
"How Great Is My God." &#5505128;e overseer read his report which showed
nine churches and one hundred forty-six members.
10:15 a.m.-&#4259954;kansas, T. J. Lowe, Overseer. Eighty-&#6684777;ve marched with
thirteen banners, &#6684777;fteen flags and &#6684777;ve musical instruments. The delega
tion sang "Getting Ready to Leave This World" and "Moving On." The
state presented Brother Vijayaratnam with a tape recorder to be used
in the work of the Church in India. Frank Peninger sang "I Won't Need
a Rocket Ship." &#5505128;e overseer read his report. This showed thirty churches
with &#6684777;ve hundred seventy-seven members.
10:37 a.m.-California, Sidney A. Cooley, Overseer. Eighty-four marched
with nine banners and ten flags. The delegates sang "Working the
Road." Leumoin Peavy sang "The Love of God." The overseer read
his report which showed forty-four churches and one thousand and twenty
members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund. The delega
tion sang "When We All Get to Heaven."
11:00 a.m.-Colorado, Willie Vines, Overseer. Twenty-six marched with
seven banners and eleven flags. The delegation sang "The Meeting in
the Air." Oscar Newdiger, Jr. and Jack Steward sang "To the River of
Jordan." W. T. Pettyjohn and daughters sang "Heaven's Sattellite." John
Lyles and Jimmy Wentz sang "Heaven Bound Train." The overseer read
his report which showed eight churches with a membership of one hun
dred &#6684777;fty-seven.
11:15 a.m.-New England. Connecticut, W. A. Grant, Overseer; Maine,
Charles E. Hanna, Overseer; Massachusetts and Rhode Island, J. F. Aites,
Overseer; New Hampshire, A. D. Somerville, Overseer; Vermont, Orville
W. Trump, Overseer. Twenty-six marched with eight banners and three
flags. The delegation sang "When the Redeemed Are Gathering In."
Brother Grant read the report of the work in Connecticut. This showed
two churches and twenty-six members. Brother Hanna introduced Broth
er Orman E. Lowe and he spoke briefly. Brother Hanna read his re
port of the work in Maine which showed two churches and eighteen
members. Brother Aites read the report of the work in Massachusetts
which showed three churches and &#6684777;fteen members. He introduced Rob
ert D. Smith, a serviceman who is stationed in Massachusetts and serv
ing as pastor of the church at Holyoke. Brother Somerville read the
report of the work in New Hampshire which showed one church and
fourteen members. Douglas Peck and Thelma Trump sang "My Jesus
Knows." Brother Trump introduced the state secretaries and each one
spoke a few words. He then read his report of the work in Vermont.
This showed two churches with forty-two members. Maine, New Hamp
shire, Massachusetts, and Vermont have paid the Emergency Fund in full.
11:40 a.m.-East Texas, D. F. Rowland, Overseer. One hundred twenty
four marched with thirty-&#6684777;ve banners, twelve flags and one musical in
strument. The delegation sang "Fill My Way With Love." Marian Larry
sang "Ye Must Be Born again." The delegation presented the General

38 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Overseer with a beautiful quilt in the lone star design representing the
Lone Star state. The overseer read his report which showed thirty-eight
churches with eight hundred sixty members. A trio sang "Led Out of
Bondage." Carla and Debbie Porter sang "Then I Met the Master."
12:02 p.m.-Florida, R. Clement Lynch, Overseer. Three hundred and
one marched with one hundred sixty-&#6684777;ve banners, twenty-&#6684777;ve flags and
one hundred seventy-two palm branches. The delegates sang "Looking
for a City." The colored delegates sang "Revive Us Again." &#5505128;e over
seer read his report which showed ninety-four churches and one thou
sand nine hundred and thirteen members. The state is one hundred per
cent in the Emergency Fund.
12:20 p.m.-Georgia, M. S. Curry, Overseer. Five hundred and two
marched with eighty-one banners, ninety-four flags and three musical
instruments. The delegates sang "Everything's Gonna Be All Right." The
colored delegates sang "Meeting in the Air." The overseer read his re
port which showed ninety-four churches with a membership of two
thousand &#6684777;ve hundred sixty-&#6684777;ve.
Hawaii was not represented, but a report from the overseer showed
one church with nine members.
12:43 p.m.-Idaho, W. A. Newsom, Overseer. Twelve marched with
eleven banners and two flags. The overseer introduced the • state secre
taries and read his report. &#5505128;is showed six churches and one hundred and
seventy members.· Emma Lou Moore sang "I Met the Master."
1:02 p.m.-Illinois, Roy Day, Overseer. One hundred and twenty-one
marched with seventy-four banners and twenty-one flags. The delegates
sang "When the Redeemed Are Gathering In." Mary Nell Adkins sang
"I'll Leave It All Behind." A blind girl played a piano solo. &#5505128;e over
seer read his report which showed twenty-two churches and &#6684777;ve hun
dred members. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
1:20 p.m.-Indiana, W. W. Webb, Overseer. One hundred seventeen
marched with &#6684777;fty-six banners, seven flags and four musical instruments.
The delegates sang "I Feel Like Traveling On." The overseer read his
report which showed twenty churches and six hundred and eighteen mem
bers. Jimmie Turner sang "There's Gonna Be a Change After While."
1:40 p.m.-Iowa, M. M. Burt, Overseer. Sixty marched with twenty
two banners and thirty-three flags. The delegates sang the state theme
song "Hold the Fort." The Nichols Trio sang "Everywhere He Went."
Sandra Burt sang "If You Want to Go Up, You've Got to Go Down."
The overseer read his report. This showed twelve churches with two
hundred and one members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
1:55 p.m.-Kansas, Howard W. Thomas, Overseer. Seventy-two marched
with seventeen banners and seven flags. The delegation sang "Amazing
Grace." The overseer introduced the state secretaries and the Pittsburg
&#5505138;io sang "I Met the Master." The overseer read his report. &#5505128;is showed
ten churches with three hundred and forty-eight members.
2:05 p.m.-Kentucky, Roy H. Phipps, Overseer. Two hundred ninety-two
marched with thirty-six banners, forty-four flags and seventeen musical
instruments. The delegates sang "By My Spirit Saith the Lord." Don
Hatton and Bill Dennis sang "I See a Bridge." Charlotte Collins sang
"There'll Be a Crown for Me." The overseer presented gifts to Brother
and Sister Tomlinson and their daughter. The overseer read his report
which showed seventy-two churches and two thousand three hundred
eighty-&#6684777;ve members. The Louisville Trio sang "He Set Me Free."

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 39
2:30 p.m.-Louisiana, Cecil J. Cunningham, Overseer. One hundred
eighteen marched with thirty-eight banners, twenty-four flags and two
musical instruments. The delegates sang "Getting Ready to Leave &#5505128;is
World." The overseer introduced the state secretaries. Song by the col
ored delegates, "Time Is Winding Up." Joe and Ruth Spence sang "Look
ing Through the Portals of Heaven." &#5505128;e overseer read his report which
showed fifteen churches and three hundred &#6684777;fty-four members. The state
is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
2:50 p.m.-Maryland and D. C., John L. Sullivan, Overseer. One hun
dred and two marched with fifty-seven banners, seventeen flags and two
instruments. The delegates sang "Heaven's Jubilee." The colored dele
gation sang "Everybody Will Be Happy Over There." Clayton Sherrill
and wife sang "The Arm of God." Peter Pressley and wh>sang "Build
ing Up Zion's Walls." The overseer read his report which showed sixteen
churches and four hundred sixty-four members.
3:15 p.m.-Michigan, A. J. Creel, Overseer. One hundred &#6684777;fteen marched
with fifty-&#6684777;ve banners, four flags and two instruments. The overseer
read his report which showed twenty-four churches with seven hundred
and &#6684777;fty-nine members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
The delegates sang "I've Got a Glimpse of He aven." The V. L. B. Trio
sang "Silver."
3:28 p.m.-Minnesota, W. G. Hardin, Overseer. Eh,t marched with two
banners and two instruments. The overseer introduced the state secre
taries. The delegates sang "Showers of Blessings." The overseer read
his report which showed &#6684777;ve churches with eighty-eh)ht members. Delores
Curtis sang "I'm God's Own Child."
3:40 p.m.-&#5046377;ssissippi, James Staggs, Overseer. One hundred forty-nine
marched with one hundred sixty-seven banners, one flag and six musi
cal instruments. The overseer read his report which showed &#6684777;fty-two
churches with a membership of one thousand three hundred sixty. The
delegates sang "On the Battlefield."
3:55 p.m.-Missouri, Paul J. Ion, Overseer. One hundred thirty-four
marched with thirty-six banners and twenty-seven flags. The delegates
sang "You've Got to Move." Jessie Matthews sang "If I Can Only Make
It In." A quartet sang "He Knows Just What I Need." &#5505128;e overseer
read his report which showed thirty-one churches with a membership
of seven hundred forty-two.
4:15 p.m.-Montana, L. R. Lane, Overseer. Ten marched with six ban
ners and one flag. The delegates sang "Shine On Me." The overseer
read his report which showed three churches with thirty-eight members.
4:28 p.m.-Nebraska, Raymond M. Pruitt, Overseer. Twenty-four marched
with six banners. The delegation sang "I Love Him Better Every Day."
The overseer read his report which showed six churches and eighty-&#6684777;ve
members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
4:35 p.m.-Nevada, W. D. Daugherty, Overseer. Five marched • with
seven banners and two flags. The overseer sang "The Little Wooden
Church on the Hill," then read his report. This showed two churches with
twenty-&#6684777;ve members. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emer
gency Fund and the Honor Stone Program.
4:45 p.m.-New Jersey and Delaware, V. R. Sherrill and Posey A. Shupe,
Overseers. Fifty-four marched with fourteen banners and twenty-seven
flags. The delegation sang "He Set Me Free." The little Jolly boy sang
"I Need No Mansion Here Below." Brother Shupe introduced the state

40 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
secretaries from Delaware and read his report. This showed three
churches and forty-&#6684777;ve members. Each church had paid the Emergency
Dollars in full. Brother Sherrill read his report of the work in New
Jersey. This showed &#6684777;ve churches with forty-two members, and the
state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund. He spoke briefly and intro
duced the state secretaries of New Jersey.
5:10 p.m.-New Mexico, T. E. Bradley, Overseer. Forty-six marched
with &#6684777;fteen banners, ten flags and two musical instruments. The dele
gation sang "Heaven's Jubilee." The overseer read his report. This showed
nine churches with one hundred forty-six members. Bill Porter and
Margaret Baxter sang "Keep Me Jesus."
5:22 p.m.-New York, Harrison E. Price, Overseer. Sixty-four marched
&#3014777;ith seventeen ba&#7209070;ers and seventeen flags. The delegates sang "Down
On My Knees." The Adderly Singers sang "Have You Got Good Re
ligion?" The Spanish delegates sang in Spanish "&#5701736;en the Saints Go
Marching In." The overseer read his report which showed nine churches
with one hundred &#6684777;fty-nine members.
5:41 p.m.-North Carolina, G. A. Wilson, Overseer. Three hundred and
thirty-six marched with &#6684777;fty-two banners and sixty-&#6684777;ve flags. The dele
gation sang "There Is Power in the Blood." The North Carolina Trio
sang "Inside the Gate." The Gurly Street Singers sang "I'm a Soldier in
the Army of the Lord." The overseer read his report. This showed one
hundred churches with a membership of two thousand &#6684777;ve hundred ninety
one. Eugene Black and his son sang "How Great Is My God."
6:12 p.m.-North Dakota, Paul H. Thompson, Overseer. Twenty-two
marched with six banners, nine flags and three musical instruments. The
delegates sang "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms." Brother and Sister
Wilburn Curtis sang "I Can Call Jesus Any Time." The overseer read
his report which showed eight churches and one hundred eighty-seven
members. Brother and Sister Lawrence sang "Heaven Will Surely Be
Worth It &#4259948;l."
6:25 p.m.-Ohio, Joe Martin, Overseer. Two hundred and &#6684777;fty-nine
marched with eighty-two banners, &#6684777;fty-two flags and one musical in
strument. The delegates sang "Heaven's Jubilee." The Akron Trio sang
"The Touch of His Hand." The overseer read his report. &#5505128;is showed
twenty-four churches with seven hundred eighty-&#6684777;ve members. The state
has paid the Emergency Fund in full.
6:40 p.m.-Oklahoma, H. M. Biggers, Overseer. Ninety-three marched
with twenty-three banners, twelve flags and one musical instrument. &#5505128;e
delegation sang "You've Got to Keep Walking." The Low Note &#5505138;io
sang "I See Jesus." The overseer introduced the state secretaries. The Hap
py Harvesters Trio sang "Walking, But Not &#4259948;one." The overseer read
his report which showed thirty churches and seven hundred eighty-nine
members. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund
and the Honor Stone Program.
6:58 p.m.-Oregon, John A. Stubbs, Overseer. Twenty-nine marched
with seven banners and &#6684777;ve flags. The delegation sang "Getting Ready
to Leave This World." The overseer read his report which showed thirteen
churches with two hundred and seven members.
7:06 p.m.-Pennsylvania, Boyd Thornton, Overseer. One hundred &#6684777;fteen
marched with thirty-three banners and &#6684777;fteen flags. The delegation sang
"I'll Fly Away." Samuel Pratt sang "I Claim Jesus First of All." &#5505128;e
overseer read his report of the work. This showed twenty-six churches

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 41
with seven hundred sixty-one members. The colored delegates sang "I'm
Going to Sing Until the Power Comes Down."
7:26 p.m.-South Carolina, E. A. McDonald, Overseer. &#5177454;e hundred
seventy-seven marched with &#6684777;fty-two banners, &#6684777;fteen flags and three
musical instruments. The delegation sang "I'm On the Battle&#6684777;eld." Broth
er and Sister Wilbu&#7471214; Curtis sang "How Great Is My God." The over
seer read his report which showed eighty-four churches in the state with
two thousand one hundred &#6684777;fty members. H. E. Smith and family sang
"Everything Is Going to Be All Right."
7:47 p.m.-South Dakota, Don B. Thomas, Overseer. Thirty marched
with twenty-one banners, twenty-six flags and one musical instrument.
The delegates sang "The Church of God Flag Song." The overseer read
his report which showed seven churches and one hundred twenty-six
members. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
Brother and Sister Boekel sang "There's a Light Guiding Me."
8:00 p.m.-Tennessee, Adrian T. Griffin, Overseer. Seven hundred thirty
four marched with one hundred and ninety-six banners, forty
one flags and six musical instruments. The delegation sang "When the
Church of God Arises." Jenna Allen, Barbara Griffin and Evelyn Gil
lum sang "He's So Wonderful." &#5505128;e overseer introduced the state sec
retaries and read his report. This showed ninety-seven churches and
three thousand six hundred twenty-seven members. The Tennessee Val
ley Boys sang "Somebody Touched Me" and "Lay Your Burdens Down
at the Foot of the Cross."
8:36 p.m.-Utah, R. L. Williams, Overseer. Thirteen marched with sev
en banners and two flags. Felipe Espinosa sang in Spanish "Hallelujah,
Hallelujah." &#5505128;e General Ov&#6619250;seer was presented with a collection of
honey from the state, the Bee Hive state. &#5505128;e overseer read his report
which showed four churches and seventy-eight members. The state has
paid the Emergency Dollars in full. Brother Espinosa sang "Now I Be
long to Jesus."
8:55 p.m.-Virginia, C. T. Davidson, Overseer . Two hundred seventy
four marched with &#6684777;fty-nine banners and twenty-three flags. The dele
gation sang "Heaven's Jubilee." Deanna Roundtree sang "I Just Can't
Hardly Wait." The overseer read his report which showed eighty-one
churches and two thousand six hundred ninety members. Brother S. B.
Moss spoke briefly concerning the colored work in the state, and the
delegates sang "In the Mo&#7209179;ng."
9:20 p.m.-Washington, G. C. Sloan, Overseer. Fourteen marched with
&#6684777;fteen banners and two musical instruments. The Sloan Trio sang "How
Many Times." Karen Blumenthal sang "He Is So Real to Me." The over
seer read his report which showed fourteen churches and two hundred
sixty-four members. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency
Fund and the Honor Stone Program. Al &#4259948;mond and wife sang "Blue
Galilee."
9:40 p.m.-West Texas, W. T. Pettyjohn, Overseer. Sixty-four marched
with fourteen banners, four flags and &#7602280;ree musical instruments. The
overseer and Fred Camache sang in Spanish. Dean Chatham and Frances
Sellers sang "It's Different Now." &#5505128;e overse&#6619250; read his report which
showed fourteen churches and three hundred and thirty-three members.
10:00 p.m.-West Virginia, M. E. Wilson, Overseer. One hundred thir ty
six marched with forty-eight banners and sixty-seven flags. &#5505128;e dele
gation sang "How Do You Do, Everybody?" and "The Glory Land Way."
The overseer introduced the state secretaries and read his report. This

42 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
showed thirty churches with six hundred eighty-&#6684777;ve members. Pearl
Fields read a poem she composed about the state of West Virginia.
10:20 p.m.-Wisconsin, Charles G. Hawkins, 0 verse er. Thirty-one
marched with nine banners and six flags. As they marched inside the
tabernacle they distributed small pieces of cheese to the congregation
from the Dairy state. Several pounds of cheese were presented to the
General Overseer and to Brother and Sister Rye for the orphanage. The
delegates sang the Wisconsin state song. A quartet sang "I Won't Turn
Back." The overseer read his report which showed eight churches and
one hundred seventy-eight members.
10:37 p.m.-Wyoming, Malcolm T. Linkous, 0 verse er. Twenty-nine
marched with seven banners, &#6684777;ve flags and two musical instruments. &#5505128;e
delegation sang "I've Been Redeemed." The overseer introduced the for
mer overseer, Brother G. C. Decker, and he spoke briefly. Bill Porter
sang "Let Us Pray." Elwood and Roberta Matthews sang "I See Jesus."
&#5505128;e overseer read his report which showed nine churches and one hun
dred &#6684777;fty-nine members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
10:53 p.m.-Music by the Bahama Band as the congregation stood and
clapped their hands and rejoiced in the Lord. The Band played faithfully
throughout the day for all the marches.
10:58 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert for the state
of Hawaii and all the foreign countries that were not represented in the
marches.
11:00 p.m.-Harold Simmons sounded a sharp trumpet blast to signify
the end of the call of states.
Note: This was a blessed day with the presence of the Lord in the
midst. The delegations showed much interest and zeal for God and His
Church as they represented their countries and states. The blessings of
the Lord were upon the people all day and until the close. As many of
the delegations marched and sang, the power of God fell and the peo
ple shouted, danced and praised the Lord. We were happy to have a
number of foreign countries represented. &#5505128;e overseers gave more in
formation in their reports than is recorded here. Some had new churches
to report, others had successful building programs, and all had made
progress in one way or another. Each overseer gave some information
concerning the success of the World-Wide Prayer Meeting Campaign.
It can truly be said that this was a wonderful day in the service of the
Lord.
11:01 p.m.-Song by Joyce Wilson, "When We See Christ."
11:04 p.m.-Exhortation and Altar call by Jack Wilson. He impressed
upon the people that the Father in heaven gives to us richly all things
to enjoy, and he urged all who needed blessings from the Lord to come
to the altar and seek Him earnestly. While the invitation was given, Faye
Hayes played the organ. A number came forward and six were saved,
three sancti&#6684777;ed and seven were baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Friday, September 16
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer services directed by A. H. Davis and D. D.
Creasy. The song service was led by Brother Davis. All who were pres
ent joined together in prayer in behalf of the Assembly. Brother Davis

MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 43
delivered a short message and Brother Creasy directed a testimony serv
ice in which everyone testified and rejoiced in the Lord. The service was
dismissed with a concert prayer.
8:50 a.m.-Organ music by Marguerite Wright.
9:00 a.m.-Program by the Washington delegation in charge of G. C.
Sloan. This consisted of songs by the Sloan family, Elwood and Roberta
Matthews and Dorothy Creel, and Karen Blumenthal.
9:17 a.m.-Song service led by A. J. Coalter with Mary Akers at the
piano and Marguerite Wright at the organ. Earl Huff read Ephesians
4:11-15. Henry Dennis prayed, then the congregation prayed in concert
for those for whom requests had been made.
9:35 a.m.-Song by Mildred Bennett, "I Tried to Be True."
9:41 a.m.-"His Ministers a Flaming Fire," message by L. S. Rhodes.
The speaker read Psalm 104:4, "Who maketh his angels spirits, his
ministers a flaming &#6684777;re." Then he said:
"Flaming &#6684777;re is something hot. When a man catches on &#6684777;re he is hard
to handle. He can't be still. This is supposed to be a flaming hot mes
sage, so if it begins to burn, remember that is the way it is supposed to be.
"John the Baptist was a flaming &#6684777;re. Jesus said he was a burning and
shining light. He had the &#6684777;re, and if there ever was a time when &#4718697;s
ministers need to be on &#6684777;re it is now. I will read a few words written
by the former General Overseer. He said, 'In the ministry is vested
the very life of the church. A straight ministry, a straight church. A
crooked ministry, a crooked church. A church can never advance higher
than its ministry.'
"The Church is our work today. It is exactly what we have made it.
The ministry is responsible for the body of Christ. He said, 'His min
isters a flaming &#6684777;re.' His ministers! It means much to be able to say
I belong to the Lord. It is impossible for you to be a flaming &#6684777;re un
less you belong to Him. Jesus said, 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go.' And if you belong to
the Lord you will go. I am talking about His ministers. Chosen means
to select, to take from a number. He said, I have picked you out and
ordained you that you should go. We read where it says, 'Ye are ... a
royal priesthood.' The highest office in the world is to be a chosen and
ordained minist er of the Lord.
"Let us look at some of the requirements. God said to Abraham, I
want you to leave your home and leave your kindred and go to a land
I have for you. He said, if you will do this I will bless you and make
a great nation out of you. Jesus said, 'If ye were Abraham's children, ye
would do the works of Abraham.' We are to bless the entire world. We
are not to stay at home because a preacher has no honor in his own
country. If you are not willing to forsake home, if you have decided
to settle down in a certain district, a certain state, Jesus said, 'Ye can
not be my disciple.' &#5701736;at about the preacher that has his own home
and his own business and you dare not move him. Overseers, you are
patting him on the back and esteeming him highly, but Jesus said he is
not my disciple. We have ministers who won't leave their own country
and their ministry will fail. Jesus said, you cannot be my &#6553705;sciple be
cause you won't do the things I tell you to do. Do you think you are
His disciple? Don't justify yourself. We are justi&#6684777;ed according to the
Bible.
"Paul said, 'For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.'

44 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
I wonder how many of us are good and dead. A dead man will leave
his home. He may be holding to his wife's hand, the one he loves so
dearly, but when death comes he will turn loose. He is dead. He has
given up everything. He will leave his home and his country and he
won't talk back. A minister who is dead and his life hid with Christ in
God will submit to the one over him and not talk back. He will go any
where he is sent and he will stay there as long as he is supposed to.
A dead man won't crawl out of his casket. If he crawls out, that is evi
dence that he is not dead.
"'For our God is a consuming &#6684777;re.' The Church is in trouble. We are
trying to adjust the Church when we need to adjust the ministry. If you
are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God, and He is a consum
ing &#6684777;re, how are you going to cool off? How are we going to cool off,
ministers, if we are in a consuming &#6684777;re? If we are hid in God, then we
will move when God moves, because we are living in Him. You take a
poker and put it in a red hot stove and leave it there a while. Take it
out and look at it. The &#6684777;re is in the poker and the poker is in the &#6684777;re.
The poker can't help itself. It has to be hot.
"The Bible says John was a burning and shining light. It also says,
'Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning.' If a can
dle goes out, you have to have a &#6684780;aming &#6684777;re to light it. We have some
candles that have bu&#7471214;ed out in the Church of God. For us to light
these candles we must have a flaming &#6684777;re. You can't light a candle with
a burned match, but you put a flaming &#6684777;re to the candle and you will
soon see the light shining forth. We need to light the candles that have
gone out.
"James said, 'How great a matter a little &#6684777;re kindleth!' You can strike
a match and burn a city down. Just a little &#6684777;re will kin&#6553708;e a great &#6684777;re.
You turn a flaming &#6684777;re loose in a dry place and see what will happen.
The &#6684777;rst t&#6815849;ng you know you will have a great &#6684777;re. &#4259950;d it is no trou
ble to get people to a house that is sure enough on &#6684777;re. They will come
without an invitation. What we need today is for the house to catch on
&#6684777;re. It is up to us preachers to set it on &#6684777;re. We must be the flame.''
At the close of the message the speaker asked each one to take an
other by the hand and pray for him that God will make him a flame
of &#6684777;re. Following the prayer there was a message in tongues and the
interpretation.
10:32 a.m.-Song by Wanda Edwards, "I Cannot Fail the Lord."
10:40 a.m.-The General Overseer spoke a few words stressing the
thought that we cannot get along without the Lord. Then pledges of al
legiance were made to the flag of the United States by the United States
citizens, the British flag by the British subjects, the Mexican flag by those
from that country, and the Church of God flag by all present. Follow
ing this, the General Overseer called for all to kneel and pray together
with him before the reading of the annual address.
10:47 a.m.-The General Overseer's annual address:
GENERAL OVERSEER'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
BEFORE THE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
United States of America Flag Pledge
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Am&#6619250;ica, and
to the Republic for which it stands; one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 45
The British Flag Pledge
I pledge allegiance to our Queen, and Country, one flag, one throne,
one Empire.
La Bandera
jOh, Bandera Mexicana! iMi Bandera Tricolor! Yo amo tus lindos
colores; con todo mi corazon. Quiero que siempre gloriosa, flotes libre
y con honor. jQue todos los Mexicanos, sepan monstrarte su amor!
The Church of God Flag Pledge
I pledge allegiance to our Church flag, and to the doctrine for which
it stands-one God, one Faith, one Mind, and one Church for all. Amen!
INTRODUCTORY
The wise man said, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wis
dom: and with all thy getting get understanding." Principal means chief;
highest in rank, authority or importance. Since the wise man knew that
wisdom was the principal thing, he felt that it was of greater importance
than anything else and he desired that people should have it. To him
it was worth more than anything else. And he was not speaking of the
wisdom of this world. He was speaking about the wisdom that God
gives. He said: "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,
and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowl
edge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as
silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou under
stand the fear of the Lord, and &#6684777;nd the knowledge of God. For the
Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and under
standing. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler
to them that walk uprightly."
Solomon made known what wisdom would do for one who possessed
it when he said: "When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowl
edge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, under
standing shall keep thee."
The wise man also showed the blessed state people live in who have
wisdom, and the worth of it: "Happy is the man that &#6684777;ndeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding, For the merchandise of it is
better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than &#6684777;ne gold.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire
are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasant
ness, and all her paths are peace."
Solomon knew whereof he spoke, When he became king over all Is
rael he felt the great need of wisdom. He realized he was not able to
govern the people of God as he should without help from God, so when
the Lord appeared to him in a dream he asked for wisdom and knowl
edge that he might know how to go in and out before the people. God
said to Solomon, "Ask what I shall give thee," and he said: "And now,
0 Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my
father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come
in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen,
a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Give
therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that
I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so
great a people?" God was pleased with Solomon's request and He said

46 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
to him: "Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy
self long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the
life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to dis
cern jud&#6750317;ent; Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have
given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none
like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches,
and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto
thee all thy days."
Soon after the Lord appeared to Solomon, something took place that
gave him the opportunity to use the wisdom God had given him. Two
women came to him with one baby, each claiming it for her own. Solo
mon called for a sword and commanded the child to be divided so that
each woman could have half. The mother did not want the child killed,
so she requested that it be given to the other woman. Her decision made
Solomon know the child belonged to her and he commanded that she
should have it. When Israel heard how the king had judged, they saw
that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment and they feared him.
Solomon was great because of the wisdom God gave him. His fame
spread abroad and it is written: "And king Solomon passed all the kings
of the earth in riches and understanding. And all the kings of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put
in his heart." No doubt, many came to see the king because they heard
of his acts and of his wisdom. Some of them may have been like the
queen of Sheba who didn't believe what she had heard. But when she
came. and had seen the greatness of the king and heard his wisdom,
she said the half of the greatness of his wisdom had not been told her.
She was so overcome with all she saw and heard that there was no more
spirit in her, and it is possible that many of the kings were affected in
a similar manner when they visited him.
In the light of his own experience, it is no wonder Solomon said that
wisdom is the principal thing. It is no wonder that he would have so
much to say concerning it and its bene&#6684777;ts. And in his life the wisdom
from God certainly proved to be the principal thing. Since wisdom was
the principal thing in his life, why shouldn't it be in the lives of people
today? And if he needed it so badly in order to be able to carry on his
work, wouldn't those who are over God's heritage today need it equally
as much? I believe we do. I need wisdom. The overseers need wisdom.
The pastors need wisdom. The evangelists need wisdom. The local church
officers need wisdom. The headquarters workers need wisdom, and every
member needs wisdom. Since there is a great lack of wisdom mani
fested at times, we know we are a needy people. So often we stand
before the Lord lacking in this that He has to give to us in liberal portions.
We know that many things have been done which have been detri
mental to the work of the Church because wisdom was not used. Local
churches have been wrecked and members have been driven away through
a lack of wisdom. Blunders have been made which have hindered the
progress of the work, and in some instances instead of people coming
to see the wisdom that should be displayed in the Church of God they
turn away from us in disgust. Do we blame them for the way they
feel? No, we can't. We have no one to blame but ourselves because
wisdom was not manifested for them to see.
You and I know what I am saying is true. Since we know these things,
then we ought to do something to bring about changes. There is a way
to do this and that is the reason I am calling our attention to the mat-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 47
ter. Solomon sought and received it from God, and we know God is
our source of wisdom. James said: "If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not: and it
shall be given him." Then he tells us how to ask: "But let him ask in
faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he
shall receive any thing of the Lord."
Since Solomon received wisdom by asking for it and James tells us
to ask for it, then I do not think we should have to go aiong down here
in these last days without a good supply of wisdom. If there ever was
a time when wisdom is needed, it must be now. Our work is of vast
importance. We know that Solomon's work could not have been more
important than ours. He was king over God's chosen people, and we are
building the Church and making preparations for the Lord's return. I
tell you that I feel we should be so much concerned about carrying on
the work just as we should that we would feel the need of wisdom as
much as Solomon did. We should feel the need so keenly that we would
follow the instructions of James. I do not believe any of us are so wise
that we could not use a little more wisdom and some of us are sadly
lacking in wisdom judging by the results of our labors. May God help us!
There came a time in the early Church when the apostles needed some
help. There arose a murmuring against the Hebrews by the Greeks be
cause their widows were neglected in the daily ministrations. The twelve
called the multitude of disciples together and said: "Wherefore, brethren,
look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy
Ghost and wisdom whom we may appoint over this business." Their in
structions were carried out and it is said of Stephen, one of the seven,
that he was full of faith and power and did great wonders and mir
acles among the people. And when certain people disputed with him,
"They were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he
spake." Those seven men had to measure to certain quali&#6684777;cations. They
had to have an honest report. Of course, a wise man will have an hon
est report. They had to be full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom. If they
had lacked wisdom in the work they were appointed to do, there would
have been greater confusion than there was before they were chosen.
But we &#6684777;nd that after their appointment the Word of God increased and
the number of disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem. We must have
men today who are full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom.
Paul was a wise man. He could never have accomplished the work
he did if he had not been wise. He said of himself, "According to the
grace of God which is given unto me as a wise masterbuilder, I have
laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon." A wise masterbuilder!
A skilled builder whose work speaks for the one who did it. No doubt,
there are many builders, but I am afraid there are not enough master
builders. Paul said the &#6684777;re would try every man's work, so if we do
not have wisdom our work will not stand. We need to follow the ex
ample that Paul has set for us so that we may be wise masterbuilders.
I will drop in one more thought here. Paul gave it so it must be a&#7077996;
right for me to use it. He said, "Be not wise in your own conceits." There
must have been those who were conceited in the early Church or he
would not have inserted this sentence in his epistle to the Romans. If
there were those in the early Church who were conceited, it is possible
that there may be some in the Church today. A conceited person is one
who is self-con&#6684777;dent and has a flattering opinion of himself. He esteems
himself more highly than he should. One who is wise .. in his own con-

48 MINUTES OF THE 55TH &#5111951;UAL ASSEMBLY
ceits does not receive his wisdom from above, and if &#7602280;ere are those
among us who are in this condition I will pass on to them the words of
Paul: "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that
is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to
think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to .every man
the measure of faith." "For if a man thinketh himself to be something
when he is nothing; he deceiveth himself."
That we need wisdom is a fact that none can deny, so let me say with
the wise man: "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and
with all thy getting get understanding." We need it and we must have
it if we are to succeed in the great work that is outlined for us to do.
None of us want to fail and there is no need for us to fail if we seek
God for the blessings that we need until we receive them. May God
help us to show forth the fruits of wisdom and understanding another
year such as the world in these last days has never known.
The Sabbath
Included in the law that God gave to Moses to gove&#7471214; the children of
Israel was the commandment, "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy." The Sabbath was a sign between God and Israel. God said to
Moses: "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to ob
serve the sabbath throughout their generations, for. a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six
days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested,
and was refreshed." The Sabbath was to be kept holy by leaving off
all work and making it a day of rest. In six days they were to do all
of their work but on the seventh day they were to rest even as God
rested on the seventh day after creating the world and all that is in it.
He said: "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall
be unto you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth
work therein shall be put to death." Exodus 35:2. God blessed the day
and hallowed it, and He was so strict concerning the observance of keep
ing the Sabbath holy that a failure to carry out His instructions was
punishable by death. And when He said they were to do no work on
the Sabbath, He meant just that. They were not even allowed to kindle
a &#6684777;re on the Sabbath day.
The Sabbath was to be observed by the Israelites along with all the
other laws that were given to govern them but these laws did not apply
to other nations. They were given to Moses for the Jews only. There
fore the Gentiles have never been required to keep the Sabbath day holy.
Paul said, "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by na
ture the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a
law unto themselves." In the early Church there were some who believed
that were so steeped in the traditions of their fathers that they taught
some Gentiles who had accepted Christ to be circumcised and to keep
the law. When the matter was brought before the council Peter said,
"Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the
disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" And
in that council James said, "Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble
not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that
we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from
fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood." Acts 15:10, 19,
20. These words prove the Gentiles were not required to keep the law
and those who had taught them that they should had not received their
authority from the Church and were subverters, (Acts 15:24)

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 49
The law was holy and served its purpose but it was weak in that it
made nothing perfect. "For the law made nothing perfed, but &#7602280;e bring
ing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh to God." Hebrews
7:19. The writer of Hebrews said: "For if the &#6684777;rst covenant had been
faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For
&#6684777;nding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with
the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out
of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I
regarded them not, saith the Lord." Hebrews 8:7-9.
The law was a shadow of things to come. The writer of Hebrews said:
"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the
very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they of
fered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For
it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away
sins. Wherefore when he (Jesus) cometh into the world, he saith, Sac
ri&#6684777;ce and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared
me: In burnt offerings and sacri&#6684777;ces for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I come to do thy will, 0 God. He taketh away the
&#6684777;rst, that he may establish the second." Hebrew 10:1, 4-6, 9.
It can be seen by these Scriptures that Jesus brought about a new
order of things. He fulfilled the law and "having abolished in his flesh
the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for
to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace." "Blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was con
trary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross." Ephesians
2:15; Colossians 2:14. Through Jesus it can be said, "For ye are not un
der the law, but under grace." Romans 6:14.
Under the law force ruled, and a failure to comply with the law was
punishable by death. Under .grace love rules, for it is written "Love
worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the ful&#6684777;lling of the
law." Romans 13:10. &#5505128;en Paul said again, "For all the law is ful&#6684777;lled
in one word, even in this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Gala-
tians 5:14.
We are now living in the grace dispensation and all are free from the
law of Moses. Under the law there was a temporal rest every seventh
day for the one nation Israel. Under grace there is spiritual rest for
the people of God of all nations. "There remaineth therefore a rest to
the people of God." Hebrews 4:9. This glorious rest that is enjoyed by
the people of God came through a cruci&#6684777;ed and risen Lord.
We recognize the &#6684777;rst day of the week as a day of rest and worship.
Not as the Jews who tried to keep the seventh day holy by leaving off
all work, but under grace we keep ev ery day holy by living holy lives.
We endeavor to obey the injunction every day, &#2228263;Be ye holy; for I am holy. "
1 Peter 1:16. Sabbath signi&#6684777;es rest, so the Jewish Sabbath is a type of
Jesus who is our rest, rather than the day. "Let no man &#7602280;erefore judge
you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new
moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come;
but the body is of Christ." Colossians 2:16, 17.
The &#6684777;rst day of the week was observed by the early Church &#6357094;ter the
resurrection of Jesus. Our Lord was resurrected on the &#6684777;rst day of
the week and He appeared to the disciples that same day. &#5505128;en on the
next Sunday He appeared to the disciples again, so the &#6684777;rst day of the

50 MINUTES OF THE 55TH &#5111951;UAL ASSEMBLY
week was one to be remembered by those early members. And we
&#6684777;nd in the Scriptures where they gathered together on this day. At
Acts 20:7 we read, "And upon the &#6684777;rst day of the week, when the dis
ciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them." In writ
ing to the church at Corinth Paul said, "Upon the &#6684777;rst day of the week
let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him,
that there be no gatherings when I come." 1 Corinthians 16:2.
Some people tell us that the early Church did not observe the first
day of the week as a day of rest and worship until the time of Con
stantine, the Great. But Scripture references given here show that they
did meet together on Sunday soon after the resurrection of o&#7667826; Lord.
Then the writings of some of the early Christians who lived before the
time of Constantine reveal the fact that they observed the &#6684777;rst day of
the week. They show they kept the &#6684777;rst day with joyfulness because it
was the day that Christ arose from the dead. However, during his rei&#6750318;
Constantine did issue a decree that all should observe the &#6684777;rst day of
the week as a day of rest.
Some people refer to Sunday as the Sabbath. Sunday could be referred
to as Sabbath in the sense that it is a day of rest and worship, but the
Sabbath that was to be kept holy by Israel is Saturday.
We are glad to be living in the dispensation of grace. We reco&#6750318;ize
the new order of things under the new covenant, and we thank God for
the glorious rest we enjoy through Jesus Christ who "was once offered
to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he ap
pear the second time without sin unto salvation." Hebrews 9:28.
The Church of Prophecy Marker Association
The Church of Prophecy Marker Association became an auxiliary in
the Church of God in 1941. This subject was introduced by the for
mer General Overseer in his annual address and was brought before
the Assembly for consideration by the Questions and Subjects Com
mittee in their report. It was accepted as an auxiliary without any
question.
In introducing this auxiliary the former General Overseer said: "&#5505128;is
association is formed as another auxiliary of the Church of God of
prophecy. Its purpose is for the locating, marking, beautifying and main
taining prominent places in the world in connection with the Church of
God of the Bible. Places and markings to be approved by the Chief
Executive or a committee selected for the purpose.
"Examples: Where the Church of the Bible made its &#6684777;rst appearance
in these last days in the Fields of the Wood. Where Jesus established
the &#6684777;rst Church in ful&#6684777;llment of 'upon this rock I will build my church.'
Where the &#6684777;rst General Assembly of the last days Church of God was
held January 26, 27, 1906. Various other places to mark among which
may be local churches that have reached a standard of spirituality, or
ganization and work to render them worthy of advertising, to be de-
_cided by the committee.
"The work will be prosecuted only as a sufficient amount of money
comes in through the regular channel or otherwise. Secretaries, treas
urer, bookkeepers and other clerical assistants may be supplied by the
Chief Executive as the work increases. The work of this association may
be considered one way of assisting in meeting the requirements of Ephes
ians 3:9, 'To make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery.'"
The Assembly adopted the C. P. M. A. as an auxiliary through the

MINUT&#4522067; OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 51
report of the Questions and Subjects Committee. This report reads as
follows: "We heartily agree with a section of the General Overseer's
annual address concerning the Marker Association as an auxiliary. We
recommend that this Assembly consider and adopt it as an auxiliary.
Further developments to be worked out by the Association." &#5505128;e C. P.
M. A. has been operating as an auxiliary in the Church since that time.
In his annual address before the Assembly in 1943, the former Gen
eral Overseer urged that more attention be given to going on to per
fection. He felt it was time for something to be done to encourage the
Church to go forward since perfection is one of the chief aims of the
Church. He referred to a number of Scriptures which pointed out the
work of perfecting the Church and how it would be done. Then he said:
"&#5505128;is carries us over to the Church of Prophecy Marker Association. The
Psalmist instructs us to MARK THE PERFECT MAN. He does not tell
what kind of a mark it shall be, but it is enough for us to know &#7602280;at
the time will come the perfect man will be marked. We do not think
the Scripture limits this to one man only but indicates there will be
others that have reached this state of perfection. And do you know
that the Marker Association instructions have already included local
churches in places to mark? Here is the reference to that. After mak
ing mention of special places to mark, then is added 'Various other
places to mark among which may be local churches that have reached
a standard of spirituality, organization and work to render them wor&#7602280;y
of advertising (or marking) to be decided by the committee.'
"A part of the standard requirements would be every member saved,
sancti&#6684777;ed, &#6684777;lled with the Holy Ghost, trusting the Lord for healing, pay
ing tithes, paying emergency dollars, reasonable attendance record, Sun
day School, W. M. B., V. L. B., reasonable offerings for expenses, A. B. M.
and S. 0. P. A. in operation. Pastor always operating properly, what
ever else is required to reach the standard of a perfect Church. By all
the members conforming to these requirements will go a long way to
ward being ready for a marker.
"The Assembly has already accepted this Association as an auxiliary
of the Church but no steps have ever been taken in regard to a sec
retary to give it special attention as has been done for the other aux
iliaries. I recommend that the Questions and Subjects Committee give
this consideration and bring to the Assembly a recommenda&#7602281;on if in
their judgment such steps should be taken. This is still in harmony wi&#7602280;
Isaiah 9:7 where the prophet states that 'of the increase of his govern
ment and peace there shall be no end.'
"I trust I have said enough on this subject so that I have made my
self understood. And since I have had such wonderful cooperation by
the Assembly in all of my forward moves in the past, I feel happy al
ready over the prospects for further movements. I consider that one
secretary can work at the perfecting of the Church and then do the
work of &#7602280;e Marker Association as well as one secretary handles the
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. &#5505128;ese are locked in toge&#7602280;er, and also the per
fecting of the Church and the Marker Association. In fact, I think it
will be wonderful to &#6684777;nd all of our local churches striving together to
become deeply spiritual as well as all the members and others becom
ing more and more interested in the Marker Association and its work
of marking important places and singling out local churches to compete
with each other about getting every member to meet all the rulings of
the Assembly."
The auxiliary had not been in operation long, only two years, when

52 MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 55TH A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY
the former General Overseer passed away, but I have tried to carry the
work on in the way &#7602280;at he had it outlined as much as possible. When
I became General Overseer a committee, which had been included in
the regulations of this department, had not been appointed. As Chief
Executive the former General Overseer had directed the work because
the funds were small and there was not much to do with. But it was
not long after I was chosen General Overseer until I appointed a com
mittee to assist me in making decisions and outlining plans for this aux
iliary. I did this because of a sentence in the instructions for this de
partment which reads, "Places and markings to be approved by the Chief
Executive or a committee selected for this purpose." This committee
has worked faithfully with me through the years, for which I am grateful.
In order to encourage our people to put forth special effort to go on
to perfection as outlined by the former General Overseer, the Honor
Stone Program was inaugurated in 1945. Mention was made of this in
my annual address before the Assembly in that year as follows: "At our
last program in &#7602280;e Fields of the Wood (September 11, 1945), which many
of you attended, stones of honor were presented to a number of churches
and stars of honor were presented to several pastors. This is the &#6684777;rst
step in marking &#7602280;e perfect church and the perfect man. Our pastors and
churches have not reached that perfect state outlined in the Bible, but
the Church of Prophecy Marker Association decided to honor those who
are making special effort to go on to perfection by fo&#7077996;owing the teach
ings of the Church and putting them in practice and operating all &#7602280;e
auxiliaries of the Church. Those who have measured to the require
ments outlined by the committee are surely worthy of being honored
and it is believed this honor bestowed upon them will be the means
of stimulating and encouraging the work of perfection so the time will
come in the not-too-distant future when we can mark the perfect man
and the perfect church." These few words explain the purpose of the
Honor Stone Program.
My reason for calling attention to the C. P. M. A. department and its
work is this: Last year the Questions and Subjects Committee brought
a recommendation to the Assembly as follows: "We recommend that the
eligibility of a local church to obtain an honor stone not be based on
set &#6684777;nancial requirements. We further recommend that all requirements
to obtain an honor stone be based on Scriptural grounds. However, it
is our desire that every member of the Church be a member of· the
C. P. M. A., and that it be boosted by the pastors and C. P. M. A. lead
ers in &#7602280;e local churches. Also, that the pastors and A. B. M. leaders
boost their churches to be one hundred per cent in the Emergency
Fund." This was accepted by the Assembly. &#4259942;ter the Assembly closed
and further attention was given to the matter, it was decided by the
C. P. M. A. Committee that the recommendation was in conflict with
previous r&#7078110;ngs of the Assembly and a note was added which reads:
"Since &#7602280;e above recommendation is in conflict with previous rulings of
the Assembly, the C. P. M .A. Committee believes that the same re
quirement for an Honor Stone last year should be continued this year,
and that at the next Assembly the above recommendation should be re
considered."
The Committee felt the recommendation was in conflict with the rul
ing of the Assembly when the &#6684777;nancial requirements were eliminated.
&#5505128;e Assembly has ruled through the recommendation of the Ways and
Means Committee "that the Emergency Fund be continued and that each
member pay $1.00 to this fund each year." Then in regard to member-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 53
ship in the C. P. M. A., the Committee feels that since the Assembly
has reco&#6750318;ized the C. P. M. A. as an auxiliary, and it is this auxiliary
that is honoring churches for measuring up to a certain standard, that
something should be required of a local church for the support of this
department. Then the former General Overseer in referring to require
ments to be met by a church in order for it to be marked mentioned
tithes, emergency dollars, and reasonable offerings for expenses. This
shows he felt the &#6881492;ancial part was important as well as the spiritual
part. And how could a church be marked without measuring up to the
teachings of the Church and the rulings of the Assembly in regard to
&#6684777;nance? Since it would be necessary for a church to meet &#7602280;ese re
quirements to be marked, it seems it should also measure up to certain
&#6684777;nancial requirements in order to be honored.
• By way of explanation I will add that the C. P. M. A. has no juris
diction over any other department of the Church, neither does it try
to control the activities of any department in any way. Its only pur
pose is to honor those churches and ministers that measure up to cer
tain requirements. And for the C. P. M. A. to be in position to honor
a church, there must be some regulations made for those that are to be
honored to conform to, and the committee has based the requirements
on the Assembly rulings for each department. By giving the informa
tion called for on the honor sheet does not in any way bring the local
church or any department under the supervision of the C. P. M. A. The
honor sheets that have been mailed to our churches and evangelists each
year containing these requirements are for the sole purpose of ascer
taining who shall be honored. This is the only purpose for which they
are used. Each church and each minister that measures up to the re
quirements is honored. &#5505128;ose that do not measure up are not honored,
However, this does not mean that they fall into dishonor . There is no
thought of this, but for them to be honored by the C. P. M. A. through
the Honor Stone Program as the Church goes on to perfection, it is neces
sary that they measure up to certain requirements.
The requirements have been changed occasionally since the Honor Stone
Program has been operating, and if any other change needs to be made
the C. P. M. A. Committee will be glad to give the matter the neces
sary attention. However, we do not want to go backward, we rather want
to make the necessary progress so the requirements can be raised as
time goes on. But since the note added to the recommendation in the
Questions and Subjects Committee report calls for a reconsideration of
the matter in this Assembly, I have given it attention and I trust the
information and explanation will be understood and received in the same
spirit in which I have given them.
The Prayer Meeting Campaign
The World-Wide Prayer Meeting Campaign that was launched in the
spring has been a blessing in a number of countries. Every minister,
regardless of the position he holds in the Church, was asked to con
duct a prayer meeting in a new home. About one-half of our ministers
co-operated with me in this work, and through their efforts many new
people have come in contact with the Church of God. Good reports of
the prayer services were received from many of the ministers showing
that wonderful results were realized. Souls were saved, believers sanc
ti&#6684777;ed and baptized with the Holy Ghost, the sick were healed by the
power of God, and new churches were organized.
One minister in North Carolina reported that he had conducted twenty-

54 MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 55TH A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY
nine prayer meetings in a new community and he planned to rent a
building for worship so a work could be established there. A pastor in
Illinois reported that he had been having prayer meetings in new homes
throughout the year. He said he had visited six hundred homes. And
this pastor had held a regular job &#6684777;ve days a week, eight hours a day.
What he did lets me know that much can be done by one who has the
zeal of this work. Through his efforts in contacting the people he had
received a number of new members into the Church and the Sunday
School attendance had increased.
It was my pleasure to visit &#6684777;fteen state conventions and give a boost
to this part of the work. In every convention those who had conducted
prayer meetings in new homes said the services had proved a blessing,
and they seemed happy because they had a part in this campaign.
The campaign was set for the spring month&#7536685;April, May and June. But
since we received so many good reports from those who conducted the
prayer services we felt the time should be extended until the Assem
bly, as we wanted to give those who had not participated in the cam
paign an opportunity to do so. And quite a number conducted prayer
meetings in new homes after the time was extended. We were glad to
list the names in the White Wing Messenger of all who let us know
they had conducted a prayer service.
Since it has been proved during this campaign that much can be ac
complished by contacting new people and entering their homes for prayer
meetings, it seems that this should b&#6619235;ome a part of the regular work
of all our ministers. It is possible that the souls which were saved in the
prayer meetings this year might not have been reached with the gos
pel if our ministers had failed to conduct the prayer services. The com
mand is given to the Church to go to every creature. We can't wait
for them to come to us. We must go where they are.
Jesus set the example in this kind of work. We &#6684777;nd Him going to
the home of Zacchaeus. You know the story but I will repeat it briefly
here. Jesus passed through Jericho and Zacchaeus was a little man and
could not see Him for the great crowd of people, so he ran before and
climbed a tree. Jesus knew he was there and He looked up and said to
him, "Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide
in thy house." Zacchaeus received Him with joy but the people mur
mured because Jesus was the guest of a sinner. But through Jesus'
visit to that home, Zacchaeus became a follower of the Lord. He made
his confessions and Jesus said to him, "This day is salvation come to
this house forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man
is come to seek and to save that which was lost."
Give attention to another Scripture I have used this summer in boost
ing this work. "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the tem
ple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with
gladness and singleness of heart." We must take the Word of God which
is the bread of life from house to house. Preaching in our local churches
is not enough. We must go from door to door with the precious bread
of life.
We may think of this work belonging to our pastors, and it is their
duty to contact as many people as possible and conduct services wher
ever they can, but this campai&#6750318; has made us know that all of our
ministers can have successful prayer meetings. And some of our min
isters are not free to give much time to the ministry, and those who
are not may go from home to home and be a blessing to all wi&#7602280; whom
they come in contact. Of course, these services must be in co-operation

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 55
with the local church and its pastor. It is always necessary for our
people to work together in unity to be able to accomplish the most good.
If conducting prayer meetings in new homes could be made a part
of the regular work of the ministry, and it should be, it would mean
that we would have many more active workers in the Church. I would
like to encourage every able-bodied, licensed minister to make plans
to have regular prayer meetings in new homes this coming Assembly year.
It will take some effort on the part of the ministers, but nothing is ac
complished without effort on our part. And our members could par
ticipate in this work by lending their assistance in praying and giving
their testimonies. Also our musicians and singer s can use their talent
in the prayer meetings and be a blessing to the people in the homes.
We would like for the spirit of the prayer meeting campai&#6750318; to con
tinue another year, and remember that the &#5701736;ite Wing Publishing House
will gladly send the White Wing Messenger free of charge for four
weeks to any new home where a prayer service is conducted. This will
let the people know there is more to the Church than just the local
congregation. The overseers can share in this work by encouraging all
of their ministers to give it special attention.
I take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation to each minister
who has co-operated in the work of the prayer meeting campaign. I
am sure there will be lasting results if the work is continued. I will
add that it is my desire for every minister to take part in this work
rather than one-half of them as has been the case this year. May the
Lord help each one of us to do all that is in our power for the advance
ment of the Church and the salvation of souls.
These Necessary Things
One year ago the General Assembly authorized the preparation and
printing of a book containing the rulings of the General Assembly now
in effect. During this past year enormous amounts of time and effort
have been expended to provide our people with this vital information
in sufficient detail and in a form which would make the information
easy to &#6684777;nd and use. The result of these efforts is being placed on sale
today.
The title chosen for this important book is THESE NECESSARY
THINGS. These three signi&#6684777;cant words were taken from the New Testa
ment account of the &#6684777;rst Assembly in the early Church from which im
portant decrees were sent out to be observed by the churches. The com
plete verse, found in Acts 15:28 , reads, "For it seemed good to the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these n&#6619235;es
sary things." These same words were used by those participating in
the Assembly of 1906 when they said: "It seemeth good to the Holy Ghost
and us; being assembled together with one accord, with the Spirit of
Christ in the midst and after much prayer, discussion, search&#6881390;g the
Scriptures and counsel, to recommend THESE NECESSARY T&#4784309;NGS and
that they be rati&#6684777;ed and observed by all the local churches." Our peo
ple have been taught that it is necessary to obey the advice and recom
mendations of the General Assembly if we are to achieve unity and
perfection. To have these recommendations in a handy and useful book
will h&#6619244;p to keep them constantly before us and should be an aid in
helping us to "walk by the same rule and mind the same thing."
The contents of the book have been arranged in a logical manner ac
cording to general subject matter. Such an arrangement permits proper

56 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
classi&#6684777;cation under such headings as "The Assembly," "Doctrine," "Prac
tical," and "Church Depar&#7602285;ents." General reading can then be . done
in the section desired without searching throughout the book. Search
for speci&#6684777;c entries on certain subjects is made easy by a comprehensive
alphabetical index in the back. Every thought has been to make the
information as easy to &#6684777;nd as possible in order to encourage its frequent
and continued use.
The manner in which it is printed also has a de&#6684777;nite purpose. Its
looseleaf form was adopted for two main reasons. First, it permits easy
revision without the reprinting of the entire book. Since new Assem
bly rulings are added and old ones dropped from year to year the n&#6619237;d
for constant revision and addition appears likely. It is also very pos
sible that the compilers of the book may unintentionally have over
looked an important ruling which should have been included. I urge all
of you to read it carefully and to notify the General Overseer if any
item has been omitted which should be added. Second, the looseleaf
form permits the use of inexpensive binders that can be bou&#6750312;t any
where permitting us to sell the contents at a much lower price than a
permanently bound b&#6488169;ok. The book can be purchased now either with
or without a looseleaf binder.
THESE NECESSARY THINGS is a book not only for ministers but
for every member of the Church. Like the White Wing Messenger and
the current Assembly Minutes, no Church home should be without a
copy of THESE NECESSARY THINGS. It is being offered for sale for
the &#6684777;rst time today and I urge you to buy one just as soon as you
have an opportunity. What it contains is so vital to every Church mem
ber that I cannot overemphasize how important it is not only to own
a copy of this book but that its contents be carefully studied and its
recommendations conscientiously observed. We shall all see eye to eye
when we are all practicing THESE NECESSARY THINGS.
Certificate for Lay Ministers
Each year there are a number of young and inexperienced ministers
given license and accepted into the ministry. Too often it has been proved
that they were not able to endure hardness as good soldiers as they
failed soon after they received the license. This has been the case so
many times that we feel something should be done to correct this con
dition. After all, it is not fair to the young and inexperienced person
to place responsibilities upon him that are too heavy for him to bear.
He should be given opportunity to grow in grace and in the knowledge
of Jesus Christ until he is strong enough to overcome oppositions and
hindrances that are sure to come in his work for the Master. He should
be encouraged and assisted in the way that he needs until he has proved
himself sufficiently to be recommended for the ministry by the local
church, examined by the presbytery and licensed by the Church.
Since we feel that s&#7274605;ething should be done, we are suggesting that
a certi&#6684777;cate be prepared for the lay minister that will give him the
recognition he needs while he is gaining experience and proving himself.
This certi&#6684777;cate would be endorsed by the overseer of the state in which
the lay minister is working. It would be necessary for the local church
where his membership is to recommend the member who desires to work
for the Master to the state overseer, and if in his judgment he is worthy
of receiving the special certi&#6684777;cate, it can be given to him. This will
give the lay minister the necessary recognition from the local level. He
can be supplied with the Minutes of the &#4259955;sembly so he will have the

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 57
reports to use in reporting to the overseer. Then when he has proved
himself sufficiently, the local church where he has his membership can
recommend him for the ministry and he can be examined by the pres
bytery.
Usually when an examination certi&#6684777;cate is received at headquarters,
this is the only knowledge we have of the applicant. If the questions
are answered properly, as a rule the license is made for him with but
little consideration given to the experience he has had in the ministry.
But since several fail before they have been on our records a year, we
feel a little more time should be given them to prepare themselves for
the ministry before they are licensed. Our &#6684777;les are rapidly &#6684777;lling with
material that should never have come to us; however, under the pres
ent system this is to be expected.
Our young people who feel the call to the ministry should be given
opportunity to prove themselves. They should be called upon in the
V. L. B. services to preach. They can be used as band leaders and preach
in their regular band services . Or they may be called upon by band
leaders to deliver short messages in band services. &#5505128;ey can also be
used as district boosters. Some may feel they want the pastor or an
older minister to preach in these services, but our young ministers must
have training and they should be able to receive some in their local
churches and districts. They can also conduct prayer meetings in homes
where they can give out the Word of life. It would be wonderful for
all of our young ministers who are proving themselves to conduct prayer
services in new homes and reach as many people with the last days
message as possible.
Other organizations give special attention to training their young peo
ple, and I feel our young people should be given the help they need. One
organization sends out young workers two and two and their parents
support them. They are trained in personal work and handing out lit
erature. In another organization every member is a worker. Even chil
dren are taught to go from door to door with their literature. Many
organizations are using young people in various ways and they are able
to accomplish something for the advancement of the churches they rep
resent. How much more should our young people be used to advance
the work of the Church, and especially those who feel the call to the
ministry? Our young people have a message that others do not have.
They have real salvation while some others who go from house to house
do not have an experience with the Lord. They do not even know they
can be saved, sancti&#6684777;ed and baptized with the Holy Ghost. Our young
people can say that the Church of God takes the whole Bible rightly
divided, so it is very important that we do all we can to encourage and
help those among us who feel the call to the ministry.
&#5505128;ere is also a need for the services of deacons in some local churches.
A special certi&#6684777;cate could be issued for one who feels he would like
to prove himself for this office. The Bible calls for deacons to prove
themselves when it says, "And let these also &#6684777;rst be proved; then let
them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless." A local church
could use a member as acting deacon and recommend him to the state
overseer for a certi&#6684777;cate. This would give him some recognition until
he proved himself sufficiently for the church to recommend him to the
presbytery for the office of deacon.
I would like for the Questions and Subjects Committee to give &#7602280;is mat
ter consideration and if in their wise judgment they feel something should
be done to help our young ministers prove themselves, they may bring a
recommendation to the Assembly.

