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MINUTES
61st Annual Assembly
of the
Church of God of Prophecy
Held in the World-Wide Annual Assembly Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee, U. S. A.
September 6-12
1966
"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 &#3014755;ovenant."
"Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground."
LOVE TRUTH UNITY

Contents
.A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A. Program·····························-········································· 11
•Advice to Members ··············································••······································•·······-··158
Appointment of General Workers, Overseers and Others ............................ 147
.Bible Training Camp Program ··········•········-···•········································-············ 22
'Business Meetings ----·······························-·-·····················-············-·······-······156
Call of Countries, Provinces and States ----······························-···•·········-26
Church Bene&#6684777;t Association Report ················•···········-·····················-·········-······ 79
'Churches and Membership ·····················-········•··-········-··············•········-········---··· 31
Churches, List of ····----·············•····c··············································-·····•··········162
Closing of Assembly and Adoption of Minutes ···············-·······•·····-··················148
C. P. M. A. Program ··························-----···················-··•························· 15
Deeds for Church Property ·················-··················-··-·········-·-·········---············-······153
Duties of District Overseer ·····•··························•····---·········--·----················160
Duties of Overseers Appointed by the General Overseer ··············-············-·160
Financial System ······-··-•·····-----····-··-··················•·············-··············•·········148
Free Literature Offering (Assembly) • ····-··························································· 95
Friday; September 9 ·················•··········•··•-·-•·····················-········-····•····-·-·•·····-··--·· ?i
General Overseer's Annual Address:
Introductory ········-·····---···-········---·-·····················•·················································· 36
Baptism With the Holy Ghost -··----··················-··--··•···--·····•··········· 38
A Revival Spirit to Build Our Churches ·······-··················-····························· 41
The Assembly Tabernacle ·····---·······················•·························•························ 44
Youth Life Teams ····---····························-·-·•····-·············-······-············-········ 48
More About Music ·····-··-·····---···-·······•--·······························-································· 50
The Honor Stone Program ................................................................................ 52
A Tribute to Our Servicemen ·················-·················----····················· 52
Interesting Information:
Data Gathered From Ministers' Reports -----············-···················· 54
Number of Ministers ·-·---····························------························-·· 54
World Mission Drives ········--····----······•·--···················-·-······. ·-··. -··-·-·---· 54
State Convention Mission Offerings ················---·······-----·-········----·······---····· 55
State Convention Free Literature Offerings ·-····•···---·········-·---·-··············· 56
State Convention Offerings-Tomlinson Home for Children ········-·····--58
State Convention Bible Training Camp Offerings ----········-·-··················· 59
C. P. M. A. Membership ····················---··-········----·········--·········-···················-· 61
Attendance at State Conventions ···---··••········--···············-························· 62
Conclusion ·················•···············-----················· ...................................... 64
Headquarters Committees ····••··························•·····································-···········-···152
Local Church Officers and Leaders ·······························································--·155
Management and Personnel ················-----·················-····------ 5
Ministers, List of:
Bishops ·······-····-·-···········-······-·-······-········-··········-·-••·····-··········-······•···········180
Deacons .................................................................................................................. 185
Male Evangelists ··········-···················•···································································190
Female Evangelists ······----·······•·································································206
:Mission Offering (Assembly) ··-···············••-•··········--····················-···················· 104
Monday, September 5 ············----···················································-·········· 6