58 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Our New Headquarters Property
Last year at the close of the Assembly a plan was set in motion for
the purpose of raising funds to pay off the indebtedness of the new
property. Each member was asked to give one dollar or more between
&#7602280;e Assembly and the &#6684777;rst of January. Quite a number of our people
responded during this time and others gave offerings later. Approxi
mately ten thousand dollars came in through this plan and there were
one hundred and &#6684777;fty-&#6684777;ve churches paid in full. That is, one dollar was
sent in for every member of each of these churches.
We want to thank each one who gave a dollar or more during the
year on the property. We appreciate the interest our people have in
the expansion of o&#7667826; facilities here at headquarters and we are grate
ful to each one who responded with an offering. We also thank the
pastors, band leaders and any others who did what they could to en
courage each member to give. The churches that paid in full are to be
commended for their faithful efforts in this work. To each member and
each church we say, God bless you for your assistance.
Of course, the money we received from our people on the property
did not pay off the indebtedness, or even take care of the payments as
they came due, but it was a help. Neither was there a sufficient amount
received in the Emergency Fund to meet the need, but we are still ex
pecting to have the property paid for in due time by the help of the
Lord. He has always been with us in our forward moves and He will
be with us in this. And our people are a willing people and I am sure
they will do what they can, so we are looking forward to the time when
a modern tabernacle will be erected that will be for the honor of God
and the upbuilding of His Church.
Interesting Information
Under the head of Interesting Information are several tables that show in
creases or decreases to compare with the same department last year.
&#5505128;e decreases referred to do not mean an actual decrease in the depart
ment, but only that there was not as much accomplished this year as
last year. The increases mean there was more done this year than last
year.
DATA GATHERED FROM MINISTERS' REPORTS
Last Year
Sermons ___________ 186,202
Converted 23,617
Sancti&#6684777;ed 14,578
Holy Ghost 9,743
Water Baptism 6,642
Added to Church _____ 6,741
This Year
168,38 9
23,520
14,288
8,992
5,809
6,542
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
17,813
97
290
751
833
199
The information contained in this table was taken from the reports
of our ministers to headquarters. All that has been accomplished by
our faithful ministers is appreciated and we know each one will receive
rewards. According to these &#6684777;gures there were not as many sermons
preached or as much good accomplished through the efforts of our min
isters this year as last year, and we are sorry. We don't understand the
cause of these decreases but we are hoping we will never have to show
a decrease again. I am sure our ministers can do the work and we
feel this table will show increases another year.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 59
NUMBER OF MINISTERS
Rank Last Year This Year
Bishops --------------- 571
Deacons 410
Evangelists 2,546
Total ___ 3,527
FOREIGN MISSION
578
412
2,597
3,587
DRIVES
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
7
2
51
60
In the year 1929 the Assembly set apart October and March for spe
cial drives to be made from headquarters to collect money for our for
eign mission work. Those to participate in these drives as pointed out
by the Assembly are all ministers, Womens Missionary Bands, the White
Wing Messenger, and other ways that will insure large offerings. This
includes all of our people.
These drives were made from headquarters again this year and I ap
preciate the interest that our people have in the work of forei&#6750318; mis
sions and I thank each one who contributed any amount for the advance
ment of this work.
AUXILIARY INFORMATION
The work of the auxiliaries is of great importance to the advancement
of the Church and we are thankful for all that was done by our peo
ple this year in each of the departments. The sincere efforts by many
of our people are greatly appreciated and I am sure the Lord will give
the rewards in due time. We want those who labor for the salvation of
souls and the building up of the Church to know that we "esteem them
very highly in love for their work's sake." We are thankful for the in
creases in offerings by a number of the states and countries, but sorry
that some of the states had large decreases which resulted in a decrease
in the total offering of each auxiliary with the exception of &#7602280;e C. P.
M. A. There may have been some hindrances in some states that were
difficult to overcome; however, we are living in a time when God's peo
ple need to be strong and do exploits. We can't afford to allow hindrances
to stand in the way. We must overcome them and hasten with the last
days message to every creature.
The following tables give a record of the work of the various depart
ments last year and this year by states and countries with the largest
&#6684777;gures at the top and the next largest second and on down to the smallest.
STATE CONVENT ION MISSION OFFERINGS
State
Amount
Last Year
Tennessee ---- ---&#3211363;22,894.78
North Carolina _____________ 16,451.19
Florida ____ 20,060.00
Bahamas 11,492.76
Georgia -----------------------------20,111.60
Kentucky ______ 16,800.00
Virginia 15,000.03
Alabama -----------------------------11,409.48
Mississippi 10,000.00
Ohio ____ ____________ 9,868.00
Amount
This Year
$22,040.83
17,756.15
17,000.00
15,557.16
15,353.44
15,140.00
13,539.42
12,000.00
11,076.92
10,362.55
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
$ 853.95
1,304.96
3,060.00
4,064.40
4,758.16
1,660.00
1,460.61
590.52
1,076.92
494.55

60 MINUTES OF THE 55TH &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY
California 9,604.36 9,613.18 Increase 8.82
South Carolina 9,158.96 9,261.04 Increase 102.08
Michigan 10,368.12 8,412.97 Decrease 1,955.15
West Virginia 6,684.55 8,054.24 Increase 1,369.69
Pennsylvania 5,970.62 7,509.08 Increase 1,538.46
Oklahoma 7,155.88 7,391.82 Increase 235.94
Indiana -·-· 5,816.60 7,033.27 Increase 1,216.67
East Texas 5,572.80 6,705.29 Increase 1,132.49
Illinois ----------- 5,000.00 5,867.98 Increase 867.98
Missouri 4,944.70 5,490.38 Increase 545.68
Kansas 5;300.00 5,075.00 Decrease 225.00
Maryland and D. C,----····-6,390.80 4,931.33 Decrease 1,459.47
Arkansas ·-· 3,030.27 4,045.90 Increase 1,015.63
Wyoming 3,765.40 3,873.00 Increase 107.60
Louisiana 3,019.78 3,357.42 Increase 337.64
Washington 3,395.74 3,210.80 Decrease 184.94
New Mexico ------- 2,942.42 2,754.97 Decrease 187.95
West Texas 2,413.20 2,649.87 Increase 236.67
South Dakota ------------------2,941.65 2,569.06 Decrease 372.59
Arizona ......... 2,355.57 2,403.86 Increase 48.29
New York 2,600.77 2,329.72 Decrease 271.05
Iowa --------------------------2,515.57 2,136.27 Decrease 379.30
North Dakota 2,014.94 1,871.71 Decrease 143.23
Wisconsin ·-····· 1,775.25 1,785.25 Increase 10.00
Idaho 1,564.11 1,619.67 Increase 55.56
Jamaica 1,100.00 1,500.00 Increase 400.00
Oregon 1,554.68 1,291.82 Decrease 262.86
Colorado 1,200.00 1,250.00 Increase 50.00
Minnesota 1,800.00 1,010.16 Decrease 789.84
Mexico ·-·--- 1,588.81 1,009.19 Decrease 579.62
Dominican Republic 948.57 761.74 Decrease 186.83
Montana 568.71 573.43 Increase 4.72
New Jersey .... 613.51 564.71 Decrease 48.80
Utah 324.91 563.62 Increase 238.71
Nebraska 850.08 551.14 Decrease 298.94
Nevada ········-········-·········-· 412.67 512.68 Increase 100.01
Virgin Islands ------- 450.00 475.00 Increase 25.00
Vermont ··-·····-···- 317.02 372.61 Increase 55.59
Puerto Rico 311.61 344.14 Increase 32.53
Turks Islands 325.00 328.96 Increase 3.96
Trinidad and Tobago·-·-·· 212.50 321.08 Increase 108.58
England 353.21 315.84 Decrease 37.37
Delaware -------- 315.00 315.82 Increase .82
Alberta 300.00 300.00
Montserrat -···· 251.57 256.51 Increase 4.94
Cuba 141.08 244.06 Increase 102.98
British Columbia --·-···-317.34 240.37 Decrease 76.97
Ontario 191.62 233.10 Increase 41.48
Connecticut 214.04 218.04 Increase 4.00
Manitoba ----- 219.93 209.51 Decrease 10.42
Alaska 70.30 140.60 Increase 70.30
Anti&#6750325;a -----------------117.94 132.14 Increase 14.20
Saint Kitts ·············-----········ 191.68 131.55 Decrease 60.13
Haiti 120.00 128.00 Increase 8.00
Mass. and R. I. ···-············ 48.00 116.25 Increase 68.25
Ne&#3211313;
·
Hampshire ····--···- 80.40 106.66 Increase 26.26

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 61
Anguilla --------------118.35 104.95 Decrease 13.40
Dominica 42.77 98.29 Increase &#3211313;5.52
Curacao ------ 51.36 92.73 Increase 41.37
Nevis 76.95 87.96 Increase 11.01
Hawaii 55.00 75.00 Increase 20.00
Costa Rica 107.00 75.00 Decrease 32.00
Aruba 167.97 63.96 Decrease 104.01
Maine 401.00 60.16 Decrease 340.84
British Guiana 30.00 40.00 Increase 10.00
Panama
49.55 40.00 Decrease 9.55
Egypt 45.00 39.50 Decrease 5.50
Bermuda 33.40
Barbados 30.20 20.88 Decrease 9.32
Sa&#6881390;t Vincent 7.90 16.01 Increase 8.11
Uruguay 6.50 7.00 Increase .50
Philippines 6.00
Total $287,090.13 $285,159.12 Decrease $ 1,931.01
STATE CONVENTION FREE LITERATURE OFFERINGS
Amount Amount
State Last Year This Year
North Carolina $13,586.33 $13,348.05 Decrease $ 238.28
Tennessee 9,852.61 9,097.05 Decrease 755.56
Virginia 10,110.09 7,816.43 Decrease 2,293.66
Georgia 9,010.29 7,215.51 Decrease 1,794.78
Kentucky _________ 7,085.00 7,029.00 Decrease 56.00
Oklahoma 6,618.33 6,244.63 Decrease 373.70
Florida 6,129.80 6,200.50 Increase 70.70
Mississippi 4,724.77 5,649.59 Increase 924.82
California 5,307.37 5,351.13 Increase 43.76
South Carolina 4,893.29 4,826.93 Decrease 66.36
Ohio 4,094.97 4,278.31 Increase 183.34
Bahamas 3,321.12 3,880.30 Increase 559.18
Michigan 3,905.09 3,818.28 Decrease 86.81
Alabama 4,165.92 3,599.08 Decrease 566.84
Indiana 3,173.10 3,402.94 Increase 229.84
Pennsylvania 2,948.87 3,015.27 Increase 66.40
East Texas 2,660.29 2,688.46 Increase 28.17
Illinois 2,121.38 2,297.55 Increase 176.17
Maryland and D. c, _____ 1,799.70 2,268.76 Increase 469.06
West Virginia 1,918.62 2,260.14 Increase 341.52
Missouri 1,897.02 1,785.84 &#4456549;crease 111.18
Louisiana 1,511.35 1,707.26 Increase 195.91
Kansas 2,000.00 1,608.92 Decrease 391.08
Arkansas 1,276.54 1,444.00 Increase 167.46
Wyoming 1,322.41 1,384.61 Increase 62.20
West Texas 850.86 1,058.93 Increase 208.07
New Mexico 1,272.69 1,000.50 Decrease 272.19
Iowa 1,002.12 937.46 Decrease 64.66
South Dakota 1,216.43 916.29 Decrease 300.14
Washington __________________ 979.60 900.92 Decrease 78.68
North Dakota 811.00 879.61 Increase 68.61
Wisconsin 663.48 700.19 Increase 36.71
Arizona 371.72 640.78 Increase 269.06

62 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
New York 860.59 632.65 Decrease 227.94
Idaho 536.61 537.39 Increase .78
Colorado 510.00 525.00 Increase 15.00
Oregon 696.49 521.12 Decrease 175.37
Minnesota 700.00 427.20 Decrease 272.80
Montana 276.52 380.00 Increase 103.48
Dominican Republic 521.02 365.95 Decrease 155.07
Virgin Islands 300.00 325.00 Increase 25.00
Puerto Rico 335.13 321.59 Decrease 13.54
Utah 268.18 313.41 Increase 45.23
Mexico -- 355.48 293.39 Decrease 62.09
Nevada 164.90 179.64 Increase 14.74
Nebraska ------------ 271.63 179.00 Decrease 92.63
Jamaica 100.00 150.00 Increase 50.00
New Jersey 320.23 142.43 Decrease 177.80
Delaware 152.61 120.42 Decrease 32.19
Manitoba 124.08 111.10 Decrease 12.98
Cuba 81.40 107.02 Increase 25.62
British Columbia 120.78 104.56 Decrease 16.22
Alberta 156.00 100.00 Decrease 56.00
Ontario 89.99 96.57 Increase 6.58
Co&#7209070;ecticut 139.12 93.89 Decrease 45.23
Trinidad and Tobago _____ 65.66 89.80 Increase 24.14
Alaska 22.33 88.08 Increase 65.75
Vermont 112.04 87.93 Decrease 24.11
New Hampshire 47.30 65.29 Increase 17.99
England 74.73 63.45 Decrease 11.28
Turks Islands 68.50 62.24 Decrease 6.26
Antigua 49.59
55.54 Increase 5.95
Montserrat 64.36 52.99 Decrease 11.37
Curacao 21.10 49.28 Increase 28.18
Maine 46.00 47.00 Increase 1.00
Saint Kitts 41.12 42.43 Increase 1.31
Anguilla 38.15 39.48 Increase 1.33
Nevis ___________ 35.59 36.76 Increase 1.17
Haiti 32.30 36.00 Increase 3.70
Mass. and R. I. 27.00 30.00 Increase 3.00
Egypt 37.20 30.00 Decrease 7.20
Costa Rica 50.00 26.00 Decrease 24.00
Aruba 46.63 19.47 Decrease 27.16
Hawaii 10.00 15.00 Increase 5.00
Barbados 13.60 14.12 Increase .52
Panama 18.94 12.20 Decrease 6.74
Bermuda 12.00
Dominica 6.00 10.40 Increase 4.40
British Guiana 6.00 6.25 Increase .25
Philippines 5.40
Saint Vincent -------------------
4.45 4.73 Increase .28
Total 130,621.51 $126,282.39 Decrease $ 4,339.12
STATE CONVENTION ORPHANAGE OFFERINGS
&#4259949;ount Amount
State Last Year This Year
North Carolina $ 6,777.25 $ 8,334.84 Increase $ 1,557.59
Te&#7209070;essee 6,241.68 6,425.67 Increase 183.99

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 63
Kentucky 6,016.00 5,713.00 Decrease 303.00
Florida 5,648.71 5,702.00 Increase 53.29
Virginia 6,609.99 5,230.36 Decrease 1,379.63
Georgia 6,498.94 5,215.51 Decrease 1,283.43
Mississippi 3,640.30 4,144.12 Increase 503.82
Alabama 4,096.16 3,623.65 Decrease 472.51
Ohio 2,908.78 3,164.69 Increase 255.91
Oklahoma 2,878.41 3,161.45 Increase 283.04
South Carolina 2,990.07 3,021.37 Increase 31.30
West Virginia 2,600.94 2,908.70 Increase 307.76
California 2,366.66 2,630.59 Increase 263.93
Illinois 1,936.43 2,308.95 Increase 372.52
Pennsylvania 2,229.86 2,284.23 Increase 54.37
Michigan 2,522.57 2,088.23 Decrease 434.34
Bahamas 1,770.17 1,984.30 Increase 214.13
Indiana 1,606.96 1,863.12 Increase 256.16
East Texas 1,650.17 1,712.99 Increase 62.82
Missouri _________________________ 1,667.78 1,666.34 Decrease 1.44
Kansas 1,758.03 1,439.71 Decrease 318.32
Maryland and D. c, _______ 1,457.12 1,218.80 Decrease 238.32
Arkansas 1,260.79 1,139.65 Decrease 121.14
Louisiana 848.19 1,034.37 Increase 186.18
West Texas 829.39 876.55 Increase 47.16
North Dakota 991.35 850.24 Decrease 141.11
Wyoming 847.05 826.91 Decrease 20.14
New Mexico 906.00 800.66 Decrease 105.34
Washington 827.77 757.36 Decrease 70.41
Iowa 746.27 747.28 Increase 1.01
Minnesota 1,037.00 637.45 Decrease 399.55
Idaho 600.19 636.48 Increase 36.29
South Dakota -------- 686.44 592.73 Decrease 93.71
Oregon 685.16 576.09 Decrease 109.07
Colorado -------------- 500.00 515.00 Increase 15.00
Wisconsin 404.38 456.31 Increase 51.93
New York 418.51 438.93 Increase 20.42
Arizona 309.76 343.87 Increase 34.11
Dominican Republic 400.76 313.97 Decrease 86.79
Utah 274.48 279.00 Increase 4.52
Nebraska 357.09 196,94 Decrease 160.15
Montima 334.65 192.37 Decrease 142.28
Nevada 154.26 172.22 Increase 17.96
Alberta 86.00 165.00 Increase 79.00
Ontario 114.03 159.30 Increase 45.27
Manitoba 76.24 145.93 Increase 69.69
Connecticut ------------- 80.88 122.00 Increase 41.12
Mexico 178.89 120.67 Decrease 58.22
Delaware 140.90 118.03 Decrease 22.87
Alaska 14.95 102.43 Increase 87.48
British Columbia 138.13 100.00 Decrease 38.13
Jamaica 100.00 100.00
Virgin Islands 80.00 95.00 Increase 15.00
New Jersey 72.96 59.77 Decrease 13.19
England 48.65 59.22 Increase 10.57
New Hampshire 51.28 57.37 Increase 6.09
Vermont 69.17 55.02 Decrease 14.15
Turks Islands 75.80 51.36 Decrease 24.44

64 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNU&#4259916; ASSEMBLY
Curacao 42.28 49.94 Increase 7.66
Cuba 32.26 46.78 Increase 14.52
Antigua 39.81 41.91 Increase 2.10
Egypt 43.30 40.10 Decrease 3.20
Aruba 38.63 34.16 Decrease
4.47
Maine 33.45 34.00 Increase .55
Montserrat 39.23 32.16 Decrease 7.07
Costa Rica 23.50 31.00 Increase 7.50
Haiti 12.20 29.00 Increase 16.80
Mass. and R. I 17.00 25.00 Increase 8.00
Auguilla 23.70 24.78 Increase 1.08
Trinidad and Tobago ______ 18.78 24.21 Increase 5.43
Saint Kitts 26.11 23.38 Decrease
2.73
Puerto Rico 24.8 1 22.21 Decrease 2.60
Nevis 17.50 19.55 Increase 2.05
Hawaii 10.00 15.00 Increase 5.00
Panama ----------- 18.53 11.60 Decrease 6.93
Bermuda 10.00
Barbados 8.29 8.72 Increase .43
Dominica 5.65 7.91 Increase 2.26
British Guiana 7.13 5.00 Decrease 2.13
Saint Vincent 2.00 2.84 Increase .84
Philippines 2.60
Total $91,104.51 $90,279.95 Decrease $ 824.56
STATE CONVENTION CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER
ASSOCIATION OFFERINGS
Amount Amount
State Last Year This Year
Oklahoma $ 3,184.55 $ 2,411.28 Decrease $ 773.27
Ohio 2,212.41 2,273.86 Increase 61.45
Tennessee --------------------------1,522.43 1,647.18 Increase 124.75
North Carolina --1,511.51 1,559.51 Increase 48.00
Kentucky 1,616.49 1,487.00 Decrease 129.49
Alabama 1,718.47 1,363.25 Decrease 355.22
Virginia 1,404.00 1,227.13 Decrease 176.87
California ---------------973.56 1,077.64 Increase 104.08
Indiana 730.37 1,077.55 Increase 347.18
Mississippi 869.68 1,000.64 Increase 130.96
East Texas 835.45 985.10 Increase 149.65
West Virginia 711.31 941.55 Increase 230.24
Michigan 1,120.55 867.47 Decrease 253.08
Florida 311.68 693.67 Increase 381.99
South Carolina 560.87 636.69 Increase 75.8 2
Georgia 1,000.00 632.58 Decrease 367.42
Louisiana 574.40 600.00 Increase 25.60
Illinois 473.05 532.71 Increase 59.66
Maryland and D. C, _______ 393.09 448.66 Increase
55.57
Missouri 406.55 435.44 Increase 28.89
Pennsylvania 294.96 433.52 Increase 138.56
South Dakota 344.08 411.90 Increase 67.82
Kansas 376.15 401.15 Increase 25.00
Arkansas 468.18 396.74 Decrease 71.44
West Texas 314.76 331.28 Increase 16.52

MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 55TH AN&#5111893;AL ASSE&#5046338;LY 65
North Dakota 400.01 317.27 Decrease 82.74
Washington 400.00 305.88 Decrease 94.12
Wisconsin 206.46 301.05 Increase 94.59
Iowa 246.00 256.15 Increase 10.15
Oregon 158.04 229.51 Increase 71.47
New Mexico 195.00 218.08 Increase 23.08
New York 86.87 189.79 Increase 102.92
Minnesota 202.33 172.92 Decrease 29.41
Arizona 96.60 162.53 Increase 65.93
Wyoming 94.24 143.74 Increase 49.50
Virgin Islands 108.00 108.00
Idaho 72.85 106.22 Increase
33.37
Puerto Rico 101.48 93.72 Decrease 7.76
Vermont 73.72 82.79 Increase 9.07
Montana 88.67 67.59 Decrease 21.08
Colorado 60.00 65.00 Increase 5.00
Nevada 25.28 57.67 Increase 32.39
Utah 41.31 54.97 Increase 13.66
New Jersey 32.40 41.53 Increase 9.13
Delaware 60.78
39.57 Decrease 32.31
Trinidad and Tobago ______ 20.00 35.85 Increase 15.85
Ontario 28.19 35.82 Increase
7.63
Nebraska 57.92 34.70 Decrease 23.22
Alberta 32.00 32.00
Cuba 9.85 31.70 Increase 21.85
&#4259948;aska 10.78 31.14 Increase 20.36
England 21.00 29.61 Increase 8.61
British Columbia 25.44 25.70 Increase .26
Dominican Republic 25.85 23.35 Decrease 2.50
Mexico 21.90
Manitoba 45.64 20.29 Decrease 25.36
&#4259950;guilla 28.88 17.76 Decrease 11.12
Connecticut 41.52 16.00 Decrease 25.52
Aruba 16.55 15.87 Decrease .68
Hawaii --------- 10.00 15.00 Increase 5.00
Nevis 22.58 14.86 Decrease 7.72
Turks Islands ______________ 11.50
Antigua 8.80
Montserrat 25.20 7.89 Decrease 17.31
Curacao 5.83
Barbados 10.09 5.10 Decrease 4.99
Mass. and R. I. 5.00
Saint Kitts 4.69
Dominica 3.18
India 2.00 3.00 Increase 1.00
British Guiana 3.00
Saint Vincent _________ 3.00 1.00 Decrease 2.00
Uruguay 1.25 1.50 Increase .25
Bermuda
7.75
Total $27,124.08 $27,349.52 Increase $ 225.44

66 MINUTES OF THE 55&#5505096; ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP
State
Number
Last Year
Florida ······-··--·····-----1,080
&#4653157;orgia ---··············------1 , 053
North Carolina 928
Tennessee ·---·--------------···-····--· 917
Virginia _____ 845
Oklahoma ____ 556
Kentucky --------------------------------------528
Mississippi 335
Califo&#7471214;ia __ 376
South Carolina --------·--··· 348
Alabama ______________ 446
East Texas __ 453
Bahamas ··--------- 9
Mexico ______ 251
Indiana _____ --··------------·· 241
Ohio ----··--·····----- 272
Missouri ________ ___________________ 170
Louisiana 202
Michigan ______ 280
Pennsylvania
199
Arkansas _______________ 136
Illinois __________________ 141
West Virginia ________________ 162
West Texas ________ 159
Maryland and D. C. -----··--------------------95
Oregon _______ 101
Dominican Republic 100
Iowa __________________ 71
Kansas _________________ 88
Washington ______________ 79
South Dakota 81
Wisconsin --------------------------------------------·· 40
New Mexico 7 4
Wyoming 56
North Dakota 84
Minnesota ---------------------------------------------49
Idaho ____ 48
Virgin Islands --------------------------------44
Colorado 33
New York 41
Delaware 41
Canada 37
Nevada ----- ---------------------------15
Arizona ·----------- ---------- 17
Cuba -·-·-------------------------------------------· 8
Turks Islands ______________________ 15
Mon tan a --------------·-------------------------------·-·-18
Nebraska 15
Barbados _________________ 11
Bermuda 9
Utah 13
N&#7667821;ber
This Year
1,244
1,158
1,003
888
802
516
492
398
392
329
322
292
286
257
256
��
240
193
173
165
146
135
127
119
89
83
74
72
72
67
64
63
62
60
59
54
48
38
43
35
30
28
23
20
18
17
17
16
14
11
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
144
105
75
29
43
40
36
63
16
19
124
161
&#7077973;77
6
15
17
73
38
87
26
55
5
27
32
24
12
17
3
16.
7
14
24
11
6
24
10
6
4
5
2
6
7
13
5
12
3
1
2
5
5
2

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Vermont --------------------------------------------------
Alaska
India
New Jersey ___________ _
Jamaica ----------------------------
Trinidad ____________ _
Costa Rica ____________ _
Hawaii ______ _______ _
Massachusetts
England -- -------------------------------------
New Zealand ________ _
Uruguay _________ __ _
Panama ----------------------------------------------------
Philippine Islands
14
3
1
4
3
6
3
1
Total _____________ ll,432
9
8
7
7
6
5
4
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
11,649
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
ATTENDANCE AT STATE CONVENTIONS
State Last Year
Bahamas ___________________ 18,635
Haiti __________________________________________________________ 18,685
Jamaica _____ _______ 12,752
Florida ------------------------------------------------------4,920
Virginia _____________ 2,000
Antigua _______________________ 2,089
Montserrat __________ 2,009
North Carolina ______ __ 1,764
Tennessee ____________ 2,153
Nevis ____________ 1,706
Mississippi -------- ----------------------2,200
South Carolina ________ 2,050
Kentucky ___________ 1,768
Alabama ____________________ 1,655
Georgia ______________ ___ __ 1,478
Dominican Republic ______ 1,600
California --------------------------------1,042
Saint Kitts ______ ____ 1,089
Pennsylvania _________ 1,050
Anguilla ---------------------------- 630
Oklahoma _______________________ 900
Costa Rica __________ 960
Mexico ----------------------------- - 650
Aruba ---- -------------------------------------------------- 826
Egypt ------------------------------ 1,038
Virgin Islands _____________________ 1,125
Dominica ------------------------------------------------570
Michigan -----------------------------------743
Ohio ---------------------------------------------------____ 618
Maryland and D. C,______________________________ 686
Puerto Rico
Arkansas ____________________ 486
Louisiana ____________ 510
Missouri --------------------------------------------------516
Indiana __________________ __ 400
West Virginia ________ 609
This Year
19,950
18,698
15,591
3,512
2,500
2,349
2,209
2,100
2,009
2,008
1,793
1,700
1,600
1,565
1,480
1,230
1,100
1,098
1,075
980
925
811
800
800
800
750
723
721
710
641
628
531
531
530
511
510
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
67
5
5
6
2
2
2
1
217
1,315
13
2,839
1,408
500
260
200
336
144
302
407
350
168
90
2
370
58
9
25
350
25
149
150
26
238
375
153
22
92
45
45
21
14
111
99

68 MINUTES OF T&#4718661; 55TH ANNUAL ASSE&#5046338;LY
East Texas ________ ____ _
Illinois ________________ _
453
276
Cuba -------- ----1,250
England ___________ _
Kansas ________ ___ _
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago _____ _
New York ____ ____ __ _
West Texas
Panama _________ ______ _
Washington
Curacao ___________ _
Oregon
British Guiana
Wisconsin _____________ _
Iowa ______ ______ _
Manitoba
North Dakota
Colorado
Turks Islands
South Dakota
Idaho
New Mexico ________ _ _
Delaware
Arizona
New Jersey _________ _
Wyoming ________ __ _
Saint Vincent
Utah ____________ _
Minnesota
Philippines
British Columbia
Alberta
Nebraska
Mass. and R. 1 _______ _ _
Connecticut
Bermuda __ _
Ontario ------ -----------------
Hawaii _____________ _ _
Maine
Nevada _____________ _ _
Vermont --------------------------
Montana ________________ ___ _
Uruguay
New Hampshire
Alaska
295
374
772
330
327
274
575
316
200
222
240
240
264
193
222
176
200
221
188
192
109
147
40
184
100
98
150
146
108
132
29
68
79
117
91
55
60
74
38
48
502
433
425
420
378
370
357
321
318
313
301
300
253
248
243
234
224
215
207
200
200
194
185
181
175
155
151
150
139
131
111
103
92
92
89
84
80
78
65
63
58
56
55
45
34
32
·Total ________________________________ _ 101,585 104,529
CONCLUSION
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decreate
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
49
157
825
125
4
402
27
6
44
262
15
100
31
8
3
30
31
7
31
21
6
7
72
28
115
33
50
41
19
43
16
40
60
16
1
52
28
3
4
19
4
16
2,944
Our precious Lord gave the command, "Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature." This is what we have been en
deavoring to do this year. The Church has always realized the need of
evangelizing the world in compliance with the words of Jesus Christ,
and while we are not making the progress that we desire, yet our efforts
are directed toward this end. Every place where we have labored this

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL A&#5439571;EMBLY 69
year is a part of the world and the people we have reached with the
last days message are some of the number included in the every crea
ture. We cannot be satis&#6684777;ed with our accomplishments because there is
so much to do in comparison with that we have done. But our people
have worked and the Lord has blessed their efforts and we are grate
ful for everyone who has done anything for the advancement of the Church
of God and the salvation of souls. Some have worked untiringly all year
and these are to be commended for their faithful efforts. Others have
done something and they will be rewarded according to &#7602280;eir works.
God is not unrighteous to forget our labor of love and everyone who
does anything for the cause of our Lord shall receive rewards.
To say that I appreciate my faithful co-workers does not fully express
my feelings. There is 'something within me that goes out to each one
who has labored with me in any capacity in the Church of God this
year. I feel very tender toward all of our good people and I wish I had
some way of making them know just how much their faithfulness and
loyalty means to me. And I feel assured of the fact that there are those
here today who can be depended upon to &#6684777;ght the battle with even a
greater determination to win another year. We are in this &#6684777;ght to the
&#6684777;nish and we know that God is with us and that He will make us able
for the mighty work that is yet to be done in making preparation for
the return of His dear Son.
There is one thing that is a little disturbing to me and I will mention
it here. It appears that some of our ministers and workers are just
coasting along. They are not putting forth their best efforts because it
seems they believe the Church will accomplish the work marked out
in the Book and reach the state of perfection without their assistance in
bringing this about. It is a fact that not one thing will fail that is writ
ten concerning the Church. God will see to it that it &#6684777;lls its place in
the world according to His own will. He will also see to it that the
Church becomes that glorious Church without spot or wrinkle. We have
no doubt about this. But God will use the ministers and members to
br&#6881390;g about all that is written concerning the Church. It will not just
automatically become perfect. The gospel will not be preached to every
creature without much toiling, sacri&#6684777;cing and prayer. The world will not
be subjugated to our Christ without effort on the part of the Church.
We have the early Church for a pattern. Did the ministers and mem
bers take it easy? We know that they did not. It was said of them one
time, "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither
also." It took hard work and keeping at it to warrant a statement of this
kind. And for the Church to accomplish the work marked out for these
last days, all of our ministers and members must do what they can. No
coasting &#6881390; this. And I want to warn those who may be going on in
an easy manner that if they don't stir themselves the time will come
when they will &#6684777;nd themselves left out. The Church will go on with
out them. Instead of taking it easy, everyone should strive to do more
than has been done in the past.
When the people of the world want to succeed in certain th&#6881390;gs, they
do not spare themselves. Those in sports train and drill continually.
They leave nothing to chance, but they do everything they can to make
themselves able to win in the contest. In politics the candidates travel,
make speeches, shake hands, and do anything else that is necessary to
win in the race. They get tired but they do not quit. They keep at it un
til somebody is victorious. Right now the presidential candidates for the
two parties are working night and day and will continue to do this

70 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
until one is elected. They will let no grass grow under their feet, but
they will be campaigning right up until the very last. They are not
working halfheartedly, but they are working with all their power and
strength to win. Some people have hazarded their lives to climb a moun
tain, swim a body of water, or make a record in speed or distance.
Since the people of the world will put forth every possible effort to
accomplish their desires, how much more should we do all that we can
for the advancement of the Church and the salvation of souls? The re
ward of championships in the world of sports, the reward of positions
in the political world, and the reward of doing something that has never
been done before, or making records of speed or distance, these are sat
isfying for a moment to those who receive them, but the reward of do
ing something for our Lord and Master is enduring. A crown of life
that fadeth not away will be the reward of the faithful in the service
of God. Since this is true we should strive with all our might to please
the Lord and do His will and obey His every command. We should give
our all to His service in obedience to the command to go into all the
world with the last days message. In the early Church "Men . . . haz
arded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." They were
members of the Church soon after it was organized. We are members
of the s.ame Church down here in the end when even more is required
of us than was required of them. The population of the world has in
creased many fold since their day so there are more people to reach
with the last days message, and they did not have to make preparations
for the return of the Lord as we do.
It is my desire to encourage all of our people to serve the Lord and
work for Him with all their heart. There is much land to be possessed
and there is work for everyone to do. It is surely time for the slogan
of the former General Overseer to be fully practiced-"Every member
a worker and special work for everyone." Since there is work for all of
us to do, let me say to our ministers, "Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season." Take Paul for an example of fully preaching
the gospel through mighty signs and wonders by the Spirit of God; not
with enticing words of man's wisdom but in the demonstration of the
Spirit and power; not in word only but in power and in the Holy Ghost
and in much assurance. I say with Paul to our ministers, "Take heed &#7602287;
the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou ful&#6684777;l it."
To the brethren who are indispensable in the work of the local churches
I say, "But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing." No time to grow
weary and faint in your minds, but it is time to be strong in the Lord
and i&#7340078; the power of &#4718697;s might. I want to encourage all to be a little
more faithful the coming year. Strive to do more for the advancement
of the Church and endeavor to please the Lord in everything.
To our sisters who have wrought so faithfully this year I repeat the
words of Jesus, "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown
of life." Work so it can be said of you as it was of the woman who
anointed the Lord, "She hath done what she could."
To our young people who have accomplished much for the Church this
year I say with Paul, "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit,
-in faith, in purity." Live for the Lord, do His will, use your talents in
His service and do that which is pleasing to Him in all things. Present
•your bodies a living sacri&#6684777;ce unto God and be a pattern of good works.
To all I will say with the words of the writer of Hebrews, ''Now the

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 71
God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cove
nant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you
that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom
be glory for ever and ever. &#4259950;len."
Now let us once more sing our Battle Hymn that we have been sing
ing for many years. Let's sing it from our hearts, and from this moment
may we consecrate ourselves anew to the One who has called us out of
darkness into His marvelous light.
AT THE BATTLE'S FRONT
I've enlisted for life in the army of the Lord,
Though the &#6684777;ght may be long and the struggle &#6684777;erce and hard,
With the armour of God and the Spirit's trusty sword
At the front of the battle you will &#6684777;nd me.
Chorus:
Hear the tramp! tramp! tramping of the army
The triumph shouting, the foe we're routing;
Hear the tramp! tramp! tramping of the army
Marching on to victory.
I'm in this army, this glorious army,
And the God of the battles will defend me.
I'm in this army, this glorious army,
At the front of the battle you will &#6684777;nd me.
With the banner of love and of holiness unfurled
Full salvation proclaim to a sinful dying world;
Tho' the darts thick and fast from the enemy be hurled
At the front of the battle you will &#6684777;nd me.
Is your name, friend, enrolled with the loyal ones and true?
Will you dare now to stand with the Saviour's faithful few?
Will you join with me now and the covenant renew?
At the front of the battle you will &#6684777;nd me.
The End
12:13 p.m.-The General. Overseer concluded his address by having the
congregation stand and sing "At the Battle's Front," led by Liston Pritch
ard with Mildred Bennett at the piano and Faye Hayes at the organ.
12:19 p.m.-The program called for Brother S. 0. Gillaspie to pray
the closing prayer. The General Overseer asked the congregation to stand
and pray silently for Brother Gillaspie who was lying in a coma at
that t&#6881389;e.
12:30 p.m.-The congregation was dismissed with prayer by Brother
W. M. Lowman.
Hobby Harris directed a program of music and singing during the in
termission.
1:15 p.m.-Song service led by W. R. Nunnery, Leonard Kendrick
at the piano and Wilma Gonia at the organ. Billy Riggs read Romans
12:9-18. The General Overseer read the requests for prayer and the con
gregation gave their requests, then J. C. Singleterry prayed at the pulpit
while the congregation stood in quietness. At the close of the prayer,
all joined together in praying for those for whom requests were made.

72 MINUTES OF T&#4718661; 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
1:34 p.m,-The Sullivan Family sang "Proud to Be a Member of the
Great Church of God." Warren Roney sang "Not My Will."
1:42 p.m.-Report of the Foreign Language Secretary, Jess F. Pruitt.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Foreign Language Secretary
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached ______ ________ _____ 95
Homes visited _________ _________ __ 105
Number converted _______ ______ _____ 10
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ----------------- ---------- 7
N&#7667821;ber received Holy Ghost ______________ 7
Number ministers conventions attended __________ 5
Number state conventions attended ____ ______ __ 6
Taught in &#6684777;ve terms of Bible Training Camp: Canada, Jamaica, Cleve
land, Tennessee, Grand Island, Nebraska, and Fresno, California. I have
visited a number of local churches, conducted rallies in six different
states in the interest of Bible Trai&#7209065;ng Camp, held two revivals and as
sisted in three pro&#6750322;ams in Fields of the Wood.
I have directed the work of &#7602280;e Foreign Language Office, including
business trips, writing many cards and letters, and seeing about the dis
tribution of Foreign Literature.
We now have Foreign Language Literature reaching over forty-&#6684777;ve
countries,,'in thirty-two of the major languages spoken in the world.
Respectfully submitted,
JESS F. PRUITT
Forei&#6750318; Language Secretary
1:44 p.m.-"Bible Fitness for Such a Time As This," message by Jess
F. Pruitt.
He began his message by reading Esther 4:14, "For if thou altogether
holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliv
erance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's
house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to
the kingdom for such a time as this?" He said:
"I would like for us to keep in mind the last part of this verse, 'and
who knoweth whether &#7602280;ou art come to the kingdom for such as time
as this?' I think we· are agreed that there never has been such a time
as we are living in today. I hear people talking this way everywhere
I go. We are living in desperate times that call for the intervention on
the part of Almighty God. We are helpless in this hour without the help
of God. It is going to take God to put this pro&#6750322;am over. We &#6357106;e only
instr&#7667821;ents in His hands. There is political unrest all over the world.
Religious strife, deception and unbelief are on every hand. Evil forces
are working to stop the eternal purpose of God, but He is going to be
victorious in His program. We must keep our eyes on Jesus, &#7602280;e head
of the Church of God.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 73
"The Scripture I read pertains to Esther. By the providence of God
she became queen of Persia. Haman, a prince of high rank, caused the
king to sign a decree that all the Jews in the provinces of the king
dom be put to death. Now the Jews had never faced such a time as
that. The king's decree could not be annulled. We are facing some
thing today. God is going to see to it that His program is successful, but
people are facing such a time as they have never faced before. When
Mordecai, who had brought up Queen Esther, heard that the decree had
been signed he went into mourning. He put on sackcloth and sat at
the gate of the palace. He sent word to Esther that by the providences
of God she had been placed in a position to save her people. I believe
the Church of God is here for such a time as this. I believe the Church
of God is here to save people today. Mordecai said that if Esther failed
that she would be destroyed and her father's house. He also told her
that God would save the people through some other source.
"There are none of us here today that feel sufficient within ourselves
to teach this generation, but I am sure there is a God for such a time
as this. And the God that is for such a time as this has a Church for
such a time as this. God has a Church that will be victorious and tri
umphant. Also there is knowledge for such a time as this. I am not
speaking about the knowledge of this world but I am talking about di
vine knowledge that God will give for such a time as this. God said
that 'Knowledge shall be increased.' The world has made tremendous
strides in the increase of knowledge and God's people must make ad
vancements in the knowledge of God.
"Paul told of some people who had a zeal but not according to knowl
edge. &#5505128;e Church has had a perfection program from the beginning.
There is nothing that stands out in the Scripture any more than the per
fection of the Church. That program will save people if it is preached
according to knowledge, but if it is preached without knowledge it will
des&#7602290;oy people. The program is wonderful but we have to have the
knowledge and wisdom of God to handle these &#7602280;ings. Hundreds of mem
bers have been dismissed from the Church to get sin out of the Church.
Some may say they will not turn any more members out of the Church.
Well, there has been a restorative program from the beginning, and it
will save people if it is handled according to knowledge. I am talking
about Bible fitness for such a time as this. We must get to the place
where we can operate the program as God has it outlined for these last
days.
"There must be an increase of wisdom. James said, 'If any of you
lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.' He said that if any of us
Church of God people needed wisdom to go to God. When you go to God
He is not going to refuse you or turn you away, but you will receive
the wisdom you need. Isn't that wonderful? He said further, 'But the
wisdom that is from above is &#6684777;rst pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy
to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and
without hypocrisy.' Divine wisdom from above is &#6684777;rst pure. The man
or woman that has been to God for wisdom lives a pure life. &#5505128;e sec
ond thing about this divine wisdom from above is that it is peaceable.
Some people are always trying to create friction, they sow discord, and
according to James they have not been to God for wisdom. The next
&#7602280;ing about this divine wisdom is that it is gentle. &#4259950;d people with
divine wisdom are easy to be entreated. I am talking about Bible &#6684777;t
ness for such a time as this. The right kind of preaching will save peo-

74 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ple but the wrong kind will destroy them .. The right kind of Bible counsel
will bless people but the wrong kind will hurt them. This wisdom from
above is full of mercy and full of good fruits. It is without partiality.
It is without respect of persons. It is without hypocrisy. The person with
wisdom from above will not play the part of a hypocrite.
"The Bible says the wise man is the one who wins souls. God's wis
dom is to excel the wisdom of the world. God wants us to increase in
knowledge and in wisdom for such a time as this. He has given us
wisdom for the past, but I believe we will have to have an increase for
the future. We have a message for every creature. We must go into all
the world and preach the gospel to every creature. We must have the
wisdom that comes down from above to do this work."
2:27 p.m.-Report of the General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
General Treasurer's Financial Report
for the year ending August 31, 1960
TITHES
Brought forward -- -----------$139,181.50
Received this year __ _ ________________ 487,972.67
Tithes total ______________________ ., _________ _
Paid out this year -----------------------------------------
Tithes balance --------------------------------
MISSION
Brought forward --------------------------------------$ 43,449.27
Received this year ----------------------------------------154,712.32
Mission total --------------------------------------
Paid out this year----------------------------
Mission balance --------------------------------
ASSEMBLY EXPEN,SE
Brought forward ---------------------------$ 6,543.79
Received this year ------------------------------------4,384.08
Assembly Expense total ---------------------------
Paid out this year -------------------------------
Assembly Expense balance ____________ _ _
EMERGENCY
Brought forward (de&#6684777;cit) -----------------$ 60,759.81
Received this year __________ ___ 37,848.12
Emergency total (de&#6684777;cit)
$627,154.17
421,363.64
$248,161.59
159,459.54
$ 10,927.87
5,509.14
$ 22,911.69
$205,790.53
$ 88,702.05
$ 5,HB.73

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Paid out this year -------------------------------------
Emergency de&#6684777;cit ---- ---------------------
MINISTERIAL AID
Brought forward --------------------------$ 52,901.53
Received this year ----------------------------- 100,390.84
Ministerial Aid total ____________________ _
Paid out this year ______________________ _
Ministerial Aid balance --------------------------------
O RP HAN AGE AND SCHOOL
Brought forward --------------------------------------$ 32,413.02
Received this year _____________________ 118,697.19
Orphanage and School total ------------------------
Paid out this year ______ _____________ _
Orphanage and School balance _________________ _
B. T. C.
Brought forward ------------------------------------$ 21,387.41
Received this year ---------------------------------20,016.47
B. T. C. total _________________ _
Paid out this year ___________ _
B. T. C. balance ------------------------------------------
c. P. M.A.
Brought forward ____ ----$ 31,865:10
Received this year _______ 85,174.30
C. P. M.A. total---·-----
Paid out this year
C. P. M. A. balance _______________ _
ALL FUNDS
Brought forward ---------------------------$315,653.39
Received this year _______________________________ l,010,524.41
All Funds total ----------------- ----------------------------
Paid out this year------ --------------
All Funds balance ----------------------------------
16,347.80
$153,292.37
91,320.68
$151,110.21
106,070.66
$ 41,043.88
19,054.79
$117,039.40
87,738.58
1,326,177.80
906,864.83
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. KINSER
Treasurer
75
$ 39,259.49
$ 61,971.69
$ 45,039.55
$ 22,349.09
$ 29,300.02
$419,312.97

76 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
2:37 p.m.-Music by the Bahama Brass Band as the congregation stood,
clapped their hands and praised the Lord for the blessings upon His Church.
2:43 p.m.-Report of the White Wing Publishing House and Press, Free
Literature receipts, disbursements and dis&#7602290;ibution, E. L. Higdon, Business
Manager.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Financial Statement of
White Wing Publishing House & Press
Greetings to the 55th Annual General Assembly:
I want to say a few words in explaining my report. I realize that
throwing a lot of &#6684777;gures at you is very difficult to understand in a few
minutes. But I want to mention one-current assets. Cash in the bank
is less than last year, but last year, we had current liabilities of $60,213.90;
this year only $11,646.61. This makes a decrease in our bills of $48,567.29.
In just plain language, we paid off $48,567.29 in bills due above last
year and made a net pro&#6684777;t of $7,529.30.
Also, we redeemed 93 gift certi&#6684777;cates issued last year by the Sunday
School Department against the merchandise department in the amount
of $2,345.00. This also came off our net pro&#6684777;t. We realized a savings of
over $4,000.00 in the Subscription Department this year by the help sent
each week from Bible Place by our General Overseer.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone who has
helped in the publishing department in any way this year. This is your
business and it is doing a great work in the Church as I am sure you are
well aware; but, the publishing depar&#7602285;ent faces the same difficult prob
lem that the mission department faces in that it doesn't have the funds
to meet even one-tenth of our needs on the world-wide &#6684777;eld that is its
goal. May God bless you in this &#6684777;eld of labor as I'm sure He will.
The following is a condensed &#6684777;nancial statement for the White Wing
Publishing House and Press for the year ending July 31, 1960.
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash
Accounts Receivable ________ _
Accounts Receivable (other)
Inventories ___________ _
Total Current Assets ___________ _
Fixed Assets:
Machinery and Equipment ----------------$153,053.48
Less Reserve for Depreciation _____________ 48,084.53
Net Machinery & Equipment ___ _
Furniture & Fixtures ______ _
Less Reserve For Depreciation __ _
Net Furniture & Fixtures ____ _
50,610.18
39,889.78
$104,968.95
10,720.40
$ 25,056.65
16,278.00
7,708.57
139,929.31
$188,971.93