Monday, September 12 __________________________________________________________________________________ l 14
Obligation for Membership _________________________________________________________________ 161
Opening of the Assembly and Appointment of Committees _________________________ 11
Order of Business -·--------------------_______________________________________ 157
Ordination Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------86
Report of Committees:
Adjustment _____________________________________________________________________________________ 130
Assembly Expense -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------85
Church Boosters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------140
Education ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------127
General Properties ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------130
Ministerial Aid--------------------------------------------------____________ 77
Questions and Subjects -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------127
Tomlinson Home for Children Board of Directors --------------------------------------82
Watchmen _______________________________________________________________________________________ 146
Ways and Means ----------------------------------------------------------------------------�-------141
World Mission ________________________ _ _____________________________________ 121
Reports of General Workers:
. A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary ________________________________________________________________ 131
Asia and Egypt Representative ----··
--------------------------------------------------------124
Bible Training Camp Principal ---------------------------------------------------------139
Bible Training Camp Superintendent ------------------------------------------------138
C. P. M.A. Secretary__________________ _ ____________________________ 135
Field Secretary, C. R. Payne --------------------------------------·---------------------------------116
Field Secretary, E. L. Jones _______________________________________________________________ l 17
Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez --------------------'-----------------------------------------------117
Fields of the Wood Manager ________________________________________________________________ 137
Home Mission Worker _____________________________________________________________________ 118
Ministerial Aid Chairman ------------------------------·--"------------------------�-----------------------76
Mission Evangelist, Sylvia Hardin ----------------------------------------------------------------126
Mission Evangelist, Harrison E. Price ______________________________________________ 125
Public Relations Director _____________________________________________________________________ l 19
Radio Department Manager ---------------�---------------------------------------------------------------119
Radio Minister and College Administrator ____________________________________________________ 120
Sunday School Secretary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------132
Victory Leaders Secretary -------------------------,--------------------------------------------------------132
Visual Department Director -------------------------------------------------------------------------13 7
W. M. B. Secretary _________________________________________________________________ _______________ 133
World Language Secretary ----------------------------------------------------------------------134
World Mission Secretary ______________________________________________________ 123
Saturday, Septem her 10 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------89
Statistical Report of the Work __________________________________________________ 123
Sunday, September 11 ----------------------------------------------··------··-----------------------------100
Sunday School Program ___________________________________________________________________________ 106
Teachings ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------161
Thursday, September 8 -··
·
---------· ----------------------------------------------------------------------------26
Tomlinson Home for Children Offering (Assembly) ____________________________________ 108
Treasurer's Financial Report - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------67
Tuesday, September 6 ----------------------------·-------------------------------------------------------------·-9
Victory Leaders Program ------------------------------------------------------------------·-93
W. M. B. Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.. 100
Wednesday, September 7 -------------------------------------------·-----·--·--------------------·----------10
White Wing Publishing House Program -----------------------------------------------------------· 90
White Wing Publishing House Report -------------···--------·--------------------------------------71
World Mission Program -------------------------------------------------------------97
World Must Be Evangelized _____________________________________________________________________ 155

Prefatory Notes
"Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy
name. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his bene&#6684777;ts." Psalm
103:1, 2.
Another great Assembly is in the past, but it will not soon be for
gotten. &#5505128;e Lord met with us in a mighty way and we are very grate
ful for His blessings that were showered upon us and the evangelistic
spirit that prevailed throughout the Assembly. Without the Lord and the
guidance of the Holy Ghost, the Assembly could not have been a suc
cess. May the same Spirit be with us throughout the coming year to guide
us and may we have a greater desire to win the lost than we have ever
had before.
The Public Relations Department was kept busy reporting highlights
of the Assembly to local news services. Also, portions of the Assembly
were covered by television, and a radio broadcast originated each eve
ning from the Assembly taber&#7209004;acle under the direction of Harry Lee Moore
and A. J. Coalter.
The registrars are to be commended for their efforts in securing the
names of 12,109 delegates to this great feast. We have names of 1,342
from Cleveland and 10, 767 from out of town. Every state was repre
sented along with delegates from Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Cen&#7602290;al
America, Caribbean Islands, Europe, India and Mexico.
Records show 4,195 attended the program at Fields of the Wood on
Tuesday, prior to the opening of the Assembly.
We could not have had an organized Assembly without the help of
each one on the committees who served so faithfully. We wish to extend
our thanks to each one who had a part in making the Assembly a suc
cess and also to the city officials who spoke on Tuesday night to welcome
delegates to the city, but most of all we are thankful for the presence
of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The date for the next General Assembly of the Church of God will be
September 5-11.
M. A. TOMLINSON
General Overseer