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
English-Forei&#6750318; Tract-Electrotype _______ _
Periodical Catalog _____ _
Total Fixed Assets ----------------------------------
Prepaid Expenses:
Catalog------ ------------------$ 10,703.64
Less Reserve for &#4259949;ortization ___ 4,459.85
Total Prepaid Expenses __ _
Total Assets ___________ _
400.00
7,500.00
LIABILITIES 4 NET WORTH
Current Llabllitles:
Accounts Payable $ 4,994.84
Notes Payable ____________ 5,043.25
Other Current Liabilities 1,608.52
Total Current Liabilities _____ _
Fixed Llabllltles:
Advance From General Treasurer ______ _
Free Literature Offerings ____________ _
Total Fixed Liabilities ----------------------------
Total Liabilities
Net Worth:
$ 25,840.67
41,561.86
Capital Surplus ___ ____ __ $ 54,844.50
&#4456559;nated Surplus ___ _____ 145,223.09
Ea&#7471214;ed Surplus:
Balance August 1, 1959 ------$ 32,159_04
Net Pro&#6684777;t This Year _____________________ 7,529.30 39,688.34
77
$123,589.35
6,243.79
$318,805.07
$ 11,646.61
$ 67,402.53
$ 79,049.14
Total Net Worth________________ _ $239,755.93
Total Liabilities & Net Worth ___________ $318,805.07
Net Profit Per Department:
Merchandise Department---- -------$ 10,97&#3866675;.49
Sunday School Department 21,701.82
Bethel Book Club (De&#6684777;cit) 644.04
Press Department 17,282.99
Total Net Pro&#6684777;t All Departments ________ _
Other Income ________________________ _
Total All Income ----------------------------
Less Building Expenses --- ·-----$
Less General Administrative Expenses __
Total Expenses ---------------------------
Total Net Profit ________ _
14,968.53
33,938.30
$ 49,314.26
7,121.87
$ 56,436.13
48,906.83
$ 7,529.30

78 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Report of Receipts and Disbursements
Free Literature Department
August 1, 1959-July 31, 1960
Total &#4259949;ount of Receipts ___ _
Less Expense of Department:
Purchases ---- -------- --------------$
&#4587634;eight and Express _____ ___ __ _
Office Supplies and Expenses -------------------------------------
Salaries and Wages------------------- --- --- --- -
Payroll Taxes --------------------------------------------------
Happy Harvester ---- ----------------------------------
Gleaner Booklet ·------------------------------ -
Spanish White Wing -- ---------------------------------------
Sunday School Literature-English ________________ _
Sunday School Literature-Foreign ----------------------------
J. Vital Herne ------------------------------------------------------------------
G haly Ibrahim ---------------------- ---------------- ---------
Revival Advertising
Other Appropriations -----------------------------------------------------
Postage and Supplies ------------------------------------
Church Publication Loss -------- ------------------------
Miscellaneous Printing ----------------------------------------------------
Tracts ________ .----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bibles and Testaments (Credit Balance) ___ _
J aeo b Jovial ----------------------- ----------------------------------------
Total Expenses ----------------------------------------------
Balance of Offerings in Free Literature Department._ __
89.76
1.99
8.51
2,511.00
68.80
5,394.41
290.39
2,601.99
8,168.05
3,788 .61
4,074.08
824.83
887.88
10,026.46
6,014.57
27,614.23
1,762.0 9
12,925.98
3.14
450.47
Free Literature Distribution Report
August 1, 1959-July 31, 1960
$129,062.8 2
87,500.96
$ 41,561.86
The following are the amounts of literature sent to workers in the
United States and other countries:
Doctrinal and Salvation Tracts-English ________________________________ l,783,500
Seeds, Flakes, Keys, Bells, Fish and Fruit ___ ___________ l,515,274
Tract Boxes -------------------------------------------------------___ _ 44
Orphanage Herald ---------------------------------------------------------------351
White Wing Messengers -----------------------------------------------------······33,222
Happy Harvesters -------------···--·····------ ------ --------------195,887
Catalogs ___ --------------------------------------------------------366
Braille Tracts -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------18
Bibles -------- ------------------------···----------- ----------------------------------- --30
Testaments ____________________________________________________________________ 300
Religious Plays _____________________________________________________________ 3
Scripture Portions, Gospels, and Sermon on the Mount _____________ .4,493
Sunday School Literature for New Fields and
Prison Invaders ___ _______________________________________________________________ 96,600

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Foreign Language Gospels, Sermon On the Mount,
and Testaments ---- --··-------····-------·------------·-----1,218
Foreign Language Bibles --- --------·------- ·--··--------------- 42
Foreign Language Novelty Tracts ----·····--------·--------·-·-·---·------------ --59,287
Spanish Magazine (Luke) ------··-----------------··---·-··---- ·134
Spanish White Wing Messenger ·----··----·-------··------···-------------68,526
Spanish Sunday School Literature --··-····-·-·--------·------3 6,244
Foreign Language Tracts ---------· ------·----·-·---------··---448,301
Total number of pieces of Free Literature sent out
for distribution this year ----------·---·-·-····-·-----·----------4,243,840
Respectfully submitted,
E. L. HIGDON
Business Manager
79
2:58 p.m.-Report of White Wing Publishing House Field Representative,
Hubert R. Smith.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly.
Report of Field Representative of
White Wing Publishing House and Press from
September 14, 1959 to September 13, 1960
Greetings to the 55th Annual General Assembly:
Sermons preached ---------------------------------·····--------····--------------------- 82
Number converted ---··--··-----···------------------·----------·---------··--------·---- 18
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ----- --------·-·---- --- ---------······--------·--------11
Number baptized with the Holy Ghost ·-------·---------··------------ 5
Homes visited -···-·---····--------···-----------·--······----·----··---·---··--·---·---·----·57
Prayer meetings conducted -·--·- ··--··---·---·----...... ------------···---- 2
Local churches visited -···------------------·--·-----··--------·-··------·-··--------------39
Ministers conventions attended -------· ---
·
---------------------·----···---··-·•·••------.. -. 4
District conventions attended--··------------ -·---------1
Regional Sunday School conventions attended ---·----·------ -----------------7
Regional W. M. B. conventions attended ----------------- --·-----------·------------2
Bibles and Testaments distributed --··-------···--------···-·------·-----50
Taught in one term Bible Training Camp.
Contacted sixty-three independent religious organizations in behalf of
our Sunday School literature and other items.
Boosted the work of the Visual Department and Radio Department in
conventions attended and otherwise.
Boosted the sale of merchandise on the &#6684777;eld as well as subscriptions
for the White Wing Messenger and Happy Harvester.
Respectfully submitted,
HUBERT R. SMITH
Field Representative
3:00 p.m.-Dr. T. Newton Wise, Representative of the American Bible
Society, spoke concerning the work of that organization. He mentioned
the Braille Bible, the Bible on Record and other Bibles and Scripture

80 MINUTES OF THE 55TH &#5111951;UAL ASSEMBLY
portions that are available through the American Bible Society.
3:15 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert for the Lord
to bless and guide in the remaining sessions of the Assembly.
3:17 p.m.-The McMahan &#5505138;io sang "How Long Has It Been?"
3:20 p.m.-The report of the Committee on Ministerial Aid.
The report was read by the secretary, A. T. Wagar, and accepted in
regular order by the Assembly.
Ministerial Aid Committee Report
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
We, your Ministerial Aid Committee, respectfully submit the follow
ing recommendations, also the report on the past Assembly year's opera
tion of the Ministerial Aid Fund.
SECTION I
The 54th Annual Assembly instructed the Ministerial Aid Committee
to proceed with the formation of a bene&#6684777;t insurance company for the
dual purpose of providing low cost insurance for our people and an in
come source from the pro&#6684777;ts realized to supplement a fund for our
widows. Extensive research into the formation of such an organization
that would comply with the legal requirements of the State of Tennessee,
has disclosed that such compliance would require a complex organiza
tion which would be difficult to administer and would add an additional load
to our ministers and overseers. Your Committee felt it would not be
advisable to proceed further with the formation of the insurance company.
As an alternative we have engaged an insurance broker, who is now
negotiating with several companies for bids. We have been assured of
being provided with low cost insurance on a group basis. This arrange
ment will achieve the recommendations of the 54th Assembly of 1959.
The Committee will notify the church membership through the White
Wing Messenger and by mail, giving information on the bene&#6684777;ts avail
able and requirements necessary for one to apply for insurance.
SECTION II
During the past Assembly year, the Ministerial Aid Committee ap
proved sixteen applications for Disability Bene&#6684777;ts and three applications
were rejected. Applications for four widows of former recipients of Disa
bility Bene&#6684777;ts were approved to receive &#6684777;fty per cent of their deceased
husbands' previous allotments. Five applications for widows of deceased
ministers were also approved and two applications were rejected. This
is the new bene&#6684777;t that was made available by the 54th Annual Assem
bly to widows of deceased ministers. Three applications were approved
by the Committee for Retirement B&#6619246;e&#6684777;ts. Four recipients who were
receiving Disability Bene&#6684777;ts were discontinued for various reasons and
nine recipients have died. We now have, in the United States, fourteen
ministers receiving Retirement Bene&#6684777;ts and one hundred ministers and
eight widows receiving Disability Bene&#6684777;ts, and four widows of de
ceased ministers receiving assistance from the Group "W" Bene&#6684777;t Fund.
In countries outside of the Uniteq States, we have &#6684777;fteen recipients
receiving Disability Bene&#6684777;ts, two recipients receiving Retirement Bene
&#6684777;ts and one widow receiving assistance from Group "W" Bene&#6684777;t Fund.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 81
SECTION Ill
During the past Assembly year, the Ministerial Aid Committee ap
proved seventeen Proofs of Death with a total of $12,900.00 being paid
to the bene&#6684777;ciaries. When noti&#6684777;ed in time, the Committee sent Church
flags to be presented at the close of each minister's funeral, by the of
ficiating minister, as a memorial from the Committee to the surviving
companion or relative. Eleven Church flags (four by six feet) were do
nated for that purpose during the Assembly year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. LOWM&#4259918;, Chairm·an
M. A. TOMLINSON, Committeeman
C. R. PAYNE, Committeeman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary
The same committee was retained to ser�e for another year.
3:29 p.m.-Brother A. T. Wagar read the names of the minist&s who
had gone on to be with the Lord this Assembly year, with the state they
were in at the time of death and the number of years they had served
in the ministry. When he had &#6684777;nished reading the list, the entire con
gregation stood and bowed their heads in tribute to these faithful min
isters. The names of the ministers are as follows:
Ather F. Engle, Alabama, seven years; Alvin A. Barker, Arkansas,
seven years; Martha J. Scott, Arkansas, thirty-one years; Alexander
Baker, Bahamas, twenty-seven years; Hermis A. Ferguson, Bahamas,
thirty-&#6684777;ve years; Victoria E. Whyly, Bahamas, twenty-&#6684777;ve years; Timo
thy Rolle, Bahamas, thirty-&#6684777;ve years; Med V. Gullett, Colorado, twenty
four years; General Cook, Florida, thirty-&#6684777;ve years; John F. Miller,
Florida, fourteen years; Elisha Green Price, Florida, seven years; James
R. Searcy, Florida, twenty-eight years; Russell Williams, Florida, . one
year; William L. McClure, Florida, fourteen years; John B. Bush, Flor
ida, ten years; Joe C. Clements, Georgia, seven years; John G. McCoy,
Georgia, twenty years; John Q. Mixon, Georgia, eleven years; Levas
seur Diogene, Haiti, eight years; Thomas Jackson, Jamaica, twenty-one
years; Sydney N. McFarlane, Jamaica, two years; Margaret A. Shea,
Jamaica, one year; James F. Farmer, Kentucky, six years; George W.
Randolph, Kentucky, seven months; Sotero Gomez V., Mexico, six years;
Medina Martin, Mexico, ten years; Richard A. Hood, Mississippi, &#6684777;ve
years; John W. Sterrett, Mississippi, one day; Carlyn E. Briles, Missouri,
twenty-two years; Edgar E. Wade, Montserrat, &#6684777;ve years; Elie L. Trog
don, North Carolina, ten years; Foster E. Young, Ohio, thirty-t&#6815858;ee years;
Lizzie Williams, Oklahoma, thirty-one years; Charles W. Turner, Ok
lahoma, twenty-four years; Gertrude Best, South Carolina, one year;
Jake Simmons, Tennessee, thirteen years; Ina Mae Luttrell, Tennessee,
ten years; William P. Reed, Tennessee, seven months; Samuel E. Hand
&#6684777;eld, Turks Islands, two years; William L. Stockwell, Wisconsin, twenty
nine years.
3:38 p.m.-Brother Emitt Davis directed a program honoring those who
had been members of the Church for thirty years or longer. The one
hundred forty-one who participated passed by the microphone and gave
their names and the number of years they had been members. Brother
W. M. Lowman has been a member &#6684777;fty-one years. He had been a
member longer than anyone else who took part. Several in the congre
gation stood at the request of the General Overseer who had been mem
bers for thirty years but did not come to the platform.

82 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
3:35 p.m.-Report of the Sunday School Orphanage and Tomlinson Me
morial School Board of Directors.
The report was read by the Superintendent, R. O. Covey, and accepted
by the Assembly in regular order,
Report of the Sunday School Orphanage and
Tomlinson Memorial School Board of Directors
To the 55th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
Another busy year is behind us, and we are praising God for His love
and help as we have endeavored to administer the work for His glory.
As has been previously explained, we have one cottage operating un
der the Sunday School Orphanage charter, and three under the Tomlin
son Memorial School charter. The children in both institutions are under
the care of the Church, and the care given these children is not to be
confused with the educational area of the work administered in the day
school.
There have been no releases from the orphanage &#7602280;e past year; there
fore we have accepted only one child, &#6684777;lling the cottage to capacity.
There are now 11 girls and 7 boys in the Orphanage Cottage, &#5505128;e house
mother, Sister Muriel Paden, is to be highly commended for her work
which she has rendered with great patience and sincere love and con
cern for the little ones in her cottage.
Five children have been released from the Tomlinson Memorial School
cottages the past year, and two have been accepted, with others on the
waiting list under consideration at this time. At present there are 16
girls and 37 boys in these cottages.
The houseparents in these three cottages are as follows: Girls' Cottage,
Sister Alice Wenger; Senior Boys' Cottage, Brother and Sister R. L. &#5701736;it
lock; Junior Boys' Cottage, Brother and Sister Omer Davis-Brother Davis
is also our farmer. All of these wonderful workers are worthy of much
praise for their untiring efforts and the kind understanding with which
they have worked with their respective groups. It can be said with
out reservation that our children have been loved and well cared for
by our good houseparents.
The enrollment in the day school last year was 120 at the highest point.
All the children from our cottages who were of school age attended
Tomlinson Memorial School. There was a total of 50 local and out-of
town students who also enrolled on a tuition basis. The teachers were:
Brother Robert Pruit, Principal; Brother John D. Wilkinson, and Sister
Elva Howard, high school instructors; Brother Samuel Pharr, teacher of
Grades 7 and 8; Brother Kendrick Linville, teacher of Grades 4, 5, and 6;
and Sister Lois Green, teacher of Grades 1, 2, and 3. These teachers all
worked hard in the interest of the educational and social areas of the
children's school life, and they are to be commended for their accom
plishments in the school.
This Board wishes to thank everyone for the loyal support of their work
in money, coupons, food and clothing showers, and other contributions
of various kinds. Needless to say, the work could not go on without
this support, and we trust that God' s blessings have been great upon

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 83
all who have made it possible for the Church to do this labor of love for
our underprivileged children.
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TO&#5046348;INSON, President
R. 0. COVEY, Vice-President
BUFORD M .. JOHNSON, Secretary
J. R. KINSER, Treasurer
A. T. WAGAR
C.R. PAYNE
E. L. HIGDON
4:06 p.m.-"Stick to What You Know Has Been Accepted, and Have
Backing for All You Do," message by E'. J. Bias.
Brother Bias used several Scriptures and delivered a good message.
He said that we will never get to the place where we can make it with
out God. He stated that Saul took two hundred and ten thousand sol
diers and was told to completely destroy the enemy, but he spared
King Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle. Incomplete obedience
is rebellion. He said that Saul failed to kill one witch and then went
off into witchcraft. If Saul won't do God's will, then Samuel will exe
cute it. He stated that if we don't work, someone else will. We know
to do certain things and we are responsible to do them. (The tape &#7602280;at
was used to record this message was misplaced. For this reason we
cannot give more of the message.)
4:55 p.m.-Ordination service directed by the General Overseer.
The General Overseer read 1 Timothy 3:1-14. The overseers having
bishops or deacons to be ordained assisted in the service. Those or
dained were:
Bishops: James C. Williams, Edward L. Jones, Kadmiel Vijayaratnam,
Elwood Matthews, Jack M. Harris, Joe Lyle, James E. Anderson, Bobby
Welch, Virgil 0. Johnson, Benny Hart, Buford M. Johnson, Arthur Logan,
Luther C. Swaggerty, A. C. Harris, Louie J. Winters, Ralph R. Phillips,
William T. Rampley.
Deacons: Sam Wariner, Lantis W&#6815849;ttington, Daniel Bethel, James R.
Worsham, Millard Wallace, Fred Janes, Floyd McLean, Wilbur J. Wamsley.
5:15 p.m.-Adjou&#7209183;ent.
Warren Roney directed a program of music and singing during the in
termission.
6:38 p.m.-The song service was led by Elwood Matthews, Richard
Williams at the piano and Betty Hunter at the organ. R. V. Pratt read
James 5:13-16. C. A. Homan offered prayer at the pulpit while the
audience stood in sacred silence before the Lord. At the close of the
prayer, all joined together in praying for those for whom requests were
made.
7:05 p.m.-Song by the Adderley Singers, "I Know the Lord Laid His
Hand on Me." The Chapmanville, West Virginia Duet sang "What a Day
That Will Be." George Jones sang "I Know a Man."
7:35 p.m.-"Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust Him," message by
H. H. Long.
Brother Long, who has been seriously ill for sometime, was brought
to the Assembly in an ambulance and spoke to the people as he lay on
a couch. A portion of his message follows:
"My subject tonight concerns divine trust, and I feel like, 'though he

84 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
slay me, yet will I trust him.' I don't think you can make a more
positive statement than was made by Job. He didn't say, 'though I
have a test or a trial, or though I go through a hard place, or though
I lose my cattle, or my family turns against me, I will trust.' He said,
'Even though you slay me, yet will I trust in thee.'
"I don't believe a darker picture could be drawn than the one found
in the &#6684777;rst chapter of Job. The sons of God presented themselves be
fore the Lord and of course the devil was around to present himself.
God asked, 'Have you considered my servant Job?' &#5505128;ere are many
lessons to be gleaned from that wonderful story. When comforters came
to Job they said, 'If you were the man you ought to be, I don't see why
you would be lying here.'
"I have had people to say, 'I just don't know what I would do under
certain circumstances.' I have never said I wouldn't do so and so to
stay here, but I have said that I believe it is Bible to trust God. Up
until now I have done that by the grace of God. It wasn't me, it was
the grace of God working in me. When we r&#5570618;n out of grace, that is as
far as we can go. But God gives grace to the humble.
"There has never been a time when I have been afraid because my
trust was anchored in God. I wasn't afraid because I &#7012462;ew &#7602280;e God in
whom I trust is able to deliver me. I know God can heal my body, but
I feel as Job felt years ago: 'God, if you don't do it, I will still trust you.'
"The Hebrew children were placed on trial. The music sounded and
they failed to bow down. The devil has lots of things for God's children
to bow down to, but the Hebrew boys said, 'We are not careful to answer
you.' And that is the way I feel. We want to say, 'I know my Redeemer
live&#7602280;, and though worms destroy my body yet in my flesh shall I see
God. I know I will stand at the latter day, and I will see Him for my
self and not another.'
"I am glad that I know in whom I trust. Children, we don't need to
be afraid, for the Bible said that perfect love casteth out fear. It is
usually when a child of God is under the influence of fear that he makes
a mistake and fails the Lord. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
"I realize we are living in a teaching age and we shouldn't be critical
of our brothers and sisters when they don't trust the Lord. People have
failed because they received undue criticism at a time when they were
sick. But I feel there is coming a time in the Church when we will
lean on the arm of Him-when God is going to be our God all the way.
"The Bible teaches if any sick is among you, let them call for the
elders of the Church, let them pray over them, anointing them with oil
in the name of &#7602280;e Lord and the prayer of faith shall save the sick and
the Lord shall raise them up. This is exactly why I am lying here to
night trusting God-that is the only thing I can &#6684777;nd in the Bible. That
is all Brother James gave me. &#5701736;o can fall out with you if you are
trusting the Lord? Someone may say 'If thus and so had been done, it
would have been a different picture.' You bring me another verse of
Scripture with any other recommendation and I will apologize. When
speaking to members of &#7602280;e Church of God James said, if you get sick
call for the elders. When we are healed by the power of God, we are
doing things the Bible way.
" 'Though he slay me, yet will I trust him.' These words have run
through my mind and I couldn't have had a subject I would have liked
better. Someone has said the Hebrew boys didn't· know whether they

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSE&#5046338;LY 85
were coming out of the furnace or riot, but they said, 'The God we serve
is able to deliver us, and he will, but if not, we won't serve your gods.'
"Tonight there is a deep settled peace within my heart. It comes from
knowing I have done what I could to stay on Bible lines and to stay
where I could get a prayer through. If we are failing God miserably,
not doing the things we know to do, we know we can't get our heal
ing. May the Lord help us to place our trust in Him and even though
He sees &#6684777;t to slay us, let us trust in Him. Let's not bow down.
"The teachings of the Church are wonderful and if we put them into
operation we have nothing to fear. We are supposed to show the world
the New Testament in action. We are supposed to be the Bible lived in
front of the people, and any time a child of God gets so far from God
until he is afraid to say he will stand on Bible lines, he needs to pray.
I am not speaking of boasting, I am speaking about people who will
take a stand for God and say 'If it wasn't in the Bible, it would be a dif
ferent situation.'
"I want to say to this vast congregation, don't ever be afraid to put
your trust in God. If the devil can cause fear to come upon God's chil
dren, that is the time he will whisper in your ear, but let him know
you are not afraid. My life is in the hands of Jesus and until He says
it is enough the devil can't do anything about it. &#5505128;at's why I'm not
afraid to trust the Lord. God made us out of the dust, breathed into
our nostrils the breath of life, and He doesn't need any help. All He
needs is a godly life and simple child-like faith. If you want to help
God, live right; that is all the help He needs. Children let's put God
first. Makes no difference how big the test, how dark the trial, how
dark the way, remember that God said concerning Job, 'Don't touch his
life.'"
7:50 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert in behalf of
the healing service. During this prayer C. R. Payne and Charles S. Pen
nington prayed for Brother Long and anointed him with oil.
7:53 p.m.-Our annual healing message by Homer Rye. The message in
part follows:
"Healing is provided for all in the atonement. Can you accept it? If
you can, then it is yours. Since it has been provided for us, we are
going to have to take it by faith. We may have to take it by violence.
We may have to become desperate in order to receive this that God has
provided for us.
"Those who will be prayed for tonight, remember this. There will be
a number of ministers laying hands on you. Jesus is not here in person,
but He is here to work through His people to use your hands and my
hands, your prayers and my prayers, your faith and my faith, to bring
about your healing. That is what Philip had. The Bible says the peo
ple could see the miracles which he did. It was Christ doing them through
Philip. Christ is just as real tonight as He was when He was using Philip.
We have no record of any other preacher being with him to assist him.
All we read about is Philip having a city-wide revival and a healing
campaign through signs and wonders and miracles wrought by the power
of God. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ should be so powerful that
it will drive out every sickness and every disease that you may have
tonight.
"The Bible tells of one man who was born blind. He had lived forty
two years without seeing the sun rise or go down. One day there came
a Man to his rescue. That One was Christ, and when He came He opened

86 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNU&#4259916; ASSEMBLY
his eyes. He didn't know Jesus, but he knew he was blind and that
he had received his sight. That was good enough for him. You can say
before you leave the tabernacle that you know you are healed.
"Jesus found one man lying on a porch by the pool waiting for the
angel to come down and trouble the water. He had been crippled for
thirty-eight years and he had no one to put him in the water when it
was troubled. Jesus sent him on the road walking away. He can do
the same for you tonight.
"One blind man came to Jesus and Jesus asked him what he wanted.
He said he wanted to receive his sight. Jesus asked him if he believed
He was able to heal him. He said he did. Do you believe that Jesus
is able to heal you tonight? The blind man really believed and he was
healed. When Jesus called for the blind beggar to come to Him, he
jumped up and throwed aside his beggar's robe and went to Him. He
didn't need &#7602280;at robe any longer. He had cried to Jesus for mercy. He
accepted his healing and went away seeing. What are you holding on
to tonight? Just throw whatever it is aside and come to Jesus. Healing
is yours tonight. Jesus is the same yesterday and today.
"A sister testi&#6684777;ed in one of the healing services in Bible Place Chapel.
She said that she was brought to the Assembly last year and she had
to be taken to the basement for prayer. She was dying with cancer.
She had more than forty boils on her body at one time and she had four
or &#6684777;ve other diseases that she named. God healed her and she is well
now and shouting the victory. It is time for you to throw away every
doubt. It is time for you to be healed. God is in the healing business.
&#4980837;t us put our faith in Him tonight."
8:25 p.m.-Those to pray for the sick and anoint with oil formed lines
on the three platforms and on the main floor while the congregation
sang "Where the Healing Waters Flow," led by W. W. Webb. One thou
sand four hundred twenty passed through the lines and were prayed for
and anointed with oil. Four hundred seventy handkerchiefs were anoint
ed for some who needed healing but could not be present for the service.
9:15 p.m.-Evangelistic message by William Dennis. He urged the peo
ple to lay aside the world and everything in it and accept Jesus as
their Saviour. He referred to the great sacri&#6684777;ce Jesus made for the
lost of this world and exhorted all to be willing to take up their cross
and follow Jesus. Don Hatton sang "Take Up Thy Cross and Follow
Me" as the invitation was given. People made their way to the altar of
prayer and eight were saved, six sancti&#6684777;ed and eleven &#6684777;lled with the
Holy Ghost.
Saturday, September 17
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of N. R. Jeffrey and C. W.
Grubbs. Brother Jeffrey led the song service. A concert prayer followed
A special song was sung and Brother Jeffrey read a Scripture lesson.
Brother Grubbs directed a praise service in which a number told of be
i� healed by the power of God and gave praise to the Lord for the
blessings they had received. Several told of being healed of various trou
bles, and one sister testi&#6684777;ed to receiving the light on the Church of God
while attending the Assembly. The congregation stood and prayed with

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSE&#10813658;LY 87
uplifted hands, then a short message was delivered and the service was
dismissed with a concert prayer.
8:55 a.m.-Music by the Bahamas Brass Band in front of the Tabernacle.
&#5505128;ey continued to play as they marched inside the Tabernacle. Christine
Douglas played the organ inside the Tabernacle while the band was
playing outside.
9:02 a.m.-The song service was led by M. B. Hale with Mary Hale at the
piano and Christine Douglas at the organ. S. R. Wallace read Acts 10:34-37,
42, 43 . Ray Elmore offered prayer at the pulpit. At the close of the prayer
the congregation prayed in concert in behalf of those for whom requests
were made.
9:15 a.m.-Jo Nell Adams sang "I Must Have My Saviour With Me"
and "Until Then."
9:22 a.m.-Harper Hunter, Jr. led the congregation in singing the Church
of God Flag Song.
9:27 a.m.-"Come Under the Banner of Love," demonstrated song by
the Staggs Family. As the song was sung Brother Staggs quoted Psalm
60:1-4 and read Malachi 3:16-18 and Revelation 7:9. As they continued
to sing, members came forward to join the Church. As they became
members, they were given small flags. At the close of the demonstra
tion, the congregation stood and sang with them "&#5701736;en the Church of
God Arises."
9:45 a.m.-"The Ensign and Why We .nave It," message by R. L. Wil
liams. A portion of the message follows:
"I believe Paul valued the program of God more than you and I will
ever know. He said one time, 'I am set for the defence of the gospel.'
I like these words. I believe Paul was so set and &#6684777;xed in this matter
that he didn't consider his life anything but just a gift to the cause of
Christ. And I believe we can give ourselves wholly to the cause of God
and be set for the defence of the gospel.
"Jesus said, 'Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? and they
said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others,
Jeremias, or one of the prophets.' You will notice that there was a
division among the people as some believed one thing and some another.
But Jesus said to the disciples, 'But whom say ye that I am?' Jesus
wanted something de&#6684777;nite established. In God's program there are no
loose ends. You can follow the plan of God all the way back to the garden
of Eden and you will &#6684777;nd that God laid down one de&#6684777;nite plan.
"Peter said, 'Thou art the Christ the son of the living God.' You that
said by waving your hands that you believed the Church of God is the
body of Christ, something made you know this is true. Something estab
lished that fact in you. Jesus said, 'Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which
is in heaven.' That is where the revelation came from. It wasn't from
man, it was a divine revelation. When God made this plan before the
foundation of the world, He made it with the knowledge that it was
established on something solid and sound. This program of God will
never fall apart. We may fall from it, but it will never fail.
" 'Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of
God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.' Paul said, 'Take
heed.' I like the way he puts things. He said to Timothy one time,
'Preach the word.' He didn't tell him to dig up some ideas, theories or

88 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNU&#4259916; ASSEMBLY
opinions. He just charged Timothy to preach the Word. By preaching
the Word we don't have to worry about building on something that won't
stand. That which is built on the Word and by the Word and in the
Word and through the Word, it can't be shaken. Feed the Church of God
(not with man's ideas or opinions) which Jesus has purchased with
His blood. The Church of God that you and I are members of today was
bought by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
"Those who advertise various products on the air will say to get the
genuine. This makes me know that some are not genuine. I think about
the ensign of the body of Christ. I believe it means more to us than
we realize. It seems from our actions sometimes that all there is to it
is just something to pick up and wave when we march around. That is
all right, but I want you to know that the flag stands for the divine
plan of God. It hurts me when I see how the flag is treated. Some
times flags are given to children and they will drag them on the ground.
I have seen a very dirty flag hanging in a church building. I have
seen them thrown on a shelf in a garage. I have seen them on the floor and
under the benches in churches. We are living in a world of counterfeit
and we are going to have to distinguish between the right and the wrong,
and we can always know the flag stands for the divine plan of God. I
do not worship it, but I feel we must honor it and hold &#6684777;rmly to that it
represents.
" 'Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be dis
played because of the truth.' Thou (God) hast given the banner. This
puts God into it. &#5505128;at is what I like about the Church and all that per
tains to it. God is in it. It will stand because God is in it. &#5505128;e ban
ner is given to the people that fear God and it is given for the purpose
of displaying because of the truth. I want us to think of this seriously.
When we display it, we ought to think of that for which it stands. We
need to teach and preach the flag. It is not just something to march
and shout with. It is good to do this, but we must let it be known why
we have it and why we display it. The Church of God is the pillar
and ground of the truth. The enemy is clever enough to lay a program
out there that will be almost identical with the program of Go'd, but re
member that God gave a banner to display because of the truth for
which it stands. It will show right from wrong. Stand by it and with it.''
10:10 a.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert for the all
nations flag to fly over more cities, counties, states and countries to
signify that the Church has been established.
10:12 a.m.-White Wing Publishing House program directed by E. L.
Higdon, Business Manager. The program began with a prayer by Brother
M. M. Burt.
10:15 a.m.-The Business Manager introduced the workers in the Pub
lishing Department and their families, then the Voice of Salvation Sextet
sang " 'Tis Stamped Upon My Soul." Stanley and Marguerite Wright fol
lowed with the song, "Never Let Me Go."
10:33 a.m.-Hugh R. Edwards, Press Superintendent, directed a dem
onstration boosting the use of a library in the home and in &#7602280;e local
church. Sheets were distributed to the congregation containing a sug
gested list for a starter library for both the home and the local church.
Brother Edwards emphasized the fact that none of these books can take
the place of the Bible, and the Bible was at the head of each list. Jack
Decker and Elwood Matthews explained the value of the various books
to the church library and to the home library. The suggestions for a
start in procuring a library for the home and the local church were pre-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 89
pared by E. L. Higdon, Hugh Edwards and Robert Wright. Each book
listed is available through the White Wing Publishing House.
&#3211313;:00 a.m.-Remarks by the Sunday School Editor, Robert F. Wright. He
said:
;,I am sure that every loyal member of the Church appreciates our
Sunday School literature, something we can depend upon to be sound,
something we can depend upon to give us what we need. Other peo
ple are not going to give us what we need. They would give us what
they want us to have or what they think we need, but we know more
about that than they do.
"I want to speak on what I call effectively communicating our faith.
There is a short book in the Bible written by Paul to Philemon. He had
a servant named Onesimus who ran away. He was a bondsman and it
appears he probably took some money with him from his master when
he left. When he got to Rome he came under Paul's influence and was
converted. After he was converted Paul preached to him that good Church
of God doctrine of restitution, and Onesimus wanted to go back to Phile
mon and make restitution. To accompany Onesimus back, Paul wrote
thi5 short letter to Philemon. It is a short book with only twenty-&#6684777;ve
verses and there are three verses that particularly appeal to me and
they are the fourth, &#6684777;fth and sixth. Paul writes, 'I thank my God, mak
ing mention of thee always in my prayers, Hearing of thy love and
faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; that
the communication by thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledg
ing of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.' 'That the com
munication of thy faith may become effectual.' That is the phrase that
I like.
"There is no doubt about the pureness of Philemon's faith. He knew
the doctrine of the Church. He knew the practices of the Church, and
he obeyed them and put them into operation. Paul commends him for
this, but Paul realized that this wasn't enough. Effective communication
is needed if we are to ful&#6684777;ll the commission. It is not enough that we
have the true doctrine. It is not enough that we have all the won
derful blessings that God has bestowed upon the Church of God. It is
essential that we communicate what we have received to others about
us. Not only to members of the Church, but also to those who are on
the outside that we might tell them the glorious things that we have
learned and that we might communicate to each other that we all see
eye to eye and speak the same thing. This is the great job of com
munication that we must effectively do if we are to ful&#6684777;ll the program
of God which has been placed upon us. The truth is not enough. We fail
in our purpose if we only possess and never give out. We must not only
possess but we must communicate.
"One effective way of communicating the doctrine and the faith of the
Church of God is through our Sunday School literature. We are pro
ducing several pieces of literature quarterly that we can use to effectively
communicate. We have our literature for the whole range of people who
attend our Sunday Schools and in order to effectively communicate we
must communicate on the right level. If we are speaking to adults we
must communicate on their level. If we are speaking to little children
we must communicate with them on their level. We can't talk to them
with the words we use to adults, therefore we can provide ever so good
literature, but if it is not effectively used in our Sunday School classes,
it cannot do the job that you want it to do.

90 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
"One way in which we can become more effective in the use of our
Sunday School literature is to take advantage of every opportunity which
the Church offers to better ourselves in teaching. I believe the Sunday
School conventions sponsored by our General Sunday School Secretary
are proving a great blessing to our teachers and officers. And coupling
this training with good Sunday School literature, we can have an un
beatable combination in our Sunday Schools."
11:10 a.m.-Remarks by Hubert R. Smith, Field Representative. Broth
er Smith referred to the subscription workers and urged the people to
subscribe for the White Wing Messenger and Happy Harvester. He re
peated Revelation 3:8 and said:
"This year I have been working in some of the open doors that are set
before the Church. I have contacted sixty-three independent organi
zations in behalf of our Sunday School literature and other supplies. I
have been received very cordially and one man told me that he was
not afraid of our literature because he knew it was sound. I feel there
are marvelou s opportunities for us if we will just look for the doors that
God will open to us. There are people starving for what we have in
our literature and they will receive it if we will just step through the
door and take it to them. As a result of my visits to these people we
have several invitations to attend annual gatherings of these variou s groups
to speak to them about our literature and supplies.
"I feel we should take advantage of every open door. Let's not be
afraid to tell people that we are different. They do not expect us to
conform with their standards, but they expect us to represent what we
are."
11:15 a.m.-Stanley and Marguerite Wright gave a selection on the piano
and trumpet, "Brighten the Corner Where You Are." The congregation
sang the chorus.
11:19 a.m.-Remarks by Buford M. Johnson, Assistant Editor. A portion
of his brief talk follows:
"Those that do not have the White Wing coming to your home, I �would
like to recommend that you start it coming because it will be a valuable
thing to you. The White Wing is valuable in what it contains. I feel
like it contains some things that will bless your soul. I don't see how you
can keep up with the activities of the Church without reading the White
Wing Messenger.
"I would like to call your attention to our wonderful staff of report
ers who have made our White Wing Messenger what it is. As you know,
we can print only what we have to print. It is pretty hard to originate
news in Cleveland that happened in a distant state, but if you have a
state reporter, and many of you do, give him a little pat on the back
and tell him you appreciate how he has looked after your convention re
ports and other things that have appeared in the paper.
"Ano&#7602280;er point I'd like to mention, there is a time lag in the print
ing of the White Wing Messenger, so if we go to press with your copy
as soon as it is received, it would be about two weeks before you would
see it in print. Then you have the competition of the entire Church. A
number of others may have sent an article the same day you mailed
yours. We have quite a nice backlog of good material that will be com
ing out soon. Recently I counted the testimonies to healing that are
typed and ready for the linotype room and there were three hundred
and twenty-four of them waiting for space in the White Wing.
"In addition to the White Wing Messenger, of course, the Happy Har-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 91
vester is available. We handle that from our department also.
"How many of you have enjoyed getting the Voice of Salvation radio
sermons so you could sit down and read them at your leisure? Brother
Tomlinson's messages have been carried every six weeks. Also about
every six weeks, Brother H. L. Moore has a message in the White Wing
that was preached on the Voice of Salvation, then I have one in there
about every six weeks taken from my sermons on the radio."
11:32 a.m.-Julian Bennett sang "We Won't Be Down Here Long."
11:40 a.m.-Brother Frank Howard, Accountant, gave a report on the
annual White Wing Messenger Day offerings. The total of all offerings
received this year amounted to $4,990.58. Of this amount $2,143.75 was
used to send the White Wing Messenger to people who were not able
to subscribe.
11:45 a.m.-The following awards were made by the Business Manager,
E. L. Higdon:
The church at Marsh&#6684777;eld, Vermont was awarded twenty-&#6684777;ve song books
for having the largest Self-denial offering on White Wing Messenger Day.
The church at Black Mountain, North Carolina was presented with
twenty-&#6684777;ve song books for sending the largest offering according to mem
bership.
Tennessee was awarded a banner for having the largest state offering
on White Wing Messenger Day.
A certi&#6684777;cate was awarded the local church having the largest offering
in each state.
Tennessee was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of subscribers.
Massachusetts was awarded a banner for having every member in the
state a subscriber to the White Wing Messenger.
11:55 a.m.-Hugh and Wanda Edwards directed a demonstration.
Hugh and Wanda discussed the value and bene&#6684777;t of the White Wing
Messenger. He expressed the idea that $2.50 is a lot of money and could
be spent in a better way. Wanda said it would be better to spend it
for the White Wing. Winston Gonia, dressed in White Wings, introduced
himself as Mr. White Wing Messenger. He told the value of the White
Wing and then interviewed members of the congregation as to what the
paper meant to them: a W. M. B. leader, a V. L. B. leader, an evangelist,
a Sunday School superintendent, an individual representing a non-mem
ber, a member, a Brother Vijayaratnam. Brother Vijayaratnam said he
was led to the Church by reading the White Wing. This was enough
to convince Hugh, so he gave his subscription to one of the workers.
12:10 p.m.-The service was closed with prayer by C. T. Davidson.
Edsel Hartman directed a program of music and singing during the in
termission.
1:00 p.m.-The program called for a V. L. B. parade. This was omitted
because of rain. The General Overseer asked all V. L. B.'s to sit in
the two center rows of seats, and ushers distributed small &#6684777;fty-star United
States flags among thein. The Memphis Singers sang "It Was Jesus." Organ
music by Guyla Bair.
1:20 p.m.-V. L. B. program directed by the General Secretary, H. L.
Moore.
1:21 p.m.-The song service was led by Doris Godfrey, assisted by all
state secretaries, with Darel Talbott at the piano and Emma Lou Moore

92 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
at the organ. The V. L. B.'s waved their flags while they sang the V. L. B.
Theme song. Howard Hunt led the congregation in prayer, then all re
pea&#7602277;d the Lord's Prayer in unison. John Sands read Psalm 93:1-5.
1:42 p.m.-The General Secretary called for all National Youth Campers
to come to the platform. While they were coming he asked the audi
ence to stand and pray for our young people. He said that our young
people really need prayer because so many are discouraged and some
are being lost to the Church. The congregation prayed a mi&#6750312;ty prayer
that God would strengthen and encourage young people everywhere. Then
the Secretary spoke of the wonderful National Youth Camp. He said
&#7602280;e Holy Ghost came down in a special way in the classes and in the
evening services and all present were wonderfully blessed.
1:47 p.m.-Song by the National Youth Campers, "Dry Bones," led by
Dorothy Creel.
1:50 p.m.-Report of H. L. Moore, General V. L. B. Secretary.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
V. L. 8. Secretary's Report From
September l, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons ···•·················--···-···--················-······----- ·················202
Converted ____ -----···································----11
Sancti&#6684777;ed ------- ---·························----- --···· 3
Baptized in water------ ·•·····-·····--····-·-·-----·· 14
Homes visited ········-·······················••···-··································•·•······-······· 82
States visited ········------ --- ----- ·····•···· 25
Foreign countries visited ········----•·························---- 2
Conventions attended ····----·····-·-······················-······-······-·-··· 22
Youth Camps attended····----···································•················ 3
I wrote to the leaders and State Secretaries several times besides tak
ing care of daily correspondence that came to the office. Boosted the
Radio Department extensively and served as one of the Voice of Salvation
Radio Ministers. Taught V. L. B. Training in B. T. C. in Cleveland. Di
rected the work of the White Angel Fleet and wrote the pilots several
times during the year. Have flown the General Overseer and several
other headquarters officials to their appointments. Made arrangements
for the second National Youth Camp in which there were 102 in attend
ance. Ninety-one campers and eleven staff members.
I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the good coopera
tion that has been extended to me this year. I hope my work has been
a blessing to the Church.
INFORMATION ON V. L. 8. WORK
Bands last year ................................................................................ 1,742
Bands this year ································•················································-1,818
Increase ········-·······•--··················--·····································-··········-76
Number of Victory Leaders last year .............................................. 36,740
Number of Victory Leaders this year. .......................................... .40,194
Increase ································---- -·······•···················-·••••·········· 3,454
Number of Youth Camps this year ·······•················•·····-··········-···· 35

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Approximate number of campers ------------ ----------------2,482
Approximate number of experiences _____________ 1,690
Sincerely submitted,
H. L. MOORE
General V. L. B. Secretary
93
1:55 p.m.-Message of instructions by the General Secretary. A por
tion of the message follows:
"I would like to state briefly some things I would like to see put in
operation by our V. L. B.'s. It grieves my heart to see so many of our
young people slipping through our &#6684777;ngers. Our children when they are
ten, eleven and twelve years old, will come to the altar and pray through.
Their hearts are very tender and it is easy to reach them. But when
they reach teen-age, it appears we are losing hundreds. I think we need
to redouble our efforts to save our young people for the Lord and for
the Church. They have souls to be saved or lost.
"Statisticians tell us that very few peopl e get saved after they are
twenty-&#6684777;ve years old. You see why we need to reach young people.
If we are going to save them for God and His Church, we are going to
have to increase our efforts now.
"We need to take stock. Every business concern takes stock so they
will know where they stand. We need to do the same thing. I have
con&#6684777;dence in the Church. I believe it will attain its goal, but I believe
there may be many people that we will not reach because we are not
using the right methods. I am not talking about compromising on the
doctrine. We believe the Bible from cover to cover and our doctrine is the
purest and best. Our young people are not interested in changing the
teachings. We believe in the Church. But sometimes it is necessary to
make changes in order to be successful. We need to stop and take a
look at what we are doing. If we are not as successful as we should be,
then it is wise to locate the trouble and do something about it.
"I would like to see a Victory Leaders Band organized according to
the instructions in every local church. If there are only two young peo
ple, organize the V. L. B. and start to work. Each of our local bands
should conduct a weekly service with an average attendance of at least
&#6684777;fty per cent of the church membership. I have been to a lot of V. L. B.
services where the older members didn't attend. The V. L. B. services
are not just for the young people, they are for the yo&#7667822;g people to
have charge, but they are for the whole church. Every member can take
part in a V. L. B. service.
"I would like to see each year a concentrated effort made to win
young people to Christ and the Church. This could be done through a
membership drive or a youth revival. A drive should cover at least a
month, preferably reaching a period of twelve weeks. I visited one state
this year that was in the midst of a membership drive. They had great
zeal for this work. I don't know how many members they took in, but
a good number of young people were saved and one church received six
as members as a result of the drive.
"A local church may perfer a youth revival in an effort to win young
people. If you have a youth revival, call it a youth crusade. Don't just
say that we are having another revival, but let it be known that it is
a series of meetings for the bene&#6684777;t of our young people. Invite young
people outside the Church to attend. We shouldn't be satis&#6684777;ed with our
local group. We are going to have to put forth concentrated effort to
win more young people for Christ and His Church.

94 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
"After young people are won to Christ, they should not be turned
loose for Satan to prey upon. They need the protection of the fold. For
this reason each band should try to bring each convert into the Church.
It is God's plan for all Christians to be brought together into one fold,
so we have completed only a part of our work when we get them saved.
"We want to have an organized program of Christ-centered Church
related week-day pro&#6750322;ams. This should include adequate reading and
program material for our young people. To qualify in this the church
should have available at least &#6684777;ve books that I have recommended. These
can be obtained from the White Wing Publishing House.
"There should be a planned effort for the church and local band to
use the young people to help spread gospel literature. &#5505128;is could be
done during a religious census each year. Or at certain times they could
visit shopping centers, factories at closing time, and downtown sections
and hand out literature. If we want people to know about the Church
of God, we are going to have to get the doctrine out there. God will
help us but we are going to have to be more aggressive with our program.
"There are people who stand on the street corners of Cleveland and
other cities giving out literature who don't have the truth. &#5505128;ey are
knocking on doors, they are peddling their records and literature. Do
you know that in a recent year this group published over two thousand
tons of their literature? While other movements in the United States
have grown only twenty-&#6684777;ve per cent in the last twenty-&#6684777;ve years, this
particular group has grown by two thousand per cent. How have they
done this? They have gone from house to house. They have stood on
the street corner. They did it without pay. They were not licensed to
do it. They were volunteer workers. God help me to be more stirred
about reaching people with the Church of God message. The power of
the printed page can win a wonderful victory for the Church of God if
we will stir ourselves a little more and use our young people. Organize
them to dis&#7602290;ibute literature for the Church of God.
"There should be a program to promote Bible reading. It is impossible
to be strong spiritually without a good knowledge of the Word of God.
We want our young people to know the truths of the Bible and they
must be taught and drilled in them.
"Each local church should sponsor a supervised and organized recre
ational and social program for the young people. This must be separate
and apart from the worship services, although worship should be brought
into these activities. The recreational part should never detract from
the weekly worship services. In these services our young people have a
part on God's program. This is their service. They can sing; they can
study the Bible; they can play the piano and other musical instruments.
They can have Bible quizzes, and all of this will be developing their
talent. All of this should be brought in to help our young people in their
V. L. B. services.
"A leadership training course or something smiliar will be conducted
in each state for the V. L. B. state secretary and the officers. of the
V. L. B. The pastors will be invited to attend. These training sessions
for our leaders will be for the purpose of helping them know how to
carry on and win other young people. We will be sending an ou&#7602284;ine
of all these plans to each local church and we trust that all will take
an interest in it."
2:15 p.m.-The Low Note Trio sang "I'll Travel the Way to Heaven"
and "He's All That I Need." The Pittsburg, Kansas Trio sang "If You
Travel All Alone" and "Tenderly He Watches Over Me."

MI&#4784220;&#5505109;TES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSE&#5046338;LY 95
2:29 p.m.-The "28 Club," Edsel Hartman. The message in part follows:
"We began to think of some plan that we could use to encourage Bible
reading among our young people and we remembered that our V. L. B.
had its beginning in 1928. And we thought if we could get our young
people to read so many chapters a day this would enable them to read
the entire Bible by the end of the Assembly year. We thought that if
we could get them to read four chapters a day for the seven days a
week, it would make twenty-eight chapters for the week, so we de
cided to call it the "28 Club." We have met with great success with
this plan. Our young people read more than thirty-seven thousand chap
ters this year. This was an increase of about six hundred per cent over
the previous year. &#5505128;ey became better acquainted with the Bible. They
learned more about it than they ever had before.
"To stimulate Bible reading for the entire year, we thought it would
be good to reward them some way for their faithfulness in reading. We
decided that if they would read twenty-eight chapters each week that
at the end of the month we would have a little gathering, serve re
freshments and have some Bible games. We met with great success in
this. Several qual i&#6684777;ed for the gathering each month. To the one that
read the largest number of chapters during the month we awarded a prize.
"It seems we need to encourage Bible reading. We encourage other
things, and we need to encourage Bible reading also. There are so many
things placed in the hands of our young people to read, but the Bible
is the greatest thing we can occupy our time with.
"The Apostle Paul exhorted young Timothy to be an example in faith,
in charity, in conversation, in spirit and in purity. Then he said, 'Till
I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.' He en
couraged him to give attention to reading and we need to give attention
to reading the Bible today. We give so much attention to other things.
One of them is something we are all concerned about and that is eating.
Approximately one to one and a half hours are taken up in twenty
four hours for this purpose. Attention is given to cooking and preparing
meals. We all give attention to sleeping and relax&#6881390;g. Many give hours
of time to hobbies, and entire afternoons are spent in shopping by many
of our people.
"All of our people believe in tithe paying. We believe in giving God
one-tenth of our income. If we would give one-tenth of our time to
God, this would be sixteen hours and forty-eight minutes each week.
If we spend &#6684777;fteen minutes each day in reading the Bible, this would be
only one hour and forty-&#6684777;ve minutes each week. &#5505128;is would leave us &#6684777;fteen
hours and three minutes to use some other way for God. I feel it should
be divided properly so we would have time to pray and time to do
other things for God, but I am sure that Bible reading is necessary, too.
"God speaks to us today through His Word. If we don't know what
the Lord says in His Word, we are in bad shape. The Holy Ghost can't
help us unless we know the Bible. Jesus said that when the Holy
Ghost shall come He will teach us all things and bring all th&#6881390;gs to our
remembrance. Unless we read the Word of God, the Holy Ghost can't
cause us to remember the things we should. No one can remind you of
something unless you have known about it in the past. We can't pos
sibly remember everything that we read in the Bible, but if we will study
the Word, the Holy Ghost will help us when we need to use a Scripture.
Jesus said He did those things that were pleasing to His Father. I am
s&#7667826;e that Bible reading is pleasing to God. Young people, let's read our
Bibles more.''