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
MINUTES
OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF
The Church of God of Prophecy
HELD IN CLEVELAND, TENN., U. S. A., SEPT. 6-12, 1966
Management and Personnel
M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
Willystene Calfee and Zella Creel
Secretaries to the General Overseer
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C. R. Payne, Superintendent of Operations
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMITTEES-Reception, Entertainment, Reg
istrars, Ushers, Parking-Allen Davis.
CLERKS-R. 0. Covey, Billy Riggs, Barney &#5505138;ogdon, A. H. Haselden,
Benjamin Lawrence. Sunrise Clerk-Edwin Jones.
TREASURER-J. R. Kinser. Bookkeeper-Pruddie Martin. Office Assist-
ants-Mattie Kinser, Eunice Goins, Jessie Vee Williams.
POST OFFICE-V. R. Sherrill.
PARCEL CHECK ROOM-L. R. Oppert.
JANITOR-Lloyd Rogers.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM-&#4980847;yal Washington, Roscoe Ca&#7209070;on, Edsel
Hartman, Gene Douglas, Russell Sullivan, Raymond Powers, Clive
Jared, Gene Cannon.
ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR and placing of microphones-Perry E.
Gillum, Clay Frost, Gerald Goins, Frank Hughes, Eddie Mounce,
E'ddie Tanner, J. E. Brisson, Jerry Smith, Darel Talbott.
RECEPTION-E. A. McDonald, Chairman; Harrison E. Price, James Ad
kins, Mary Nell Adkins, C. S. Bland and wife, Samuel Brackett
and wife, Willard Boyles, Hazel L. Dyer, Lawrence Heckert, Ed
die Jacobs, Mikey Jones and wife, Newt Kelly, W. D. Massengale
and wife, Johnny Mathis, Eddie Mounce, Ronnie Odom, Norman Scot
ton, Johnny Tolbert, David Wells, Johnny Brogdon, Kenneth Scott,
Bill Dennis, Nelson Raburn.
ENTERTAINMENT-Elwood Matthews, Chairman; Henry Lamb, E. L.
Jones, Elsie Curry, Fred Fisher, Eugene Rominger, James Barrett,
Johnny Tolbert, James Clayton, Dennis Elliott, Fred Crumley, L. E.
Hall, Inez Tedford, John Walters, Carl Lawson, Kenneth Beecham,
H.P. Burns.
REGISTRARS-V. R. Sherrill, Chairman; Hubert Barnes, Charles Blain
er, Flora Bonds, Jay Bonds, Carl Brooks, Charles Bro&#7798894;ing, Earl

6 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Burdett, P. J. Chapman, A. D. Cleaver, J. B. Comer, George Croyle,
Ruby Deadrick, Dennis Forrest, C. C. Furber, Chloe Furber, Cecil
Goin, T. W. Goins, M. B. Hale, Johnnie Hall, 0. R. Hogan, Barbara
Hubbard, Bernard Humphries, Victoria Joyce, V. M. Lawson, W. M.
Lee, Dewey Lolly, J. W. Morrison, J. E. Odom, J. M. Parker, W. R.
Passmore, R. L. Radford, C. F. Reynolds, David Risch, James E.
Sherrill, Larry Sherrill, Linda Sherrill, Walter Stanley, Virgil Tackett,
Nolan D. Tabor, Nica Wall, Phyllis Wall, Virgil Wall.
USHERS-E. H. Griffith, Chairman; Mack Caldwell, Leroy Scotton, A. A.
Callahan, Albert Linville, Don Offe, James L. White, James A.
Long, Sr., Robert P. Heacox, Tom Hart, Floyd H. Bonham, Ken
neth Dees, Louie Winters, Jerald E'. Baxter, Ernest Carter, Don
ald Mounts, J. B. Jones, Joe C. Crews, Carl Butler, Marvin Scot
ton, Bobby Welch, D. M. Shults, Orvie A. Braland, Paul J. Littleton,
Johnnie H. Neal, Andrew Davis, James Bowman, Hulbert Bowser,
Joseph T. Weathers, Jr., L. D. Davis, Oscar Pittman, Paul G. Golden,
Ray C. Jones, Charles Pentecost, James Pentecost, S. H. Peyton,
Aubrey Donahue, C. L. Smith, Hobert Snow, Kennith Staggs, Frank
Peninger, Vernon H. Smith, L. A. Fritts, William R. Porter, Joe R.
Muse, Samuel N. Allen, M. A. Chapman, Darrell Vaughn, James
G. Adkins, James C. Logan, John W. Wood, W. W. Pettyjohn, An
drew Cook, Charles E. Collins, W. W. Willoughby, W. R. William
son, Dan Asher, Hubert Vicars, W. E. Runnels, Melvin Leader, Benny
•Finlayson, Leonard Joseph Pittman, Willard Calfee, Henry L. Wil
lis, Junius Theriot, Alvin Brantley, Millard L. Ledford, Bobby Brack
ett, Willie Scotton, Albert A. Bock, Jimmy Eskew, Claxton Cook,
James Glen Farmer, Jack Bryant, Bobby Johnson, Bernard Hum
phries, C. B. Curtis, Bobby Dean, Wade C. Lee, Bennie James,
Floyd Camp, Edward Gray, Lonnie Freeman, A. N. Brooks, Jim
Williams, C. N. Denson, V. Samuel Donahue, Amos Keown, W. T.
Goins, Kenneth Snodgrass, James J; Griffis, Charles P. Palmore,
Luther
I
Brown, Charlie A. Pace, Jack Jenkins, Arby Odom, S. B.
Moss, Willard Hembree, Raeford Wallace, Jesse Holden.
PARKING COMMITTEE-John A. Stubbs, Chairman; Hubert Vicars, E. J.
Bias, Marvis Bostick, Ray Jones, E. G. Hall, R. V. Heltcel, Ken
neth Cox. Lot workers-R. L. Qualls, Jack Simms, James Ogle, E. L.
Nixon, Dave Rose, J. E'. Love, Caldwell Haggard, Fred Mullinax,
Henry Bolen, John Crawford.
Monday, September 5
The Reception Committee was on hand to greet the delegates with
a program in the morning and afternoon in front of the tabernacle in
charge of E. A. McDonald, chairman, and Harrison E. Price. Delegates
were blessed by the singing, testimonies, prayers and short messages.
A service was held inside the tabernacle in the morning. and after
noon in charge of Mission Evangelists Sylvia Hardin and Harrison E.
Price, respectively. The "oil drum". steel band from the Virgin Islands
was a special blessing in the afternoon service as well as other occasions
throughout the Assembly .
.. The Entertainment Committee was busy in the booth in the lobby of
the tabern_acle assigning rooms to the delegates while the registrars were