96 MINUTES OF THE 55TH &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY
2:45 p.m.-Organ solo by Guyla Bair.
2:50 p.m.-"The Challenge Is Ours, We Must Take the World for Christ
and His Church," message by Betty Green. A portion of the message
follows:
"The Church of God, the body of Christ, is facing a great challenge.
We must take the world for Christ and His Church. I would like for
every young person in this congregation to say in your heart that you will
help to take the world for our Christ and His Church. It is not the
duty of our leaders alone, it is my duty and your duty. The challenge
is ours.
"First of all we must know what we are &#6684777;ghting for. We must have
a vision. I think of Nehemiah who had a vision of the work that need
ed to be done at Jerusalem. He was working for the king and his
countenance was sad. He was concerned about conditions there, and we
should be concerned about the challenge before us.
"I think of Esther who had no fear of going before &#7602280;e king to in
tercede for her people because she had a vision of them perishing. She
knew that they would perish if she did not do something. If we have a
true vision of the work before us, that will cast out fear. Think of a
mother who sees her small child on a highway. She is not afraid for
herself; she is fearful for the child only. We need have no fear for our
selves but we need to have a vision of souls perishing without God.
"We must take the world for Christ and His Church. I would to God
that every young person facing me this afternoon would have the trust
in our Father that our soldiers have in our country while serving it.
They do not worry about their food or clothing or where they will sleep.
They know the gove&#7471214;ment of the United States will provide these things.
We need to go forth with faith in our Captain that He will supply all
of our needs. We must be true soldiers of the Lord and obedient to Him
in everything.
"A soldier in the service must take exercise daily in order to stay
physically &#6684777;t. We must take our exercise too. I tell you how we do
this-down on our knees with our hearts and hands lifted to the throne
of God. We must do this daily. It seems some of our young people
are leaving the praying part to the older people, but if we are going
to meet the challenge that is before us we are going to have to be spir
itually &#6684777;t by taking our exercise on our knees each day. Praying is
hard work. It takes consecration. It takes persistence. It takes getting
down humbly before God, but we must pray. We are allowing our young
people to slip through our &#6684777;ngers because we are not praying as we
ought, and they are not praying as they should. You may say that you
realize we are losing some of our young people, but you don't feel like
you will be one who will fail the Lord. But if you forget to pray, you
can lose out with God.
"We must spend our time doing what we can for the Master. We must
realize that we are not on a playground but we are on a battle&#6684777;eld.
We are not playing church, but there is a challenge and it is ours and
we must face it and take the world for Christ and His Church. We
must be forceful in this matter. It is going to mean a little effort on
our part, but we must go when the Lord says go. If He tells us to stay,
we can stay and pray. We must watch and we must pray. There is no
time to sleep. We have a charge to keep."
3:05 p.m.-"Youth Camps in the Church of God," Dorothy Creel. She
said: ,, : ;: I &#3801191;:

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 97
"I feel that our camp program is one of the greatest steps that our
V. L. B. has ever taken to help save our young people. I believe that
summer is an appointed time for us to gain young people for the Lord.
More experiences are counted in youth camp among young people than
almost any other place. Some people may say they don't hold out. Neither
do all hold out that are converted in revivals. In our camp in Michigan
this year we had young people from at least four denominations besides
our own young people. When they left camp all those from other churches
had experiences with the Lord and knew something about the Church
of God. Some of them didn't even know how to pray. They didn't
know how to ask God to save them. They didn't know what it meant
to be born again. But before they left they knew. I think it is good
to encourage young people from other churches as well as our own to
attend our camps. I feel it is a good place for them to &#6684777;nd the Lord.
Our prime purpose in having Christian camping should be to win young
people to the Lord and help establish them in the Church of God.
"There is a lot of hard work connected with a camp, but when you
see those young people in the altar with tears streaming down their faces,
their hands uplifted and crying out to God, that repays you for every
thing you have done. I don't care how long you have worked in mak
ing the necessary preparations for the camp, it is worth it all to see just
one soul pray through to God.
"I would like to say a few words about our National Camp. I have
never been to anything in all my Christian life that was as wonderful
as this. I feel like I grew a foot spirtually. I believe that by these young
people coming together and sharing their ideas, they went back home
with a determination to do something for God.
"In this National Camp we have experts in their &#6684777;eld. They can teach
us a lot of things we don't know about camp administration and coun
selling and different phases of camping that we might not think of our
selves. Through their teaching we are able to make our state camps
worthwhile. &#5505128;e services at National Camp were wonderful. Camping
has been a blessing to me."
3:15 p.m.-Free Literature offering.
The Secretary called the states in alphabetical order, then the foreign
countries. The state overseers and state secretaries took their places in
line and those with offerings followed them. Several songs were sung while
those marching moved through the aisles of the Tabernacle. When the
overseers and secretaries returned to the pla tform, they received the of
ferings from those following them. When the money was counted the
amounts were announced. The amounts by states are as follows:
Assembly Free Literature Offering
Alabama
Alaska ______ _ _
Alberta ----------------------------
Argentina
Arizona
Arkansas
339.87
15.00
1.25
5.00
92.25
151.14
Bahamas
Saskatchewan
California _____ _
Colorado
Caribbean Islands
Connecticut __________ _
297.71
17.77
490.56
128.32
5.65
7.00

98
Delaware _________________ _
East Texas ----------------------
Florida ___________ _
Georgia _____________ _
Germany ______ _
Haiti ----�-------
Hawaii --------------------------
Idaho __________________ _
Illinois _______________ _
Indiana ______________ _
Iowa _________________ _
Jamaica ---------------------------
Kansas ---�----
�i�;j�� ::==:::::::::::::::::=:
Maine
Maryland and D. c. _____ _
Mexico ___________ _
Massachusetts and R. r.__
Michigan _______________ _
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana ___________ _
Nebraska _________ _
Nevada
MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
30.79
325.8 2
491.86
1,177.01
6.00
4.60
10.00
55.31
229.25
591.45
151.00
15.00
190.00
823.25
172.36
7.00
231.96
25.00
9.00
293.78
103.26
460.28
267.43
20.60
27.56
29.62
New Hampshire _________ _
New Jersey __________________ _
New Mexico ____________________ _
New York ___ _
North Carolina _______________ _
North Dakota ___________________ _
Ohio -----------------------
Oklahoma _________________________ _
Ontario
Oregon ______ · _____ ·· _______________ _
Pennsylvania ___________________ _
South Carolina _______________ _
South Dakota _______ _
Tennessee
Utah ______ _
Vermont
Virginia _____________________ _
Virgin Islands ____________ _
Washington ___________________ _
West Texas ----------------------
West Virginia ___________________ _
Wisconsin
Wyoming
8.00
27.00
75.00
52.35
1,200.34
92.71
328.86
465.48
11.64
91.59
187.20
343.19
59.97
1,658.59
35.98
49.02
1,183.13
65.00
127.84
127.45
124.85
60.00
92.45
Total -----------$ 13,768.35
4:10 p.m.-Songs by the Voice of Salvation Choir, "If Your Heart Keeps
Right" and "Crystal Fountain."
4:20 p.m.-Report of Thomas Duncan, Radio Department Manager.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of the Radio Department
for the Year Ending August 31, 1960
To the 55th General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
The blessings of the Lord have been greatly manifested in our radio
work throughout this Assembly year, for which we of the Radio Depart
ment are very grateful.
It has been my privilege to attend two State Conventions, one District
Convention and the convention of the Audio Engineering Sqciety, and to
have traveled extensively throughout this year in promoting our radio
work.
I have had tours in Tennessee, Michigan and Ontario, Canada this year
for the purpose of scheduling our radio programs.
We have supplied State Radio Boosters with promotional material and
great amount of correspondence. Operated the Broadcast Record Club
and all the other activities of the Radio Department by the help of the
very efficient staff of workers in this department.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#4784220;&#7077966;UAL ASSEMBLY 99
The total number of one-half hour Voice of Salvation radio programs
produced on tape during this Assembly year-approximately 7,000. Num
ber of one-half hour Gospel Concert Hall programs produced on tape during
this year-approximately 3,500. Number of 15-minute Spanish programs pro
duced on tape this year-52. Number of 15-minute Voice of Truth pro
grams produced on tape this year-approximately 150. Audition programs
produced-approximately 100.
Total number of public address systems carrying our programs-20.
Total hours of recorded program material produced during the year
approximately 5,500.
Voice of Salvation is now scheduled on 129 radio stations-this includes
United States, Australia, Bahama Islands, Canada and Costa Rica.
Gospel Concert Hall is now scheduled on 63 radio stations-this includes
United States, Bermuda, Barbados and Canada.
The Spanish Voice of Salvation program is carried by one station. The
Voice of Truth program is now carried by 5 stations.
We have had wonderful mail response to the programs throughout this
year. Many reports of blessings being received from the messages of the
General Overseer, Buford M. Johnson and Harry Lee Moore have come
to us.
Our music staff, a&#7209070;o&#7667822;cer, ministers, secretaries and everyone con
nected with the Radio Department have worked very faithfully through
out this Assembly year. I want to highly commend all of them for their
wonderful co-operation and for their time and talent that has been put
into this work.
Fi,nancial report of the Radio Depar&#7602285;ent for year ending August 31,
1960:
Balance brought forward August 31, 1959--------------------"-----------481.88
Total money received ____ _ ________ _ 21,718.05
(From Free Literature Fund, Broadcast Record Club,
Merchandise, Recording work and offerings)
Total paid out -------------------------------------------------------------21,918.34
Balance in treasury -------------$ 281.59
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS DUNCAN
Manager Radio Department
4:25 p.m.-Brother Thomas Duncan called for the Voice of Salvation
choir to sing, then he spoke briefly concerning the work of the Radio
Department. The choir sang "Royal Banner" and "Pentecostal Fire Is
Falling." Brother Wayne Allen, radio booster for Tennessee, spoke con
cerning the Voice of Salvation program on a station in Nashville. He
said the plan Tennessee is using would work well in almost any state
and he encouraged others to get the program on more stations. He said
people would listen to the radio who would not come to our services
and he felt this was a good way to get the message to people we may
never see face to face.
Brother Duncan said: "I want to tell you about a promotional plan that
we are going to use during the coming year in connection with the Voice
of Salvation. In every area throughout the United States where the
program is heard, we are planning to have a pastor working with us.
This pastor will be in contact regularly with the station manager and
will furnish him with announcements for his local church to be tied in

100 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
with the program at the close. He will also receive material from us to
publish in newspapers. We are hoping to tie in the program with our
local church work very closely during the coming year.
"Another thing I will mention. The Broadcast Record Club is getting
ready to come out with a new record label. We have searched for about
&#6684777;ve years for a name for the record label and when we would get about
ready to use one, someone else would beat us to it. Now we have one
that no one else is using as far as we know. The new name for the
record label is going to be HALO. We think of it in this particular case
as being a halo of spiritual music."
The choir sang "I'm Redeemed" in Spanish, then in English. The con
gregation joined in singing a portion of the song in English. Then Brother
Duncan referred to an award that would be presented to a group of
singers or an individual who receives the most votes the coming year
on the invoices when the records are released. He also mentioned that
Brother Jack Decker was going to make a &#6684777;fteen-minute &#6684777;lm of the group.
He called for the choir to sing a verse and the chorus of "Where He
Leads Me."
5:00 p.m.-Gleaner Program in charge of Elva Howard.
Some of the girls from the orphanage sang "Hurray for Gleaners." The
Gleaners marched around on the platform while a record played "March
ing on the King's Highway." Janet Sholar sang "Jesu s Signed My Par
don." The Ammons boys sang "Jesus Holds the Keys." Wanda and Ron
nie Crews sang "When I Stand Inside the Gate." Kimmie Jo Adams sang
"Follow Me." George Bay sang "This Same Jesus." Larry Duncan sang
"I Saw a Man." Jane Wallor sang "How Great Is My God." Ruth Somars
sang "All Through the Week." Jill Kendrick sang "Showers of Bless
ings." Anthony Staten sang the V. L. B. Theme Song. Sister Howard told
the Gleaners a story.
5:40 p.m.-Awarding of trophies:
North Carolina was presented with a trophy for having the largest state
convention Free Literature offering-$13,348.05.
Tennessee was presented with a trophy for having the largest Assem
bly Free Literature offering-$1,658.59.
Oklahoma was presented with a trophy for having the largest state
convention offering according to the number of churches-2 9 churches
with an average of $215.33 each.
The Bahama Islands was presented with a trophy for having the larg
est Free Literature offering in a foreign &#6684777;eld-$3,880.30.
The church at East Street, Nassau, Bahamas was presented with a trophy
for having the largest local church Free Literature offering for the state
convention-$1,553.15.
Haiti was awarded a trophy for having the largest number of Victory
Leaders-10,113.
5:45 p.m.-&#5505128;e service was dismissed with prayer by Joe Pendergrass.
6:00 p.m.-Program of music and singing by all Spanish people, directed
by Daniel Abrego. The group sang in Spanish "Are You Washed in the
Blood?" "I Have Joy in My Soul Like a River" and "I'm so Glad I'm
in the Church of God." As they sang this selection, the congregation stood
and clapped their hands with them.
6:15 p.m.-Organ and piano music inside the Tabernacle by Faye Hayes
and Dewitt Pritchard.

MIN&#5570618;TES OF &#5505096;E 55TH A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY 101
6:30 p.m.-The song service was led by Julian Bennett with Mildred
Bennett at the piano and Joe Pendergrass at the organ. Vernon Crabtree
read 2 Timothy 2:11-16. The General Overseer read some requests for
prayer and asked for prayer for Brother S. 0. Gillaspie. The audience
gave their requests in unison. T. R. Maddox prayed at the pulpit and
then &#7602280;e congregation joined in a concert prayer for those for whom re
quests were made.
6:44 p.m.-The Voice of Salvation Sextet sang "You Sho' Do Need Him
Now." &#5505128;e Cowan Family sang "He's Everywhere."
6:50 p.m.-Clara Reese Lang and Beulah Miracle conducted the Sat
urday evening Testimony and Praise Service. Sister Clara testi&#6684777;ed and
then Sister Beulah testi&#6684777;ed. Sister Beulah sang choruses and Sister Clara
directed the congregation as they testi&#6684777;ed by sections. Sister Beulah sang
by special request "Troublesome Waters." The presence of the Lord
swept over the congregation as she sang about the unseen hand guid
ing them and this brought on a wonderful time of shouting, dancing, hand
clapping and praising the Lord, which continued for several minutes.
7:35 p.m.-Bible Training Camp program, directed by the General Su
perintendent, J. B. Wright.
7:37 p.m.-Arthur C. Moss directed the devotional service assisted by
B. T. C. students &#6684786;om the Bahamas. He led the congregation in sin&#6750313;ng
"What a Gathering That Will Be," with Hilton Grant at the organ and
Edna Cunningham at the piano. David Butler read Psalm 97. Erroll J.
Simmons prayed at the pulpit, then the congregation sang "When We
All Get to Heaven." Nathaniel Beneby led the congregation in saying
"Praise &#7602280;e Lord," "Glory," and "Hallelujah" by sections throughout the
Tabernacle.
7:45 p.m.-Report of the Superintendent, J. B. Wright.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Bible Training Camp
General Superintendent
September 1, 1959-August 31, 1960
Eight camps were conducted since last Assembly with a grand total of
698 students. They were as follows: Dominican Republic, 42; Bahamas,
100; Swan River, Canada, 11; Jamaica, 144; Haiti, 145; Cleveland, 158; Grand
Island, Nebraska, 19; Fresno, Califo&#7471214;ia, 57 English and 22 Spanish.
Twenty-eight persons took our Post-Graduate class studies of which
number, 17 were bishops and 4 were state overseers. This class will again
be open for enrollment to quali&#6684777;ed applicants at Cleveland, April, 1961.
CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION
Elementary course enrolled ______ 79
Number completing course _______________ 35
Body of Christ enrolled 455
Number completing course 176
Twenty-two group plans for the Body of Christ course.
One group plan for the Elementary course.

102 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
PERSONAL REPORT OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
Served as teacher in &#6684777;ve different Bible camps, teaching a total of 280
classes; visited 35 local churches; attended 10 conventions: 6 state, 1
ministers, 1 Sunday School and 2 District, preaching a total of 86 ser
mons. Also, I discharged my general duties in the office and elsewhere
the best I could and I visited 50 homes.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES B. WRIGHT
General Superintendent
7:57 p.m.-Message by the Superintendent. He thanked the people for
their splendid cooperation in the work of Bible Training Camp, then read
Isaiah 2:2, 3: "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the moun
tain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the moun
tains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow
unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he
will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of
Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
The message in part follows:
"From this platform and from other places I have been taught by those
over me in the Lord that this Scripture was referring to the establishing
of the Church of God and its work for the last days, beginning when
Jesus established His Church on Mount Hattin, and somehow or other,
those who preached it to me got me to believe it, and tonight my heart
is full of it. My mind is full of it, and I can truthfully say that my whole
being is &#6684777;lled with the vision of the Church of God which was preached
to me from this Scripture.
"Now I want to read a few words from Jesus found in John 4:32, 34:
'I have meat to eat that ye know not of. My meat is to do the will of
him that sent me, and to &#6684777;nish his work.' We learn by this that Jesus
and the Church came on the program to &#6684777;nish the work of God. The
work was already on the program when this prophecy was ful&#6684777;lled in
part by Jesus when He organized His Church. This is the &#6684777;nishing up.
While the Scripture outlined that the Church was to come and then go
away and then come back again, and it has done that, they still point out
that there is to be nothing after Christ and &#4718697;s Church. When Christ
and His Church get through with the Lord's work in this world, it will
be done.
"Jesus pointed out here that His responsibility was to Him like eating
a meal. He said, 'my meat or my food or my responsibility is to do the
will of Him that sent me and to &#6684777;nish His work. If we could see our
responsibility in that way, there would be more people enjoy it. Eating
is something that gives enjoyment, but at the same time it gives you
strength. So the Church as it eats its meal, does its work, at the same
time by doing that, it receives the strength that it needs. Our meat is
to do the will of Him that sent us and to &#6684777;nish His work.
"In this eating program, you know the Lord has furnished the food.
He has it all cooked up and ready to serve when the time comes. When
a child is born into the world somebody provides food for it and sees
that it eats it. Later on it lea&#7471214;s to eat by itself, but somebody provides
it. After a while he will go out and furnish his own food and then eats
it. If he keeps on doing that, it is only natural that he will have to
furnish food for some other little fellows. Jesus outlined His program
like eating, and the &#6684777;rst part that was planned on the program He had

MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY 103
nothing to do with it. We say that Jesus ful&#6684777;lled the Scripture that a
virgin should bring forth a son. He did but it was Mary who obeyed
in the flesh to bring it to pass. She furnished the food. He didn't have
anything to do with the place He was born. When God was ready for
Him to take that little bit of food He caused Caesar Augustus to pass a
tax law which sent Joseph and Mary over to Bethlehem so Jesus could
eat that part of the meal there. Many Scriptures were ful&#6684777;lled before
Jesus had anything to do witthem as far as the flesh was concerned.
Everyone of them were ful&#6684777;lled in due time, but when he was the age
of twelve He felt that it was time for Him to be doing something.
"So it is with the Church. We didn't have anything to do with Jesus
going up on the mountain and organizing His Church. There wasn't· any
of us here that I know of that had anything to do with A. J. Tomlin
son hunting for the Church. He did that for us and we are enjoying it.
Then Jesus took over and began to ful&#6684777;ll Scriptures and many things
He did weren't hard. He performed many miracles. He made His tri
umphant entry into Jerusalem. When they exalted Him and threw palm
branches in the road, Jesus didn't have any trouble eating that part of
the meal. When you are eating, some of tfood is easy to eat. And
some people don't want to eat anything but dessert. others want to eat
meat, but we must have a balanced meal. Jesus didn't seem to have
any trouble until He got down to the last part of the meal, but when
the Father handed Him the cup and He saw what He was up against, He
began to talk to the Father. He wanted the cup to pass from Him, but
He added 'Not as I will, but as thou wilt.' He was ready to &#6684777;nish the
work, ready to clean up the plate and eat the whole meal, but He didn't
have much appetite for the cup. The spirit was willing but the flesh
was weak. But He got His wo&#7077927;k done. He didn't miss a bite. He drank
the cup even if it was bitter.
"The Church has the same spirit as Christ, and we are ready as far
as the spirit is concerned. The prophet said the Church would be estab
lished, then he said it would be exalted. We like to exalt the Church.
We enjoy doing that. The prophet said also that the nations shall flow
unto it. That part is taking place. He said further 'he will teach us of
his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth
the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.' When we get down
to t?&#5832856;the spirit is still willing, but in order for some people to keep
the flesh satis&#6684777;ed they don't do much about it. But the Church must ful
&#6684777;ll all of the Scriptures whether it is being exalted or whether it is re
ceiving the nations, or whether it is going and teaching them and send
ing the law out from Zion and tWord of God from general head
quarters. The Bible teaches us that the Scripture cannot be broken. God's
program is one program from the beginning to the end. If Jesus had
failed to drink the cup, all would have been lost. The Church cannot
fail. Its program is a teaching program. Wherever people come into t
Church we must teach them the doctrine and practices of the Church.
"In South America in the country of Peru we have &#6684777;fteen churches
and they want the Church of God teachings and t,y have sent for Bible
Training Camp. The right of every Christian is to be a member of the
Church of God. And then every member has a right to be taught the
doctrine of the Church of God. And every member has a right to the
protection of the General Assembly. There is only one world-wide Gen
eral Assembly. The Bible said the law would go forth from Zion. It
didn't say the people would come to Cleveland and get it. Somebody has
to carry it. The people cannot come .and get it. They don't have the

104 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
money. It must go forth to them. If we fail any of them, we are sell
ing them out like Esau sold his birthright. The people in Peru are look
ing for Bible Training Camp to come and to teach them the doctrine
of the Church of God. I feel we should eat this part of the meal. We
should start cleaning up the platter.
"Perfection reaches to the last member of the Church of God no mat
ter where he lives. When I think of South America so close, so wide
open, so many Christians, so many opportunities and we are responsible.
And I am happy to inform you that plans have been okayed to take
Bible Training Camp to the country of Peru in the month of August. I
am also happy to let you know that we are taking Bible Training Camp
to India in November a year from now. So now what we want you to
do is just deny yourself, pick up the old cup and drink it down. Dig down
in your pocket and put out the money to help Bible Training Camp to
go. Give the pastor &#6684777;ve cents a week. If every member would do this
we would have all of the money we could use as we have opportunities
today."
8:37 p.m.-The ushers received an offering for Bible Training Camp in
foreign &#6684777;elds. While the offering was being received Curtis Knowles
sang "Everywhere He Went." The Bahama Brass Band played "Every
body Will Be Happy Over There." &#5505128;e Excelsior Gospelettes sang "Lift
Jesus Up."
9:05 p.m.-Winston Gonia, pastor of the Wildwood Avenue church, spoke
about the use of the "Body of Christ" in weekly Bible study and how
the church reached the goal of a nickel a week from one of each four
members. Brother Gonia gave this course of Bible study a good boost.
He stated that it would stimulate the local church that will use it in
weekly Bible study classes. He encouraged the use of it in this way. He
said that it would be the means of establishing the members in the doc
trine of the Church and that through the study of the Word the mem
bers would be blessed and the services would be more spiritual. The
past year he divided the membership of the church into a number of
groups and placed a booster over each group to collect the &#6684777;ve cents
a week. This plan proved very successful. He said that many people
would pay this amount if someone would collect it from them. He felt
that our members should be encouraged to give for foreign Bible Train
ing Camp so people who are hungry for the truth may have the op
portunity to lea&#7471214;.
9:2 1 p.m.-&#2949194;immy Goins, Joe Daugherty and Dewey Bowerman sang
"I'm Gonna Praise His Name." The Gospel Voices sang "Because of Him."
9:30 p.m.-Brother Kadmiel Vijayaratnam from India told how much
he enjoyed Bible Training Camp. He compared the camp to other schools
that he had visited and everything was different, so different that he
asked the superintendent what made B. T. C. so different to other schools.
He mentioned certain practices in India that were so different to our
practices in the United States, but he said he learned submission and
obedience, and he was very thankful for all he had lea&#7471214;ed in the three
camps. He enjoyed the lessons and the good fellowship, and he called
Bible Training Camp his third eye-his spiritual eye. He said the Lord
had opened his eyes in answer to prayer and he was grateful for all the
blessings he had received in Bible Training Camp.
9:45 pm.-Brother Willem Cretier from Holland sang "Just a Closer
Walk with Thee" in English and in Dutch.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 105
9:50 p.m.-Brief statements of the bene&#6684777;ts of the post-graduate course
were made by Roy Day, Jr., L. A. Moxley and Edith Adderley.
Brother Day stated that he had received many bene&#6684777;ts by taking the
post-graduate course. He felt that he would be more able to cope with
many of the problems that arise on the &#6684777;eld. Through the study of this
course the right decision could be made concerning many things with
greater con&#6684777;dence. He encouraged the pastors and overseers who had
&#6684777;nished Bible Training Camp to take this course at the &#6684777;rst opportunity.
Brother Moxley said the post-graduate course was a great inspiration
to him. He said it was a blessing to realize that we don't know every
thing and to have a desire to learn more about the Bible. He praised
the teachers and through their efforts he learned a great deal that will
bene&#6684777;t him. He said that if all the students will attend the three terms
and take the post-graduate course, a lot of loose business in the Church
will be eliminated. He recommended this course to everyone who can
qualify to take it.
Sister Adderley felt it had been a great privilege to take the post
graduate course. She said she received an increase in knowledge and
understanding of the Scriptures. She felt she was more established in
the doctrine of the Church and &#6684777;lled with a zeal according to knowl
edge to carry on the work of the Lord. She said the course would
stimulate interest and give a greater determination to stick to the doc
trine of the Church and put every teaching into operation. She encour
aged everyone who could to take the post-graduate course in the next
camp in Cleveland.
10:03 p.m.-Brother Reuben A. Adams, pastor of the church at Ocho
Rios, Jamaica, spoke briefly conce&#7471214;ing the bene&#6684777;ts of Bible Training
Camp in that country. He said that since he had attended three years
of Bible Training Camp he was better quali&#6684777;ed for the ministry. He en
couraged all who could to attend Bible Training Camp. He said that
those who would could expect to be more prosperous in &#7602280;eir efforts
for God.
10:07 p.m.-The Superintendent gave special recog&#7209065;tion to the states
that reached the goal of &#6684777;ve cents a week for one of each four mem
bers. He asked for the overseers and pastors to stand as the sta&#7602277;s were
called: Alaska, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Vermont. A "Body of Christ" course was
given to the state booster or the state overseer of each state that reached
the goal. The Superintendent announced the schools that are scheduled
for the co&#6881499;g year and the members of the B. T. C. reception com
mittee and ushers passed out sheets to the congregation containing this
information.
10:15 p.m.-Awarding of banners:
Ohio was awarded a banner for having the largest number of students
in the Elementary and Body of Christ correspondence courses-51.
California was awarded a banner for having the largest number of stu
dents in a camp in the United States-66.
Nebraska was awarded a banner for having the largest number of stu
dents in the camp according to membership-6 students, 71 members.
Haiti was awarded a banner for having the largest number of students
in a camp outside the United States-145.
Nevada was awarded a banner for having the largest B. T. C. state
convention offering according to membership-$30.12.

106 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Tennessee was awarded a banner for having the largest B. T. C. state
convention offering-$1,049.57.
10:18 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Allen Davis. He emphasized the
need of unsaved people seeking God while they had opportunity. He re
ferred to a man he knew years ago who refused to seek the Lord. When
he knew he was going to die he said it was time to pray, but he died
before he had time. He urged people who needed salvation, sancti&#6684777;
cation or the baptism of the Holy Ghost to seek God without losing any
more time. Marguerite Wright played the organ while the invitation
was given. A number came to the altar and six were saved, three sanc
ti&#6684777;ed and three received the Holy Ghost.
Sunday, September 18
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of William Smith and Barney
Trogdon. The service opened with a concert prayer, then the song serv
ice followed. Special prayers were offered for the missionary and Sun
day School program that day. Brother Trogdon read a Scripture and
brought a short message. All who were present came to the altar and
prayed together for the services throughout the day. Then several
prayers by individuals followed. A good testimony service came next.
Many testi&#6684777;ed • and shouted the praises of the Lord. The service was ad
journed with prayer by all.
9:00 a.m.-W. M. B. program directed by the Secretary, Sylvia Hardin.
The missionaries and their wives, the overseers, the W. M. B. state
secretaries and members followed the Bahama Brass Band down the
west center aisle of the Tabernacle and on to the platform. &#5505128;e over
seers and missionaries were seated on the east side of the platform. The
state secretaries were seated on the west side of the platform .. Other
W. M. B. officers and members occupied seats in front of the platform.
Betty Hunter played the piano and Hillis Griffith the organ.
9:05 a.m.-The Morgan City, Louisiana choir sang "I Want My Life
to Count for God" and "Let Me Live Close to Thee." Ina Mae Tom
linson offered prayer at the pulpit while the congregation stood in holy
reverence before God, then all joined in a concert prayer.
The Secretary congratulated the General Overseer and wife on their
thirty-second anniversary and pinned a corsage on Sister Tomlinson which
was presented by J. J. Steward and wife. She then called the names
of the missionaries and some of the delegates from other countries, and
while they were standing the congregation joined with the Secretary in
giving them a cordial welcome. The Secretary then called attention to
some of the posters concerning the last commission and the prayer chain.
She referred to a poster about the prayer chain and said she had one
of these for each band.
9:32 a.m.-Report of Ada McGehee, Europe and Africa Representative
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Report of Europe and Africa Representative
September 14, 1959 to August 31, 1960
107
Unto the 55th Annual General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Following is my report in connection with the work of the Church in
Europe and Africa:
Countries traveled in___________ _ -- -- ------- --------------12
Seas traveled over, on or nearby ------------------------------ ----------------------------6
Victory Leaders Bands organized _______________________ _ 2
Number messages and lectures _____________ ___ 75
Wedding assisted in __________________ ____ ______ _ 1
State conventions attended ________________ 2
District convention attended ---------------------------- 1
Number churches visited --------------------------9
I ate and slept in nice clean places and also in &#6684777;lthy ones. Associated
with the wealthy and the poor. Seemed to have good favor with most
people. My means of travel, besides walking more than a hundred miles,
were by sea and air, also by buggy, twenty-nine model Ford cab, and
various others ways as were possible in countries traveled in.
Respectfully submitted,
ADA McGEHEE
Europe and Africa Representative
9:34 a.m.-"Missions in Europe and _the Middle East," Ada McGehee.
Brother McGehee told of his trip last year to Europe and the Middle
East. His &#6684777;rst stop was in London, England. This was his &#6684777;fth trip and
he said he enjoyed each one a little better than the other. He went from
London to Holland, then to Belgium. From there to France, then across
Switzerland to Venice, Italy, and from Venice to Athens, Greece. Of
Greece he said:
"The Bible says 'Ye have not resisted unto blood, striving against sin.'
We here in the United States have good automobiles and good homes
and plenty of food and clothes. We don't know what some of our broth
ers and sisters are going through with in some of these countries. Broth
er Paul Costas, overseer of Greece, has suffered more pain and agony
and distress than any other missionary I know of in this part of the world.
There was a period of years when Athens was overrun with the army
of an enemy and the border line was just a few feet in front of our
church, but they kept the services going. I wonder how we would feel
to have services here, knowing that just out there a little distance were
men with guns and other weapons to destroy us. One night a man who
held a high position prayed through there and received the blessing.
When he was leaving the church, he came in contact with some of these
people and they told him they were going to kill him. Finally they told
him they would not kill him if he would throw a hand grenade into the
church building. He prayed and asked the Lord to intervene so no one
would be hurt. He threw it in and then rushed in and told them what
he had done. They all prayed and a few days later the police had to
take it out. God protected His people. People starved to death by the
thousands, and Brother Costas, sick as he is in his body, was so eager
to get the gospel to those people, he would walk over dead bodies to
carry the good news.

108 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
"Next we went to Cyprus which I think is the gateway to the Middle
East. We had a wonderful time there. We went up into the mountains
where the Church had its beginning on that island. We saw the old
building. Some of you have seen the new building, one of the most
beautiful churches in the world. I thank the Lord for the wonderful
people there. They surely make you welcome.
"The time has come to get the Church back to the place where it
came from. It came from Palestine to Cyprus. The countries of Lebanon,
Syria, Jordan and Israel are about two hundred miles from Cyprus. And
you can go anywhere from Cyprus and go back again. Or you can go
to Egypt and get into Israel. The gates are wide open in Israel now. &#5505128;e
officials have assured Pentecostal people that they have religious freedom .
. "The Bible says, 'The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things
of silver ... And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day
unto the Lord?' We have nice homes. Ninety-&#6684777;ve per cent of our min
isters manage to make a monthly payment on a car. We wear expensive
clothes. If you want to deny yourselves a little you can buy a suit like
I have on for &#6684777;fteen dollars, a second-hand one. The great need is for
those who will consecrate themselves to the Lord for His service. There
are two million people in Israel. There are two thousand Protestants in
that country, but the Church of God does not have the &#6684777;rst member
there. Why can't we get the gospel to Israel?
"The country of Egypt has approximately sixty million people. It is im
possible for our brothers to come from Egypt here. We have many
churches there and I was permitted to visit a number of them. I have
never seen our work in any country make such rapid growth since I
was there &#6684777;ve years ago as it has made in Egypt. The church I visited in
Cairo is just a few months old but it is nice and prosperous. We went
up in the eastern mountains of Egypt to a place where no missionary
from America had ever been until last year. We were greeted in a won
derful way. Approximately two hundred people came to the service
and they sat and listened spellbound. They have no pastor. They need
one but they don't have twenty-six dollars a month to pay the pastor.
"From Egypt is the place to get the gospel to Jordan. We have a num
ber of wonderful ministers in Egypt and they are only about two hours
away from Jordan. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a church in Jeru
salem or Bethlehem which is only a short distance away, then later have
a church in each place.
"This story of mine about these countries has no end. I will just quit
by saying, God bless you. Pray and offer yourself. Offer your gold and
your silver. If you don't, somebody else will. In a few more days it
will all be over."
9:56 a.m.-The General Overseer announced that Brother S. 0. Gil
laspie passed away at 9:30 a.m. He called for the congregation to stand
with bowed heads in silence for a few moments in honor of Brother
Gillaspie who had been so faithful to the Church for so many years.
9:57. a.m.-Willem Cretier from Holland sang in Dutch, "Some to Care."
Then he sang the song in English.
10:05 a.m.-Harold Huff, overseer of Alaska, spoke concerning the work
there. He referred to Alaska as the largest mission &#6684777;eld within the United
States. He said that Anchorage was very much like a modern city in
any other state, but all of Alaska is not like that. He said there were
many towns and villages in that state that have never been reached
with the gospel message, and only a few have been reached with the

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 109
Church of God message. He stated that the two churches which we have
in Alaska are about nine hundred and &#6684777;fty miles apart. He said:
"We have &#6684835;ve Indian tribes in Alaska and we have reached one of
them. Then there are the Eskimos. They speak &#6684777;ve different languages
besides a number of dialects. We have reached one group of Eskimo peo
ple. Alaska is a mission &#6684777;eld and it is not. Since it became a state
it operates the way the other states do. And since we do not have people
there that have money to do with, we are not able to reach out as we
desire. If any of you would like to help us reach the natives of Alaska,
we will be glad to hear from you this year. Many times last year I felt
we were just sitting there with our hands tied and unable to do the
work we knew must be done, but we are depending upon God to help
in some way in the largest mission &#6684777;eld within the borders of the United
States."
10:1 5 a.m.-"Mission Cry," A. T. Wagar.
He referred to the twenty-four page Mission Cry that had just come off
the press. He said:
"We have several hundred of these for distribution here this morning.
We would like to encourage you to keep this issue because it contains
information you will want to refer to during the year. I would like to
tell you some of the &#7602280;ings that are in this wonderful magazine. First,
there is an article by our General Overseer, 'Cast Thy Bread Upon the
Waters.' Another article we would like for you to read is by our Bible
Training Camp Superintendent, J. B. Wright, 'My Observations on South
America.' He made a trip to South America and this article is very
enlightening. It seems that South America holds out the greatest promise
for the Church of God right now of any country in the world. It is
ready for the Church of God. There is an article which tells about Crete
written by Paul P. Costas. Then we have photographs of all of our mis
sionaries with the exception of two and we are sorry we did not get
them. They are the overseers of Barbados and Peru. There is a mis
sion quiz in the paper that should be of interest to all. Then there is a
missionary map showing our mission stations all over the world. You
will also &#6684777;nd an article telling how the Missionary Committee disburses
the missionary funds. We trust you will enjoy this issue of Mission Cry.''
. 10:20 a.m.-The Secretary referred to Alabaster Box giving and said
there was something in Mission Cry about it. She said: "We also have small
posters of our missionary offerings for October and March, which is
the Alabaster Box offering. We want our state secretaries to see that
every band gets one of these posters. We are making a special effort
to get an Alabaster Box in every church and every W. M. B. home. If
you don't have a box you may get one at the Publishing House for ten
cents, or a dozen for a dollar. The poster tells us to invest in souls through
the March and October Foreign Mission &#4456562;ives. Give a penny a day and
also a bonus offering-a day's wage. Last year we had 30,519 W. M. B.
members. If all of these deposited one cent a day for two hundred and
&#6684777;fteen days, which is the number of days between the termination of
the March drive and the October drive, our W. M. B. offering would
be $65,615.85. If only half of our members gave a penny a day we
would have $32,897.93. This would more than double the amount of the
largest foreign mission offering, not including the offering of the church
and the day's wage for the extra day that God gave us this year. This
is leap year and February 29 was the extra day that God gave us. Let's
give what we can in our Alabaster Boxes, and let us pray that God will
give us the largest October offering we have ever had.''

110 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
10:28 a.m.-The Bahama Choir sang "Bring Them In."
10:31 a.m.-Program by the Ridgedale W. M. B., Mildred Davis in charge.
The program entitled "The Call of God" was very touching. It began
in a class room when a young man received a call to work for God in
the Virgin Islands. He told his wife and she was willing to go because
she, too, felt a call to foreign &#6684777;elds. They left their home and loved
ones and with their small children they sailed for the Virgin Islands.
The Lord prospered their efforts there, but the time came when the wife
could carry on no longer and it was learned that she had cancer. They
made a trip home to visit their parents, but returned to the Virgin Is
lands as she wanted to die there and be buried. That was home to her
and the people there were her people.
11:04 a.m.-Brother Kadmiel Vijayaratnam spoke concerning India. He
&#6684777;rst thanked the people for their kindness to him and for the assistance
he had received while in the states. He then told of spending some time
in Fields of the Wood and of the revelation he received there of the
Church of God. A portion of his message follows:
"Here I see there is a place for all races of people. There is a place
for colored people, a place for Spanish people, a place for Indian peo
ple, a place for any people of the world. This is the Church of God.
One Hindu asked me for a Bible. He said that my son had given him a
New Testament but he wanted a big Bible. His soul is more valuable
than a million dollars, so I purchased a Bible and gave it to him. Now
he is a Christian. In his lectures in colleges he encourages the stu
dents to read the Bible. The students came to me for Bibles that I can
not supply. If you have any extra Bibles you can turn them in to the
Missionary Committee and they will give me some of them for people
who want them. In India we will use them. We have time to read. We
have a mind to read the Bible.
"A lady came to me weeping. She said the devil troubled her at night.
We prayed for her and I gave her a Bible. She put it under her pillow
and the devil came to her and asked her to remove it because he want
ed to come to her. She said when she had the Bible that the devil did
not bother her. She wanted to buy the Bible but the daily wage in
India is only twenty or maybe twenty-&#6684777;ve cents in American money for
eight or ten hours of hard labor. A skilled worker may get a dollar a
day. The people there want Bibles.
"Pray for the work of the Church of God in India, as we go to the
prisons, to the colleges, the schools and every institution to present the
Christ as the Saviour. We have the golden opportunity to do jail work,
student work, leper work, orphanage work, evangelistic work. In India
there are four hundred million people and half of them have no homes.
They sleep without a blanket or a mat. They are not sure of their meals
and they are not sure of a job. Millions of them have never heard the
gospel of Christ. It is &#7602280;e responsibility of the Church of God to carry
to them the true religion of God. We work among six different languages
in India. We can use tracts and anything else that we can get. The
orphans distribute tracts. We are thankful for all that we have received
and what you have done is no waste. Let us all pray and do what we
can in the name of the Lord. I want the gospel to go into all the world.
I receive letters from Sierra Leone, from Europe and South Africa. We
have Indian people in each of these countries. I have mailed tracts to
them. I ask that you pray for the great work that is still to do in all
the world."

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 111
11:46 a.m.-Song by the Weaver Sisters, "Where He Leads Me, I'll Go."
11:50 a.m.-Mission offering:
The Secretary called for those with one hundred dollars to come to the
platform. Several responded, then she called for. those with &#6684777;fty dol
lars, twenty-&#6684777;ve dollars and ten dollars. She called the states in alpha
betical order and the overseers and state secretaries led their states in
a march offering. Several songs were sung while the people marched
through the aisles of the Tabernacle and back to the platform where
the overseers received the offerings from those following them. When
the offerings were counted each overseer announced the amount from his
state. When all the amounts had been announced, at the request of the
Secretary the congregation stood and prayed and thanked the Lord for
the offering.
The offerings by states are as follows:
Assembly Mission Offering
Alabama --------------------------- $
Alas &#2556011;a --------------------------------
Alberta ------------------------------
Argentina ________________________ _
Arizona -----------------------------
Arkansas ---------------------------
Bahamas ----------------------------
California ______________ _
Colorado ---------------------------
Connecticut _________________ _
Delaware ____________________ _
East Texas _______ _
El Salvador _________________ _
Florida -----------------------------
Georgia _______________ _
Germany ________ _
Haiti __________ _
Hawaii ______ _
Idaho ------------------
Illinois ______________ _
India ---------------------------------
Indiana _____________ _
Iowa ----------------------------------
Jamaica ___________ _
Kansas --------------------------
Ken��cky ____________________ _
Louisiana _________________ _
Maine ----------------------------
Manitoba ______________________ _
Maryland and n_ C, _______ _
Massachusetts
688.42
26.60
2.00
10.00
242.07
253.22
489.17
668.50
216.38
6.00
74.13
479.31
33.00
1,033.10
1,877_95
17.00
3_00
15.00
119.08
292.90
20.00
978.04
332.35
37.11
376.50
1,551.71
240.26
8.10
17.71
501.00
109.00
25_00
Minnesota __ _
Mississippi ______________________ _
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada -----------------------------·
New Jersey ____________________ _
New Hampshire _____________ _
New Mexico ___________________ _
New York ______________________ _
North Carolina _______________ _
North Dakota ________________ _
Ohio ------------------------------------
Oklahoma _________________________ _
Ontario -----------------------------
Oregon ------------------------------
Pennsylvania _______ _
Saint Vincent
South Carolina _______________ _
South Dakota _________________ _
Tennessee --------------------------
Turks Islands _________________ _
Utah ------------------------------------
Vermont ___________________________ _
Virginia ----------------------------
Virgin Islands __________ _
Washington _____________________ _
West Texas __________________ _
West Virginia _________________ _
Wisconsin -------------------------
Wyoming _________________________ _
150.02
731.81
382.22
42.42
31.50
30.70
36.00
8.00
270.01
226.77
1,837.62
146.25
595.00
680.97
9.00
156.83
316.06
14.00
594.13
170.79
2,660.98
20.00
41.75
267.00
1,516.61
85.00
265.93
232.00
155.63
94.52
217.00
Mexico -----------·
Michigan -------------------------596.88 Total -----------------$23,327 .01
12:40 p.m.-"Home Mission Work," Ruby Hughes. The message in part
follows:

112 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
"David said, 'For the needy shall not alway be forgotten.' David must
have seen &#7602280;e missionary women and their work around the local churches
when he uttered these wonderful words. Many people think of the needy
as people that need clothes and food, but there are a lot of people who
need other things. Sometimes they need an encouraging word. Some
times they need your arm around their shoulders. They may need you
to kneel in their homes and pray. They may need your comfort and
encouragement. They may be sick and need you to come to their bedside.
There are so many needy people that don't need clothes or food, but
they need the spiritual help that you can give them. That is a part of
the work of the home missionary.
"We call our home mission workers the Service Committee, and wher
ever our service is needed there we can &#6684777;nd work to do. I think of a
time when a person from our congregation was in the hospital and we
sent a get-well card. Just that act of care caused the person to become
a regular attendant at our services. She is not a member yet but pays
tithes into the storehouse. Just a card won that person.
"Not far from our church a gambler's mother passed away and it was
our Service Committee that went into that home and did the things that
only loving hands can do. We carried food and fed the family and
took care of them. It is not only the people that are saved that need
our service, there are the souls that are without God. A missionary
spirit prompts us to do what we can to reach them. There is so much
work that our missionary sisters can do around our local churches. We
don't have to be called to preach to go into the homes and be of serv
ice where we are needed. The world is dying for love. and care and
attention, and the Service Committee in the missionary band can do much
to help those around them.
"Many times we do need to take food and clothes. I walked into a
school room one day and found a little six-year-old girl dressed in one
of her mother's dresses &#7602280;at was cut down and pinned together. It wasn't
even sewed, the raw edges were there and it was pinned with safety
pins. We collected enough clothes for her and her little brothers and
sisters, and one of the teachers said 'I don't know how many others knew
about this condition, but I knew you would do something.'
"If we will just put forth an effort others will help. Many times our
merchants and other people have helped us. If we don't have the means,
if we will pave the way, those who do have money will give. Mer
chants have given us new clothes for the needy when we didn't have
anything but old clothes. There is a groceryman that has given grocer
ies when we would buy things for a needy family. Don't let the needy
be forsaken around your church. You do what you can. If you have
nothing new, give what you have. You may think you don't have enough
but they need what you have. Remember that as often as we help others,
we do it unto Jesus.''
12:55 p.m.-Special honor was given to those who have done outstand
ing work for missions over the past years. Stanley and Marguerite Wright
sang a special song composed and dedicated to those who were hon
ored on this program. Badges of honor were presented to the follow
ing: Lois Curry, L. V. Jones, Neita Slay, the state of Massachusetts, the
country of Haiti, the churches at Cleveland, Wildwood Avenue, and Phoe
nix, Arizona.
1:00 p.m.-Awarding of banners and gifts:
The overseer of Tennessee, A. T. Griffin, was presented with the

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 113
Champion banner. His state raised the largest amount of mission money
for the state convention-$22,040.83.
The overseer of North Carolina, G. A. Wilson, was presented with the
Honor banner. His state raised the second largest amount of mission
money for the state convention-$17,756.15.
The overseer of Nevada, W. D . &#3014773;augherty, was presented with the Rec
ord banner. His state raised the largest amount of mission money for
the state convention according to membership-$512.68 .
The overseer of the Bahama Islands, Alvin S. Moss, was awarded the
Champion Mission Field banner. The Bahama Islands raised the largest
offering for the convention in foreign &#6684777;elds-$15,557.16.
The champion church of the world was East Street, Nassau, Bahamas.
The pastor was presented with a banner. The church raised the largest
mission offering for the convention-$5,285.70 .
The church at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, was presented with a ban
ner for having the largest local church Mission Sunday offering for the
year-$2,158.47.
The church at Phoenix, Arizona was presented a gift for having the
largest mission Sunday offering according to membership-ten members
with $454.84.
South Carolina was presented with a badge for having gained the larg
est number of members-2,078.
Haiti was presented with a badge for having gained the largest num
ber of bands-13.
The state secretary of Florida was presented with a gift for having the
largest number of one hundred dollar workers-119.
Martha Letu, Florida, was presented with a gift for having the largest
adult personal offering-$550.00.
Idella Moore, Arkansas, was presented with a gift for having the sec
ond largest adult personal offering-$520.00 .
Sue Shenault, Virginia, was presented with a gift for having the third
largest adult personal offering-$514.00.
Neita Slay, West Virginia, was presented with a gift for having the
largest child personal offering-$589.00.
Steven Gilmer, Virginia, was presented with a gift for having the sec
ond largest child personal offering-$344.53.
Mamie Ronsome, Alabama, was presented with a gift for having the
third largest child personal offering-$308.15.
Badges of honor were presented to Alaska, Dominica, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, and Saint Vincent for doubling their convention of
ferings.
Wildwood Avenue church was awarded a banner for having the largest
local church Assembly offering.
Purple, blue, red and yellow badges were presented to the four over
seers having the largest amounts in the Assembly mission offering. They
were:
Adrian T. Griffin, Tennessee --------- ---$2,660.98
M. S. Curry, Georgia ____________ ___ 1,877.95
G. A. Wilson, North Carolina ____________ 1,837.62
Roy H. Phipps, Kentucky _____________ 1,551.71
1:23 p.m.-Report of the General W. M. B. Secretary, Sylvia Hardin.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.

114 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
W. M. B. General Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
Talks ___________ 92
Homes visited ------- --------
·
---------------- 289
States and mission &#6684777;elds visited 27
Missionary conventions attended __________ 4
Ministers, district and state conventions attended _____ 17
Churches visited -------- ----------------------------55
Taught two terms of B. T. C.; assisted in preparing Mission Cry quar
terly; compiled the 1960 W. M. B. Yearbook; took care of the corre
spondence that came to the general W. M. B. office; assisted in promot
ing the March and October Foreign Mission drives; wrote fellow-secre
taries monthl y except one month, and leaders semi-annually.
Number of bands ______ ____________ 1,889
Number of bands gained this year _____ _____ 62
Number of members 37,496
Number of members gained this year ___ 6,977
I attribute all that has been accomplished for missions this year to
wonderful fellow-laborers.
Yours for missions,
SYLVIA HARDIN
General W. M. B. Secretary
my
1:25 p.m.-The service was dismissed with prayer by the General Over
seer.
1:28 p.m.-S&#7667822;day School program directed by the General Secretary,
Edna Rye.
The Bahama Brass Band played as the state Sunday School secretaries
marched inside the Tabernacle and on to reserved seats on the platform.
They were followed by the Superintendent of the Orphanage and Tom
linson Memorial School, the house parents and children from the homes
who sat on the platform in seats reserved for them.
Sister Rye called attention to a large poster on the platform which con
tained the words "Building for Eternity" which had been the theme of
the Sunday School work for the year.
1:35 p.m.-The song service was led by Neil Wilkerson with A. J. Coalter
at the organ and Jack Wilson at the piano. Hugh Edwards read Mat
thew 28:16-20 . Don B. Thomas prayed at the pulpit while the congregation
stood in quietness. At the close of the prayer the congregation joined
in a concert prayer.
1:58 p.m.-Charlotte Collins and the Louisville Trio sang "There Will Be
a Crown for Me."
2:03 p.m.-The East Texas Sunday School workers presented a pro
gram under the direction of D. F. Rowland. Those taking part in the
demonstration were dressed in red and white, the Sunday School colors.
A. J. Saucier sang a song telling of the coming of the Indians, cowboys
and the Church of God to Texas. A group came to the platform carry
ing letters to spell Sunday School and a song was sung using the let
ters to tell about the Sunday School.
2:08 p.m.-The Michigan Trio sang "Settled in the Promised Land."

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 115
2:12 p.m.-"A Vision for Service," message by Elwood Matthews. His
message in part follows:
"Sunday School teacher, as you stand before that little freckled-faced
Johnny, or that little Susie that is in pigtails, you should have a vision
in your mind that you are going to be able to bring that child to the
knowledge of the saving grace of Jesus Christ. But I wonder some
times what kind of vision we really have. Some of you have heard your
teacher say that she hadn't had time to prepare her lesson and she want
ed you to help her. There are souls in your hands, teachers, and you are
the one to help them learn of Jesus.
"As you look at the Bible you will see that the men and women that ac
complished great feats for God were the people with a vision. Think
of Elisha. He had been called to succeed Elijah. He looked at the con
dition of Israel and he knew that if he was going to help them he would
have to have something special. He felt he would need more than Elijah
had. He decided that he must have a double portion of the spirit of
Elijah, and through determination and persistence he was able to re
ceive just what he asked for. If we are to be successful we must have
a vision of what the world needs today.
"When I was meditating on this subject and wondering what Scrip
tures I could use, I opened my Bible and my eyes fell upon one word
and that was Jesus. As I looked at the word it seemed to rise above
the page and the letters became larger and larger. I sat there and stared
at the word-just &#6684777;ve letters-Jesus. I kept looking at these letters and
thought of my life and as I looked at J it seemed to form the word
joy. I thought of how I had gone from place to place as a sinner seek
ing joy and found none. Then I thought of the joy that I have had since
I met Jesus. The only place that joy can be found is in none other but
Jesus Christ.
"My eyes left that letter and went on to the next one which is E. I
looked at it for a little while and it formed the word encouragement. I
thought of a year or so ago when my wife and I had gone to Alberta,
Canada in the winter to conduct a couple of revivals. We were about
forty-one hundred miles from our home. We received a long distance
telephone call telling us that my wife's father was in a very critical con
dition. He had a serious heart condition and had had a stroke. His en
tire left side was paralized and they didn't think he would live until we
reached home. We began to make preparations for that long trip. As
we were getting ready the overseer, Brother Lusch, a man of God if
there has ever been one, walked over to the little cabin where we were
staying and knocked on the door. We invited him in. His face was white
and his lips trembling. He asked me if my father-in-law's house was
built in such and such a manner. I told him it was. He asked if the
dining room was connected with the kitchen in a certain way. I told
him that it was. He said he had never seen my father-in-law nor his
house, but the Lord made him know that he would walk again. We left
there and as we would reach certain places we would call home. Each
time we called they said that they didn't believe he would live until we
arrived there. The doctor said he would never walk again. When we ar
rived home we went to see him and there he lay under an oxygen tent
gasping for breath. We sat with him for twenty-four hours a day for
I don't know how long, but &#6684777;nally God began to move. It wasn't long
until he was in a wheel chair, then on a crutch, then using a walking
stick. Now he has thrown away the walking stick and is going wherever
he wants to go. There is encouragement in Jesus Christ. Medical science

116 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
said he would die, but the Holy Ghost said he would walk again and we
lived on that encouragement.
"I left that letter and went on to the letter S. Slowly it formed into
the word security. I didn't think of stocks and bonds, houses and lands,
or a big pile of money. I thought about the security I had in Christ
Jesus. There is security through the blood of Jesus Christ.
"The next letter was U. I suppose this was the greatest blessing of
all to me because it formed into the word unity. I was reared an only
child and never was privileged to have brothers and sisters to play with
me, but on November 8, 1953 I met Jesus and since that time I have
found brothers and sisters everywhere I go. That means something to me
today.
"I left that letter and went to the last letter which is S. This one formed
into the word success. If you want success go to Jesus. If you have
Him in your life, you can look for success. Jesus is the answer to every
problem. He will go with us all the way even unto the end of the world.
"Sunday School teacher, you can teach your class joy through Jesus.
You can teach your class encouragement, security, unity and success. What
more could people want? If you want to be a blessing to people who
are in need, get a vision of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and you will
be able to have success in what you do. Your Sunday School will grow.
Your Church will grow. Get a vision of Jesus because the Bible has de
clared there is no other name under heaven whereby man may be saved.
It says also that every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess
that Jesus is the Christ. Get a vision of Him and see the glory of God
manifested in your life."
2:28 p.m.-The General Secretary said: "I am sure that we all want
to go away from the Assembly with a greater vision of the unreached
multitudes. We want to have a vision to reach them. I read recently
that there are more people living today than all who have lived from
Adam until now. If this is true, no wonder we need to get a vision. The
reason some people don't see the lost around them, they don't look. Jesus
said for us to lift up our eyes and look. Sunday School workers, we
have but to look out our front doors, out our windows. We can see peo
ple all about us that
·
need Jesus Christ. We know that Jesus said to
go everywhere and teach everyone. To be able to do this, we need a
greater vision for the work that is before us.
"Did you realize that over one hundred and twenty thousand souls are
going into ete&#7471214;ity every twenty-four hours. It is easy sometimes to
pat ourselves on the back as Sunday School workers and feel like we
have discharged our duty, but when we realize so many souls are go
ing into eternity every day, we know that we must have a compassion
for the lost · more than ever before. We know that this is God's time
for action. We need a major move in the Sunday School. We need urgency
in our Sunday School teaching. May God help us to have a greater vis
ion. God help us to realize that there are one hundred and thirty-six
million people in America in nobody's Sunday School, Thirty-seven mil
lion children in the United States that never darken a Sunday School
door. Isn't it time that Sunday School workers have a greater visios of
the lost all about us?"
2:32 p.m.-"An Open Door," message by Edna Wells. A portion of her
message follows:
"About two years ago I read a small article in the newspaper written by
a chaplain in our state mental hospital. He was making a plea for

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 117
ch&#3014761;rch workers. There was something about that article that stirred my
very being. I made an appointment with him and told him what we
had to offer. He said he would give us the &#6684777;rst Sunday afternoon of
the month. He told me we could come this one Sunday and if he felt we
could do any good we could continue to come. But he said we would
never be able to get our Sunday School lesson in the hospital. We got
a group together and went to the hospital. &#5505128;ey put us in the very
worst ward they had-what they called the geriatric ward. It was for
elderly mentally sick people. We sang and put on our program and as
we walked out the chaplain asked me when we could come back. I told
him we would try to come once a month. After going there for a year
they had a program in our honor in the auditorium. The doctor of the
geriatric ward made a speech. He said that in the year that we had
been going to that ward that they had released more patients than in the
history of the hospital. He said the patients had never responded to treat
ment as well. He said that sometimes someone who had never spoken
would quote a Scripture after we had been there.
"A year ago I went to the volunteer service lady and asked her if we
could organize a Sunday School class. She said she would let us try.
She put us in two different wards. The two together had about seventy
&#6684777;ve women. I have never seen anything more inspiring in my life than
that &#6684777;rst day we had the Sunday School class. In about three months
they ran a special survey on that class because of the fact there was
such a drastic change in the patients. About three months later when
we were there the volunteer service lady called us in and said, 'Mrs.
Wells, I never thought I'd ever live to see the day when our doctors and
nurses would come into my office and ask for the Sunday School classes.'
"In one of the wards there was a young girl who had been there for
about three years and she had never showed any expression of any kind.
She never smiled. She never cried. She never frowned. She just sat
there every day. They had comedians to come in to make her laugh.
They had taken her to shows to see if she would show any kind of emo
tion, One day when I went in a number of nurses were with her and
one of them said they were there to verify the fact that she never smiled
only when our group came to sing. And two months later she sang
every word with the group of 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.' That
was the &#6684777;rst time she had spoken in three years.
"Do you think this is a hopeless &#6684777;eld? Sometimes we feel that these
people are beyond our help, but just face the fact, if it were not for the
grace of God, we would be there ourselves.
"When we came out of the ward one day a nice looking young man
came racing up the hall. He asked if we were holding service in the
auditorium that day. I told him I was sorry but we were not. · I learned
that he had been a professional &#6684777;re eater in a circus. His parents had
made him do this until he was a very depressed young man. There he
was racing for help but we didn't have the workers and the time to help
him. I wonder what it is going to take to stir our people to get outside
our four walls and see what this world is like.
"One of the doctors there made the statement that medical science can
go so far to help these people but their cure lies in the work we were
doing. This is an open door and these people need God the same as
those who live next door to you. It is an open door and we need to take
advantage of it."
2:42 p.m.-Harper Hunter, Jr. sang "Leave It There." The congregation
joined in singing the chorus.

118 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
2:50 p.m.-"The Regional Sunday School Conventions," was the sub
ject of remarks by the host overseers, A. J. Creel, Roy H. Phipps, R.
Clement Lynch, M. S. Curry, Raymond M. Pruitt, James Staggs, G. A.
Wilson, and S. A. Cooley.
Each of these expressed appreciation for the Sunday School conven
tions and they felt they had been a blessing to their states. They had
realized good results from them as those in charge of the Sunday Schools
were careful about the organization of the schools and putting in prac
tice the things they learned in the conventions. Also, there had been
noticeable improvement in the way many of the teachers taught their
classes because of the training they had received. They felt these con
ventions should be continued and they extended invitations to the Gen
eral Sunday School Secretary to return to their states for further teach
ing and training programs.
3:14 p.m.-Report of the General Sunday School Secretary, Edna Rye.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Sunday School Secretary's Annual Report From
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
Sermons _________ _____________________________________ 141
Homes visited------------------------------------------------------------------------91
Saved ------------- ------------------------------------------------------26
Sancti&#6684777;ed ___ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Holy Ghost -------------------------------------------------- 5
Ministers conventions attended _________________________ 4
District conventions attended______________ 4
State conventions attended -------------------------4
States visited -------------------------------------------- 23
Sunday School rallies--------- -------------------------------------------25
Sunday School revivals -----,-------------------------------------------- 7
Conducted nine regional Sunday School conventions in various parts
of the nation.
Taught in Cleveland Bible Training Camp.
Assisted in preparing Sunday School issues of the White Wing Messenger
each quarter.
Boosted orphanage and prison work.
Wrote State Secretaries every month, wrote Sunday School Superintend
ents and attended to correspondence that came to the Sunday School office.
I sincerely appreciate the wonderful cooperation of every State Over
seer, every State Secretary, every Superintendent, teacher and all Sun
day School workers in promoting the work this year.
INFORMATION ON SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Total number of Sunday Schools this year ___________________ 2,055
Total number of Sunday School pupils this year _________________ 139,879
Total number of new ·schools organized this year________________ 120
Increase in number of Sunday School pupils __________________________ 9,152
Number of experiences in Sunday School work __________________ 1,389
Humbly submitted,
EDNA RYE
General Sunday School Secretary

MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY 119
3:28 p.m.-The Orphanage play, "Open the Door for the Children," was
directed by Sister Muriel Paden, Matron of the orphanage cottage. Sis
ter Paden told of the crowded conditions in the homes which have re
sulted in the door being closed to many children who are in need of care.
Two small children came to the door of the home and watched as those
inside were fed, taught the ways of the Lord and &#6684777;nally put to bed
for the night. Those outside had no food, received no training and had
no place to sleep. After those on the inside were asleep, the two on
the outside realized they had no one to love them and care for them
and they expressed a desire to go on to be with their parents where they
could have love and care. They sang "I Won't Be An Orphan in Glory."
&#5505128;e two children were placed at the bottom of the stairs leading to the
orphanage. As two of the girls sang "Open the Door for the Children,"
the General Secretary called for donations of one hundred dollars and
stated that the children would move up one step for each one hundred
dollars given. Several came forward and enough was received for the
children to move up the eight steps and inside the door.
4:00 p.m.-Orphanage offering.
The Secretary called the states and countries alphabetically and the
overseers and state secretaries led the march, each overseer taking one
or more of the children from the orphanage with him. A number of
songs were sung as those with offerings marched through the aisles of
the Tabernacle. When they returned to the platform the overseers and
secretaries received the offerings from those following them. When the
offerings were counted the amounts were announced. The amounts by
states are as follows:
Assembly Orphanage Offering
Alabama ______ $
Alaska _____ _ _
Arizona _____________ _
Arkansas
Bahamas
Califo&#7471214;ia _____ _
Colorado ___________ _
Connecticut __________________ _
Delaware
East Texas ____ _
Florida
Georgia _______________ _
Germany _____ _
Haiti _____ __ _
Hawaii _____ _ _
Idaho _________ _ _
Illinois _____________ _
Indiana
Iowa
Jamaica
Kansas _____ _ _
365.31
30.00
75.25
159.08
195.94
332.52
141.50
10.00
37.15
273.91
610.46
901.75
7.00
2.00
10.00
72.45
270.74
294.43
155.09
10.00
182.00
f i��r =:::::::=:::::::::::::
Maine ---------- --------------------
Manitoba and
Saskatchewan _____________ _
Maryland and D. C, _________ _
Massachusetts and R. I._
Mexico _______________ _
Michigan ________________ _
Minnesota _____ _
M�ssissi�pi __________ _
Missouri --------------------
Montana -------------------------
Nebraska _
Nevada
New Hampshire _____________ _
New Jersey ___ _
New Mexico _____________________ _
New York ______ _
North Carolina ______________ _
North Dakota ________________ _
1,170.25
130.94
6.50
30.54
219.69
20.00
25.00
214.59
69.61
404.74
201.63
22.40
51.72
23.25
8.12
22.34
137.33
37.00
1,361.12
90.00

120
Ohio
Oklahoma _____ _
Ontario
Oregon ________________ _
Pennsylvania
South Carolina __________ _
South Dakota ___ _
Saint Vincent ____ _
Tennessee __________ _
utah ____________________ _
Vermont
MINUTES OF THE 55&#5505096; ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
360.03
293.96
12.21
102.18
142.32
266.60
335.49
28.00
1,193.36
28.50
45.41
Virginia
Virgin Islands ______ _
Washington
West Texas -------------------
West Virginia ____________ _
Wisconsin _____________ _
Wyoming ________ _
Miscellaneous
Edna Rye -------------------------
999.35
50.00
127.40
114.70
138.31
38.26
86.97
1.00
20.00
Total ----$ 12,767.40
4:45 p.m.-Awarding of banners and prizes:
Tennessee was awarded a banner for having the largest attendance in
the states for the year.
The Sunday School at Cleveland, Wildwood Avenue, was awarded a
banner for having the largest attendance in the states for the year.
Jamaica was awarded a banner for having the largest Sunday School
attendance in foreign &#6684777;elds for the year.
The Sunday School at Plassac, Haiti, was awarded a banner for having
the largest Sunday School attendance in foreign &#6684777;elds.
North Carolina was awarded a banner for having the largest state con
vention orphanage offering.
Kansas was awarded a banner for having the largest state convention
offering for the orphanage according to the number of churches.
The Sunday School at Wildwood Avenue was awarded a banner for hav
ing the largest state convention orphanage offering.
Haiti was presented with a pennant for organizing the largest number
of Home Classes during the year.
Haiti was presented with a pennant for organizing the largest number of
Cradle Rolls for the year.
Reba Paris, Michigan, was presented with a prize for collecting the
largest number of coupons for the year-22,887 ,925.
Michigan was presented with a prize for collecting the largest num
ber of coupons for the year-44,075,704.
Emitt Davis, Tennessee, was awarded a prize for having the largest per
sonal state convention offering.
North &#5177441;rolina was presented with a prize for organizing the largest
number of new Sunday Schools in the states.
Guatemala was presented with a prize for organizing the larges t num
ber of Sunday Schools in foreign &#6684777;elds.
Massachusetts was awarded a prize for doubling Sunday School at
tendance.
Peru, South America was awarded a prize for doubling Sunday School
attendance.
The Sunday School at Wildwood Avenue was awarded a prize for hav
ing the largest orphanage offering for the entire year.
North Carolina was presented with a banner for having the largest As
sembly orphanage offering.
Tennessee was presented with a banner for having the second largest
Assembly orphanage offering.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 121
The Sunday Schools appearing the most in the "Top Ten" were pre
sented with prizes. They were: Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, Tennes
see; 21st and Main, Louisville, Kentucky; Canton, Ohio; Mount Carmel,
North Carolina; 32nd and Larkwood, Louisville, Kentucky; Memphis,
Tennessee; Selma, North Carolina; Columbus, Georgia; Fries, Virginia;
Henderson, Kentucky.
5:10 p.m.-Program by the Sunday School Orphanage and Tomlinson
Memorial School in charge of R. 0. Covey, Superintendent and Robert
Pruitt, Principal.
Brother Covey spoke briefly to show his appreciation of the work that
was done on the &#6684777;eld in the support of the orphanage and the school.
He thanked the people for the offerings, the showers of food and cloth
ing, and for their prayers. He also thanked those in the homes and school
for their faithful service. He stated that cash from coupons had aver
aged a thousand dollars a month during the year. That was twelve thou
sand dollars in cash besides the many nice premiums from the coupons.
He encouraged all of our people to cooperate in saving coupons. He re
ferred to the orphanage play and said it was not an exaggeration. He
said that there are many children who needed care that the orphanage
could not accept because there was no room for them.
Brother Pruitt called for the students in Tomlinson Memorial School
to stand and the congregation cheered them. He introduced the teachers
and a trio of students sang "What a Day."
Dorothy Calfee, Evelyn Wilson, Glendale Queener and John Walters,
graduates of TMS, spoke a few words in appreciation of the school.
Brother Pruitt gave a brief history of the school and told how God
had placed His approval upon it. He stated that the aim of the school is
to bring children under the very best moral, educational and Christian
influence possible. He referred to one student from another organization
who enrolled in TMS and during a revival in the school became aware
of the need of the Holy Ghost. That student received the experience
later in one of the local churches and still later two of the immediate
family received the Holy Ghost and all three are now members of the
Church. He referred to &#6684777;nancial difficulties which were the cause of
curtailing the operation of the school. He said the school is operating with
only four teachers, two less than last year. He felt that this situation
must be only temporary because the school cannot operate efficiently and
effectively for long under the present conditions. He asked the Assem
bly to give the school prayerful consideration. He said, "There are more
and more of our youth of high school age who write us and tell us of
their desire to receive their education under the auspices of the Church.
The school may well be the means of their remaining true to the Church
and giving their talents for the furtherance of this great message. Can
we afford to deny them this opportunity?"
5:42 p.m.-Gene Cannon offered prayer dedicating the orphanage of
fering to the service of the Lord and dismissing the Sunday School pro
gram.
6:15 p.m.-Song service led by Sherman Minter with Betty Vicars at
the piano and Betty Stockdale at the organ. Frederick Mahaffy read Isaiah
42:4-8, 11, 12. The General Overseer read requests for prayer and the
congregation stood and gave their requests in unison. Nelson Johnson
prayed at the pulpit, then all joined together in praying for those for
whom requests were made.
6:30 p.m.-North Carolina Program-The 1928 Big Business Program in

122 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Operation-Every City and Every County in the State and the Church
of God Message in Every Home, G. A. Wilson in charge with the min
isters from North Carolina standing nearby. Brother Wilson stressed the
thought of getting the gospel to every creature in his message. During
the message a brother came out tied with ropes and men holding him
back. At intervals he would try to break loose and would say that he
wanted to preach, but he was always held back by the things of this
life that had him bound. A portion of the overseer's message follows:
"We read in the Bible that the early Church preached the gospel to
every creature under heaven. I don't know all about how they did it,
but if they could do it back there I feel like we can do the same thing
in these last days. We are feeling this responsibility in the state of
North Carolina, and it thrills my soul to have a part in it.
"Paul said to Timothy, 'Fight the good &#6684777;ght of faith.' Here is a brother
over here that wants to preach. That is the difference in the spirit of
just easing along and the Bible spirit. Paul said, I want you to fight
the good fight of faith. When I was a little boy I would &#6684777;ght sometimes.
I learned that when I got really mad I had a different spirit in me. If
I was knocked down I got up without hardly realizing I had been knocked
down. It takes more than just an ordinary spirit to get this work done.
To &#6684777;ght the good &#6684777;ght of faith we will have to roll up our sleeves and
turn loose of everything.
"Paul said, 'That by two immutable things, in which it was impos
sible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled
for refuge to lay hold upon the· hope set before us: Which hope we
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which en
tereth into that within the veil.' Paul said, Church, you are running
to lay hold upon that hope that is set before you. Hope is desire mixed
with anticipation and expectation. When people hope for something they
try to reach out and get hold of it. And Paul said this hope is an anchor
of the soul. It will hold the soul sure and steadfast. Some people have
quit working at this job. They have pulled the anchor in and are float
ing around. This that is so beautiful, they are so far away they can
hardly see it. Instead of taking it easy, we must lay hold upon the hope
set before us. The early Church didn't have the kind of spirit to give
up because they were &#6684777;ghting the good &#6684777;ght of faith. They had the spirit
to go forward. They didn't throw up their hands and quit. They didn't
back off and say the work couldn't be done. They preached the gos
pel to every creature under heaven. I believe it is time that we put on
the whole armor of God and tell the world we are coming after them."
Brother Wilson referred to the words of Paul to Timothy, "No man
that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life.'' The broth
er who was bound and held back by the affairs of this life still want
ed to preach. Brother Wilson asked him what he wanted to do and he
said he wanted to preach. The overseer offered him a small church
but he couldn't accept it because he had a home to take care of and he
didn't want to take his children out of school and place them in another.
The overseer offered him another church but he could not accept it be
cause the finance was not sufficient to meet his obligations. The over
seer asked that he be taken away. He said, "This man can't please God
because he is entangled with the affairs of this life. We have a re
sponsibility upon our shoulders and we must have people who are free
and ready to go."
The man, Brother Lavell Hawkins, came back free from all the things
that had entangled him and he said the Word of God was as a burn-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 123
ing &#6684777;re shut up in his bones. He said, "The gospel of Christ is the power
of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. It doesn't matter who
you are, you can preach the gospel if you will yield your all to God.
How many of you have the &#6684777;re in your bones that will make you leave
father, mother, sister, brother, houses and lands? What about our vis
ion? Are we standing on the side lines, or are we going forth with this
last days message to every creature?"
A trio sang "I'm Climbing up the Mountain," and some of the North
Carolina ministers marched around on the platform.
Brother Rufus Nunnery said: "The great commission was given to the
Church. We believe the responsibility is ours to get the message to all
the world-every creature, every tongue, and even every home. Our min
isters and workers are responsible to go into the homes and make a
personal declaration of the truth."
Sister Eva Gilmore said: "We must work while it is day. We are in
a great working program. We have this work to do and we must have
the Lord working with us. God will bring every man and every woman
if we will go into the vineyard and do what is right. We see this man
working. (A brother was drawing lines and using a saw.) He is meas
uring a patte&#7471214;. We know every man and every woman must walk by
the same rule. This working program has stirred me in such a way
that it is like Jeremiah said-a &#6684777;re shut up in my bones."
All the North Carolina delegates came to the platform and the group
sang "GettimReady to Leave This World." This was a &#6684777;ery program
and the Lord blessed wonderfully.
7:15 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed a mighty prayer in concert.
1:20 p.m.-The last praise service of the Assembly was conducted by
Mikey Jones. Brother Jones gave his testimony, then directed the con
gregation in praising the Lord for His many blessings by sections. At
intervals the following songs were sung: Brother Jones and the Ten
nessee Valley Boys sang "I Believe I'll Testify." The boys sang '·Wait
a Little Longer, Please Jesus," then Brother Jones led the congregation
in singing "I Shall Not Be Moved."
7:40 p.m.-Songs by the Broadcast Record Club singers, directed by
Thomas Duncan. Brother Duncan called on several to sing whose songs
are heard on the records. At the last there was a musical number by
several and the congregation stood and clapped their hands as they played.
8:18 p.m.-Program in charge of D. H. Queener, Foreign Mission Sec
retary.
The Secretary spoke a few words and called for the report ot th e
Caribbean Islands Representative.
8:20 p.m.-Report of Walter C. Bates, Caribbean Islands Representative.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Caribbean Islands Representative
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
Number sermons ---- ---------------------------------------------·--··--------------------71
Number converted -----------------------··-_ _ _ __________________ 1

124 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Number homes visited _________________________________________________ 49
Number prayer meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
Number tracts distributed ______________________________________________________________________ 60
Number church visits ____________________________________________________________ __ &#9240717;3
Number island visits __________________________________________________________________ 15
Number sick visited ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
Number ministers conventions --------------- ------------------------------1
Number island conventions -------------------------------------------------------------------8
Number revivals conducted --- --------------------------- ------------ 2
This report is somewhat short on account of my being ill for &#6684777;ve months.
I wish to thank everyone who prayed for my healing. I am sure that it
is through your sincere prayers and the mercy of the Lord that I am yet
alive.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER C. BATES
Caribbean Islands Representative
After giving his report Brother Bates said that it was through the good
ness of the Lord that he was able to be in the Assembly. He thanked
the Lord for His blessings and thanked the people for their prayers dur
ing his recent illness. He asked for continued prayer that he might go
in the strength of the Lord and do whatever God would have him do.
8:29 p.m.-Report of D. H. Queener, Foreign Mission Secretary.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Foreign Mission Secretary
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 19&#3538992;
To the 55th Annual General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Th&#3801220; foreign work is moving on in the name of the Lord. We are en
tering the countries as fast as we can with the message of the Church
of God of the last days. The Church has accepted the commission to
take the message to the whole world. I am glad I have had the priv
ilege of working for the Church in this capacity. I have worked very
hard this year, both at home and abroad in boosting the doctrine of the
Church. Thousands of people have attended the conventions in the foreign
&#6684777;elds and God blessed them and established them in the Church. I wish
to thank all that have made this possible.
Number of sermons -----------------------------------------------····--------··--134
Number saved -----------------------------------------------------------------------67
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------31
Number received the Holy Ghost ______________________ _____ 46
Number homes visited--------------------------------- 61
Number states visited ------------------------------------------------------------17
Number foreign countries visited ________________________ 16
Number ministers conventions------------------------------- - 4
Number state conventions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Number district conventions ------------- ------------------ - 2

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 125
Number foreign conventions ____ _ _______ 15
Number missionary rallies ________ __ ____ 1
Number revivals conducted ______________________ 4
Number local churches visited ____ __________ 10
Number ordination services conducted __________ 2
I was pilot of a plane during the pre-Assembly air tour to boost the
attendance at the General Assembly.
I visited &#6684777;fteen counties in Tennessee in behalf of the Public Relations
Program of this state.
We made contact with a group of Christian people in Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia, Canada. We visited them and hope in the future that this work
can be developed for the Church.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE FOREIGN WORK
Countries Members
Alberta ___________ 55
Anguilla ----------------- -----93
Antigua _________ 139
Argentina _____________ 105
Aruba ______________________ 15
Australia _____ 25
Bahamas ---------------------4,331
Barbados ____ _ 84
Bermuda ____ _ 17
British Guiana ____________ 30
British Columbia ________ 48
British Isles ____________ 150
Chile___________ 19
Costa Rica ___ _ 69
Cuba ________________ 339
Curacao ___________ 25
Cyprus ______ 114
Dominica _____ 32
Dominican Republic __ 1,009
Egypt -----------------------800
El Salvador ______________ 270
Germany_____ 61
Greece _____ 375
Guatemala ----------------1,110
Haiti _____ _ 18,073
Holland ___ __ 9
Honduras _________ 50
India ----------------------415
Jamaica _______________________ 7,601
Manitoba ------····------------46
Mexico ________________________ 2,093
Montserrat __________________ 393
Nevis _____ 140
New Zealand ___ 12
Ontario _____ 11
Peru ____ __ 280
Panama _____ 66
Philippines ____ 25
Puerto Rico ____ 342
Saint Kitts ____ 132
Churches
2
3
4
6
1
1
44
4
1
4
2
13
2
5
11
2
3
2
22
17
13
2
3
22
255
1
3
7
171
2
50
6
3
1
1
15
3
1
15
4
S.S.
2
6
9
6
1
1
44
4
1
4
2
12
2
8
11
2
3
4
21
17
13
2
3
25
251
1
3
7
171
2
20
9
3
1
1
6
3
1
17
7
W.M.B.
2
3
4
3
1
1
44
4
1
1
2
8
1
4
11
2
2
2
21
17
5
2
2
22
251
0
1
7
120
2
20
6
3
1
1
2
1
1
13
4
V.L.B.
2
3
4
2
1
1
44
3
1
2
2
7
1
4
11
2
2
2
21
16
5
2
2
22
251
1
1
7
162
2
20
6
3
1
1
2
1
1
13
4
A.B.M. Ministers
2 2
3 5
4 1
0 2
1 2
0 2
44 90
4 4
0 1
0 2
2 3
5 14
0 1
4 4
11 13
2 2
0 2
2 1
21 15
15 10
4 5
0 2
0 3
20 33
251 286
0 1
0 2
4 7
170 185
2 2
20 32
6 6
3 2
0 2
1 1
0 11
1 3
1 2
13 10
4 3

126 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNU&#4259916; ASSEMBLY
Saint Vincent ______________ 12 1 1 1 1 1 1
Saskatchewan ------------23 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sierra Leone --------------620 4 5 1 0 0 1
Tobago ______ 12 1 1 1 1 1 1
Trinidad ------------------155 9 9 9 7 5 6
Turks Islands ___ 289 6 5 5 5 5 13
Virgin Islands 183 7 7 7 7 7 14
Total ___________ 40,297 756 735 623 660 640 810
Respectfully submitted,
D.H. QUEENER
Foreign Mission Secretary
8:31 p.m.-Song by the Bahama Islands Quartet, "Rock of Ages, Hide
Thou Me."
8:35 p.m.-Message by D. H. Queener. The theme of his message was
"All God's Children Are Coming Home." A portion follows:
"We want you to believe this message tonight just like it is in the
Bibl&#9568346;all God's children are coming home. That is what I believe, and
I believe this is home. I know the whole world don't believe it but I
believe it. This was the Church of God before I had anything to do with
it, and it is still the Church of God. Some people think if they can get
their &#6684777;nger in the pie, it will make the pie better, but it might be bet
ter if you would take your &#6684777;nger out_ This is the Church of God and
it will be the Church of God right on until it rolls into glory on schedule
time. People need to get inside the Church. The glory is on the inside.
It is great and the half has never been told.
"We are not &#6684777;ghting other people. Some people may say that preach
ers of other organizations have no religion, but they are wrong. They
are coming home in due time, and when they do, those who have said
things against them will have to repent. All God's children are coming
home. From the Bible they will be fed, by the Spirit they will be led.
The world does not know about this but they will learn. They will &#6684777;nd
out about it. We are in this business for God. Some may feel when
people get saved they belong to the Church, but getting saved has never
put anyone in the Church. Getting saved makes a person eligible for
the Church.
"We are living in the time of winding up this business. The Bible says
there will be wars and rumors of wars, and we have them in these last
days, and what we do we must do in a hurry.
"Some may feel there is too much trouble in the world for this to be
God's Church. But this was bo&#7471214; in trouble. Some may say there is too
much schism. This was born in schism. When Jacob was born, trouble
started. Esau caused him trouble. Jacob received Esau's blessing and his
father sent him to the country where Laban lived. On the way Jacob
fell asleep and he saw a vision. The stone he used for a pillow he set it
up for a pillar and called it the house of God. He said it is the gate
of heaven, but he was still having trouble with his brother. Some may
think this is not the Church because people are against it, but Jacob de
clared this is the house of God and he was having trouble with his broth
er. He poured oil on that place and called it the house of God.
"I want to talk with you a little about this. You know we need to
learn how to behave ourselves in the house of God. We come to the As
sembly, we do this and that. We eat ice cream and snow balls. If some
things don't go to suit us we tell somebody off. If we don't get what we

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 127
want, we explode. But the Church will be just the same if we go out
in the morning. It will go on without us. You can't stop the Church any
more than the barking of a dog will stop the moon from shining. It is
God's government. It is God's Church, and we are God's people. We
need to learn how to be a good servant. You may be tired of being a
servant, but if you do anything for God you will have to be a good
servant. Neither you nor I can do this program of God alone. It is God's
program and we must be submissive. You may tell the General Overseer
how you feel or what you want, and you may get it, but you may be sorry
if you do.
"Thousands of people have their minds on this Assembly tonight. Peo
ple have come here with very little money. They have fasted in order
to be here to absorb the power of God. They want this to help them
to be better men and women for God. They have slept in cars and trucks
and every other way. Tomorrow these people will be your leaders. You
may not believe that I am speaking the truth, but I have come here with
no money. I slept on the ground. When your soul hungers and thirsts
for God you are going to do something about it. I didn't have money
but I had God in my heart. I went to one of the little stands and asked
Mr. Dooley to feed my wife. I was willing to do without myself but she
was hungry. He pulled some money out of his pocket and laid it on the
counter and told me to take what I wanted. We ate with them while
we were here and about the time I was ready to leave I received a check
in the mail and I went over and paid him. This business is life and death
with me.
"Many times we have our little differences and churches have their
little differences, but I tell you we had better stop all of this business.
The man who married me and my wife told us that we had better never
get riled up much that we both couldn't sleep on the same pillow. I don't
know how many cross words we have had but we had some loud ones.
But when night would come instead of running off to another bed I
would go back to the same old bed. Nobody would say anything, and
when I couldn't stand it any longer I would roll over on the pillow with
her. I would tell her I was sorry and asked her to forgive me. I didn't
want to leave that pillow. A lot of people need to go back to the pil
low you left. It is a wonderful feeling to have everything &#6684777;xed so you
can sleep well.
"We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets and
Jesus Christ is the chief co&#7471214;er stone, in whom all the building is &#6684777;tly
framed together. I mean it is made to join together &#6684777;tly. That is ex
actly the way that is. The Bible says we are lively stones. You are a
stone and I am a stone and we are lively stones built on the founda
tion of the apostles and prophets. The day will come when this build
ing is &#6684777;nished. There is a de&#6684777;nite objective in what we are doing. There
is a set time when everything will be &#6684777;nished. We are not beating the
air. People everywhere must know what we know. They must know
about the Church of God. Let's preach all God's children are gathering
home. Caiaphas told the Jews, 'Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that
it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that
the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but be
ing high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that
nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather to
gether in one the children of God that are scattered abroad.' All of God's
children are coming home.''
9:50 p.m.-M. S. Curry, Eddie Mounce, Curtis Knowles, Serman Minter,

128 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
and Don Hatton sang "All God's Children Coming Home." &#5701736;ile the
song was sung the invitation was given to those who wanted to seek
the Lord. Many came to the altar and &#6684777;ve were saved, three sancti&#6684777;ed
and three baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Monday, September 19
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting conducted by C. B. Curtis and J. W.
Lowe. The service opened with prayer by all. The song service followed,
then several prayers were offered by individuals for the committees and
their work that day. The congregation sang "Have a Little Talk with
Jesus." A testimony service followed with all testifying and praising the
Lord. Choruses were sung at intervals. All joined together in another
concert prayer, then the service was closed at 7:00 a.m. with the con
gregation standing and praying together.
8:25 a.m.-Organ music by Lamar Gilmer.
8:43 a.m.-Program by the New Mexico delegation, directed by T. E.
Bradley, Overseer. Bill Porter led the group in singing "I Feel Like
Traveling On." Margaret Baxter sang "Say a Prayer for Me." Lavon
Grubbs sang "Feeling Fine." Brother and Sister Grubbs sang "I Am Us
ing My Bible for a Road Map."
8:55 a.m.-A. B. Woodruff led the song service with Ima Jewell Wood
ruff at the piano and &#4522093;ma Lou Moore at the organ. R. F. Shroyer
read Ephesians 6:10-18. Don Wells prayed at the pulpit while the audi
ence stood in quietness. Following the prayer, the congregation joined
in concert prayer for those for whom requests were made.
9:10 a.m.-The Spanish delegation sang "Living Water" in Spanish, led
by Gabriel Montijo with Daniel Abrego at the piano.
9:13 a.m.-Message by Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez. The message was
in Spanish and interpreted by Brother Daniel Abrego. Brother Jimenez
used the Scripture found in Romans 10:16 to begin his message: "But
they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath
believed our report?" A portion of the message follows:
"I thought possibly this would be a very proper verse to consider. The
Lord has wonderfully blessed us because it is a great privilege to have
a knowledge of the Church. Many people live a good life but they are
unable to understand the work of God for this dispensation. It seems
impossible for people to see what this great work is. But God through
the ages has taught men that were before us and they have written
these things down and they are left as an inheritance for us, and now
we have in our hands this great work to develop in the world. Isaiah
asked to whom knowledge should be taught. To children? No, not to
children, because they do not have the capacity for it. He was referring
to a world of men and women, and the commission that is given to us
is difficult to carry out. That is the reason the Apostle Paul said that
not everyone is able to obey the gospel. It is beautiful to be saved, beauti
ful to receive the Holy Ghost, beautiful to speak in tongues, beautiful
to pray for the sick. It is beautiful to see God working miracles through
us, but the most beautiful of all is to obey the gospel. That is what
the world has not been able to do.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 129
"Paul said to make all men see the fellowship of the mystery, the hid
den mystery of this dispensation. We have the privilege of preaching
this great program. God prepared it, God predestined it. He placed it in
our hands and now we have the responsibility, not only to preach the
gospel but also the great program of God designed from eternity.
"Noah was commissioned to do a certain work. God spoke to Noah. He
revealed to him His program. He was to build the ark, but it was im
possible for the people to believe in his program. They believed in God,
but it seemed impossible for them to submit themselves to the pro
gram God had given Noah. So it is today. People believe in God but it
seems impossible for them to believe that God has given us this pro
gram and that it is our responsibility to teach them and make them see.
"When the Son of God came to this world, it was impossible for peo
ple to believe that He was the Son of God. To them He was o&#7209068;y the
son of Mary and Joseph. It is impossible for some people to believe
this is the Church of God. Some have said it is Brother Tomlinson's
Church, but it is not. It is God's Church, the One who made the earth,
the sea, the sky and everything that exists. It is His Church. The Son
of God began to preach and the people didn't believe Him. But Isaiah
had prophesied several hundred years before that God had blinded them.
So it is today. It is beautiful to obey certain portions of the gospel and
rejoice in the Lord, but it is difficult to believe the whole truth of God.
The prophet said to inquire and see which is the good way and walk in
it. Those people said they would not walk in it. It is about the same
way today, but God will see that His program is carried out. He will
manifest His great power and the Church will reach its goal. The Church
will come to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
"Many have told me that the message is beautiful and they will. unite
with the Church. Then someone will tell them that we are not the
Church and they will go contrary to the Church. A short time ago I had
the opportunity of receiving two members into the Church. They had
been members of the Church but about four years ago someone taught
them it was not the Church. We had a campaign in Los &#4259950;geles and they
visited us. They wanted to become members again. This makes me be
lieve that God is working in a special manner with many people and
He is using us to make this great mystery known to them. Let us sin
cerely hope that before long the whole world that has been in ignorance
of this program will come to the knowledge of the truth."
9:38 a.m.-Song by Brother and Sister Wilburn Curtis, "I've Changed
My Mind."
9:40 a.m.-Report of Field Secretary, C. R. Payne.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
Number sermons preached ------------------------------------------------94
Number homes visited 219
Number ministers conventions attended ________ 7

130 MINUTES OF THE' 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Number state conventions attended ------------------------------ 4
Served on General Properties Committee, Ministerial Aid Committee and
Tomlinson Memorial School Board of Directors, also directed prepara
tions of buildings and grounds for the Annual Assembly. Assisted several
state overseers in their work.
Respectfully submitted,
C.R. PAYNE
Field Secretary
9:43 a.m.-Report of Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1959 to August 31, 1960
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number sermons ___________ 282
Number homes visited ______________________________________ ___ 125
Number ministers conventions 2
Number state conventions 6
Number district conventions 8
Number revivals conducted 7
Number radio messages 7
Number converted 37
Number added to Church 15
Number churches organized ----------------------------------1
Number baptized in water 6
Taught in Bible Training Camp in Fresno.
I visited the churches in California, Arizona, New Mexico and West
Texas. I had the privilege of having a service in the home of General
Guillermin in Cuautla Morelos, Mexico.
I am very grateful to the overseers and to the members in general, for
the kind cooperation given to me in each place where I have had my
Church activities.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. JIMENEZ
Spanish Field Secretary
9:46 a.m.-Song by Harper Hunter, "Death Shall Not Destroy My Com
fort."
9:51 a.m.-Report of Committee to Disburse Mission Funds.
The report was read by the secretary, A. T. Wagar, and accepted by
the Assembly.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Report of the Foreign Mission Committee
to the 55th Annual General Assembly
131
To the 55th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy-Greetings:
There have been considerable gains made this Assembly year in the
Foreign Mission work in churches, membership and ministers. All of our
mission &#6684777;elds are striving to reach out to win additional territ&#8192158;y for
Christ and His Church but they are limited due to lack of sufficient
&#6684777;nance. Haiti and the Virgin Islands are both erecting large state head
quarters buildings that will represent a total valuation of $106,000.00 when
completed.
The Committee prepared posters for the October and March Foreign
Mission Drive again this year, for the purpose of calling to the atten
tion of our people the great needs in other countries. There was a total
of $25,411.62 received during these drives which was an increase of
$894.22 over the previous year. It is this spirit of giving that will en
able the Church to complete their appointed task of encircling the world
with the last days message.
The Committee appreciates the total of $6,238.57 received in Christmas
and special offerings from various donors to be sent directly to our mis
sion fields for the work or personal use of our overseers. This is an
increase of $1,673.12 over the amount received last year.
We want to thank all who sent in used clothing for shipment to our
mission &#6684777;elds, enabling us to ship 51 boxes weighing a total of 11,000
pounds, containing 10,200 pieces of clean, wearable clothing.
Your Foreign Mission Committee has tried to disburse the mission funds
which the Church has committed to their care, in a trustworthy manner.
Our Mission Funds disbursed for this Assembly year, 1959-60, as author
ized by the Foreign Mission Committee, are as follows:
Alberta, Canada --------------------------------------- -------$ 2,251.69
Anguilla, W. I. -------------------------------------------- ----------------839.86
Antigua, W. I.------ ----------------------- 827.65
Argentina --------------------- -----------------------------------------------300.00
Aruba ---------------------------·- ------------------- 1,000.00
Australia _____ &#2555950;__________ --- --------------------2,105.50
Bahamas -------------------------------------------· ________________ 2,382.87
Barbados -------------------------1,380.00
British Columbia, Canada --------------------------- - 2,257.3 1
British Guiana -------------------------------------------- ------677.22
British Isles --------------------------------------
-
-----------------------------------------3,563.06
Caribbean Islands Representative ___________________ 4,448.50
Chile ------------------------------------------- ------------------- 1,175.00
Costa Rica -----------------------------···-----------------------------------------1,198.50
Cuba ---- ------------------·---------------------------------------------------4,880.00
Curacao --------------------------------------------------------------------------1,000.00
g��&#7602388;ca
---
::::==:::_________
···-
-
---------
-
--------
----------------
2
'j��:��
Dominican Republic 5,680.00
Egypt ------ ------------------------------------------------- 5,178.50
El Salvador ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------1,563.50
Germany ----------------------------------------------------------2,490.00
Greece ------- --------------------------- 4,110.79

132 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Jamaica
Manitoba, Canada
Mexico
Montserrat _______ _
Nevis, W. I. __________ ________ _
New Zealand
Nova Scotia ----·-------- ------- ---
Ontario, Canada ______ __________ _
Panama
Peru
---------- -- ····································
Philippines ______ ___ _
Puerto Rico ______ ___________ _
St. Kitts, W. I. -------··--------·----------··----- ---
St. Vincent, W. I.
Saskatchewan, Canada
Sierra Leone, B. W. A. ___ _
South America Representative -------------·--------
4,900.00
12,989.00
1,563.50
3,886.26
5,730.00
2,170.85
7,327.00
1,428.35·
797.85
3,845.00
130.00
363.37
1,973.50
1,288.70
3,028.10
5,100.00
.. Sweden ---------- -�--------
Tobago
988.75
420.00
2,170.84
4,140.00
3,611.20
1,840.00
1,112.00
1,112.00
1,900.00
&#5505138;inidad -------·------�
Turks Islands
Uruguay
Virgin .Islands ______________ _
Advanced Allotments
Foreign Mission Secretary's Traveling Expense ---
Loans
Miscellaneous --� --- -·---------·----------------
Used Clothing Shipments ----···············-················-·----
10% of Assembly Offerings to State Treasurer.·-·---·"······-·-
950.00
4,418.97
8,287.98
2,469.93
10,696.20
1,945.91
2,090.81
2,295.77
Total disbursements ············•···························-······················-·$159, 459 .5&#2949169;
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary
D. H. QUEENER, Committeeman
JAMES B. WRIGHT, Committeeman
DANIEL ABREGO, Committeeman
&#5505128;e same committee was retained for another year.
10:05 a.m.-Awarding of prizes to Assembly subscription workers. The
total number of subscriptions received during the Assembly was 851. The
awards were as follows:
Mathie Chastain received a merchandise certi&#6684777;cate from the White Wing
&#5242997;blishing House for $20.00 for obtaining 371 subscriptions.
L. O. Johnson received a merchandise certi&#6684777;cate for $15.00 for 302 sub
scriptions.
A. W. George received a merchandise certi&#6684777;cate for $10.00 for 108 sub
scriptions.
Clarence LaRue received a merchandise certi&#6684777;cate for $5.00 for 34 sub
scriptions.
10:10 a.m.-Report of Committee No. 1, Questions and Subjects.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 133
The report was read by the secretary, Boyd Thornton. Each section
was accepted by the Assembly, then the entire report was accepted in
regular order.
Questions and Subjects Committee Report
We, your Questions and Subjects Committee, have done our utmost
to give proper and just · consideration to all matters presented us for at
tention. After much prayer and sincerely discussing all points of these
questions and subjects we bring the following report for the considera
tion of this great Annual Assembly:
SECTION 1
We feel God has favored us with a just and humble man of God as our
General Overseer. His responsibilities and burdens are overpoweringly
heavy. But for the grace of God and the unity of the Church of God
throughout the world being with him he could not go on. We feel he
has endeavored to direct all efforts in such a way as to make them a
blessing to the body of Christ and souls in need everywhere. We would
commend him with all the sincerity of our heart for his faithful and un
tiring efforts including his wonderful annual address.
We therefore recommend this Assembly give him a standing ovation
and thus pledge our loyal support, prayers and words of encouragement
to him in his sincere effort to lead the Church on to readiness for the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
SECTION 2
In face of the fact that there is widespread dissatisfaction of the time
of the moving of pastors on the last Sunday in August, we recommend
that the time revert back to the last Sunday in July.
SECTION 3
Since. the plan of the appointment of overseers, district overseers and
pastors is in effect, we recommend that the auxiliary leader s also be ap
pointed by the pastors.
SECTION 4
We recommend that at the &#6684777;rst business conference after the Assem
bly each local church adopt a resolution which will give the amount of
the pastor's allotment from his tithe which is to be used for rent and
utilities where the same are not furnished by the local church. The pastor
may deduct this amount from his income when &#6684777;ling his income tax form.
We do not recommend any speci&#6684777;c amount because conditions vary from
place to place.
We further recommend that a sum of $100.00 received each month by
those under appointment of the General Overseer be designated for rent
and utilities. Should the rent and utilities be under the above amount,
then the remaining amount would be included as income.
SECTION 5
The present plan is to appoint district overseers over so many counties,
whether there are churches in them or not. Some have suggested that

134 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
the district overseers be appointed so there could be at least six or eight
churches in each district, then he could receive some expense money from
these local churches. We recommend this be the rule where it is pos
sible. However , in areas where churches are far apart we recommend
this practice be left to the discretion of the state overseer.
SECTION 6
We would like to restate section eight of the Questions and Subjects
Committee Report to the 42nd A&#7209070;ual Assembly, 1947, page 124.
"It is the desire and aim of the Church to encourage and promote the
work among the colored and Latin American folk. Therefore, we recom
mend that where there is a sufficient number of colored or Spanish works
in the state, that the state overseer appoint colored or Spanish district
overseers to assist in the work among their groups in their state."
We recommend where this is practiced, that they receive support in the
same manner as other district overseers.
SECTION 7
Since the duties of the Bible Training Camp Superintendent have broad
ened many times over the original requirements due to the opening of
the several schools in the states and foreign countries, this committee feels
that the burden has become too heavy for our General Superintendent
to bear alone. We, therefore, recommend that the General Overseer ap
point an assistant to the General B. T. C. Superintendent to be desig
nated as General B. T. C. Principal. The duties of the Principal would
be outlined by the General Superintendent, and he would be subject to
the direction of the General Superintendent in the performance of his
duties. The support of the General B. T. C. Principal would come from
the General Tithe Fund.
We further recommend that more interest and attention be given in
our state conventions to boosting the offerings for the support of the
B. T. C. work.
SECTION 8
In regards to our General Overseer's Annual Address under the para
graph heading "Certi&#6684777;cate for Lay Ministers," we recommend the young
and inexperienced person be given a lay minister's certi&#6684777;cate until such
time he or she has sufficiently proved themselves to be recommended
for the ministry by the local church, examined by the presbytery and
licensed by the Church.
We recommend a certi&#6684777;cate be prepared for the lay minister that will
give him the recognition he needs while he is gaining experience and
proving himself. This certi&#6684777;cate would be endorsed by the overseer of
the state in which the lay minister is working. It would be necessary
for the local church where his membership is to recommend the mem
ber who desires to work for the Master to the state overseer, and if in
his judgment he is worthy of receiving this certi&#6684777;cate, it can be give&#7209018; him.
He can be supplied with the Minutes of the Assembly so he will • have
the reports to use in reporting to the state overseer. Then when he has
proved himself sufficiently, the local church where he has his member
ship can recommend him for the ministry and he can be examined by the
presbytery.
We recommend that the state overseer be the one to request the lay
minister be set forth by the local church when the overseer feels • the

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 135
lay minister has properly prepared himself or herself to be worthy of
a regular minister's license.
The lay minister's authority would be limited to the description on the
certi&#6684777;cate, namely: To publish, preach and defend the gospel of Jesus
Christ; and to conduct prayer meetings and to hold revivals. He could
not receive members, baptize, administer the Lord's supper or conduct
business meetings.
This committee further recommends that an individual should not be
set forth by the local church for bishop's license except at the request of
the state overseer.
SECTION 9
Due to the tremendous growth of the station coverage and listening
audience of the Voice of Salvation, we recommend the appointment of
a full time minister for this program. These are some of the major bene
&#6684777;ts a full time minister should provide:
1. It would give unity to the program's ministry.
2. It would simplify program planning.
3. It would provide what radio people call "listener identity" with a
single voice.
4. He could perform an extremely worth-while servic e in promoting the
radio work among our Church people.
5. It would enable the radio staff, of which a full time minister would
be a part, to plan the general subject matter, in cooperation with the
General Overseer, so as to provide a balanced ministry covering all the
areas of the Church's message.
Briefly, the proper functions of the radio minister could be stated as
follows: He would be responsible for delivering all the messages on the
Voice of Salvation, except those otherwise requested by the General Over
seer. He could answer all the mail from people who are in need of
spiritual guidance. He could promote the program among the Church peo
ple by speaking in local churches and conventions. He would be a part
of the radio staff which would meet to discuss the problems of the radio
program. He could act as advisor to the program planners in those areas
affecting the ministry.
SECTION 10
We, your Questions and Subjects Committee, would like to encourage
the Prayer Crusade and Visitation Campaign. We would like to refer
to a paragraph of our General Overseer's Annual Address to the 54th
Annual Assembly in regards to the Prayer Crusade reading thus:
"The purpose of the Crusade is to encourage our people to pray, so
it is hoped that each pastor will organize his members at the beginning
of the new Assembly year. There are many ways to do this and each
pastor should &#6684777;nd the plan best suited to his people. It is through prayer
that we have God with us as we endeavor to work for Him. The enemy
is always at work and he will hinder our efforts if he can, but through
prayer and consecration we have the Lord with us to the extent that we
can be overcomers and carry on the work according to the will of God."
In connection with the Visitation Campaign . we would quote a portion
of a paragraph in the same address.
"Through this work many new homes were reached with the Church
of God message. Good results have been obtained; however, all that was

136 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
done is just a little sample of what can be done in the future. It is my
desire that this work be cont&#6881390;ued wi&#7602280; greater zeal and interest. We
want people to know the Church, and we must not only make them know
about the Church but we must get them interested in it."
This committee feels the need of an uplifting of our churches and con
gregations to a higher spiritual plane. We feel the Prayer Crusade and
Visitation Campaign will be a great bene&#6684777;t in this direction. We would
recommend more time on the part of our ministers be given to prayer,
study and meditation. We feel that greater emphasis should be placed
upon the spiritual need in our churches. We must realize that this is
necessary in order to have the favor of God and to feed the hungering
multitudes who are searching and seeking after the truth and manifes
tations of the power of the Spirit. We believe this should be stressed
upon in the ministers conventions, in the visits of the state overseer and
auxiliary secretaries to the local churches and in the district and state
conven.tions.
Question. What about members selling chances on cakes and other
articles when the winner is by chance? What about making a circle on
the floor with numbers around it and selling chances and the one that
stands on the lucky number when the march is stopped gets the prize?
Answer. We prefer to answer this with a similar question and answer
by our former General Overseer when a&#3801203;ked, "Is it wrong for a Chris
tian to raffle off an article when the winning of the article is by chance?"
He replied, "This is too much like gambling for our people to partici
pate in and is considered wrong."
Question. Does the Assembly endorse or approve a petition to move a
pastor?
Answer. To the knowledge of this committee, this type of action has
never been endorsed or approved.
Qu&#6619251;tion. When a church has a licensed deacon, is he clerk and &#7602290;eas
urer by virtue of his office?
A&#6029503;wer. The Minutes of the 21st Assembly, 1926, page 50 answers in
this matter: "A deacon is never clerk by virtue of his office, neither is
he obligated to serve as treasurer if he is not quali&#6684777;ed. The church should
select their clerk. However, if a deacon is quali&#6684777;ed he can serve for
both clerk and treasurer if the church wants him to."
Question. What about a pastor transferring his membership from the
church he is pastoring to the church where he is going on the last night
of his pastorate?
Answer. This is the privilege of the pastor if the granting of the trans
fer is carried out in proper business action.
Question. Is a Church of God of Prophecy member automatically ex
cluded from the church roll if he joins another church organization? If
not, how should he be dealt with?
Answer. No. A member is not automatically excluded in such a case.
Proper action in a business meeting is necessary to exclude the individual.
Question. Has there been any revising of the portion of the Question
and Subjects Committee report of the 1952 Minutes that reads, "We recom
mend that this Assembly go down on record as advising against the cut
ting of the hair?"
Answer. No.
Question. Is it legal for a local church to receive tithes and Emergency

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 137
dollars from members who have not been transferred from the church
in which he is a member?
&#4259950;swer. We go to the Minutes of the 44th Assembly 1949, page 125, for
an answer reading thus:
"We highly endorse the section of the General Overseer's annual ad
dress in regard to the tithing system. We recommend that all members
pay tithes on their income into the treasury of the local church where
their membership is.
Question. Please explain Acts 15:29.
Answer. It seems that we should read verse 28 in connection with verse
29 in order to get the full meaning. "For it seemed good to the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these neces
sary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood,
and from things strangled, and from fo&#7209179;cation: from which if ye keep
yourselves, ye shall do well."
This statement was given at the close of the Assembly or meeting in
which they settled the question of circumcision. You have the Jew and
Gentile in this question. This meat offered to idols and eaten by Gen
tiles was very offensive to the Jews. Under the law they were not to
eat this meat or any of the blood. They did not eat things strangled. The
Gentile was not under this law, but since they were being reconciled
in the body of Christ and they wanted unity, they asked the Gentiles not
to eat this. Abstaining from fornication is a New Testament doctrine. We
must abstain.
Humbly submitted,
M. E. WILSON
S. A. COOLEY
L. V. JONES
BOYD THORNTON
E. A. McDONALD
ALEXANDER GILMORE
R. CLEMENT LYNCH
After the report had been accepted the General Overseer asked Brother
E. L. Jones, Field Secretary, to select anyone he desired to help him
in working out some plan to advance the work among the colored peo
ple, the plan to be presented to the Co&#7143533;ittee for consideration at the
next Assembly.
The General Overseer also asked that the members of the Questions
and Subjects Committee come three days early next year so they may
meet to consider the questions and recommendations that the General
Overseer will present to them. They were kept so busy in the committee
room that they didn't have much time to attend the Assembly, and this
is the reason for the General Overseer making this request. The As
sembly approved the suggestions of the General Overseer.
10:07 a.m.-Report of Committee No. 3, Adjustment.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly.
Adjustment Committee Report
To the 55&#7602280; &#7209135;ual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
We, your Adjus&#7602285;ent Committee, beg leave to report the fo&#7077996;owing:

138 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
We have met in regular order and after much prayer and considera
tion, all matters have been adjusted satisfactorily and we feel it is pleas
ing to the Lord; and our prayers are that we will have a most prosperous
new Assembly year.
Respectfully submitted,
ADRIAN T. GRIFFIN
D. M. COBB
ARCHIE MELVIN
C.H. SARTIN
D.F.ROWLAND
11:10 a.m.-Report of the General Properties Committee. The report
was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of the General Properties Committee
to the Fifty-Fifth Annual Assembly of
the Church of God of Prophecy
In the past church year, your committee has maintained the several
headquarters properties, including the tabernacle, the Capitol Building, the
General Overseer's home and buildings connected with the Sunday School
Orphanage and Tomlinson Memorial School.
A number of local churches were granted permission to sell or mortgage
property, and one piece of land was purchased in the vicinity of the
Capitol Building for the purposes of extending the parking lot used by
headquarters personnel.
During the year, 154 churches paid an average of one dollar per mem
ber to be applied on the purchase of the new site for a larger Assembly
tabernacle. These contributions amounted to $9,226.80. Seven quarterly
payments, of $5,000 each, have been made, leaving a balance of $65,000
due on the property.
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TO&#5046348;INSON, Chairman
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Secretary
J. R. KINSER, Treasurer
C. R. PAYNE, Committeeman
E. L. HIGDON, Committeeman
11:13 a.m.-The Curry Family sang "I See Jesus."
11:16 a.m.-"Seeking, Striving and Praying for the Experience to Stand
in the Last Day," message by Ruth Slay. The message in part follows:
"If there ever was a time when we need to seek for something to help
us stand in these last days, it is now. It is through prayer that we seek
for the experience we need, and it seems that only a few people really
know what it means to pray through. When we actually get down and
pray through, we have accomplished something. Some people say that
it doesn't take fasting now, but I &#6684777;nd in my ministry that it takes both
fasting and praying when I receive something from God. There are peo-

MINUTES OF THE 55&#5505096; ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 139
ple who will say the Lord said to open your mouth and He will &#6684777;ll
it, but I &#6684777;nd that it takes much study and prayer. It takes seeking and
striving for the experience to help us stand. I want you to know that
if we are going to have an experience that will make us ready for the
rapture, we are going to have to do some seeking in the old time way.
"When that &#6750322;oup of people were in the Upper Room, they were tarry
ing for an experience to help them stand and when they came down
from that room, Peter preached a message that was the means of bring
ing in three thousand souls. What is the matter with the ministry to
day that we can't see more accomplished? I believe it is because we
are not seeking, we are not striving for the experience to stand. We are
going to have to do more about it than we have ever done. If it takes
tarrying in an upper room, &#6684777;nd the upper room. If it takes getting away
in a mountain to pray, let's go to the mountain.
"If we have the experience to stand we are going to have to put on
the required armour. Paul said, 'Finally, my brethren, be strong in the
Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour
of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand.' Now we are not able to stand until we have done
all. And some of the all things are in the seeking and striving.
"You remember that Peter and John went up to the temple at the hour
of prayer and there was a lame man at the gate. Those men had an
experience with God that made them able to accomplish something. Why
don't we see more accomplished today? I am a&#6684786;aid there is too much
of the outward and not enough of the inward taking possession today.
If we will get more on the inside, we will not have to talk so much. It
will show on the outside. When we are &#6684777;lled with the power of God,
it will show on the outside. When Moses came down from the mountain
the skin of his face shone. If we will get an experience like that, we
will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
"Some people say they can't stand what they used to. I wonder if they
pray like they used to. What is the matter with us that we can't take
what we used to? We have failed some place in our prayer life. I know
by experience.
"Now if we have put on the whole armour of God that we may be
able to stand and we have our feet shod with the preparation of the gos
pel, if we have the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword
of the Spirit, that isn't enough. We read 'Praying always wi&#7602280; all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit.' Not praying a portion of the time, but
praying always with all prayer and supplication. Praying always for
the experience to stand in these last days. Have we enough of the power
of God to tide us over? The way to have it is to pray always with all
prayer and supplication in the Spirit."
11:28 a.m.-Report of Committee No. 6, Auxiliary Boosters.
The report was accepted by the Assembly.

140 MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Auxiliary Boosters Committee Report
To the 55th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Auxiliary Boosters Committee, beg leave to submit the fol
lowing report:
After some deliberation and prayer we &#6684777;nd that the Emergency Fund
should have a special boost as a portion of the Emergency Fund is be
ing used to help pay for the new headquarters property. Let's do our
best to collect all the Emergency dollars as soon as possible. It would
be good to start right after this Assembly.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The work of our Sunday Schools is appreciated, but we feel that more
can be accomplished in this work if we will put forth more effort. &#5505128;e
Home Class and Cradle Roll departments need a little more boosting
by all of us, as we must have a larger number enrolled in these depart
ments. Let's make the people in our towns know that we are interested
in them. Home Class and Cradle Roll superintendents should be chosen
with care as we need those to serve in these positions who have talent
for this work. And don't forget our Orphanage work. We should give
and give to the support of this worthy cause. Also, give attention to col
lecting coupons.
C,P, M, A.
The Church of Prophecy Marker Association is making steady growth
and continuing to assist in the progress of the Church. The Visual De
partment is &#6684777;lling its place and Fields of the Wood is attracting the
attention of more people as it continues to be beauti&#6684777;ed. Wings of Proph
ecy, by touring the states, is stirring much interest among the public and
proving a blessing to the Church. Through the department of the C. P.
M. A. working in unity and every church striving for an honor stone in
Fields of the Wood will, no doubt, be the means of helping the Church
reach perfection.
VICTORY LEADERS BAND
Our V. L. B. work has been going by leaps and bounds. Many of our
young people have become pastors and evangelists and some are state
overseers. This auxiliary is indispensable in the last days Church of
God in the training of our young people for future service. Hurrah for
our Victory Leaders!
WOMENS MISSIONARY BAND
The missionary sisters are still doing a great work in helping to reach
the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord. Many hours of very
hard word have been spent in raising funds to keep our missionary
work going forward, and still the need is so great. Come on W. M. B.'s,
let's work a little harder as our work is not in vain in the Lord.
ASSEMBLY BAND MOVEMENT
The A. B. M. has been considered the most important auxiliary in the
Church because it seeks to keep the sheep, and it seems it has been
neglected more than any other auxiliary. However, the revivi&#6684777;cation cam-

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNU&#4259916; ASSEMBLY 141
paigns have boosted the work of this auxiliary greatly. Great strides have
been realized in each state where these campai&#6750318;s have been conducted .
We would like to see the day that the A. B. M. will &#6684777;ll its place as it
should along with the other auxiliaries. Come on, band leaders, let's
keep every soul committed to our care.
STATE OVERSEERS PAY ASSOCIATION
The Big Business Program in 1928 called for this -Association to be
operated by the Assembly Band Movement for the purpose of assisting
in the support of our state overseers. Come on, good band leaders, don't
let our overseers down. Let's visit each member on our band and se
cure a nice love offering for our overseers each month.
PUBLISH ING DEPARTMENT
Our ministers and leaders should boost our Publishing House by en
courag&#6881390;g our people as well as others to purchase their religious sup
plies there. And all of our people should be readers of our Church pub
lications. By doing this we show by our works that we are standing by
our Publishing House staff.
BIBLE TRAINING CAMP
Bible &#5505138;aining Camp is the official institution of training in the Church
of God, and it strives not to establish a doctrine, but strives rather to
establish in the doctrine.
Bible Training Camp has two home study courses by correspondence.
One has twenty lessons in general Bible knowledge and the other is the
Body of Christ course. •
This is a great institution for teaching our people the doctrine and prac
tices of the Church. Every minister should attend if possible, and every
member would pro&#6684777;t spiritua&#7077996;y by attending.
One out of every four members is urged to give one nickel a week
for the support of Bible Training Camp in other countries for the pur
pose of establishing our foreign workers in the doctrine and practices of
the Church. Let us boost B. T. C. that it may be of greater servic e to
the Church.
REPORTING
The reporting system was not given the proper attention for a num
ber of years. Some ministers did not see the importance of reporting so
we could not know how much work was being done in the Church. We
could not have a correct general report because of this very serious neglect,
but now it is different because more of our ministers report regularly.
For this reason we know we are a progressive church. We know many
thousands have been saved each year because somebody reported it. If
no one had reported it, we would not know. "A good report maketh the
bones fat." Proverbs 15:30. The writer of Hebrews said, "For by it
(faith) the elders obtained a good report." Hebrews 11:2. We need faith
today to obtain a good report from some of our band leaders. Come on,
band leaders, let's report each month to the pastor. Let's all report. Every
one who is supposed to report, let's report.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. SULLIVAN
SEBASTIAN McGEE

142 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ROY H. PHIPPS
R.C. SCOTTON
FLOYD H. BONHAM
JOE M&#4259922;TIN
W. G. HARDIN
Following the reading of the report, the members of the committee gave
a demonstration designed to boost the Emergency Fund. This was in
the form of a court trial in which one was tried for failure to pay his
Emergency dollar. He was found guilty and was sentenced to serve the
remainder of his natural life as a worker in the Church. He then paid his
Emergency dollar.
12:02 p.m.-Report of Committee No. 4, Ways and Means.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Ways and Means Committee Report
To the 55th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Ways and Means Committee, beg leave to report as follows:
1. We recommend that the Emergency Fund be continued and that each
member pay $1.00 to the fund each year, and that the present system of
collecting these Emergency dollars be continued. We further recommend
that each local church collect the dollars in full as soon as possible and
send them in as this fund is used in paying for the new headquarters
property and the money is needed.
2. We recommend that the plan of each member giving a love offer
ing each month to increase the fourth Sunday offering for the state over
seer be continued, and that the pastor and band leaders see to it that
this plan is carried out in all churches one hundred per cent.
3. We recommend that all V. L.B., Sunday School, Mission, C. P. M. A.,
White Wing Publishing House, Orphanage and B. T. C. tithes be placed
in the General Tithes Fund and that the allotments of the following be
paid out of this fund, the allotments aforesaid are as follows:
We recommend that the Editor and Publisher of the White Wing Mes
senger be paid $5,000 per year and incidental expenses, plus any and
all personal necessities; the General Treasurer $375 per month and incidental
expenses; the Assistant Publisher and Business Manager, the Assistant
Editor, Sunday School Editor, the Foreign Mission Secretary, and the
General Overseer's private secretary $375 per month. The Field Secretary
No. 1, Field Secretary No. 2, Field Secretary No. 3, General A. B. M. and
S. 0. P. A. Secretary, General W. M. B. Secretary, General Sunday School
Secretary, General V. L. B. Secretary, General C. P. M. A. Secretary,
Foreign Language Secretary, General B. T. C. Superintendent, Sunday
School Orphanage Superintendent, Radio Department Manager, Visual De
partment Director, General B. T. C. Principal and Radio Minister be paid
$350 per month and incidental expenses, if funds are available.
4, We recommend that the question of pay for incidental expenses incurred
by some of the general workers be left to the discretion of the General
Overseer and the General Treasurer.
5. We recommend that the overseers of states and territories receive
a substantial amount if funds are available for their service, said amount

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 143
no.t to exceed $355 per month and an allowance of seven cents per mile
tra\'eled in the work of the ministry only, and an amount not to ex
ceed $200 per month for office expenses from the tithes received from
the churches. Any funds in excess of this amount received by the over
seer, we recommend that ten per cent of these funds be sent to the state
treasurer for the support of the auxiliary secretaries; the remaining ninety
per cent to be divided equally, sending half to the state treasurer to
be placed in the General State Fund and distributed monthly to pastors
of weaker churches; and half to headquarters treasury for the support of
overseers of weaker states.
We further recommend that an amount up to $100 per month be al
located to rent and utilities from the allotment of the state overseer. This
amount may be deducted from the overseer's income when he &#6684777;les his
income tax form.
6. We recommend that ten per cent of the amount of surplus tithes
left in the local church treasury at the end of the year be sent to the state
treasurer for the support of the state secretaries. The remaining ninety
per cent to be divided equally, forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to Headquarters Treas
urer and forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to the state treasurer to be disbursed by the
state overseer and State Finance and Appropriations Committee to help
pastors of weaker churches.
7. We recommend that ten per cent of the tithes received each month
by the local church treasurer be sent with his report to General Head
quarters Treasurer and that the same amount be sent to the state overseer.
8. We recommend that the pastor receive an amount not to exceed $355
per month out of the tithes of the local church after headquarters and
the state overseer have received their portion, if funds are available.
We further recommend each pastor whose church has surplus tithes re
ceive $25.00 per month for expenses in the ministry. This does not in
clude offerings and poundings received by the pastor.
We further recommend that at the &#6684777;rst quarterly conference after the
Assembly each local church agree to receive an offering for the pastor
on the &#6684777;rst Sunday in each month.
9. We recommend that the ti&#7602280;es of non-members that are paid into
the local church treasury should be paid out through the regular chan
nel the same as the tithes of members.
10. We recommend that all ministers and churches observe the rul
ing of the Assembly with reference to the use of the tithe money which
is: "The tithes are for the support of the ministry only."
11. We recommend that the state convention C. P. M. A. offering be
divided by the state treasurer as follows: Send ten per cent to the Gen
eral Treasurer and forty per cent to M. A. Tomlinson; the remaining
&#6684777;fty per cent is left in the state treasury.
12. We recommend that the third Sunday in each month be set aside
as a time to receive an offering for the district overseer by each local
church, and that the local church treasurer forward this offering to the
district overseer at the end of each month. In case the district overseer
is called upon by the state overseer to discharge a duty involving con
siderable expense, the state overseer assist in such as much as possible.
13. We recommend that $100 be contributed from the General Funds
for each $100 contributed from General State Funds for the purpose of
opening up a new &#6684777;eld, and that the amount for any one state be limited
to $500.

144 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
14. We have considered the question concerning funds to build local
churches, but since there are no funds available at this time, we have
decided not to make a recommendation.
15. We recommend that each and every state overseer see to it that
all state convention offerings raised in his state be executed only as author
ized by. the Assembly.
16. We recommend that all give perfect co-operation to our faithful
General Overseer in putting into practice all the rulings of the Assembly.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS Brother S. 0. Gillaspie served faithfully with the Ways and
Means Committee in their deliberations for thirty-three years, and
WHEREAS Brother Gillaspie has &#6684777;nished his work on earth and has
now gone to his reward: therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that we express our appreciation for his valuable
service in the work of this committee for these years, and may his name
live long in our memory for his consecrated life and untiring service in
a&#7077996; the work ofthe Church.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we render thanksgiving to God for
allowing him to serve in the Church these many years, and bow our
hearts in humble submission to His will in taking one so sincere and s&#3809501;ad
fast from us.
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. LOWMAN
G.C. DECKER
ALVIN S. MOSS
Z.R. YOUNG
R. W. STOCKDALE
12:35 p.m.-Report of Committee No. 5, Assembly Expense.
The report was accepted as read.
Report of Assembly Expense Committee
To the 55th Annual &#4259955;sembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
1. We wish to commend the ministry, members and friends of the
Church for their faithfulness and cooperation in helping to raise funds for
the expense of the Assembly this year.
2. We recommend that all Sunday Schools with an average attendance
of &#6684777;fty or less contribute $1.00 per year; all Sunday Schools with an
average attendance of over &#6684777;fty and less than one hundred contribute $1.50
per year; and all Sunday Schools with an average of one hundred and
over contribute $2.00 per year for the expense of the Assembly.
3. We recommend that each Victory Leaders Band, each Womens Mis
sionary Band, and each minister pay $1.00 to the expense of the Assembly.
4. We recommend that the pastors be responsible for collecting the As
sembly Expense dollars for the auxiliaries and forward same . to the state
overseer, and the state overseer be responsible to collect the dollars from
the ministers in his state; these funds to be mailed to the General _Treas
urer as collected. The &#6684777;nal report of the Assembly Expense should be

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 145
given by the overseer with the state convention report to the General
Treasurer. The state secretaries be responsible to _ the state overseer to
boost and assist in collecting these funds.
Humbly submitted,
C.R. PAY&#5111877;
J. D. WILLIAMS
JOHN A. STUBBS
DON H. THOMAS
H. M. BIGGERS
12:40 p.m.-Report of Committee No. 2, Watchmen.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Watchmen Committee Report
To the 55th Annual Assembly, Greetings in Jesus:
After continual prayer and careful watching throughout this Assembly
we submit the following report:
We are happy to report that there seems to have been the best spirit
of unity prevailing in this Assembly that we have ever seen among our
people.
We have had several problems but have taken care of them all. We
feel that surely the Church is moving at rapid speed toward perfection
as our problems in the Assemblies are becoming fewer each year, for
which we praise the Lord. However, we think it would be good for all
church parents to take time to instruct their young folk before coming
to the Assembly to be more respectful in the house of God.
Humbly submitted,
W. A. &#5111877;WSOM
L. E. SILVERS
T. J. LOWE
S. B. MOSS
OMER C. LAWSON
J. V. JO&#4718670;SON
12:43 p.m.-The General Overseer spoke to thank all who had any part
in making the Assembly the success that it was. He mentioned the vari
ous committees and departments, certain individuals, the city of Cleve
land, the press and the radio. He expressed deep appreciation for all
the assistance that was rendered during the Assembly.
12:47 p.m.-Ministers consecration service.
The General Overseer called for all ministers to stand. Then he ex
pr&#6619251;sed his appreciation for the service they had rendered and spoke
words of encouragement to them concerning the future. The Cowan F&#6357101;
ily sang "Heaven Will Be Worth It All." The ministers joined in sing
ing a verse and the chorus. The female ministers prayed, consecrating
themselves to the Lord for another year's work. All the male ministers
prayed, consecrating themselves to the Lord. Then all prayed together.
The General Overseer asked each one to place his hand over his heart
and sing with him a verse of "Where He Leads Me." Then they raised
both hands and sang the verse again.

146 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
1:09 p.m.-Harper and Betty Hunter sang "Search Me, Lord." The con
gregation sang "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," led by Brother
Hunter.
1:17 p.m.-Appointment of overseers, missionaries, secretaries and others
by the General Overseer.
State Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries
and Other Appointments
Alabama, E. A. McDonald
Alaska, Harold Huff
Alberta, William A. Lusch
Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Mont-
serrat, Nevis, Saint Kitts, Alfred
Francois
Argentina, Carlos Colon
Arizona, A. L. Sullivan
Arkansas, T. J. Lowe
Aruba, Curacao, George Connor
Australia, G. H. Wakeman
Bahamas, Alv&#6881390; S. Moss
Barbados, Walter C. Bates
Bermuda, George W. Burgess
British Columbia, Donal d S. Cooley
Britis h Guiana, Rupert Best
Britis h Isles, Herbert England
California, Sidney A. Cooley
Chile, Germain Ortega
Colorado, R. 0. Covey
Connecticut, Samuel Pratt
Costa Rica, A. S. Anderson
Cuba, Antonio Ledezma Soto
Cyprus, M. K. Kounnas
Delaware, Posey A. Shupe
Dominican Republic, J. H. Ladoo
East Texas, D. F. Rowland
Egypt, Ghaly Ibrahim
El Salvador, Pedro Ramirez Perez
Florida, R. Clement Lynch
Georgia, M. S. Curry
Germany, Holland, Switzerland,
Otto Koelz
Greece, Paul P. Costas
Guatemala, Ramon Ruano P.
Haiti, J. Vital He&#7471214;e
Hawaii, Lindsay T. Willing
Honduras, Guillermo Salvador
Monterrosa
Idaho, W. A. Newsom
Illinois, Roy Day, Jr.
Indiana, W. W. Webb
Iowa, M. M. Burt
Jamaica, R. C. Smith
Kansas, Howard W. Thomas
Kentucky, Roy H. Phipps
Louisiana, Cecil J. Cunningham
Maine, W. A. Grant
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Adolph
Flemmer
Maryland and D. C., John L. Sul
livan
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, J. F.
Aites
Michigan, Ontario, A. J. Creel
Minnesota, W. G. Hardin
Mississippi, James Staggs
Missouri, Homer Rye
Montana, L. R. Lane
Nebraska, Raymond M. Pruitt
Nevada, W. D. Daugherty
New Hampshire, Charles E. Hanna
New Jersey, V. R. Sherrill
New Mexico, T. E. Bradley
New York, Paul J. Ion
New Zealand, Allan M. Eliason
North Carolina, G. A. Wilson
North Dakota, Paul H. Thompson
·North India, Jacob Jovial
North Mexico, Jose Regalado V.
Ohio, Joe Martin
Oklahoma, H. M. Biggers
Oregon, John A. Stubbs
Panama, Austin A. Burke
Pennsylvania, Malcolm T. Linkous
Peru, Manuel Carbajal
Philippine Islands, L. G. Edralin
Puerto Rico, Carlos de Leon Colon
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Walter
C. Bates
Sierra Leone, David E. Longstreth
South Carolina, L. V. Jones
South Dakota, Don B. Thomas
South India, K. Vijayaratnam

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 147
South Mexico, Samuel Galindo B.
Sweden, George A. Stenmark, Mis
sionary
Tennessee, Adrian T. Griffin
Tobago, Trinidad, William D.
Greenaway
Turks Islands, Isaiah J. Wynns
Uruguay, Valdimir Cuzmenco
utah, R. L. Williams
Vermont, Orville W. Trump
Virginia, C. T. Davidson
Virgin Islands, Moses Stephens
Washington, G. C. Sloan
West Texas, W. T. Pettyjohn
West Virginia, M. E. Wilson
Wisconsin, Charles G. Hawkins
Wyoming, Harper Hunter, Jr.
Caribbean Islands Representative,
Walter C. Bates
Field Secretary, C. R. Payne
Field Secretary, Edward L. Jones
Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary,
E. H. Griffith
Sunday School Secretary, Allen
Davis
V. L. B. Secretary, Elwood Mat
thews
W. M. B. Secretary, Sylvia Hardin
Foreign Mission Secretary, D. H.
Queener
Foreign Language Secretary, Jess
F. Pruitt
C. P. M. A. Secretary, Charles S.
Pennington
Honor Stone Department Director,
L. S. Rhodes
Visual Department Director, Jack C.
Decker
Fields of the Wood Manager, J. W.
McDill
Assistant Publisher and Business
Manager, E. L. Higdon
Assistant Editor, Buford M. Johnson
Sunday School Editor and Radio
Announcer, Robert F. Wright
B. T. C. Superintendent, James B.
Wright
Sunday School Orphanage Superin
tendent, Boyd W. Thornton
General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser
Radio Department Manager,
Thomas Duncan
Ministerial Aid Chairman, W. M.
Lowman
South American Representative,
Carlos Colon
Europe and Africa Representative,
Ada McGehee
Radio Minister and Pilot, H. L.
Moore
General B. T. C. Principal, William
H. Brooks
The General Overseer requested those whose names were called to take
seats on the platform. &#5701736;en all were in place, they repeated words
after the General Overseer pledging themselves to be true and loyal to the
Church and its doctrines and practices. They dedicated themselves to
the service of the Lord and promised to work for the advancement of
the Church and cooperate with the General Overseer. They prayed in
concert, then the General Overseer prayed in their behalf.
1:30 p.m.-The Assembly took act ion in adopting the Minutes of the
Assembly, and instructions were given the local churches to consider,
endorse and ratify the business acts of the Assembly in the &#6684777;rst busi
ness conference after the Assembly.
1:31 p.m.-The business part of the Assembly was closed by the Gen
eral Overseer.
1:32 p.m.-Brother C. R. Payne led the congregation in singing "God
Be With You 'Til We Meet Again."
2:00 p.m.-The closing prayers were offered by Brother Kadmiel Vijaya-
ratnam, India, and L. A. Moxley, Tennessee.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer
LILLIE DUGGAR, Private Secretary
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Chief Clerk
A. T. WAGAR, Assistant Clerk
BILLY RIGGS, Assistant Clerk

148 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ZELLA CREEL, Assistant Clerk
JACK JENKINS, Assistant Clerk
LAMAR PARTON, Assistant Clerk
ESTHER WAGAR, Assistant Clerk
BETTY PADGETT, Assistant Clerk
KENDRICK LINVILLE, Assistant Clerk
EDWIN JONES, Sunrise Clerk
The Present Financial System of the
Church of God of Prophecy
(NOTE TO MINISTERS AND TREASURERS. Please &#6684777;ll out all re
ports accurately, giving names and addresses where called for and any other
information needed. Write or print plainly so it can be easily read. Be
sure all amounts shown are correct. If any further assistance in filling
out reports is needed, write J. R. Kinser, Treasurer, Box 658, Cleveland,
Tennessee.)
1. TITHES. All members should pay their tithes into the treasury of
the local church where they belong. All ministers should send the tithes
of income from the ministry with their monthly reports to headquarters,
and tithes on income outside the ministry, should be paid into the treas
ury of the local churches where they belong. The treasurer of the local
church is to send ten per cent of tithes received each month with the
treasurer's report to J. R. Kinser, Treasurer, Box 658, Cleveland, Ten
nessee, and the same amount to the State Overseer. The balance of the
tithes is in the hands of the local church and treasurer to pay the pas
tor for his services. The Assembly has agreed that a pastor may re
ceive $355 per month from the tithes if funds are available. If a church
has surplus tithes, the pastor is to receive $25.00 per month for expenses
in the ministry. Ten per cent of the surplus tithes left in the local church
treasury at the end of the Assembly year, August 31, 1961, is to be sent
to the state treasurer for the support of the state secretaries. The re
maining ninety per cent to be divided equally, forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to
headquarters treasurer and forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to the state trea�rer to
be disbursed by the state overseer and State Finance and Appropriations
Committee to help pastors of weak churches.
State Overseers are to receive no more than $355 per month and an
allowance of seven cents per mile traveled in the work of the ministry
only, and an amount not to exceed $200 per month for office expenses
from the tithes received from the churches. Any funds in excess of this
amount received by the overseer, ten per cent of these funds should be
sent to the state treasurer for the support of the auxiliary secretaries;
the remaining ninety per cent to be divided equally, sending half to the
state treasurer to be placed in the General State Fund and distributed
monthly to pastors of weaker churches, and half to headquarters treas
urer for the support of overseers of weaker states. The Assembly has
ruled that tithes are for the support of the ministry only. Surplus tithes
received by headquarters are in the hands of the General Overseer and
General Treasurer to aid overseers in states not self-supporting. Ten
per cent of all tithes received at headquarters is to be placed in the Min
isterial Aid Fund.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 149
Tithes of non-members that are paid into the local church treasury
should be paid out through the regular channel the same as the tithes of
members.
2. SUNDAY SCHOOL. Ten per cent of all Sunday School offerings
should be given to the local church treasurer to send to headquarters
with his monthly report and the same amount sent to the state treasurer
to be placed in the General State Fund.
3. ORPHANAGE. All Sunday School Orphanage offerings are to be
held by the local church treasurer and turned in at &#7602280;e state conven
tion and Assembly. Ten per cent of the state convention orphanage of
ferings is to be sent to the General Treasurer and an equal amount to
the state treasurer. The balance is sent to the General Treasurer for
the support of the orphanage. Ten per cent of the Assembly offering from
each state is to be sent to the respective state treasurer for the General
State Fund by the General Treasurer.
4. EMERGENCY FUND. All ministers and members are to pay one
dollar per year into the treasury of the local churches where their mem
bership is, and the treasurer should send with his monthly report all
emergency dollars turned in to him that month. Ten per cent of all
emergency money received at headquarters is to be placed in the Min
isterial Aid Fund.
5. MISSION MONEY. The second Sunday Missionary offerings and
money raised by other means are to be held by the local church treas
urer and turned in at the state convention and Assembly. Ten per cent
of the State Convention Missionary offering is to be sent to the Gen
eral Treasurer and an equal amount to the state treasurer. Half of the
remainder is left in the state to be placed in the General State Fund, and
half sent to the General Treasurer as Foreign Mission money. Five per
cent of the forty per cent of the Mission funds coming into the state treas
ury at the state convention should be sent to the General Treasurer to
assist in the support of widows of deceased ministers. All mission money
collected in the special March and October drives is to be sent to the
General Treasurer as Foreign Mission money. All mission offerings at
the Assembly are turned in to the General Treasurer as Foreign Mission
money. Ten per cent of the Assembly offering from each state is to be
sent to the respective state treasurer for the General State Fund by the
General Treasurer. Ten per cent of the Mission money received at head
quarters is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund.
6. FIRST SUNDAY OFFERING. The Assembly has recommended that
each local church in the &#6684777;rst business conference after the Assembly
agree to receive an offering for the pastor on the &#6684777;rst Sunday in each
month.
7. THIRD SUNDAY OFFERING. The Assembly has set apart the third
Sunday in each month to receive an offering for the district overseer
by each local church. The local church treasurer should send this of
fering to the district overseer at the end of each month. In case the
district overseer is called upon by the state overseer to discharge a duty
involving considerable expense, the state overseer should assist in such
as much as possible.
8. FOURTH SUNDAY OFFERING. The fourth Sunday has been set
apart by the Assembly for every local church to take up a special of
fering for the state overseer. This should not be overlooked or neglected.
This is also the time for the pastor or other selected person to turn over
to the treasurer the money which has been collected by the A. B. M.

150 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
leaders. After the treasurer has taken out ten per cent of these offer
ings to be sent to the state treasurer, the balanc e should be sent to the
state overseer. Do NOT send any of this fund to headquarters. In ad
dition to this offering every month, each local church is instructed to
take a pounding for the state overseer once or twice a year.
9. V. L. B. OFFERINGS. Fifty-&#6684777;ve per cent of the regular weekly
offerings is to be turned in at the state convention along with any other
Free Literature money raised in any manner. After the state conven
tion these offerings should be kept in the local church treasury until
time to send them in for the Assembly Free Literature offering. The
remaining forty&#3014746;&#6684777;ve per cent of the weekly offering may be kept in the
local band for expenses. Ten per cent of all Free Literature money
turned in at the state convention should be sent to the General Treas
urer and twenty per cent to the state treasurer to be placed in the Gen
eral State Fund. The remaining seventy per cent is to be sent to the
White Wing Publishing House. All Free Literature money raised at the
Assembly is to be turned over to the White Wing Publishing House. Ten
per cent of the Assembly offering from each state is to be sent to the
respective state treasurer for the General State Fund by the White Wing
Publishing House. Ten per cent of all Free Literature money received
at headquarters is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund and the bal
ance may be disbursed under the direction of the Church Publishing Com
mittee.
10. ASSEMBLY EXPENSE. In order to assist in taking care of the ex
pense of the Annual Assemblies, the state overseers are asked each year
to collect funds as noted below, and send same to the General Treasurer.
(a) $1.00 from each minister.
(b) $1.00 from each Victory Leaders Band.
(c) $1.00 from each Womens Missionary Band.
(d) $1.00 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of &#6684777;fty
or less.
(e) $1.50 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of over
&#6684777;fty but less than one hundred.
(f) $2.00 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of one
hundred .or over.
11. CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION. To be a mem
ber of the Church of Prophecy Marker Association requires the payment
of $5.00 a year. This $5.00 may be paid any .time during the year; how
ever, for the local church to receive credit in the Honor Stone Program,
it must be paid before the honor sheet is &#6684777;lled out by the pastor.
In foreign &#6684777;elds, those becoming members are required to pay the
amount .of a day's wages, if this amount is not over $5.00 .
The C. P. M. A. Committee decided that the C. P. M. A. offerings re
ceived in the local churches be held for the state convention the same
as other auxiliary offerings. &#5505128;ese offerings are to be divided by the
state treasurer as follows: Send ten per cent to the General Treasurer,
and keep the· same amount for the support of the state secretaries. Send
forty per cent to M. A. Tomlinson to be used to &#6684777;nance state projects
in Fields of the Wood. Keep the remaining forty per cent i&#7471209; the state
treasury for the support of the Airplane Program, Visual Department, and
any work in the state in connection with the C. P. M. A.
All C. P. M. A. funds belonging to headquarters should be sent to M. A.
Tomlinson, Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY 151
12. BIBLE TRAINING CAMP. Weekly classes to be conducted in all
of our local churches for the purpose of acquainting our people more
perfectly with the doctrine and practices of the Church. The pastor is
responsible for these classes. Freewill offerings are to be received in the
classes to assist in getting the teachings and practices of the Church to
the foreign countries through Bible Training Camp. These offerings are
to be turned in at the state convention.
Headquarters Committees
Following are the committees at headquarters with the names of those
serving for the Assembly year of 1960-1961 :
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORPHANAGE COMMITTEE and Tomlinson Memo
rial School Directors-M. A. Tomlinson, Boyd Thornton, J. R. Kinser, Bu
ford M. Johnson, Everett L. Higdon, C. R. Payne, A. W. Gonia.
GENERAL PROPERTIES COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kin
ser, Everett L. Higdon, Buford M. Johnson, C. R. Payne.
FOREIGN MISSION COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, D. H. Queener,
A. T. Wagar, Daniel Abrego, J. B. Wright.
C. P. M.A. COMMITTE&#4522029;M. A. Tomlinson, Charles S. Pennington, L. S.
Rhodes, E. H. Griffith, J. R. Kinser.
CHURCH PUBLISHING COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, Everett L.
Higdon, Buford M. Johnson, Robert F. Wright, J. R. Kinser.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE -M. A. Tomlinson, J. B. Wright, Boyd
Thornton, Robert F. Wright, Buford M. Johnson.
MINISTERIAL AID COMMITTEE-W. M. Lowman, M. A. Tomlinson,
C.R. Payne, A. T. Wagar.
Deeds for C,hurch Property
We recommend the acceptance of the following resolution prepared by
the General Properties Committee and attorney, as follows:
WHEREAS the 39th Annual Assembly held in 1944, authorized the
selection of &#6684777;ve General Trustees who were "to succeed to have all author
ity now vested in other trustees or custodians holding Church real estate"
of the Church, and
WHEREAS the said General Trustees were authorized to prepare a
suitable deed form, which has been done, and a copy of same is attached
to this resolution for insertion in the Minutes: therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by this 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of
God of Prophecy, held in Cleveland, Tennessee, September 9-15, 1952,
that, wherever possible under the existing laws of the state or county,
this uniform deed be used when having property conveyed to local trustees
to hold for the Church of God of Proph&#6619235;y, and that in other cases where
another deed form must be used, the provision that local trustees may
not sell, convey or encumber the property without the written consent
of the General Trustees at Cleveland, Tennessee, be incorporated in the
deed form used.

152 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that trustees to hold title to local church
property for the Church of God of Prophecy be selected by the local
church in either a regular or a called business meeting, said trustees to
sell, convey or encumber such property only when authorized to do so
by the local church in a regular or called business meeting and consent
of the General Trustees secured.
Warranty Deed
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of _______ _ _
------�&#5898381;ollars ( _____ ) cash in hand paid and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, We,
have this day bargained and sold and by these presents do hereby bargain,
sell, transfer and convey unto ____ ____________ __ _
local Trustees for the Church of God of Prophecy, a�---- ---
--------- -------- ---- --, for the use and bene&#6684777;t
of the Church of God of Prophecy, with headquarters at Bible Place,
Cleveland, Tennessee, and their successors and assigns, the following de
scribed real estate, to-wit:
(Add description of real estate here.)
TO HA VE AND TO HOLD said real estate unto the sai�------
local Trustees, for the use and bene&#6684777;t of the Church of God of Prophecy,
with headquarters at Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee and their suc
cessors and assigns forever; provided, however, that neither they nor
their successors in office as such local Trustees may sell, convey, or en
cumber the said real estate without the written consent of the General
Trustees of the said Church at Cleveland, Tennessee, which consent may
be evidenced by a separate writing or by the Chief Clerk of the said
General Trustees joining in the execution of a deed of the above named
Trustees or their successors in office for the purpose of certifying the con
sent of the General Trustees to the execution of such conveyance.
WE COVENANT that we are lawfully seized and possessed of said real
estate; that we have a good and lawful right thus to sell and convey the
same; that the title thereto is clear, free and unencumbered, and that we

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 153
will forever warrant and defend said title against the lawful claims of all
persons.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness our hands and names, thi�-- -
day o�-----------� 19 ___ _
NOTE: The present General Trustees are: M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser,
Everett L. Higdon, Buford M. Johnson and C. R. Payne. M. A. Tomlin
son is chairman and Buford M. Johnson is the chief clerk.
World Must Be Evangelized
It will take good organization and systematic methods to accomplish
this task.
God's power is demonstrated in proportion to the unity and oneness of
His people.
The members of the early Church were all of one accord, steadfast
in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and the multitude that believed
were of one heart and one soul, and great grace was upon them all, and
mighty results followed as a consequence of their perfect unity and care
ful organization.
We must banish from our minds the thoughts of individual or local in
dependence and haphazard spasmodic efforts.
Pull together, pull at once, pull steadily all the time is the road to suc
cess.
All members should be ready to center their minds and prayers on the
one thing as a unit when calls for special prayer are made. Each one
should feel his or her part of the responsibility, remembering that when
one member fails it cripples or dwarfs the body until the matter pend
ing may fail.
Instructions-Local Church Officers
1. Pastor when possible. It is necessary always to have some one selected
as leader of the flock. It is the duty of the overseer of the state or
province to see that every local church in his territory has a pastor or
leader.
2. Clerk for every local church. It is the duty of the clerk to keep a
close and careful record of the business and work of the Church, make
a record and give date of organization, record the name and date of
every one that joins, the name and date of every one excluded and for
what cause. Keep a record of deaths, giving date of same.
Clerks should be selected at the last business meeting before each An
nual Assembly to serve for one year. Same one may be continued from
year to year if desired. A man or woman can serve in this capacity. Care
should be taken to select one that can write and compose well.

,,.
154 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
The selection shoul d be made by mutual agreement. Talk the matter
over lovingly and carefully and &#6684777;nally all agree upon one who is able and
willing to serve.
3. Treasurer for every local church. If the church has more than one
deacon it is their duty to select one of their number to act as treasurer,
and if there is only one deacon, he is treasurer by virtue of his office.
If there are no deacons, a treasurer can be selected in like manner as the
clerk.
NOT&#4522029;This is not meant for an ironclad rule. A man not a deacon,
or a woman may serve as treasurer.
It is advised that one person serve as both clerk and treasurer when
it is convenient and satisfactory to the local church.
Each pastor, with the assistance of the deacons, if the church has
deacons, should divide. his members into bands of ten or twelve in each
band and a leader over each band selected. The bands might be called
prayer bands· and each leader should keep in close touch with every
member of his band like a Sunday School teacher her pupils. If any
should move, the band leader should keep in touch with them in person,
then communication should be kept up by correspondence. All of this
is for the mutual, spiritual, temporal and social bene&#6684777;t of the members.
The pastor should keep in close touch with the band leaders and all the
work.
Meetings for business should be held regularly every three months,
or four each year. In case of speci&#6357036;l demand for it a meeting may be called
any time by the pastor, leader or overseer of the state. If necessary a
short business session can be held at the beginning or close of a meet
ing for worship.
It is suggested that where practicable in a locality the &#6684777;rst Monday
night in January, April, July and October, be observed by all local
churches for their regular quarterly meetings, so as to conserve uniformity
and concerted action.
The pastor should act as moderator of all business meetings. In case
there is no pastor the overseer of the state has authority to act or ap
point some one to preside. The leader should never act as moderator
except authorized speci&#6684777;cally by the overseer of the state. Where one
pastor has the care of several churches he can arrange the time for his
business meetings to suit his convenience.
Attendance
Every member, both men and women, should take an interest in and
make it a point to attend every business session if possible.
Arrangement
Moderator, Clerk, Treasurer should occupy seats on the platform. Deacons
and other ministers near by on eit�er side or close in front of the platform.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 155
Order of Business
(This order is only a suggestion and not meant for an ironclad rule.)
Song service by all. Prayer by some one whom t,e moderator may
call. Short Scripture lesson, and prayer by the moderator, asking for
wisdom and direction. Song.
Clerk read minutes of last regular meeting, also, of call meetings, if
there have been any held.
Correction of minutes if any.
&#5505138;easurer give his report of &#6684777;nances. He should always give an item
ized statement of receipts and disbursements and remainder in treasury.
Leader of W. M. B. give her report of the work of the band, including
&#6684777;nances-receipts and disbursements.
Superintendent of the V. L. B. give report of &#7602280;e work and progress of
the band including &#6684777;nances-receipts and disbursements.
Pastor give report of the A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. work done, amount
of money raised each month, number of strays found and brought back
(Luke 15:4-6), and give account of every member of his flock (Hebrews
13:17).
Report of C. P. M. A. Leader-number of members and receipts.
Report of Church Literature Representative.
Reception of transferred members.
Members to transfer if any.
Unfinished business left over from last meeting.
New business.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment by prayer.
In these meetings matters should be discussed with love, humility and
meekness. No votes should be taken to decide questions. Everything
should be done with one accord and questions settled by mutual agree
ment. If there is -division on a matter hold it over until all can agree.
If one should seem obstinate and contrary, don't run the matter over him,
but take up his case and investigate the cause of his obstinacy and if
he shows the good spirit so that he can be heard, then show him courtesy.
But if he proves to be wrong, then deal with him as the Bible directs.
After this is' all done, take up the original subject and disp ose of it in
harmony and love.
In case of matters t_the local church cannot settle satisfactorily,
tshould call tassistance of the state overseer; if tare still not
able to reach a satisfactory conclusion, it should be referred to the Gen
eral Overseer.
In these business meetin gs women are to take no open part in discuss
ing or deciding questions, but should always be there and silently pray
God to give wisdom and direct the men and show forth God's glory in
being the glory of the men.
No one should give a message in tongues to the Church unless there
is an interpreter present and then only one at a time and not more than
three in a whole session.

156 MINUTES OF THE 55TH &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY
Advice to Members
As a member, you count one and should attend every regular service
as far as possible. Remember no one can &#6684777;ll your place and the service
will be that much dwarfed and crippled without your presence.
Show love and fellowship to everyone without partiality. Don't wait
for others to greet you, but you greet them.
Show special courtesy to strangers who may chance to fall in with you
in your meetings.
As a rule take part in the singing.
Be ready for vocal prayer when called on or prompted by the Spirit.
Be ready for testimony when such is in order.
Stand by your pastor or appointed leader and assist him in every way
you can.
Always pray silently for the preacher while he delivers the message.
Always live a good straight life at home and abroad so no one can justly
think or speak of you as a hypocrite.
Guard your conversation. Be careful what you say about a brother,
sister or anyone.
Don't be a critic and try to &#6684777;nd something in others to criticize.
Examine yourself occasionally and see if you are in the faith.
Don't yield to discouragement or despondency.
Be cheerful and happy and try to make others the same.
Spend as much time as you can in secret prayer. Give yourself all you
can to intercessory prayer. Daily prayers and study of God's Word are
necessary and very important for the spiritual welfare of each child of
God; therefore, everyone is urged to faithfully maintain as far as is possible
family worship in your home at least once a day.
Your dress should be with moderation, neat and clean, but not for
show. Moderation includes paying moderate prices for clothing, wearing
dresses of high-enough necklines, low-enough hemlines, sleeves of reas
onable length. The wearing of extremely sheer fabrics is unbecoming
to a saint and the wearing of shorts in public should never be prac
ticed. You should never wear gold for ornament or decoration. Finger
rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, lockets and large showy pins-these
are also unbecoming to a saint of God. Rouge, lipstick, nail polish and
extremely costly perfumes are used to satisfy the pride of life and there
fore they should have no place in the lives of those who love God. Please
read and study the following Scriptures often: 1 Peter 3:3, 4; 1 Timothy
2:9, 10 and 1 John 2:15-17.
You should not permit yourself to be trapped by worldy attractions.
The Bible says, "neither give place to the devil." Dabbling with worldly
amusements like professional ball games, horse races, stock car races,
wrestling arenas, skating rinks, motion picture houses or drive-in the
aters, bowling alleys and going swimming where men and women both
use the same bathing area would give the devil a foothold or place in
your life.
Always tithe your income and put it in the church treasury. Make
freewill offerings besides your tithes.
Younger members should not keep company or associate too intimately
with worldly outsiders.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 157
Members should never marry sinners. Great care should be taken,
with much prayer and careful consideration, regarding matrimony.
A member who may have a living companion should not marry an
other under any circumstances even if divorced. Neither should a mem
ber marry another who has a living companion although such person
may be divorced.
Children are an heritage from the Lord. Those who have children
are responsible to teach them at an early age to reverence the house of
God. This should be done by setting a good example before them and
by instructing them with such a good spirit that they will have a strong
desire to serve the Lord. MINIST&#4522066;S are to meet all of the require
ments in being examples to the members by keeping their children un
der reasonable control at all times and by restraining them from run
ning about over the house of God especially while the services are in
progress.
The White Wing Messenger is a very important part of the Church
of God. It should be read regularly each week by each and every mem
ber and your interest in advertising the Church should be so great that
when you have &#6684777;nished reading your copy, you would want to pass it
along to someone else. Every member who possibly can should subscribe
and of course each minister is asked to be a "paid-up" subscriber and
an earnest worker for our church paper-the White Wing Messenger.
These are the last days and perilous times have come so it will re
quire much watchfulness and humble prayer on your part to so live and
act that you will never bring reproach on the worthy name of Christ
and His Church that you so much love.
Never form too close an intimacy with the opposite sex even if they
are brothers and sisters in the Lord. Give no place to the adversary.
Abstain from the very appearance of evil.
These kindly instructions and advices are given by those who are watch
ing for your soul as they must give an account (Hebrews 13:17), and
it is hoped they will be received with the same meek, gentle spirit in
which they are given.
Duties of State Overseer
Each overseer is to have the oversight of his state or territory and as
much as possible conduct or order a general evangelistic campaign over
his state during the year. To see that every church is supplied with a
pastor as much as lies in his power.
To divide his state or territory into districts and place over each dis
trict an overseer as previously instructed and practiced. This is not an
ironclad rule, but it is considered best when there are sufficient churches
in the state to make it practicable.
To order or conduct district meetings at intervals during the year for
the mutual bene&#6684777;t and help of all. Special instructions concerning the
Church work should be given at these district meetings.
To hold one state convention each year in some part of the state most
convenient for members from all the churches to attend.
To secure the names and addresses of every Bishop, Deacon and Evan
gelist located in his state and keep record of same, so he can report to
the General Overseer, if needed.

158 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
To secure the location of every church in the state and keep a record
of same, so as to report this to the General Overseer, if needed.
To visit every district and church if possible and look after the inter
ests in every way as a pastor over a large circuit.
When a new organization is effected anywhere in the state, informa
tion should be sent to • the overseer of that state, who should make a
record of the same, giving date of organization, names of officers, etc.
Each overseer should be able to know at any time the name and ad
dress of every minister located in his state. He should also know the
number of members in his state, keeping a record of the increase as well
as the decrease, so information can be obtained each year as to the total
membership. This can be done by keeping in touch with the clerks of
the churches.
Every minister and every clerk should take an interest in imparting
this information to the overseer of their state.
In co-operation with the General Overseer they will form the pres
bytery in their respective states.
Duties of District Overseer
To moderate business conferences for women preachers who may be
acting as pastors, and men who may not be licensed if they are taking
care of churches in his district.
To do evangelistic work in his district if he has time. If he has a dis
trict with no churches it is his duty to evangelize and organize churches.
For convenience it is often thought best for a pastor of a strong church
in the district to be selected as district overseer so the church can serve
as a means of his support.
The district overseers are to be appointed by the state overseers, there
fore, they are subject to the state overseers.
Obligation for Membership m the
Church of God of Prophecy
Will you sincerely promise in the presence of God and these witnesses
that you will accept this Bible as the Word of God-believe and prac
tice its teachings rightly divided-the New Testament as your rule of
faith and practice, government and discipline, and walk in the light to
the best of your knowledge and ability?
The minister who administers this obligation should see that every ap
plicant replies in the affirmative. In taking the obligation, applicants
should think of it as being "a perpetual covenant that shall not be for
gotten."
Teachings of the Church of God
of Prophecy
The Church of God of Prophecy stands for the whole Bible rightly di
vided-the New Testament is the only rule for government and dis
cipline. Below is given some of the teachings that are made prominent.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 159
1. Repentance-Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3; Acts 3:19.
2. Justi&#6684777;cation-Rom. 5:1-9; Titus 3:7.
3. Regeneration-Matt. 19:28; Titus 3:5.
4. Born again-John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9.
5. Sancti&#6684777;cation subsequent to Justi&#6684777;cation-Rom. 5:2; 1 Cor. 1:30;
1 Thess. 4:3; Heb. 13:12; 1 John 1:9.
6. Holiness-Luke 1:74, 75; 1 Thess. 4:7; Heb. 12:14.
7. Water Baptism-Matt. 28:19; Mark 1:8-10; John 3:22, 23; Acts 8:12,
36-38; 10:47, 48; 16:33; 19:3-5.
8. Baptism with the Holy Ghost Subsequent to Cleansing, the Endue
ment of Power for Service-Matt. 3:11; Luke 24:49-53; Acts 1:4-8.
9. The Speaking in Tongues as the Evidence of the Baptism with the
Holy Ghost-John 15:26; Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:6.
10. The Full Restoration of the Gifts to the Church-1 Cor. 12:1, 7-10,
28, 31; 1 Cor. 14:1.
11. Signs Following Believers-Mark 16:17-20 ; Rom. 15:18, 19; Heb. 2:4.
12. Fruit of the Spirit-Rom. 6:22; Gal. 5:22, 23; Eph. 5:9; Phil. 1:11.
13. Divine Healing Provided for All in the Atonement-Psalm 103:3;
Isa. 53:4, 5; Matt. 8:17; James 5:14-16; 1 Peter 2:24.
14. T&#6815906;e Lord' s Supper-Luke 22:17-20 ; 1 Cor. 11:23-33.
15. Washing the Saints' Feet-John 13:4-17; 1 Tim. 5:10.
16. Tithing and Giving-Gen. 14:18-20; 28:20-22; Mal. 3:10; Matt. 23:23;
Luke 11:42; 1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6-9; Heb. 7:1-21.
17. Restitution Where Possible-Matt. 3:8; Luke 19:8, 9; Rom. 13:8.
18. Premillennial Second Coming of Jesus:
First: To resurrect the dead saints and to catch away the living saints
to meet Him in the air-Matt. 24:27, 28; 1 Cor. 15:51 , 52; 1 Thess. 4:15-17.
Second: To reign on earth a thousand years-Zech. 14:4, 5; Luke 1:32;
1 Thess. 4:14; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; Jude 14, 15; Rev. 5:10; 19:11-21 ; 20:4-6.
• 19. Resurrection-Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Rev.
20:5, 6.
20. Ete&#7471214;al Life for the Righteous-Matt. 25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28;
Rom. 6:22; 1 John 5:11-13.
21. Eternal Punishment for the Wicked. No Liberation nor Annihilation
-Matt. 25:41-46; Mark 3:29; 2 Thess. 1:8, 9; Rev. 20:10-15; 21:8.
22. Total Abstinence from All Liquor or Strong Drinks-Prov. 20:1;
23:29-32; Isa. 28:7; 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10; Gal. 5:21 .
23. Against the Use of Tobacco in any Form, Opium, Morphine, etc.-
Isa. 55:2; 1 Cor. 10:31, 32; 2 Cor. 7:1 ; Eph. 5:3-8; James 1:21.
24. Meats and Drinks-Rom. 14:2, 3, 17; 1 Cor. 8:8; 1 Tim. 4:1-5.
25. The Sabbath-Hosea 2:11; Rom. 13:1, 2; Rom. 14:5, 6; Col. 2:16,17.
26. Against Members Wearing Gold for Ornament or Decoration such
as Finger Rings, Bracelets, Earrings, Lockets, etc.-Isa. 52:2; 1 Peter 3:3;
1 John 2:16.
27. Against Members Belonging to Lodges-Matt. 5:34; John 18:20; 2 Cor.
6:14-17; James 5:12.
28. Against Members Swearing-Matt. 5:34; James 5:12.
29. Against the Divorce and Remarriage Evil-Matt. 5:32; Matt. 19:3-12;
Mark 10:12; Luke 16:18; Rom. 7:2, 3; 1 Cor. 5:1-5,13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 13, 16-18;
1 Cor. 7:2, 10, 11; Rev. 2:20-22; Acts 15:18, 29; Matt. 14:3, 4.

160 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
List of Ministers
Abreu, Theodore
Adams, Reuben A.
Adams, T. E.
Adorno, Juan Pastrana
Aites, J. F.
Akers, J. L.
Akers, William
Aldridge, W.W.
Allaway, Frank G.
Allen, James E.
Allen, Marvin R.
Allen, R. Wayne
Ammons, Edwin L.
Anderson, Albert S.
Anderson, Harvin H.
Anderson,, James Edward
Anderson, Stafford B.
Andrews, Thomas B.
Aschbacher, Joe H., Sr.
Atkins, George E.
Axley, Richard L.
Ayers, Robey W.
Baggett, Daniel 0.
Barnes, Bonnie
Barnes, M. Russell
Bates, Walter C.
Baxter, Everett L.
Beasley, Joseph E.
Beasley, Pearlie A.
Beasley, Robert D.
Beck, Grover C.
Beckwith, J.B.
Beneby, Fred, Sr.
Bennett, G. Julian
Benton, Floyd E.
Best, Rupert
Bias, Ernest J.
Biggers, Henry M.
Bivens, L. &#5046377;lton
Bonds, Vernie W.
Bonham, Amzia W.
Bonham, Floyd H.
Bowerman, Dewey R., Jr.
Bowser, Hulbert 0.
Bradley, Robert H.
Bradley, Thomas W.
Bradley, Trosia E.
Braland, Orvie A.
Brantley, Lucian Alvin
Brewer, Joseph
Brooks, William H.
Brooks, William R.
BISHOPS
Brown, Joseph M.
Brown, Lebert A.
Brown, Marvin
Bryant, Fred W.
Bryant, Jack
Bryson, Wilbert S.
Bunce, Lawrence 0.
Burdine, Archie M.
Burke, Austin A.
Burris, Philip
Burt, Martin M.
Burton, Dock C.
Butts, Huey Lee
Cagle, Jesse C.
Caldwell, D. Talmadge
Caldwell, E. Glaidwell
Caldwell, Mack
Caldwell, Sam W.
Callahan, Aaron A.
Camacho, Juan
Cameron, John N.
Campbell, James T.
Campbell, W. I.
Cannon, N. Fritz
Cantrell, Ralph G.
Cardwell, J.E.
Carroll, Frank G.
Carter, Jack 0.
Carver, Tom R.
Caudill, Hubert
Chandler, Charles R.
Chapman, J. W.
Chastain, Mathie
Chatham, Jesse F.
Cleaver, A. Doewer
Coalter, Ambrose J.
Cobb, Dolphus M.
Cobb, E. Vernell
Coker, Bryce H.
Colley, James F.
Collins, Clarence W.
Colon, Carlos de Leon
Conner, Henry Lewis
Connor, George
Cooke, Alston L.
Cooke, Cyril S.
Cooley, Donald S.
Cooley, Sidney A.
Cooper, James R.
Cooper, Mitchell
Costas, Paul P.
Couch, Aaron

MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSE&#5046338;LY
Cousins, Nathan L.
Covey, Rudolph O.
Cowart, R. W.
Cox, Hudon R.
Cox, Joel
Cox, Kenneth 0.
Cox, Wesley Grady
Cox, William H.
Crader, Leman
Creasy, Donald D.
Creel, Amos J.
Creel, Chester V.
Crenshaw, C. Louis
Cretier, Willem
Crews, Joe C.
Cross&#6684777;eld, Edward A.
Crowder, James H.
Cunningham, Cecil J.
Curry, Maurice S.
Curtis, Cloyd B.
Curtis, Emmanuel
Curtis, Henry
Cypret, Cecil A.
Dalton, George
Daniel, James M.
Daugherty, John F.
Davidson, Charles T.
Davis, Anderson H.
Davis, &#4259950;drew W.
Davis, Elisha A.
Davis, Emitt
Davis; Jones M.
Davis, Lew Allen
Davis, Lloyd D.
Davis, Peter E.
Davis, Randolph B.
Daxon, Thomas A.
Day, Roy F., Jr.
Deadrick, D. M.
Deadrick, Jim Willie
Dean, GuyH.
Dean, Hermon E.
Dean, Thomas E.
Decker, G. C.
Decker, Jack C.
Decker, Tracy H.
Deleveaux, Wilbur
Demeritte, Arnold
Dennis, Henry H.
Dennard, W. Cobb
Dixon, Jack V.
Doran, Verne J.
Dorsett, Curtis R.
Doss, James C.
Douglas, R. Gene
Duggan, Noley A.
Dunning, Noah F.
Earp, John M.
Edralin, Lawrence G.
Emerson, Oscar W.
Emmett, Verlie E.
Endecott, Clayton E.
Endecott, James L.
England, Herbert
Estep, Granville
Estes, William W.
Eubanks, Cyril S.
Evans, John E.
Ferguson, Alfred E.
Fiveash, Olen C.
Fleming, Carroll P.
Flemmer, Adolph
Foster, G. Dewey
Fowler, E.T.
Fox, William Jerald
France, Owen W.
Francois, Alfred
Francis, Cassel A.
Francis, Marvin L.
Freeman, Lonnie
Fritts, Lawrence A.
Fuller, Floyd F.
Funderburk, B. 0.
Funk, Carl D.
Galloway, J. Vernon
Gracia, Victor E.
Gardner, Harvey A.
Gardner, Howard T.
Garner, Morris D.
Gass, Arthur C.
Gates, Willard D.
Gaylor, Ora L.
Gibson, Oscar
Gibson, Sanford F.
Gilbert, Elmer
Gilbert, R. M.
Gilmer, J. Lamar
Gilmore, Alexander
Goins, Thomas W.
Golden, Alvin
Gonia, A. Winston
Goodman,·Ernest D.
Goss, Cleveland T.
Graham, Percival N.
Graham, Theophilus L.
Grant, Bernard B.
Grant, William A.
Gray, Delbert
Gray, Earl B.
Gray, Truman
Greenawalt, Alfred H.
Gregory, Constantine L.
161

162 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Griffin, Adrian T.
Griffin, George H.
Griffin, Jesse A.
Griffis, James I. J.
Griffith, Eddie H.
Grimes, Harry W.
Grubbs, Calvin W.
Grubbs, George W.
Hall, James T.
Hall, Robert J.
Hall, Valentine E.
Hamilton, Abraham C.
Hampton, Ira H.
Haney, Adril D.
Hanna, Charles E.
Hardin, William G.
Harper, Lalas, Jr.
Harrington, Theodore B.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, Jack M.
Harris, Reginald A.
Hart, Benny
Hart, TomD.
Hartley, Melvin L.
Harts&#6684777;eld, Herman Neil
Harvey, Walter L.
Hatley, John W.
Hawkins, Charles G.
Heckert, Lawrence D.
Henderson, Jessie R.
Henderson, Willard C.
Herne, J. Vital
Hester, James E.
Higdon, Everett L.
Hires, J. H.
Hix, Grady H.
Hogan, Oluf Robb
Holcomb, D. R.
Holcombe, William C.
Holland, W. T.
Hollaway, Theodore R.
Hubbard, William M.
Hughes, Dewey M.
Humes, Herman
Hunter, E. Roy
Hunter, Harper, Jr.
Hutchinson, Isaac A.
Hutchinson, Jonathan G.
Hyatt, Clifton E.
Ibrahim, Ghaly
Ion, Paul J.
Irwin, Murvil L.
James, Ivory J.
Jared, Clive E.
Jared, Thomas J.
Jared, T. J., Jr.
Jeffrey, Roy
Jenkins, Carlie B.
Jimenez, Jose Amanda
Johnson, Buford M.
Johnson,E.Eugene
Johnson, James A.
Johnson, James V.
Johnson, Michael
Johnson, Milford J.
Johnson, Virgil 0.
Johnson, Wiley A.
Jolly, William E., Sr.
Jones, Arthur C.
Jones, Edward L.
Jones, L. V.
Jose, Gilbert M.
Josephs, Beniah E.
Ketchum, B. B.
Kinder, Charles M.
Kirkland, J. D.
Kirton, Michael G.
Knight, Johnie W.
Knowles, Charlie A.
Knowles,. Joseph W.
Kounnas, M. K.
Ladoo, Joseph &#9633909;.
Lafever, J. Earl
Lafortune, Horace
Laird, Willie P.
Land, David F., Jr.
Lane, J. W.
Lane, L. Russell
Lawrence, John H.
Lawrence, 0. N.
Lawson, Omer C.
Lawson, Raymond D.
Lawson, Samuel H.
Lawson, Vernon M.
Leazenby, Leon S.
Ledford, Millard Lee
Lee, William M.
Lewin, James
Lewis, Jesse C.
Lineberry,ConardO.
Linkous, Malcolm T.
Linville, Albert J.
Linville, Kendrick
Logan, Arthur E.
Long, H. Horace
Longstreth, David E.
Lord, Cleason D.
Louk, Vern E.
Love, Clyde A.
Lowe, T. J.
Lowe, Theodore J.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Lowman, W. M.
Lusch, William G.
Lyle, Joseph E.
Lynch, R. Clement
Mackey, Charles I.
Maddox, Thomas Roy
Manning, Chesley E.
Manus, James E.
Martin, Joe, Jr.
Martin, William E.
Mathis, Buck
Matthews, D. Elwood
Matthews, David G.
Mayhall, Grady
Mccalla, Samuel A.
McDaniel, James I.
McDearis, C. C.
McDill James W.
McDonald, E. A.
McGee, Damous E.
McGee, Sebastian
McGehee, Ada
McGlothlin, Johnnie
McGreger, Aaron I.
McKeown, A. C.
McKinney, Dossie H.
McKoy,L.N.
McLeod, Kenneth B.
McMillan, Milan F.
McRae, James
Meador, Joe Alton
Melvin, Archie
Miller, Charles G.
Miller, Elias A.
Miller, Willie F.
Minter, Gerald H.
Minter, Sherman H.
Miracle, John W.
Mitchell, Arthur L.
Mixon, James W.
Montgomery, Alma E.
Montgomery, Avery G.
Moore, George W.
Moore, Harry Lee
Morris, Luther R.
Morris, Orville L. T.
Moss, Alvin S.
Moss, Arthur A.
Moss, Samuel B.
Moxley, H .M.
Moxley, L. A.
Mudd, Cicero
Musselwhite, Wilton E.
Myers, Peter W.
Myles, Charles M.
Nabors, Harvey E.
Nelson, Nathan C.
Newdiger, Oscar, Jr.
Newsom, W. A.
Nobles, James W.
Noe, Asa Earl
Oliver, George D.
Oost, Reubin C.
Orr, Troy K
Ortiz, Frank
Ottley, James A.·
Overstreet, J. Clyde
Owen, Ralph W.
P., Ramon Ruano
Pace, Charlie A.
Palmer, James C.
Palmore, Charles P., Jr.
Parker, Thomas C.
Parton, L. Lamar
Patterson, Robert W., Jr.
Payne, Connie Lee
Payne, C.R.
Peninger, Lee Roy
Pennington, Charles S.
Pentecost, Tom
Pettyjohn, William T.
Phelps, Carl A.
Phillips, Ralph R.
Phillips, Walter
Phipps, Roy H.
Pinder, Sonnie 0.
Pittman, Oscar
Pittman, S. Melvin
Polaski, Frank
Porter, William V., Jr.
Potts, Allen
Powell, Norris A.
Pratt, Samuel A.
Pressley, Peter
Price, J. D.
Price, Marion P.
Priest, J. T.
Pritchard, Liston D.
Pruitt, Elmer C.
Pruitt, Jess F.
Pruitt, Raymond M.
Puckett, Richard Lee
Pulliam, E. R.
Queener, Dorlan H.
Radford, Robert L.
Rains, M. Claud
Rampley, William T.
Raney, Sam E.
Rawls, William J.
Reese, Bradley A.
Reeves, James W., Sr.
Reeves, Roy
163

164 MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSE&#7077980;IBLY
Reid, W. Oma
Reynolds, Jerome D.
Rhodes, L. S.
Rhorer, Henry R.
Richardson, Eugene B.
Riley, Jonathan A.
Rinehammer, N. Ales
Rodman, Shannon T.
Roney, Warren E.
Rowland, Delmar F.
Roy,Dewey
Runnels, W. Edgar
Rye, Homer
Sartin, Clarence H.
Saunders, Alaric W. U.
Saunders, Randall E.
Savage, Stewart S.
Schwandt, Roy E.
Scott, David
Scott, Guy T.
Scotton, Ralph
Shelton, James G.
Sherrill, Clayton C.
Sherrill, V. R.
Shores, Elton
Shroyer, Orlies F.
Shroyer, Owen E.
Shults, D. M.
Shupe, Posey A.
Sikes, Lodie B.
Silvers, L. E.
Singleterry, James E.
Sloan, Gladios C.
Smith, Floyd W. B.
Smith, George P.
Smith, Noah B.
Smith, Obie D.
Smith, R. C.
Smith, Sampson
Smith, William B.
Smith, William J.
Smithers, Charles T.
Spence, J. Corbett
Spencer, Garland H.
Stafford, Virdel B.
Staggs, James
Stargel, G. T.
Stearman, Marion B.
Stenmark, A. George
Stephens, Moses
Stephens, Nathaniel
Stephens, Walter D.
Stockdale, R. Wynn
Stone, Leslie E.
Stover, Woodrow
Strickland, Robert L., Jr.
Stubbs, John A.
Suggs, William P.
Sullivan, Avery L.
Sullivan, Evan G.
Sullivan, John L.
Summerall, Clifton L.
Swaggerty, Luther C.
Swain, Frank R.
Sweat, Milton 0.
Talbott, Richard P.
Taylor, C. L.
Taylor, Jennings S.
Taylor, Norman C.
Thomas, Don Burton
Thomas, Howard W.
Thomas, Jack E.
Thomas, James A.
Thomas, J. Roy
Thompson, Arthur
Thompson, J. T.
Thompson, Paul H.
Thompson, Ronald G.
Thompson, Willie R.
Thorn, James A.
Thornton, Boyd W.
Tomlinson, M. A.
Tranthem, R. Eugene
Trump, Oliver W.
Turner, Nathaniel A.
Vernon, Horace E.
Vicars, Hubert J.
Vijayaratnam, Kadmiyalu
Vines, Willie
Wagar, Ashel T., Jr.
Waggett, Aaron R.
Wallor, George A.
Washington, Loyal C.
Watson, Egbert A.
Weakley, Eugene
Weaver, Phillip T.
Webb, Arwood
Webb, Cordell C.
Webb, Wiseman W.
Welch, Bobby G.
Weldon, Woodrow W.
Wells, Donald W.
West, Aaron W.
White, Isaac E.
White, James L.
Wilkerson, Ruben Neil
Williams, Cecil U.
Williams, Don
Williams, J. D.
Williams, James C.
Williams, Johnnie
Williams, John W.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY 165
Williams, Joseph A.
Williams, Lemuel J.
Williams, Robert L.
Williamson, W. Raymond
Williford, Clarence B.
Willis, Henry Lee
Willoughby, Walter
Wilson, Elson G.
Wilson, George Albert
Wilson, M. E.
Albin, Charlie V.
Alderson, W. Arlie
Alford, Arthur
Allen, Daniel
Ammons, Harold F.
Anderson, Robert S.
Anderson, Rufus A.
Ashworth, Charles E.
Aucoin, Russell J.
Austin, Charlie C.
Baccas, James
Bafford, Green W.
Bain, Alfred R.
Bain, Hartley L.
Baird, Ray E.
Baker, Fred 0.
Baker, He&#7471213;an
Baker, Hubert H.
Baker, Louie T.
Baptiste, Viline Jn
Barnes, Worth
Barnette, J. Oland
Barnwell, Mitchell
Barrett, Richard M.
Bartram, Raymond C.
Baxter, John L.
Beach, John W.
Beasley, J. Wilbert
Beauchamp, Dewey L.
Bennett, Harold Reginald
Berry, Cyril A.
Berry, Robert
Benson, George W.
Bethel, Daniel
Biggs, Caleb S.
Bing, Jethro
Bird, Fred P.
Black, Curtis
Blake, Phillip
Boeckel, David
Bosler, Andrew A.
Bowling, Fred E.
DEACONS
Windham, Riley H.
Winters, Louie J.
Wood, John W.
Woodruff, Arthur B.
Woods, Roy D.
Wright, James B.
Wright, Posey J.
Wynns, Isaiah J.
Young, Zilvon R.
Boxe, Cyril
Brooks, William C.
Brown, Dexton
Brown, Harvey E.
Brown, Luther C.
Brown, Luther E.
Brown, Whit
Bryan, E. Heward
Brya&#7471209;½Alexander
Bryant, George, Jr.
Bryant, Walter
Buchanan, Augustus A.
Buckley, J. W.
Buckner, Claude W.
Bumgardner, Clarence A.
Bunk, Roland A.
Burns, Chester O.
Butler, Alfred
Butler, Henry A.
Butler, Jeremiah
Butler, Johnie E.
Bynum, Calvin M.
Byrd, Clarence J.
Byrd, Willie A.
Cabales, Santos A:
Cabler, .John Will
Calfee, Willard
Camero&#7471209;, William
Cargill, Henry T.
Carr, Donald P.
Carr, Forrest E.
Cassell, Madison W.
Caudill, Bryan
Charles, John M.
Charles, Letoir Jean
Charles, Monlouis J.
Chastain, George D.
Clark, John
Clements, S. Grady
Cobb, C.E.
Codrington, Wilfred H.
Coker, J&#6357036;&#9568459;es W.

166 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cole, Asher M.
Conrad, Harry
Cook, Thomas A.
Cooper, John H.
Coquillo, Louis
Corn, Wesley H.
Cordele, Eugene
Cox, Amos A.
Cox, Leviticus H.
Crawford, John
Culmer, M. R.
Cusic, Daniel Thomas, Jr.
Davis, George R.
Davis, Omer F.
Davis, Rufus·o.
Davis, Thomas L.
Deadrick, Lawrence D.
Dean, James A.
DeLay, Ralph C.
Dirlam, Claude S.
Dixon, Ralphus A. -
Douglas, Earl
Dozier, James S.
Drawdy, Horace L.
Duncan, Clarence E.
Duncan, John Thomas
Dupre, LeRoyal J.
Duty, Robert
Edgecombe, George C.
Edie, Calvin A.
Edwards, Hugh R.
Elston, Connor J.
Emens, Lionel R.
Endecott, William E. F.
Englebert, George W.
Evans, J. R.
Falk, Ervin A.
Fearson, Cyril A.
Fendley, William C.
Ferguson, Herbert A.
Ferguson, Laban Harley
Fisher, Wilfred W.
Fleming, Ernest L.
Fleming, Frederic P.
Fontaine, Phoenix
Francis, Nathaniel
Fran&#7012460;in, Herbert F.
Franklin, Wilburn T.
Frederick, Grover C.
Freeland, Charles
Frey, Albert E., Jr.
Gardner, M. Gray
Garner, Claud A.
Gaylor, Walter L.
Gibbons, Sterlin E.
Gibson, Austin R.
Giles, Thomas H.
Gilmer, James T.
Goode, Eddy A.
Gray, T. E. Kerr
Green, Arthur G.
Green, Bondie H.
Green, Chester Lee
Hadden, John Henry
Haddock, James H.
Hall, Wilson B.
Hamilton, Howard
Hamilton, Lester
Hannah, William E.
Hanners, T. W.
Hanson, Israel E.
Harbor, James
Harmon, Homer
Harris, Taft M.
Hartless, Robert J.
Hatton, Melvin
Hawk, Henry M., Jr.
Hayes, Gordon E.
Helms, Chesley B.
Henry, Uriah
Hepburn, John A.
Heslop, George E.
Hill, Joe H.
Holbert, James H.
Holland, Victor A.
Howard, Jimmie
Huff, James Robert
Hughes, Huntley H.
Hull, Clarence D.
Humes, Nathaniel
Hunt, Eddie Ray
Hutchinson, Louis A.
Ingram, U. Leonard
Jackson, Elmer W.
Jackson, Loyd, Jr.
Jackson, Woodrow W.
James, George W.
Janes, Fred A.
Jared, Howard E.
Jarrell, Paul L.
Johnson, Fred M.
Johnson, Henry A.
Johnson, Herbert E.
Johnson, Kedrick L.
Johnson, Lee Pharries
Jones, Grover W.
Jones, T. Edwin
Jordan, James R.
Jure, Raphael
Keene&#7929895;, C. B.
Kelley, Haley J.
Keown, Amos A.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Kinard, Erie E.
Kinard, T. B.
King, Albert Paul
King, Carl R.
King, George
King, George S.
King, J. H.
Kirkland, John E.
Knowles, William
Lacks, Benny L.
Lafleur, Carroll E.
Lafleur, Cyrius
Lamb, Earl E.
Lanter, Robert, Jr.
Lassiter, Robert L.
Lavender, Walter E.
Ledford, Robert H.
Lennon, Peter E.
Letu, Earl H.
Lewis, Eldon J.
Lewis, Joe W.
Lindsey, I. J.
Littleton, Paul J.
Love, Henry Ed, Jr.
Lovell, J. D.
Lyle, Earl M.
Lyle, W. Troy
Lynn, Lloyd H.
Lynn, William M.
Madewell, Denver T.
Mahoney, William A.
Malone, Roy
Marsh, Vernal V.
Martin, Hiram T.
Massengill, Frank
Mazanec, James
McAlpin, Otis A.
Mc&#4259954;thur, Harry G.
McCorkle, James A.
Mccrary, Thomas E.
McDermott, Salbert C.
McGovern, Henry E.
McElrath, John H.
McKenzie, James A.
McKenzie, Luke E.
McLain, Floyd Lee
McLean, Robert S.
McLeod, &#4259948;lie B.
McMahan, Claude R.
Melvin, Thomas G.
Merriett, Odis
Messer, Roy
Miller, Robert C.
Miller, Winston &#3866848;.
Minns, Herbert L.
Minter, Bryon E.
Mitchell, Virgil M.
Montgomery, James F.
Montgomery, R. L.
Moore, Ernest
Moore,J. Walker
Morgan,LinfordT.
Mosier, George E.
Moss, John W.
Moss, Wilfred G.
Mullins, Henry R.
Murphy, Thomas H.
Murray, Henry E.
Muse, Andy G.
Muse, Clyde C.
Nabors, Clymer H.
Nelson, Meridan H.
Newsom, Frank Perry
Newsom, Johnie D., Jr.
Nolen, Elvin H.
Norris, Justin
Nutt, William J.
Oglesby, Thomas
O'Neal, R. Carlton
Ostby, Henry W.
Owens, Bunk
Owens, Edgar
Parker, Bill
Parker, Earl D.
Parker, Raymond R.
Parks, William B.
Paschall, Ollie
Pate, J.B.
Peavy, Elvie A.
Pereyra, Manuel Valle
Perkins, Clyde V.
Peterson, Preston C.
Pharr, Samuel D.
Phillips, Chester R.
Ponder, Raymond E.
Pope, Gene P.
Powell, Calvin H.
Powell, W. Lowry
Power, C. Hugh
Pratt, Jeremiah
Preston, Samuel B.
Price, Maxie Lee
Proffitt, Clarence A.
Pruitt, H. C&#7077993;fford
Puckett, Norman
Qualls, George D.
Rainwater, Allen C.
Ramsey, Edward J.
Ray, G. Scott
Ray, W. Hansel
Reed, Tony
Reid, Egbert H.
167

168 MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Reid, Ferdinand R.
Revolus, Fortune
Richards, Jim R.
Rickard, Ora Lee
Roberts, Bertie C.
Roberts, Stephen
Rodriges, Jesus Lopes
Rodriguez, Joseph
Rolle, Martin L.
Rowe, Walter S.
Rowell, Barney W.
Royal, George
Russell, Earl Ray
Russell, Leslie
Sackett, Leonard E.
Saltzman, Loren Z.
Saunders, Roland G.
Saxon, Tallie S.
Scheurer, Gideon
Scheurer, Ruben
Scott, Robert A.
Scotton, George M.
Scotton, Norman J.
Seratt, Jesse D.
Shannon,John
Sharrar, Robert C.
Shean, Charles E·.
Shipley, William S.
Sigler, Thomas G.
Slay, Sheldon M.
Sluder, Herman
Small, Aubrey Victor
Smith, Isaac
Smith, L:K.
Smith, Joseph Allen
Snowden, Jack D.
Stanley, Horace B.
Story, Frank E.
Theriot, Junius J.
Thigpen, Preston E.
&#5505128;omas, Cecil G.
Thomas, David
Thompson, Clifford M.
Thompson, John A.
Thompson, Scott S.
Thompson, Wilbur B.
Thorn, William C.
Tranquille, Emmanuel
Trimble, John F.
Tubbs, Everitt A.
Turin, Celestin
Turner, Henry J.
Vaughan, Semar, Jr.
Waden, Fletcher
Walker, Stephen G.
Wallace, Millard T.
Walters, Joseph A.
Wamsley, Wilbur J.
Wariner, Sam L.
Washburn, Cecil L.
Watts, Herbert C.
Waugh, &#4522093;anuel
Weakley, M. E.
Weaver, Roy T.
&#5701736;itaker, John R.
Whitaker, Lester H.
White, Rufus L.
Whittick, Sydney 0.
Whittington, Lantis R.
Wier, Robert F.
Wilcox, Clarence
Wiley, Charlie E.
Wilkins, Mortimer I.
Wilkinson, Samuel L.
Williams, Clarence E.
Williams, Emerson
Williams, Hollis R.
Williams, John
Williams, Reginald
Willis, Frank R.
Willis, Jack R.
Wilson, Hughie L.
Wilson, J. Howard
Wilson, Joseph C.
Wilson, Wavie C.
Witte, Walter H.
Wood, Claud
Wooten, Chester L.
Word, Timothy
Worsham, James R.
Wright, Cecil
Wright, Clifford T.
Wright, Robert F.
Wright, Wib
Wyant, Ray M.
Yielding, Edward P.
Young,Joe
Young, Zane L.
Zurfluh, Karl
MALE EVANGELISTS
Abernathy, Johnie E.
Acosta, Ignacio
Adderley, Boston
Adkins, James G.
Adkins, K. Johnny
Aguilar, Felipe Dominguez

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 169
Aiken, Johnie E.
Aites, E. Carl
Akers, Floyd Franklin
Alarcon R., Baltazar
Aldridge, Dewey A.
Allen, Arthur
Allen, Lyndon S.
Allen, Samuel N.
Allison, William H.
Almond, Alfred D.
Alyse, Arnold
Anderson, Denver
Anderson, Kenneth 0.
Anderson, Maurice H.
Anderson, Victor R.
Andrea, Kostas J.
Angervil, Saint Eugene
Anthony, Elmer B.
Antilus, Ulysse
Antome, Expresse
Arellano, Longino Morales
Arias, Luis
Arilus, Alexis
Armenta, Ruben
A&#7471214;old, R. B.
Arnold, William
Arreola, Francisco A.
Asher, Dan
Ashford, B. Rosevelt
Axley, William L.
Ayala, Heliodoro Gonzalez
B., Moises Giron
Baber, George F.
Bafford, Joe Lean
Baggett, L. B.
Bagley, Clarence E.
Bailey, James W.
Bailey, L. Dean
Bailey, Larry V.
Bailey, Ottis P.
Baker, C. Oneil
Baker, Gayford D.
Baker, Gerald
Baker, Jewell F.
Baldozier, Clark H.
Baldwin, Arch J.
Baldwin, Hearly P.
Banton, Ben T.
Baptiste, Louineus
Baptiste, Mfchel Jean
Barbour, W. Charlie
Barclay, He&#7209074;y A.
Barker, Curtis D.
Barker, Ward A.
Barnes, Caleb M.
Ba&#7471214;es, Charles E.
Barnes, Virgil E.
Barnhart, Thomas W.
Barrett, Perry
Barrios, Jose Augusto Gonzalez
Barrios, Samuel Galindo
Bartee, George D.
Battles, Sherman S.
Baumgardner, Harold D.
Baxter, Jerald E.
Bazelais, Ludovic
Bazzrea, Cleve A.
Beale, Henry J.
Beecham, George W.
Beecham, James S.
Beecham, Kenneth R.
Beham, Hirsch
Bell, Blanton C.
Bell, Calvin
Bell, Herman W.
Bell, L. Joe
Bell, Lloyd C.
Bell, Walter W.
Bell, Z. V.
Bell, Zebedee
Beneby, Israel
Beneby, Nathaniel
Bennett, Ira S.
Benson, Billy
Bentley, John D.
Bermudez, &#4259948;ejandro Campos
Bertin, David
Beshears,M.Monroe
Bines, Franklin
Bishop, Terrell P.
Black, Eugene P.
Black, Owen
Blair, Walter Ronald
Bland, Charles S.
Blauser, James P.
Bl&#7667821;enthal, Clifford
Blumenthal, Hugo H., Jr.
Blyden, Anton
Bock, Albert A.
Boling, Roy
Bolton, Arthur H., Jr.
Bolton, 0. B.
Bolton, Onnie L.
Boone, James W.
Boone, Willie Roy
Boothe, Claude S.
Boozer, Dellmar
Bosler, David T.
Bosworth, Charles Edward
Bounds, James W.
Bourne, Frank M.
Bove&#7077996;, O. Eugene

170 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Bowen, Irvin
Bowman, C. Winfred
Bowman, James C.
Bowser, George B.
Bowser, Robert H.
Brackett, Bobbie E.
Brackett, C. Samuel
Brackett, John
Braddam, Robert Lee
Bradford, Lee Roy
Bragg, Johnny H.
Braham, Cyril H.
Branch, Paul W.
Brashear, John F.
Bravo, Cipriano
Breedy, John C.
Brekeen, John C.
Brenizer, Harry R.
Brevil, Zavier
Brewster, Floyd H.
Brickey, Wiley J.
Briles,. Theodore R.
Briner, Robert &#4259948;len
Brisson, James E.
Brisson, Marvin C.
Broach, Oscar R.
Brock, M. Earl
Brock, Z. B.
Brooks, Atlee N.
Brooks, Carl D.
Brooks, Richard L.
Brooks, Royce Dee
Brown, Albert M.
Brown, Basil C.
Brown, James Cleo
Brown, James R.
Brown, Robert W.
Brown, Will H.
Brown, Willesley
Browning, Charles E.
Browning, Charlie M.
Browning, Douglas
Brumley, James J.
Bruner, Harry
Bryant, Buster
Bryant, Jerry E.
Bryant, Ralph E.
Buckles, Paul C.
Buckner, Carl R.
Buckner, George W., Jr.
Burdette, Marvin A., Jr.
Burgess, George W.
Burns, David E.
Burns, H. Pierce
Burrese, William E.
Burrows, Bobby Gene
Burt, Marvin
Busby, Loyd M.
Bush, Willie D.
Butler, Alfred D.
Butler, Carl C.
Butler, Howard D.
Butler, Livingston
Butler, Marion S.
Butter&#6684777;eld, Thomas N.
Butts, Harold J.
By&#6684777;eld, Roy E.
Byrd, Marion L.
Byrd, Vivian E.
C., Salome Hernandez
Cabrera, Armando D.
Cagle, Wentford R.
Caldwell, Paul A.
Calfee, B. B.
Callis, Henry 0.
Camacho, Federico
Cambronne, Pierre
Cameron, Lewis V.
Cameron, Wilbur
Camilus, Anaise
Camp, Floyd M.
Campbell, J. Daniel
Campbell, William B.
Cantrell, Roy Harold
Capiste, Nicolas
Caraway, Wilbur C.
Carbajal 0., Manuel
Carcamo, Rafael Ernesto
Cardet, Hiram Concepcion
Cardet, Vicente Concepcion
Carey, Samuel L.
Carpenter, Eugene L.
Carpenter, Raymond A.
Carr, Joseph G.
Carrasco, Por&#6684777;rio
Carroll, Lee C., Jr.
Carter, C. Erskine
Carter, Calvin
Carter, Dennis
Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Hermon
Carter, Roy W.
Casasola, Lauro
Casey, Jack
Castillo, Carlos Antonio
Castillo, Oscar Najera
Castillo, Santiago Ladislao Cruz
Castro, Gaspar
Castro, Hector
Cazil, Elvelus Jh
Chance, James A.
Chandler, Louis C.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 171
Chapman, Claud H.
Chapman, Herbert Clyde
Chapman, Millard A.
Chapman, William H.
Charles, Elvius Jean
Charles, Exavier &#4980847;uis
Charles, Merius
Charlton, Orthney S.
Cheshire, Josephus, Jr.
Childers, Millus
Christmas, Jessie E.
Ciramagua, Adrian
Clark, Carleton L.
Clark, Clifford 0.
Clark, Clyde H.
Clark, E. Luther
Clark, Fred W.
Clark, Lyman Edward
Clark, William L.
Clawson, Clare L.
Clayton, Clyde T.
Clayton, Sherman J.
Cleaver, Autie E.
Clemens, Charles
Clemens, Theodore L.
Clements, William S.
Cline, James M.
Cockrum, John H.
Coffee, Ernest J.
Cogburn, James F.
Coile, William L.
Coker, Emmett L.
Cole, Robert H.
Colinet, Letellier
Colley, Aaron T.
Collie, Alfred L.
Collie, Ezekiel
Collie, Luther
Collins, Charles E.
Collins, Elmer N., Jr.
Collins, Harold O.
Collins, Howard C.
Collins, William H.
Colon, Carlos
Colter, John D.
Colvard, Donald E.
Comer, W. J. Bryan, Sr.
Connell, James W.
Conner, Perry E.
Connor, Henry L.
Constantin, Delva
Cook, David C.
Cook, Talmadge Claxton
Cooke, Luther L.
Cooley, Donald Ray
Cooley, Kenneth F.
Cooley, Richard Leon
Cooper, Charles E.
Corbitt, John Franklin
Cordon, Leocadio
Cornwell, John C.
Cowen, Leo
Cox, Clarence
Cox, Dudley
Cox, James A.
Cox, Julias
Cox, Theodore
Cox, W. Carey
Crabbe, Howard
Crabtree, Verno n, Jr.
Craig, Alpheus U.
Craver, Edgar L.
Cravey, Kaiser
Crawford, James L.
Creasy, Donald W.
Creasy, Robert C.
Creque, Nathaniel G.
Cress, William F.
Criddle, Clayton E.
Crow, Samuel F.
Crowder, Hasful Clyde
Crowder, John S.
Crowder,.Joseph A.
Croyle, George C.
Croyle, Raymond S.
Cuesta, Bonifacio I.
Cullipher, John A., Jr.
Cummings, Luther
Cunningham, Leonard E.
Curry, James S.
Curry, Mervin
Curtis, Earl L.
Curtis, Homer N.
Curtis, Wilburn J.
Cuzmenco, Valdimir
Dade, Charles C.
Daley, Charles A.
Dames, Cleveland W.
Daugherty, Jules E.
Daugherty, W. Delvin
Davenport, Ulysess
David, Carl H.
David, Carmelo
Davis, Albert E.
Davis, Alva L.
Davis, Clarence R.
Davis, David H.
Davis, &#4522092;za 0.
Davis, H. Lee
Davis, Henry A.
Davis, James E.
Davis, Johnnie M.

172 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Davis, Larey E.
Davis, Marvin
Davis, Raymond E. L.
Davis, Richard E.
Davis, Samuel I.
Davis, William B.
Daw, Walter Lee
Daxon, David
Day, Hobert
Deal, Jack H.
Dean, Bobby L.
Dean, L. Lehimza
Dean, Lucius E.
Dean, Rubbert L.
Decker, Lester T.
De Costa, Henry
De La Cruz, Esteban
Dees, Kenneth Dale
Dely, Augustin
Denard, Almon G.
Denard, George M.
Dennis, Signal
Dennis, William E.
Denson, Charley E.
Deristil , Laurenti!
Desir, Cadous
De Souza, Isaac H.
Devoe, William 0.
Dewberry, Archie T.
Dezormeau, Aspenard
Dickens, Van M.
Dickerson, Dempsey
Dingus, Hady
Dirlam, Roscoe V.
Dodgens, Raymond S.
Donahue, Aubrey W.
Donahue, Malcolm
Donahue, V. Samuel
Dorcely, Augustin
Doroshuk, John
Dorvilier, Saidel
Dotson, William D.
Douglas, Charles M.
Douglas, Charles Ray
Douglas, Isaac
Douglas, Thomas J.
Drake, Howard E.
Drapeau, Tranquillus
Drew, Alfrado C.
Drew, George B.
Droze, Forest W.
Droze, Lewis N.
Duclair, Pascal
Dudding, 0. A.
Duke, Rowley Cornelius
Dumorey, Carmelean
Dunbar, Gilbert W.
Duncan, Milton S.
Duncan, Wade Lee
Dunford, Fred R.
Duniphan, Sam T.
Dunn, Billy G.
DuPris, Edward R.
Durance, James W.
Durham, Johnnie A.
Durham, Odus
Durr, Charles W.
Eagle, James Holding
Ebron, Milton D.
Eddy, Cecil F.
Edgil, Thomas Jessie
Edmondson,. Donald K.
Edwards, Freddie M.
Edwards, Homer F.
Eichler, Joseph
Eliason, Allan M.
Elliott, Elmer W.
Ellis, Everett R.
Ellis, James 0.
Ellis, Stephen
Elmore, Loyd E.
Elmore, Ray E.
Eloff, David
&#4522094;decott, Donald L.
Enrique, Roberto Lam
Entzminger, E. G.
Escue, Jessie H.
Eskew, Lexie B.
Esquivel, Teodoro Antonio
Esteban, Luis Aleman
Estira, Pierre
Estrada,. Fidel
Estrada, Vincente Ramirez
Etrata, Marcelino O.
Evans, C. T. Houston
Evans, Heriry .
Evans, William J.
Everett, James A. L.
Exil, Donaiis
Fanbert, Steptimu s
Farless, J. D.
Farmer, J. Glenn
Feltman, Raymond E.
Felts,. Erbie H.
Ferguson, Cephas
Ferguson, Daniel
Ferguson, Herbert E.
Ferguso&#3866722;,: James Randolph
Ferguson, J am�s Russell
Ferguson, Laban J.
Ferguson, Orie J.
Ferguson, Pembroke E.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 173
Ferguson, Philip D.
Ferguson, Thomas
Fernandez, Salvador C.
Fidele, Nelcius
Fields, Arthur E.
Fils, Chery Dennean
Finch, Robert Lee
Finlayson, Rufus B., Jr.
Fisher, Fred S.
Fisher, Ramon Luna
Fleurantin, Paulin
Flick, Harry R.
Flippo, Edward Earl
Flippo, George C.
Flores, Leocadia Lubices
Flores, Moises Vazquez
Flores, Rodolfo Casasola
Flowers, AllordS.
Flowers, Grady G.
Floyd, Cole B.
Forbes, Clyde W.
Forbes, Eustace T.
Ford, Charles H.
Ford, William T.
Foster, Cecil A. L.
Foster, Clarence F.
Foster, J. Roy
Foster, Olon A.
Foster, Robert J.
Fouts, Blair M.
Fox, James E., Sr.
Fragoza, Moncerrate Rias
Fragoza, Ramon Rendon
Francis, Harold M.
Francis, Norman
Franco, Juan Antonio Ramos
Franks, Jesse B.
Frazier, Marvin L.
Frederickson, Marvin P.
Freeman, Ashby 0.
Freeman, Hubert E.
Fuchu, Federico
Fuentes, Eugenio Morena
Fulcher, Frank Edwin J.
Fulmer, Everett L.
Fulton, Rogers
Furber, Caroles C.
G., Jose Ma. Dominiguez
Gabriel, Ulrick
Gaddis, J.C.
Gaddis, Millard E.
Gaddy, Willie
Gaites, Norwood A.
Gaither, Grover C.
Galaviz, Antonio
Gallardo, Andres Tejeda
Gama, Victor Liberato
Gandia, Mario
Garcia, Alberto G.
Garcia, Felix R.
Garcia, Manuel
Gardiner, Joshua V.
Garibaldo, Petronilo
Garren, William F.
Garrett, Marvin W.
Garrett, R. Paul
Gauthier, Vildoir
Gay, Pierce N.
Gaylor, Hank V.
Geneus, Rezius
Georges, Reginald C.
Gibbs, Joseph E.
Gibson, Bruce
Gibson, W. K.
Gibson, Wilbur A.
Gilileo, Carl D.
Gillenwater, Lawrence C.
Gillum, Perry E.
Giordoni, Emilio
Giraud, Ozias
Glass, Eddie J.
Goin, Cecil L.
Goins, Granville
Goins, Lloyd P.
Goins, Paul D.
Goins, Richard D.
Goins, Sylvester (Jimmie), Jr.
Goins, William L.
Gonzalez, Feliciano Ixpata
Gonzalez, Job Flores
Gonzalez, Senen
Gonzalez, William
Goodwin, Bennie F.
Gordon, Robert
Goss, Douglas A.
Goss, William G.
Graham, James Hardy
Graham, James W.
Graham, Newton
Graves, Oather B.
Gray, Edward A.
Gray, Johnnie
Gray, Willie
Green, Ben M.
Green, Charles S.
Green, Curtis
Green, Everett E.
Green, James H.
Green, Judge
Green, Walter 0.
Greenaway, William D.
Greene, Arthur

174 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Grier, Earl T.
Griffin, Bluford B.
Griffin, John H.
Griffith, Owen McD.
Grissom, David Z.
Grissom, G. C.
Grubbs, James C.
Guerrier, Louis J.
Guire, Clarence N.
Guire, Willard F.
Gumbs, Alfred W.
Gumbs, Dudley S.
Gumbs, George A.
Gunn, James G.
Gunn, Leslie Donald
Gunn, Rayford
Gunter, Simeon W.
Gustave, Joseph
Guzman, Refugio
Gwin, Joseph R.
H., Ceferino Hernandez
Hagood, Freddie W.
Haire, Henry M.
Haire, Lester H.
Hale, Milton B.
Hale, Thomas F., Jr.
Hall, A. John
Hall, Donald R.
Hall, Emanuel 0.
Hall, Jacob A.
Hall, James P.
Hall, Lee Earl
Hall, Martin T.
Hamby, Curtis D.
Hamilton, Vernon F.
Hamm, Leonard B.
Hammock, J. Thomas
Hammond, Oliver L.
Haney, Clifford A.
Hanks, Edward J.
Hanna, Arnold R.
Hardin, Thomas O.
Hardy, Earl H.
Harper, Arnold F.
Harper, John
Harriett, William B.
Harris, Cletties
Harris, Everett Lee, Jr.
Harris, Floyd J.
Harris, George L.
Harris, Grady W.
Harris, Jack D.
Harris, William S.
Hartley, Prince A.
Hartman, Henry Edsel
Hartness, Tyrone
Harvey, Loyd J.
Hawkins, H. Lavell
Hayes, Ronald W.
Haywood, Floyd B.
Heacox, Robert P.
Headden, Raymond V.
Herbert, Henry J.
Heckert, William D.
Hehl, Robert W.
Heltcel, R. B.
Hembree, Walter D.
Henderson, Fred
Henderson, N eais G.
Henriquez, Alberto Enrique
Henry, James A.
Henry, Joseph S.
Henry, Younis W.
Hensley, Jimmie R.
Hensley, Kenneth P.
Henson, Charles H.
Henson, William E.
Hepburn, Joseph
Herman, Charles T.
Hernandez M., Erasto
Hernandez M., Pedro
Herrin, Robert Joe
Herron, George R.
Hersey, Gerald H.
Hidalgo, Gregorio de Jesus
Hiles, Dudley H.
Hill, Harms H.
Hill, Wesley H.
Hobbs, Tony Earl
Hodge, James D.
Hodge, Joseph
Holden, Jesse S.
Holland, Cecil R.
Holland, John C.
Holland, John F.
Holland, Mack
Holland, Walter L.
Hollis, Willard A.
Hollis, William H.
Holloway, Dewey E.
Holstein, Corbett D.
Homan, Clifford A.
Homer, Thomas A.
Hooker, Eugene R.
Horn, Lloyd V.
Hornbuckle, A. E.
Horne, Albert B.
Horne, Clarence L.
Horner, Grady V.
Horton, William H., Jr.
Hoskins, Eddie M.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 175
House, Joseph David
Howard, William A.
Howe, Burmah E.
Howell, Roland E.
Howton, Lewis C.
Hudnall, George E.
Huff, Earl D.
Huff, Harold F.
Hughes, Alton J.
Hughes, David H.
Hughes, Howard E.
Hughes, Joseph J.
Hughes, Moses R.
Hulett, Eschol
Humes, Emanuel I.
Humes. Samuel J.
Humphreys, Church G.
Humphreys, Ulysses G.
Hunt, Howard J.
Hunter, Brian J.
Hutch, Raymond, Jr.
Hutchens , Willie
Hutchinson, George V.
Hutchison, John W.
Hutchison, Robert W.
Hutson, Frank E.
Hyatt, James
Ibarra, Fidel He&#7471214;andez
Ibarra, Genara Mejia
Ibarra, Hilario Hernandez
Infante, Manuel Estrada
Ingraham, John C.
Innocent, Diennapal
Irwin, Bernard D.
Irwin, Earl L.
Isaacs, Donald M.
Isbell, Corbie C.
Isbell, James H.
Isma, Eristal
Ivins, Harvey J.
Jackson, Carson M.
Jackson, Charles M.
Jacques, Andre
James, B. Fredrick
James, Bennie F.
James, Ralph
Jarrett, Rashbert G.
Jean, Alcine
Jean, Pompilus
Jeanty, Oreus
Jefferson, Monroe
Jeffrey, Nathaniel R.
Jenkins, Charley
Jenkins, Harvey E.
Jenkins, Jack 0.
Jennings, Theodore R.
Jernigan, Allen M.
Jernigan, Jesse W.
Jerome, Richard
Jestes, Ezra E.
Jeune, Ramean
Johns, Edmon W.
Johns, Theodore
Johnson, Bill
Johnson, Clarence W.
Johnson, Claude S.
Johnson, Clovis A.
Johnson, F. F.
Johnson, Henry L.
Johnson, Hinton C.
Johnson,Jacobo
Johnson, J osclyn
Johnson, Laureston B.
Johnson, Luther O.
Johnson, Milton
Johnson, N echoida L.
Johnson, Nelson W.
Johnson, Uhijah
Jones, Clarence E.
Jones, George L.
Jones, Grover C.
Jones, Harold L., Sr.
Jones, J. Thurmon
Jones, John Roy
Jones, Levi H.
Jones, Luther C.
Jones, M. Corbie
Jones, Marceline N.
Jones, Melbern J.
Jones, Mikey C.
Jones, Oscar
Jones, Ray C.
Jones, Willi&#6357101; F.
Jordan, John
Jordan, Leslie S.
Josa, Cledon
Joseph, Cenatus
Joseph, Chery
Joseph, Emmanuel
Joseph, Prudent
Josleyn, Ernest E.
Josleyn, William H.
Jourden, James A.
Jovial, Jacob A.
Jubisson, Thermon&#6684777;ls
Judd, Emmett 0.
Judd, Henry M.
Judd, John M.
Kaisharis, George P.
Katrissosis, Demetrios P.
Kay, John Lemuel
Keenan, Allan S.

176 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Keeney, Guy R.
Kell, Hershel Lee
Keller, Edgar C.
Kelley, Seaborn W.
Kelley, William H.
Kelly, Brazil
Kemp, Onnie M.
Kemp, &#5505128;omas J.
Kephart, E. Carmack
Keys, Charles T.
Kidd, Willie S., Jr.
Killingsworth, J. K.
Kimsey, Don
&#4915305;nard, John H.
Kinder, Raymond C.
King, Leslie
Kirby, Marshall D.
Kirk, Clyde Thomas
Klapp, Harold D.
Knight, Steadman
Knights, Stanley E.
Knowles, Curtis M.
Knowles, Samuel V.
Koelz, Otto
Kola, Nick
Kroon, John A.
Kuykendall, H. H.
Lafleur, Ephraim
Lafosse, Hermann
Laguerre, Civilus
Lahen, Antoine
Lamartine, Gerard
Lamb, Carold D.
Lamb, Henry J.
Lamb, William L.
Lambert, Arthur H.
Lambert, Don W.
Lambert, Willie B.
Lance, Ralph W.
Lane, Wallace C.
Lange, Charles F.
Lanter, Charles C.
Laporte, Armand
Larson, Mervin N.
Larson, Verlin E.
LaRue, Clarence R.
Lashley, George
Lasure, Clifford A.
Lavigne, Robert B.
Lawley, Grady C.
Lawrence, Benjamin J., Jr.
Lawrence, Leroy A.
Lawrence, Paul
Lawrence, Paul J.
Laws, Billy G.
Laxton, &#7471279;old
Leach, Bobby H.
Leach, Burchell B.
Lecea C., Edilberto
Ledezma, Gilberto Fregozo
Lee, Buster O.
Lee, James E.
Lee, Wade C.
LeGrand, Ralph
Lemacks, Walter E.
Lewellyn, William
Lewis, Bill B.
Lewis, Ernest E.
Lewis, Franklin R.
Lewis, Shadrach, Sr.
Leyva, Fortunato Munoz
Lilly, LeRoy H.
Linare, Leoncio Momblas
Lindner, Clifford C.
Litton, Wike
Llaneza, George S.
Lloyd, George H.
Logan, James C.
Lolley, Dewie T.
Long, James A., Sr.
Long, Melvin D.
Long, Orval R.
Longin; Septimus A.
Longmire, Buford C.
Lopez, Charles G.
Lopez, Jose Armando
Louis, Cedanor Pierre
Louis, Holdman Pierre
Louis, Jules Jean
Louis, Oldman Pierre
Lowe, J. Wendell
Lowe, Orman E.
Lowman, J. Dudley
Lowman, W. Elroy
Loyed, Jim Oscar
Loyed, Robert E.
Lubin, Augustin
Lucero, Victor Diaz
Lucien, Paul
Lucien, Pierre
Lucien, Tderock
Luna, Ignacio R.
Lundberg, Ben H.
Luxama, Louis
Lycans, P. Chalmer
Lynns, Raymond A.
M., Oswaldo Alfonso
Madison, Bobby G.
Magaha,JosephA.
Mahaffy Fredrick P.
Majors, Robert Hermon
Makar, Andrew A.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 177
Maldonado, Mariano
Mancil, Leon
Manes, Cecil W.
Manley, MarvinC.
Mannon, Oscar L.
Mannon, Tilford
Martinez, Marcelino
Marcellus, Agenor
Marcellus, Fanor
Marchor,Jorge
Marlow, Guy
Marlowe, Herbert L.
Marr, Frank
Marshall, Roy Glenn
Martin, Gladdus
Martin, Herbert D.
Martin, Herbert L.
Martin, Leonard J.
Martin, William L.
Massena, Eliazar
Massey, George H.
Massingale, William D.
Mathews, Gerald S.
Mathis, Bill
Mathurin, Tvoisc
Matthews, Maxwell E.
Mattis, Stanley B.
Mauldin, Willie L.
Maynard, Cleophas G.
Mays, Clyde A.
Mays, Kyle
McBride, William B.
Mccarley, William R.
McClure, Kermit
McCormack, Lloyd L.
McCoy, Lige
McCoy, Robert C.
McDaniel, Joseph R.
McDonald, John W.
McDowell, Robert W.
McFall, Charles
McGee, George E.
McIntosh, David A.
McIntyre, J. W.
Mciver, Floyd
McKemie, Willie W.
McKey, Clifton E.
McKinney, Floyd R.
McLish, Frederick A.
McMahan, W. L.
McMillan, Odias
McNabb, Jeff D.
McNally, Russell R.
McNeill, George
Meade, Gatewood A.
Meador, Alton, Jr.
Meadow, Orman R.
Meadows, Donald E.
Medina, Angel
Medina, Juan Estrada
Medina, Julian Estrada
Medlin, George E.
Mejia, Cornelio Monzon
Menard, Emmanuel
Mendez, Antonio
Mendez, Aucencio Reyes
Mendez, Espectacion Mendez y
Mercer, Leslie L.
Messer, James H.
Mezidor, Sineus
Michel, Altimon
Michel, Theodore
Miles, Joseph B.
Millanta, A. Joseph
Miller, Joseph J.
Miller, Wendell H.
Milliner, Arthur A.
Mincher, Jonathan W.
Minter, Bobby N ..
Minter, Doyle F.
Missick, Milton C.
Mixon, Roy D.
Mobley, Willis
Mock, Levy C.
Moffatt, Frank M.
Monace, Jules
Monplaisir, Denoiis
Monroe, Charlie L.
Montague, David A.
Montero, Benigno Echibarria
Monterrosa, Guillermo Salvador
Montgomery, F. Eugene
Montijo, Gabriel, Jr ..
Moore, Alvin
Moore, Donald E.
Moore, Earl C.
Moore, Ralph D.
Moore, Robert H., Jr.
Moore, William L.
Morales, Telesforo
Moralez, Angel Hernandez
Moreland, Charles B.
Morgan, James L.
Morgan, W. Earl
Morrell, James C.
Morrell, Melvin L.
Morris, James V.
Morris, James W.
Morris, Robert T.
Morris, Willie M.
Morrison, Aston R.
Morrison, John W.

178 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Mosley, Keffie
Moss, James W.
Motes, Miles
Mounce, J. Eddie
Moya, Jose Zabaleta
Mulkey, Willis A.
Mullins, George
Munroe, Richard H.
Murphy, Donald L.
Murphy, Harold
Murphy, JohnB.
Murphy, Kenneth P.
Murray, Arthur C.
Murray, Billy D.
Murray, Elbert L.
Murray, Thomas LeRoy
Murray, William J.
Muscadin , Julien
Muse, Joe Riley
Musial, Martin
Myers, Richard G.
Nacius, Fervius N.
Nagel, Arthur E.
Nagel, Frederick H.
Napoleon, Marcel Jean
Navas, Juan Jose Rodriguez
Neal, Albert M.
Neal, Bert
Neal, Leonard M.
Neal, Quentin
Nelson, Destin
Nelson, Robert C.
Nembhard, Joscelyn A.
Nestor, Fenelon
Neumans, Clarence H.
New,PaulS.
Newbold, Zach J.
Newdiger, Oscar
Newkirt, John C.
Newport, David E.
Newsome, Andy L.
Nicolas, Nelzil
Niles, John F.
Nixon, Ernest C.
Noe, Pearl B.
Noe, R. Eugene
Norman, &#5505128;omas M.
North, Reed M.
Norton, Thomas D.
Notice, St. Remy
Nunnery, William &#5374010;.
O'Dell, David W.
Offe, Donald &#4522017;.
Oliver, Donald Zane
Oller, Marvin B.
Olmstead, Guy 0.
Oppert, Lawrence R.
Ortega M., Germain A.
Ortega M., Javier
Ortiz, Hector
Ortiz, Miguel A.
Orvilus, Anastal
Osborne, L. C.
Osborne, Talmadge M.
Osbourne, John W.
Ostby, Raymond H.
Overstreet, Judson E.
Owen, J. Leon
Owens, Harold J.
Owens,. Odell L. (Johnny)
Padilla, Edward
Pagan, Teodora Figueroa
Page, Alton M.
Parker, Allard
Parker, Brown D.
Parker, Chester L.
Parker, Elbert L.
Parker, George
Parker, Harold W.
Parker, J. M.
Parr, Alston E.
Parton, William V.
Passmore, Wilmon R.
Patrick, John Bain
Patterson, A. Jack
Patterson, Billy
Patterson, John W.
Patterson, Oliver
Patton, James
Payne, Ray P.
Payne, Willard L.
Paynter, Willie T.
Payton, Herman·
Peak, Leroy
Pearce, James S.
Peavy, Leumoin A.
Peek, Henry K.
Peek, Wayne
Pendergrass, Joseph C.
Peninger, A. Frank
Penn, Joseph B.
Pennant, Ferdinand
Pennel, George
Pense, Vernon
Pentecost, Charles T.
Pentecost, James D.
Perdomo, Pablo Pavon
Perez, Joe C.
Perez, Juan Cortez
Perez, Pedro Ramirez
Perez, Urbano Diaz
Perkins, Andrew

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 179
Perlitz, Richard K.
Perry, Robert P.
Peters, Norris J.
Peters, William E.
Peterson, Charles R.
Petty, H. T.
Pettyjohn, Woodrow W.
Philippe, Mauralu
Philippe, Philockes
Phillip, Joseph E.
Phillips, George W.
Phillips, J. Frank
Picard, Armand
Pierre, Lexius
Pierre, Michel
Pierre-Louis, Yoassena
Pillado, Eduardo V;
Pimentel, Nestor Cadenas
Pino, Jose Hernandez
Pittman, Horace
Pittman, Leonard J.
Pitts, John B.
Pitts, Ralph W.
Pless, Perry J.
Plumley, Bernie, Jr.
Plummer, Everett L.
Poinson, Antonio
Polete, Herman E.
Pollard, L. Lewis
Ponce, Edilberto Zagal
Pope, Arthur C.
Pope, Willie Dee
Porter, Leslie E.
Porter, Monte V.
Porter, William R.
Powell, B. H.
Powell, James 0.
Powell, John C.
Powell, Leland Leo
Powell, Thadis M.
Powers, Raymond L.
Pratt, Emmanuel
Pratt, R. V. Lee
Preston, Daniel D.
Preston, Johnnie H.
Prewitt, Billy R.
Price, Harrison E.
Price, Harry W.
Priest, Herbert H.
Prince, Joseph C.
Prince, Roy M.
Pruitt, Jack R.
Pruitt, Robert J.
Pulido, Martiniano Cuebas
Pursell, Henry
Purvis, Samuel S.
Puryear, Cecil H.
Pyburn, Leslie E.
Queener, Glendale
Quick, William Alonzo
Quintera, Raul Arrollo
Quisenberry, Charles M.
R., Gustavo Rosales
Rabsatt, William E.
Raburn, Nelson W. D.
Rahming, George
Rainwater, J. R.
Ramey, W. Harry
Ramirez, Antonio M.
Ramirez, Leopoldo Eugenio
Ramirez, Pedro J.
Ramirez A., Lino
Ramos, Jose
Ramos, Victor R.
Rampey, Ted
Ramsey, Francis M.
Ratcliff, Douthat F.
Ray, LeonN.
Reece, Leonard
Reed, Harold D.
Reid, David J.
Reid, Hezekiah
Reid, Marshall T.
Rejouis, Wilson
Rener, George C.
Renew, John L.
Renfrow, Logan
Renteria, Enrique Medina
Reyes, Ernesto C.
Reyes, Jose Trejo
Reynolds, Arnold F.
Reynolds, C. F.
Reynolds, James H.
Reynolds, Marshall L.
Reynolds, Robert J.
Rhoads, O. Burk
Rich, David D.
Richard, Carius
Richard, Theogane
Richards, Cecil
Richardson, Basil W.
Richardson, Sherman C.
Richerson, Joe
Richmond, Earnest Carl
Rick, Carl M.
Rickard, Joe A.
Ricks, James R.
Rider, Albert H.
Ridlespurge, Wesley
Riggs. Billy M.
Riggs, Charley E.
Risner, C. W.

180 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Rivenbark, Bailey
Rivera, &#4522092;ias Lopez
Roach, Obadiah
Roberts, Estes M.
Roberts, John E.
Roberts, Morris W.
Roberts, Richard M.
Roberts, Virgil L.
Robertson, Stanford
Robinson, Alfred
Robi&#7209075;on, Guy T.
Robinson, Jack
Robinson, Otto
Robinson, Otto, Jr.
Rochester, Rupert S.
Roddy, B. Douglas
Rodriguez, Joe A.
Rodriguez, Pedro Moreno
Roe, Tannie T.
Rogers, Charles L.
Rogers, David W.
Rogers, Rufus R.
Rolle, Gordon W.
Rolle, Harry W.
Rolle, Hartman L.
Ro&#7077996;e, Joseph W.
Rolle, Samuel J.
Romanowski, Otto
Romilus, Oxygene
Rosario, Jose Fco. Rosario
Rosier, Exancer
Ross, Edgar E.
Roupe, Earl W.
Rowell, Reason
Rowsey, Leslie A.
Royster, Thomas
Ruff, Bergan C.
Ruff, Paul E.
Russell, Charles W.
Rutherford, Arvol A.
Rymer, Norwell L.
Rymer, S. Reuben
Sabo, Georg
Sadler, George W.
Sadler, Harold D.
Saint Cyr, Hercule
Saint Hubert, Bocius
Saint Vil, Sainvilus
Sakelaris, Peter J.
Salcedo, Confesor
Salmon, Willie L.
Sam, Robert L.
Sample, T. Franklin
Samuels, Joseph L.
Samuels, Lloyd W.
Sanders, Sanford S.
Sandoval, Roberto Ernesto
Sands, John M.
Sanner, G. A.
Santiago, Luis
Satter&#6684777;eld, Curry
Satter&#6684777;eld, Harley B.
Saucier, Arthur Joseph
Saunders, Randolph
Schneider, Leon
Scott, Alfred K.
Scott, Cecil
Scott, Harry E.
Scott, Lawrence D.
Scotton, Charles M.
Scotton, H. Frank
Scotton, Lee Roy
Scotton, Marvin T.
Scotton, Willie T.
Scroggins, William E.
Sedwick, B. F.
Sedwick, Dale F.
Segura, Matilde Hernandes
Senat, Felix
Seratt, Otis A.
Settle, Roy C.
Shaffer, Daryl L.
Sheely, Floyd E.
Shelton, Dallas J.
Shelton, Elijah
Shelton, George R.
Shepard, Jose
Shepard, Willie M.
Shepherd,FrankN.
Shepherd, L. D. Verrow
Sherriff, Edward R.
Shiakallis, Christos C.
Shinn, Alva H.
Shipley, Claud A.
Shipley, James Arthur
Sholar, Gene A.
Shook, Robert E.
Shroyer,PleonardG.
Sidebottom, Warner F.
Sides, Verni! H.
Silencieux, Joseph
Siler, Billy J.
Siley, Fritz Albert
Silver, David Ray
Simeon, Dieudonne
Simmons, Errol J.
Simpson, C. S.
Simpson, John Paul
Sincerise, Sincima
Singleton, Joe
Skipper, Horace M.
Slatton, D. Karl E.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 181
Sloan, J. Y.
Sluder, Charlie
Smith, Bobby R.
Smith, Cedric
Smith, Clarence G.
Smith, D. Eugene
Smith, Fitz Roye O.
Smith, &#4587634;ank W.
Smith, Gilbert L.
Smith, H. E., Jr.
Smith, H. Jackson
Smith, Howard L.
Smith, James
Smith, Jesse C.
Smith, Marvin M.
Smith, Oswald David
Smith, Robert D.
Smith, Robert F.
Smith, Sam Allen
Smith, Sam L.
Smith, Sandy
Smith, W.A.
Smith, Walter S.
Smith, William N.
Smith, William R.
Snodgrass, Kenneth R.
Snow, Bobby R.
&#5439598;ow, Hobert Lee
Snyder, Clarence S.
Sorel, Anylus
Soria, Santiago Soria
Soto, Antonio Ledezma
Sowell, Lewis Frank
Spears, James A.
Speed, Steve D.
Speed, Thomas S.
Speirs, John Patterson
Spence, Joseph J.
Spencer, Charlie D.
Spencer, Scott A.
Spurling, Delmar L.
Spurlock, J. Leslie
Spurlock, Virgil Ray
Stacy, M. Lawson
Stage, Clyde L.
Stanley, Charles W.
Stanley, Mosko R.
Stephens, Edward D.
Stephens, W. Walter
Stephenson, Wadie Lee
Stevens, Adolpha
Stevens,. Alfredo
Stevens, John L.
Stewart, Carl H.
Stewart, James E.
Stewart, William A.
Stiles, William B.
Stockdale, James M.
Stone, Dallas R.
Stone, Elby Ray
Stone, Julian L.
Stonell, John Willie
Strachan, Joel I.
Strecheniuk, Sergie U.
Strickland, Bruce
Strickland, James W.
Strickland, Loyd W.
Strilec, John E.
Stump, Robert L.
Sturgeon, James D., Sr.
Sulffridge, Charley
Sulffridge, Clarence
Sullivan, J.P.
Sullivan, J. Russell
Sullivan, Lee J.
Sutton, E. Earl
Swaggerty, Samuel C.
Swann, Joseph M.
Sweat, Charles, Jr.
Sweat, James W.
Sweeney, William 0.
Switzer, Wilbur F.
Sykes, James T.
Sykes, Virgil J.
Syllia, Alcin
Talbott, Charles R.
Tanner, Ewing E.
Tarin, Pablo G.
Tasker, Vernard
Taylor, Clarence W.
Taylor, Earl F.
Taylor, Gilbert C.
Taylor, Hiram M.
Taylor, J. W.
Taylor, Mager M.
Taylor, Nathaniel
Taylor, Windell L.
Tellado, Domingo Ramos
Tellez, Guillermo Nunez
Templeton, George A.
Thabor, Raphael Benigue
Thebaud, Paul
Thedor, Kurry
Therrell, James C.
Thomas, Egbert A.
Thomas, Henry
Thomas, Ollie C.
Thompson, Arthur F.
Thompson, &#4718697;ram R.
Thompson, Joseph D.
Thompson, Joseph F.
Thompson, Luther M.

182 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Thompson, Warren F.
&#5505128;orn, Cecil C.
Thorn, Wayne
Thornhill, Arthur M.
Thurston, Floyd
Thurston, Sam
Tij era, Ulises
Tilias, Clervius
Tilias, Tilien
Tillman, Raymond V.
Tillman, &#5505128;omas
Tittsworth, C. Allen
Tobin, Clarence R.
Tolbert, Johnny R.
Torres, Jose Garcia
Toussaint, Isaiah E.
Toussa&#6881390;t, Leon
Townsend, Lonnie
Traficanto, &#4587634;ank J.
Trammell, James C.
Trogdon, Barney, Jr.
Tucker, Arthema
Tucker, Halbert A.
Turner, Garland L.
Turner, James D.
Turner, Linford A.
Turner, Willie L.
Tyler, Ray Charles
Ulansky, Matthew
Upole, Charles C.
Uris, Melchor Agundez
Urseth, Loren H.
V., Maximiliano Castaneda
Valenzuela R., Isabel
Valenzuela, Jose Regalado
Vandever, Wesley
Van Hoose, Ronald D.
Vanover, Morton Y.
Vargas P., Felipe
Varnadore, Homer G.
Vaughn, Robert J.
Velasquez, Benito Ramirez
Velazquez, Anacleto
Velez, Estanislao Torres
Vil, Faustin
Villin, Olinma
Vinson, Floyd S.
Vinson, R. Hardy
Volmar, Paulemont
Waddell, Sidney P.
Wadlington, David B.
Wakefield, J. Leon
Wakeman, George H.
Wakeman, John M.
Waldron, Harvey
Walker, Charles T.
Walker, Elmer G.
Walker, Frederick U.
Wallace, Carl A.
Wallace, Ra&#7929965;ond
Wallace, S. Raeford
Wallen, Kemp W.
Waller, Melvin
Walraven, Wallace
Walters, Henry L.
Washburn, Fred E..
Washington, William C.
Waters, Melvin Lee
Watson, James C.
Watts, Grayer H.
Waugh, Robert L.
Weatherford, Jadean
Weathers,Joseph T.
Weathers, Joseph T., Jr.
Webb, Francis J.
Webb, Samuel E.
Webbe, James N.
Weiss, Willi Kurt
Welch, D.L.
Weldon, Andrew J.
Weldon, William W.
Wells, Ralph V.
Wentz, James H.
West, Furman F.
West, Johnny Henry
Westberg, David E.
Westberry, Lois Daniel
White, Henry L.
White, Joe Thomas
White, Olen
White, Walter F.
Whitener, Glen W.
Whiteman, J. Edward
Whitt, Johnie L.
Whittington, Ray
Wickline, C. Russell
Widener, Loy W.
Wiggins, Everette H.
Wilkinson, James M.
Williams, &#4259948;exander, Jr.
Williams, Alphaeus
Williams, Alton T.
Williams, Chester A.
Williams, Clarence R.
Williams, Cleveland T.
Williams, Fred D.
Williams, John R.
Williams, Timothy
Williamson, Toxie L.
Williford, Bruce B.
Willing, Lindsay T.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 183
Willingham, Wallace E.
Willis, Clifford
Willis, J. Lee
Wilson, Arthur L.
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, M. Alva
Wimpy, Dewey C.
Winchester, Charles C., Jr.
Winkles, Albert L. Witter, Easton M.
Wix, Richard O.
Wolfgong, Lester J.
Wood, John C.
Wossilek, Joseph
Wright, Omer R.
Wright, Robert W.
Wynn, Oral T.
Wynn, Ray C.
Yager, James A.
Yarborough, Ingraham M.
Yoder, Eli
Yohn, George Edward
York, Nathan
Young, David E.
Zabaleta, Alberto Ortiz
Zamor, Laheus
Zidor, Josa
Zidor, Pierre
Zornes, Richard L.
FEMALE EVANGELISTS
Ables, Mrs. Florene E.
Adams, Mrs. Ada B.
Adams, Mrs. Doris A.
Adams, Mrs. Goldie
Adams, Mrs. Opal D.
Adderly, Mrs. Edith D.
Akin, Mrs. Irene 0.
Alderete, Mrs. Sue K.
Allen, Miss E. Lucile
Allen, Miss Frances
Allen, &#5046386;s. Josephine A:
Allen, Mrs. Odessa L.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa Mae
Allen, Mrs. Silla
Amaya, Miss Clara Dias
Ammons, Mrs. Dorothy C.
&#4259950;derson, Mrs. Gladys
Anderson, Miss Julia M.
Anderson, Mrs. Thelma C.
Andrews, Mrs. &#4522099;ther A.
Aprazin, Miss Cecile
Aranda, Mrs. Armanda de
Arnold, Mrs. Olena F.
Aschbacher, Mrs. Mayme L.
Ashley, Mrs. Iva Jae
Aucoin, Mrs. Lillian D.
Axland, Mrs. Violet R.
Ayers, Mrs. Florence A.
Bailes, Mrs. Rosa A.
Bailey, Mrs. Ellen Lee
Bailey, Mrs. Rubie 0.
Bain, Mrs. Idella
Baker, Mrs. E. Marie
Baker, Mrs. Mary Lou
Baldozier, Mrs. Mildred M.
Baldwin, Mrs. Alice
Banister, Mrs. Meddie P.
Barbee, Mrs. Mary E.
Barker, Miss Evelyn R.
Barnett, Mrs. Johnnie Kate
Barnett, Mrs. Lorena
Barrett, &#5046386;s. Jenna Lee
Barrett, Mrs. Pearlene A.
Bartley, Mrs. Dona
Bates, Mrs. Ma&#7864437;ine L.
Baxter, Mrs. Marie E.
Baxter, Mrs. Martha Jane
Bazelais, Mrs. Ludovic
Beard, &#5046386;s. Amanda Irene
Beard, Mrs. Madalyn E.
Beasley, Mrs. Geneva
Beasley, Mrs. Judith M.
Beck, Mrs. Rowena M.
Beecham, Mrs. Lottie B.
Beers, Mrs. Goldie G.
Bell, Mrs. Lillian M.
Bell, Mrs. Yvonia J.
Bellis, Mrs. Margel J.
Belt, Mrs. Evia Jane
Benedyk, Mrs. G. Imogene
Bennett, Mrs. Mildred C.
Best, Mrs. Victoria
Bethel, Mrs. Evelyn
Betterson, Mrs. Emma Lee
Bird, Mrs. Gwynneth F.
Bivens, Mrs. Wilma P.
Blackerby, Mrs. Ida S.
Blake, Mrs. Freda Ann
Blanchard, Mrs. Mary A.
Blanscet, Mrs. Viola
Blyden, Miss Alice E.
Bogle, Mrs. Iris
Bohannon, Mrs. Alga

184 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Bolton, Mrs. Lillian
Boone, Mrs. Allene L.
Bosler, Mrs. Dorra Helen
Bougle, Mrs. Emeline A.
Bounds, Mrs. E. Pauline
Bowden, Mrs. Euna
Bowerman, Mrs. Galathia V.
Boyer, Mrs. Denis
Boyles, Miss Willard H.
Brackett, Mrs. Damie M.
Brackett, Mrs. Elsie L.
Bradburn, Mrs. Alice E.
Bradfor&#6553646;, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradley, Mrs. Evelyn
Bradley, Mrs. V. Irene
Bradshaw, Miss F. Avonelle
Bradshaw, Mrs. Louie V.
Brady, Mrs. Ruby
Britt, Mrs. Lora M.
Brittingham, Mrs. Helen V.
Brock, Mrs. Amy Chloe
Brock, Mrs. Ruby L.
Brooks, Mrs. Arminda
Brooks, Mrs. Hattie L.
Brooks, Mrs. Nellie C.
Brown, Mrs. Doris May
Brown, Mrs. &#4522094;id E.
Brown, Mrs. Joyce M.
Brown, Mrs. Kathr&#7929966; J.
Brown, Mrs. Laura Francis
Brown, Mrs. Leatha L.
Brown, Mrs. Lela
Brown, Miss Linette
Brown, Miss Marion M.
Brown, Mrs. Ruby O.
Brown, Mrs. So&#6684777;ra V.
Brumley, Mrs. Es&#7602290;ia&#7209070;a
Bryant, Mrs. Cynthia M.
Buchannon, Mrs. Miriam S.
Buckhalter, Mrs. Emma L.
Buie, Mrs. M. Kate
Burchett, Mrs. Leona
Burruss, Mrs. Carrie B.
Burt, Mrs. Marie
Burton, Mrs. Dorothy L.
Butler, Mrs. Estelle L.
Butler, Mrs. Gladys E.
Butter&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Aurelia B.
Butts, Mrs. Louise
By&#6684777;eld, Miss Mandeleto O.
Cabler, Mrs. Lessie
Cabrera, Mrs. Rosa Capellano de
Caffieri, Miss Herminia
Caldwell, Mrs. Ade&#7077996;e Mae
Callahan, Mrs. Polly G.
Camden, Mrs. Pearl
Cameron, Miss Ethel M.
Camink, Miss Verda
Camp, Mrs. Mae Ellen
Campbell, Mrs. Vera Nell
Carabajal, Mrs. Celinda
Sandoval de
Carden, Mrs. Pauline 0.
Carroll, Mrs. Nettie R.
Carter, Mrs. Artiller
Carter, Mrs. Burtha Mae
Carter, Mrs. Mertella C.
Carver, Mrs. Eva
Case, Mrs. Nora Grace
Cason, Mrs. Mamie
Cates, Mrs. Pearl
Caudill, Mrs. Eileen
Chain, Mrs. &#4522092;izabeth R.
Chapman, Mrs. Gladys
Chatham, Mrs. Amanda
Chatham, Mrs. Dean
Childers, Mrs. Gladys
Clark, Mrs. Anna Belle
Clark, Mrs. Bertha
Clark, Mrs. Geneva B.
Clark, Mrs. Roberta
Clark, Mrs. Sylvia
Cla&#7471207;k, Mrs. Veda M.
Clarke, Mrs. Jane A.
Clarke, Mrs. Lillian
Clay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Cleaver, Mrs. Beulah D.
Cleland, Mrs. Beulah J.
Clemens, Mrs. Eleanor
Cochran, Miss Neita Fay
Codrington, Miss Jane
Cole, Mrs. Bessie B.
Collie, Mrs. Drusilla L.
Collins, Mrs. Bettie Lee
Colvin, Mrs. Stella Ruth
Concepcion, Mrs. Cora Cardet de
Connor, Mrs. Elvira M.
Cook, Mrs. Lucy
Cooke, Mrs. Ena V.
Cooley, Mrs. Eula M.
Cooper, Mrs. Annie L.
Cooper, Mrs. Flora B.
Core, &#5046386;s. Geraldine M.
Corlew, Mrs. Bessie E.
Corlew, Mrs. Mattie
Co&#7471214;, Mrs. Linda C.
Corniffe, Miss Laureen M.
Costas, Mrs. Jenny P.
Couch, Mrs. Mary E.
Covey, Mrs. Golda E.
Cowart, Mrs. Mary Lou
Cox, Mrs. Elizabeth A.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cox, Mrs. Mary
Craver, Mrs. Bernice I.
Craver, Mrs. Era Bee
Crenshaw, Mrs. Nell M.
Criswell, Mrs. Audrey C.
Crook, Mrs. C. Adelle
Crooks, Mrs. Inah
Culber&#3014887;on, Mrs. Beulah
Culmer, Mrs. Rosanna
Cupit, Mrs. Mable
Cureton, Mrs. Carrie
Currithers, Miss Louise A.
Curry, Mrs. Elsie
Curry, Mrs. Lois
Curtis, Mrs. Delores G.
Curtis, Mrs. Letha
Curtis, Mrs. Verlee
Dailey, Miss Mary Lee
Daly, Miss Centilia G. E.
Danzy, Miss Mollie B.
Darnell, Mrs. Eula Mae
Da&#7471214;ell, Mrs. Louise A.
Darty, Mrs. Mary Lorene
Daugherty, Mrs. M. Be&#7209179;ce
Davenport, Mrs. Z&#6881388;lie Mae
Davidson, Mrs. Annie
Davis, Mrs. Audra
Davis, Mrs. C. Evelyn
Davis, Mrs. Daisy
Davis, Mrs. Ludie
Davis, Mrs. Margaret
Davis, Mrs. Nannie V.
Davis, Mrs. Rachel E.
Davis, Mrs. Sarah
Daxon, Mrs. Ophelia E.
Deadrick, Mrs. Dorothy
Dean, Mrs. Catherine M.
Dean, Mrs. Ivis G.
Decker, Mrs. Maxine
Delancy, Mrs. F. Corene
Delancy, Mrs. Ida P. L.
Dely, Miss Mezina
de Mendoza, Mrs. Guadalupe C.
Dempsey, Mrs. Lois
Denegal, Mrs. Mary
de Rogue, Mrs. Amada Leal Linda
Derryberry, Miss Eunice
Deveaux, Mrs. Tereseta
Dickey, Mrs. Lois M.
Dickinson, Mrs. Dessie F.
Dingler, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Dinkel, Mrs. Mina Mae
Dishman, Mrs. Leva
Dison, Miss Mabel
Dorsett, Mrs. Cora L.
Douglas, Mrs. Ella Mae
Douglas, Mrs. L. Christine
Douglas, Mrs. Mabel J.
Dover, Miss Olivene
Drew, Miss Loretta F.
Dubique, Mrs. Anesta
Duncan, Mrs. Rosa Lee J.
Dunn,. Mrs. Evelyn M.
Duvoll, &#5046386;s. L. Della
Dwire, Mrs. Bessie C.
Dyer, &#5046386;s. Hazel L.
Easley, Mrs. Velma M.
Easterling, Mrs. Edith F.
Edralin, Mrs. Dorothy E.
Edward, Mrs. Zelenna
Eldridge, Mrs. Opal Jean
Eliason, Mrs. Harriet
Elliott, Mrs. Ruth E.
Ellis, Mrs. Ova L.
Ellis, Mrs. Rosetta L.
Endecott, Mrs. Edythe
Endecott, Mrs. Ruth A.
English, Mrs. Ruby
Estira, Mrs. Oremise
Evans, Mrs. L. Inez
Evans, Mrs. Marie
Ewashko, Mrs. Georgia E.
Ezell, Mrs. Ada L.
Faircloth, Mrs. D. Maxine
Farmer, Mrs. Veral
Ferguson, Mrs. Addie A.
Ferguson, &#5046386;s. Lillie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Marrie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. MaryE.
Ferro, Mrs. Maria 0. de
Fields, Mrs. Pearl
Filer, Mrs. Naomi
Finch, Mrs. N. Evelyn
Fitchjarrell, Mrs. Mattie P.
Fitts, &#5046386;s. Dessie F.
Fleming, Mrs. A. E. Bertie
Fleming, Miss Cynthia V.
Flick, Mrs. Catherine M.
Flint, Mrs. Naomi F.
Flippo, Mrs. Margie
Flippo, Mrs. Willie Lee
Foltz, Mrs. Lena E.
Forbes, Mrs. Lallye Lee
Forbes, Mrs. Semmie D.
Foreman, Mrs. Thelma L.
Forrester, Mrs. Annie Bell
Foshee, Mrs. E. Elvena
Foster, Mrs. Ella Mae
Fowler, Mrs. Evelyn
Fox, Mrs. Medora M.
Fox, Mrs: Nettie M,
Francis, Mrs. Julia· D.
185

186 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Francis, Mrs. Marrian A.
Franklin, Mrs. Erma L.
Frederickson, Mrs. Anna C.
Freeland, Mrs. M. Laverne
Freeman, Mrs. V. Marie
Fritts, Mrs. Edna Mae
Fulcher, Mrs. Lillian A.
Gaddy, Miss Willie Menia
Galindo, Mrs. Ines R. de
Gardner, Mrs. Lillian E.
Garrett, Mrs. Adelaide
Gary, Mrs. K. Elizabeth
Gathers, Miss Opal A.
Gay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Gaylor, Miss Goldie B.
Gaylor, Mrs. Mildred L.
Gentry, Mrs. Pearl M.
Gibson, Mrs. Althea E.
Gibson, Mrs. Clara W.
Gibson, Mrs. Mary L.
Gibson, Mrs. Pearl
Gibson, Mrs. Rosa P.
Gilbert, Mrs. Ethel E.
Gillum, Mrs. M. Christine
Gilmer, Mrs. Dessie G.
Gilmore, Mrs. Eva L.
Giordain, Mrs. Brigitte
Gladney, Mrs. Clemmie P.
Glass, Mrs. Nettie E.
Godfrey, Miss Doris L.
Gohn, Mrs. Jettie L.
Goin, Mrs. Mary M.
Goldsmith, Mrs. Martha
Gomez, Mrs. Raquel Lopez de
Gonzalez, Mrs. Marie F. de
Goodnight, Mrs. Rebecca J.
Goodwin, Mrs. Neta Pearl
Gosnell, Mrs. Bertie Pauline
Gossett, Mrs. May
Goza, Mrs. Bertha
Graham, Mrs. Christine E.
Graham, Mrs. Lydia M.
Grant, Miss Be&#7471214;ice A.
Grant, Miss Vashti E.
Granthan, Mrs. Stella
Grassi, Miss Ruby M.
Gray, Mrs. Christine B.
Green, Miss &#4522092;izabeth Irene
Green, Mrs. Helen M.
Green, Mrs. Julia E.
Green, Mrs. Marie
Greer, Miss Wilda
Groom, Mrs. Grace E.
Grubbs, Mrs. Lillian D.
Guest, Mrs. Ella G.
Guire, &#5046386;s. Hazel G.
Guire, Mrs. Lois
Gunnels, Miss Mary E.
Gusman, Mrs. Maria R.
Hadden, Mrs. Lillie J.
Hagan, Mrs. Elsie
Hagood, Mrs. M. Kathleen
Hailey, Mrs. Maggie L.
Hale, Mrs. Ida Virginia
Hale, Mrs. Mona F.
Haley, Mrs. Irene M.
Hall, Mrs. Dolly L.
Hall, Mrs. Luceta 0.
Hall, Mrs. Madlin E.
Hall, Mrs. Olive F.
Hall, Mrs. Sadie Mae
Halpain, Mrs. Shirley L.
Hamilton, Miss Thomazina
Hamm, Mrs. Mary Lois
Hampton, Mrs. Estella Cheek
Hampton, Mrs. Mary Lou
Hancock, Mrs. Nellie Rae
Hand&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Ethel R.
Hand&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Josephine
Haney, Mrs. Ionee L.
Hanna, Mrs. Gertrude E.
Hannah, Mrs. Bessie E.
Hansel, Mrs. D. Geneva
Hardin, Mrs. Dora Maye
Hardin, Mrs. Sylvia
Hardy, Mrs. Betty Ruth
Harmon, Mrs. Alice P.
Harper, Mrs. Marjorie G.
Harrington, Mrs. Winifred V.
Harris, Mrs. Etta Belle
Harris, Mrs. Ila Lee
Harvey, &#5046386;s. Bessie Rae
Hatcher, Miss Bettye M.
Haughton, Miss Emeline
Hawkins, Mrs. Clara M.
Hawkins, Miss Sharon K.
Hawkins, Mrs. Shirley E.
Headen, Mrs. Pecolia C.
Heath, Miss Minnie M.
Heieie, Mrs. Eunice G.
Helms, Mrs. Verla M.
Henderson, Mrs. Barbara J.
Henderson, Mrs. Willie
Henry, Mrs. Gladys
Henry, &#5046377;ss Margaret L.
Henry, Mrs. Maud
Henshaw, Mrs. Flora N.
Henson, Mrs. Patricia A.
Herne, Miss Amelie Vital
Herne, Mrs. Lurina
Herne, Miss Ninon Vital
Herring, Mrs. Claudie E.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Herring, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hester, Mrs. Sarah Ellen
Hibbitts, Mrs. Cora
Higdon, Mrs. Grace
Higgins, Mrs. Ketureh
Hill, Mrs. Eva
Hill, Mrs. Fannie Mae
Hill, Mrs. Helen W.
Hill, Mrs. Orpha
Hill, Mrs. Princie Ella
Hindman, Mrs. Gladys G.
Hodge, Mrs. Elvira R. L.
Hodge, Mrs. Nettie Mae
Holcomb, Mrs. Carolyn R.
Holland, Mrs. Bertie V.
Holley, Mrs. Estefania F.
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Ella
Holmes, Mrs. Wedia
Hopkins, Mrs. Ollie
Hopper, Mrs. Lydia
Horne, Miss Etta Jean
Horton, Mrs. Evadna H.
House, Mrs. Ruth M.
Howard, Mrs. Elva
Howe, Miss Lucia Rosetta
Howell, Mrs. Eva L.
Hoyte, &#5046386;s.Mary
Hudson, Mrs. Floy A.
Hudson, Mrs. Susie
Hughes, Mrs. Clyde M.
Hughes, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes, Mrs. Gelene M.
Hughes, Mrs. Lorene
Hughes, Mrs. Ruby 0.
Humes, Mrs. Eliza J.
Humphrey, Mrs. Carrie Mae
Humphreys, Mrs. Ollie V.
Hunt, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Hunter, Mrs. Letitia
Huskins, Mrs. Rosie L.
Ible, Mrs. Arabella
Ien, Mrs. Dorothy
Ingram, Mrs. Maude C.
Ivins, Mrs. Bertha
Jackson, Mrs.Jannie
Jackson, Mrs. Sula
Jackson, Mrs. Willa
Jacobs, Mrs. Beulah M.
Jacobs, Mrs. Clarice D.
Jacobson, &#5046386;s. Agnes F.
Janes, Mrs. Blanche May
Jarrard, Mrs. Eula S.
Jenkins, Mrs. Etta Mae
Jennings, Mrs. F. Ursula
Jernigan, Mrs. M. Jewel
Jeune, Mrs. Maxtinell
Jimenez, Mrs. Maria Concepcion
John, Mrs. Sarah P.
Johns, Mrs. Flora A.
Johnson, Mrs. Euna V.
Johnson, Mrs. Florence M.
Johnson, Mrs. Geneva M.
Johnson, Mrs. Gwendolyn V.
Johnson, Mrs. Laura M.
Johnson, Mrs. Maria J. 0. de
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Mirtella
Johnson, Mrs. Nannie Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Ramona Faye
Johnson, Mrs. Sarah E.
Jones, Mrs. A. Irene
Jones, Mrs. Anna Bell
Jones, Mrs. Clara Mae
Jones, Mrs. Frances L.
Jones, Mrs. Hannah
Jones, Mrs. Leona Ruth
Jones, Mrs. Lizzie M.
Jones, Mrs. Mildred F.
Jones, Mrs. Princess C.
Jones, Mrs.Treava
Jones, Mrs. Wilma K.
Jordan, Mrs. Jennie L.
Jordan, Mrs. Lena Mae
Jordan, Mrs. M. Geneva
Jose, Mrs. Frieda K.
Joyce, Mrs. Victoria
Jubuisson, Mrs. Thermon&#6684777;ls
Keadle, Miss Cora M.
Kelley, Mrs. Pearlie
Kelly, Mrs. Anabel H.
Kestler, Miss Thelma B.
Key, Mrs. Pauline
Kinard, Mrs. Myrtle
King, Mrs. Lucy
King, Mrs. Mary M.
Knight, Miss Margaret
Knowles, Mrs. Albertha
Ladoo, Mrs. Mariana J.
Lake, Miss Edna E.
Lambert, Mrs. Mildred A.
Lampley, Mrs. Euna M.
Lance, Mrs. Daisy D.
Lance, Mrs. T. Lois
Lane, Mrs. Maisie Orleta
Lang, Mrs. Clara M.
Lanter, Mrs. Ann Louise
Lavender, Mrs. Bobbie Lee
Lawhead, Mrs. Maxine
Lawrence, Mrs. Malvina
Lawrence, Mrs. Hattie B.
Lawrence, Mrs. Thelma
Lawson, Miss Ruth H.
Lawton, Mrs. Jeanette W.
187

188 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Lay, Mrs. Ina A.
Leazenby, Mrs. Ellen
Ledford, Mrs. Carrie L.
Lee, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Leeper, Mrs. DeLila Z.
Lefler, Mrs. Ellen P.
Lesniak, Mrs. B. Clara
Lester, Mrs. Goldia
Lester, Mrs. Irene R.
Lewin, Mrs. Amy Elizabeth
Lewis, Mrs. Essie B.
Lightener, Mrs. Ivy Norve&#7077996;a
Linam, Mrs. Ollie
Linkous, Mrs. Loula L.
Linville, Mrs. Cleo
Lobban, Mrs. Daisy Maye
Logsdon,Mrs.Mae
Long, Mrs. Veneda T.
Louk, Mrs. Anna
Love, Mrs. Anna Lois
Love, Mrs. Betty Lou
Lovell, Miss Jimmye E.
Lovill, Mrs. Katherine L.
Lowe, Mrs. Lela
Lowman, &#5046386;s. Buna
Lucas, Mrs. Annie Bell
Luck, Mrs. Rettie E.
Lunn, Mrs. Susan
Luster, Mrs. Julia
Mabe, Mrs. H. Romaine
Maddox, Miss Annie Maria
Mahaffey, Mrs. Minnie B.
Mallory, Mrs. Clemencia J.
Maney, Mrs. Savannah G.
Manning, Mrs. Norma L.
March, Mrs. Princess A.
Marique, Mrs. Mary
Martin, Mrs. Fannie L.
Martin, Mrs. Maude
Martin, Mrs. Thelma L.
Martinez, Miss M. Eusebia
Martinez, Mrs. So&#6684777;a Padilla de
Massey, Mrs. Rose Ella
Mather, Miss Thelma L.
Max&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Mamie M.
May, Mrs. Verdie
Mayhall, Mrs. Mary P.
Mays, Mrs. Nannie Ruth
McAdoo, Mrs. Rosa L.
McBride, Mrs. Luner B.
McCalla, Miss Sarah
McCartney, Mrs. Willie M.
McDaniel, Mrs. Macy
McDowell, Mrs. M. Gertrude
McGehee, Mrs. Missie M.
McGinnis, Mrs. Amanda E.
McGlothlin, Mrs. Onaway
McGreger, Mrs. Leona
Mciver, Mrs. Minnie
McLarine, Mrs. Louise
McLaughlin, Mrs. Lottie
McLean, Mrs. Avis
McLean, Mrs. Julia
McLean, Mrs. Rosetta May
McLeod, Mrs. Maria B.
McNeil, Mrs. Ethel L.
McNeill, Mrs. Lucile
Messner, Mrs. Edith J.
Metcalf, Mrs. Edna A.
Miller, Mrs. AnnaE.
Miller, Mrs. Girthree B.
Miller, Mrs. Inez
Millerson, Mrs. Mar&#7602280;a A.
Mims, Mrs. Essie Mae
Miner, Mrs. Iva
Minter, Miss Beverly Ann
Minter, Mrs. Minnie Lee
Miracle, Mrs. Beulah E.
Miskelly, Mrs. Hallie Christine
Mitchell, Mrs. Miriam M.
Mixon, Mrs. Dorotha V.
Molina, Mrs. Iva Isabel Kelman de
Montgomery,Mrs.Mary
Montgomery, Mrs. Maxine
Moore, &#5046386;s. Carmen R.
Moore, Mrs. Dorothy L. V.
Moore, Mrs. Ethel
Moore, Mrs. Helen A.
Moore, Mrs. Helen Jolene
Moore,Mrs.Idellie
Moore, Mrs.M.Maxine
Morgan,Mrs.Jerusha
Morris, Mrs. Elizabeth
Morrison, Miss Lurline R.
Mortimer, Miss Alicia R.
Moss, Mrs. Annie W.
Moss, Mrs. Cecilia
Moss, Mrs. Fannie R.
Moss, Mrs. Lenetta B.
Moss, Mrs. Linetha Jane
Mount, Mrs. Clara T.
Moxley, Mrs. Alice V.
Mullins, Miss Mary Louise
Mullins, Mrs. Sophia
Murray, Mrs. E. Marie
Murray, Mrs. May Bell
Murray, Mrs.Mary
Murray, Mrs. Oma Lee
Myers, Miss Clara Mae
Myers, Mrs. Eliza H.
Neal, Mrs. Sybil S.
&#4849766; eblett, Mrs. Lily Beu

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Newdiger, Mrs. Mary Z.
Newsome, Mrs. Opal
Nichols, Mrs. Ethel L.
Nichols, Mrs. Lavera
Nichols, Mrs. Merline G.
Nielly, Mrs. Gladys
Nobles, Mrs. Dorothy F.
Norris, Mrs. Sarah K.
Nunez, Mrs. Maria de Jesus de
Nunnery, Mrs. Flora
Odom, Mrs. Phenia T.
Odom, Mrs. Rena K.
Ogletree, Mrs. Joy Mae
Oldham, Mrs. Della Mai
Olson, Mrs. Nora L.
O'N eal, Mrs. Ozell
Orosco, Mrs. Natalia
Ottley, Mrs. Regina
Overstreet, Mrs. Laura
Owens, Mrs. Villar
Paden, Mrs. Muriel L.
Padgett, Mrs. Pearline
Palmer, Miss Eva Mae
Palmore, Mrs. Jersey Bell
Paquinett, Miss Josie B.
Parker, Mrs. Eunice Faye
Parton, Mrs. Bettye June
Paschall, Mrs. Susie
Pate, Mrs. Faith Ellen
Patterson, Miss Mary E.
Patton, Mrs. Abigail J.
Paul, Mrs. Salome A.
Payne, Mrs. Mamie E.
Payne, Mrs. Velma L.
Peat, Mrs. Willy
Peavy, Mrs. Katharine I.
Pentecost, Mrs. Helen L.
Perago, Mrs. Alma R.
Perez, Mrs. Belen C.
Perez, Mrs. Paz de
Perry, Mrs. Ruby P.
Persinger, Mrs. N. Elizabeth
Phelps, Mrs. Pauline
Phillips, Mrs. Effie M.
Phillips, Mrs. Lougenia
Phillips, Mrs. My&#7602398;e I.
Pickering, Miss Irene
Pickersgill, Miss Sylvia A.
Pittman, Mrs. Emma E.
Pittman, Mrs. Geraldine
Platt, Mrs. Annie
Polete, Mrs. Margaret F.
Pollard, Mrs. Vera A.
Poole, Mrs. Maggieleen
Pope, Mrs. Margaret Mae
Porter, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Possinger, Mrs. Helen M.
Potter, Mrs. Alice E.
Potts, Mrs. Vadie
Powell, Mrs. Clarice E.
Powell, Mrs. Madge
Powers, Mrs. Woody K.
Pratt, Mrs. Ellen
Pratt, Mrs. Rebecca
Pressgrove, Mrs. Martha Mae
Pressley, Mrs. Rebecca
Price, Mrs. Alma J.
Price, Mrs. Freda
Price, Mrs. Martha
Priest, Mrs. Edna L.
Pritchard, Mrs. Rita M.
Pruitt, Mrs. Ella M.
Pulliam, Mrs. Mamie
Pyles, Mrs. Jessie M.
Qualls, Mrs. Dicie E.
Quarles, Mrs. Doris
Qui, Mrs. Doris J.
Rallings, Mrs. Edna B.
Ramirez, Mrs. Trinidad H. de
Rampley, Mrs. Ila L.
Ramsey, Mrs. Mary
Randall, Mrs. Cora L.
Randall, Miss Laura Allene
Randolph, Mrs. Nola K.
Ratcliffe, Mrs. Margaret E.
Rauch, Miss Nettie L.
Ray, Mrs. Eva
Reed, Mrs. Edna E.
Reese, Mrs. Sarah J.
Reese, Mrs. Vera
Reeves, Mrs. Alice
Reid, Mrs. Luvenia
Reid, Mrs. Myrtis
Rejouris, Mrs. Wilson
Reynolds, Mrs. Hattie E.
Rhorer, Mrs. Laura E.
Rider, Mrs. Verda
Riggs, Mrs.Alma Lorene
Rinehammer, Mrs. Nora 0.
Rivers, Mrs. Nettie L.
Roach, Mrs. Ruth
Roberts, Mrs. Mysterious D.
Robertson, Miss Anna Louise
Robertson, Mrs. Thelma Louise
Robinson, Mrs. Esmada
Robinson, Mrs. Georgetta
Robinson, Miss Hazel C.
Robinson, Miss Mabel
Robles, Mrs. Petra C.
Rochester, Mrs. Freda I.
Rodney, Mrs. Vera Pearl
Rodriguez, Mrs. Josefa R.
189

190 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Rodriguez, Mrs. Zelma M.
Rogers, Miss Verna Joyce
Rolle, Miss Dorris
Romer, Mrs. Margaret
Romero, Miss Enedina Lascurain
Roop, Mrs. Mary S.
Rosales, Mrs. Delia Corina de
Rosales, Mrs. Francisca M. V. de
Ruano, Mrs. Macaela Lorini
Rubidoix, Mrs. Bella
Rubio, Mrs. Clara Luz
Russelburg, Mrs. Ethel
Rye, Mrs. Edna
Saint Cyr, Mrs. Bovil
Sample, Mrs. Rebecca L.
Samples, Mrs. Maggie
Sanders, Mrs. Maisy
Sanderson, Mrs. Chloe M.
Schaad, Mrs. Lessie
Schmuck, Miss Elizabeth. M.
Schneider, Miss Alice M.
Scott, Mrs. Lina
Scott, Mrs. Willie Mae
Scotton, Mrs. Lucy
Searcy, Mrs. Addie
Sedwick, Mrs. Emilee D.
Sesco, Mrs. Rebecca
Seymour, Mrs. Orelia
Shankle, Mrs. Lola Mae
Shaw, Mrs. Letitia
Shelor, Mrs. Alice M.
Shepherd, Mrs. Guida F.
Sheridan, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shewmaker, Mrs. Gerdia Mae
Shirley, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shreves, Mrs. Hazel P.
Shupe, Mrs. Bertha L.
Sigmon, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Silencieux, Mrs. Joseph
Siler, Mrs. Marie
Simmons, Mrs. &#4522092;sie M.
Simmons, Mrs. Lougenia
Simmons, Mrs. Rinda
Simmons, Mrs. Sunie E.
Simpson, Mrs. Ethel
Simpson, Mrs. Hattie G.
Skaggs, Mrs. Mary
Slay, Mrs. Lela Ruth
Sloan, Mrs. Mary Lura
Smith, Mrs. Alice Clakly
Smith, Mrs. Anna Laura
Smith, Mrs. Autney L.
Smith, Mrs. Chlora M.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith, Mrs. Emmer J.
Smith, Mrs. Eunice
Smith, Mrs. Grace
Smith, Mrs. Leticia L.
Smith, Mrs. Louise
Smith, Mrs. Matilda
Smith, Mrs. Nevissa E.
Smith, Miss 0. Maxine
Smith, Mrs. Olive B.
Smith, Mrs. Pauline O.
Smith, Mrs. Rea D.
Smothers, Mrs. Ida Mai
Snow, Mrs. Lillian H.
Snyder, Mrs. Violet F.
Solomon, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Solomon, Mrs. M. Frances
Sonntag, Mrs. Joan Mae
Sowell, Mrs. Carrie Belle
Spears, Mrs. Elsie Mae
Spencer, Mrs. Arlene M.
Spencer, Mrs. Ruth R.
Spradlin, Mrs. Bertha M.
Springer, Mrs. Adeline M.
Spry, Mrs. Thelma M.
Spurlock, Mrs. Lydia A.
Srygler, Mrs. Alpha Jane
Stacy, Mrs. Ava J.
Stagner, Mrs. Lillian
Stanley, Mrs. Nellie Lee
Stapleton, Mrs. Cynthia E.
Steed, Mrs. Bertha A.
Stephens, Mrs. Alida V.
Stephens, Miss Bessie S.
Stephens, Mrs. Ethel E.
Stephenson, Mrs. &#4259950;nie G.
Stevens, Miss Bertha L.
Steward, Mrs. Delta Ray
Stewart, Mrs. Dora Lee
Stewart, Mrs. Fidelia
Stewart, Mrs. Gladys
Stewart, Mrs. Vina M.
Stissel, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Stokes, Mrs. Eva L.
Stone, Mrs. Juanita
Stone, Mrs. Sultana
Story, Mrs. Flossie E.
Stover, Mrs. Cora
Strachan, Mrs. Isadora
Strickland, Mrs. Jean
Stroup, Mrs. Gurtie
Sullivan, Mrs. Augustine
Sutherland, Mrs. Ormie M.
Swenney, Mrs. Orene
Sylvain, Mrs. Trerese
Talley, Mrs. Rosa
Tarleton, Mrs. Lillie
Tate, Mrs. H. Adele
Taylor, Mrs. Blanch E.

MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Taylor, Mrs. Ca&#7471218;ie
Taylor, Mrs. Dorothy
Taylor, Mrs. Ella R.
Taylor, Mrs. Eunice L.
Taylor, Mrs. Joyce G.
Taylor, Mrs. Valerine M.
Taylor, Mrs. Victoria
Taylor, Mrs. Virgie Lee
Tejeda, Mrs. Celia Vigo de
Terrell, Mrs. Louvenia
Tessnear, Mrs. Eunice Irene M.
Thomas, Mrs. Maggie
Thomas, Mrs. Mary
Thomas, Mrs. Maude
Thomason, Mrs. A. Georgia
Thomason, Mrs. Jessie Mae
Thompson, Mrs. Edna M.
Thompson, Mrs. Flonnie
Thompson, Mrs. Grace
Thompson, Mrs. Gwendoline
Thompson, Mrs. Jessie
Thompson, Mrs. Marie Louise
Thompson, Mrs. Mary H.
Thompson, Mrs. Perci e
Thompson, Mrs. Violet A.
Thompson, Mrs. Virgie
Tillery, Mrs. Lila G.
Tillman, Miss M. Ernestine
Tillman, Mrs. Mary B.
Tinsley, Mrs. Edna S.
Todd, Mrs. Lillian 0.
Todd, Mrs. Luna Mae
Tolbert, Mrs. Nina B.
Trogdon, Mrs. Lolar P.
Troop, Mrs. Mary E.
Trump, Mrs. &#5505128;elma M.
Tucker, Mrs. Ethel Mae
Tucker, Mrs. Katie I.
Valentine, Mrs. Trudie
Vandergriff, Mrs. Mildred M.
Vanderhorst, Miss Emma
Vandever, Mrs. Oleta C.
Vanterpool, Mrs. Virginia A.
Varlack, Miss Rena Doloris
Vaughn, Mrs. Cordie Lee
Velasco, Mrs. Juana
Vicars, Mrs. Betty June
Vick, Mrs. Cora C.
Villard, Mrs. Voltair
Volmar, Mrs. Phanie
Wade, Mrs. Rosilda E.
Waden, Mrs. Rosie
Wadley, Mrs. Myrtle A.
Waggett, Mrs. Betty J.
Wagner, Mrs. Maggie
Waldron, Mrs. Lettie L.
Walker, Mrs. Diana
Wallace, Mrs. Jannie Lee
Walser, Mrs. Mary H.
Walt, Mrs. Maggie M.
Warmington, Miss Repha Leata
Watkins, Mrs. Pearl
Watson, Mrs. Esther E.
Watts, Mrs. Josephine
Weathers, Mrs. &#5832856;lamie V.
Webb, Mrs. E. Pauline
Webb, Mrs. Lena Lee
Webb , Mrs. Lillie M.
Wells, Mrs. Edna L.
Wells, Mrs. Helen G.
Wells, Mrs. Vera L.
Wenger, Mrs. Alice I.
West, Mrs. Dolly G.
West, Mrs. Jeanetta J.
White, Mrs. Beatrice
White,.Miss Mary Jane
White, Mrs. Petrona E.
White, Mrs. Zilphia
Whitehouse, Mrs. Katherine P.
Whitten, Miss W. Irene
Wilkerson, Mrs. Bonnie
Wilkinson, Mrs. Cassie J.
Williams, Mrs. Adelaide
Williams, Mrs. Annie Bell
Williams, Mrs. Audrey A.
Williams, Mrs. Bessie L.
Williams, Mrs. Ethel 0.
Williams, Mrs. Francena Hill
Williams, Mrs. Ivy Mae
Williams, Mrs. Jane
Williams, Mrs. Mattie L.
Williams, Mrs. Mertilla
Williams, Mrs. Monteal D.
Williams, Mrs. Precious L.
Williams, Mrs. Virginia R.
Williamson, Mrs. Verbileene G.
Willing, Mrs. Ora Mae
Willoughby, Mrs. Lula R.
Wilson, Mrs. Bessie A.
Wilson, Mrs. Joyce Marie
Wilson, Mrs. L. Eleanor
Wilson, Mrs. Lura
Wilson, Mrs. Naomi R.
Winters, Mrs. Gertrude
Wise, Mrs. Rose E.
Witherspoon, Mrs. Mazie
Wolfgong, Mrs. E. Rose
Wood, Mrs. Florence G.
Wood, Mrs. Jewell
Woodard, Mrs. Eula
Woods, Mrs. Willean A.
191

192 MINUTES OF THE 55TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Word, Mrs. Christine E.
Wright, Mrs. &#4522086;fie Nancy
Wright, Mrs. E. Marie
Wright, Mrs. Eliza
Wright, Mrs. Ella Mae
Wright, Mrs. Viola M.
Wynns, Mrs. Esther A.
Yates, Mrs. Edith N.
Yocum, Mrs. Ola A.
Young, Mrs. Bertha Lois
Young, Mrs. Daisy E.
Young, Mrs. Vallie I.
Zayas, Miss Belkis Lopez

This document-level text was manually edited and is shown for every PDF page. Searchable text may differ slightly from the visual PDF layout.

Page of 192

Search matches

Search from the library page to see matching page excerpts here.