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 7
busy securing their names. E. H. Griffith met with the ushers to get
organized for their work during the Assembly.
At 6:00 p.m. a healing service was conducted in Bible Place Chapel
by Herbert England. These services were held daily at the sam&#4522017; time,
except Friday, and our records show 232 were prayed for and 85 hand
kerchiefs were anointed.
6:00 p.m.-The electric band, under the direction of M. S. Curry, played
several selections in front of the capitol building.
6:15 p.m.-A program of organ music was presented by Louise Hayes
while the delegates assembled inside .the tabernacle.
6:30 p.m&#5963867;The Bahama Brass Band stirred the zeal of delegates as
they played several numbers in front of the tabernacle and continued
to play as &#7602280;ey marched inside to the bandstand.
6:48 p.m.-Hubert Vicars directed the song service with Joyce Womack
at the piano and Roberta Long at the organ. C. B. Keeney testi&#6684777;ed that
he had attended every Assembly in the present tabernacle. L. Ronald
Hamm read Psalm 96 and William L. Coile led the congregation in a
mighty concert prayer.
7:01 p.m.-A program of songs was presented by Shirley and LaVaughn
Cantrell and Verlin Thornton.
7:14 p.m.-R. 0. Covey, Acting Business Manager of the White Wing
Publishing House, welcomed the delegates and invited them to visit the
publishing department and bookstore during business hours. He also
presented a Bible to the General Overseer from this department. •
7:25 p.m.-Allen Davis, Superintendent of Committees, made &#2883689;pp_ou��-e
ments and introduced the committee chairmen: Reception, E .. A. Mc
Donald; Entertainment, Elwood Matthews; Registrars; V. R. Sherrill; Park
ing, John A. Stubbs; Ushers, E. H. Griffith.
7:42 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played while the congregation
shook hands, praised the Lord and waved handkerchiefs. Special prayer
was offered for the healing of Rosa Queener.
7:55 p.m.-An interview was directed by Elwood Matthews and A. J.
Coalter concerning NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. Joe Rickard
told of his work in a detention home for boys in Michigan; Carey Cox
told how the Revival Center Church in Maryland became a Church of
God; C. T. Davidson reported on the Bay Area Crusade in California and
Tony Pittman told about his work with servicemen in Germany.
8:27 p.m.-Message by E. L. Jones, Field Secretary. A portion of his
message is given below:
"I feel that God will speak to us individually and collectively in this
Assembly, and I believe He will speak directly through this Assembly.
I want to know what God is trying to show me. Certainly I must hear
what He is trying to tell me. I know it would be impossible to remem
ber everything that is said from this pulpit, but nevertheless remember
ing is important. I want to try to remember what God tells me here.
This is one of the main facets of learning. &#4259950;other facet is to get an
understanding of what is said. I feel like God can help us to understand
what He is trying to tell us. There may be occasions after we leave

8 MINU&#5505093;S OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
here that we will have . to express in our own words what the Lord has
told us. It is important to be able to understand. We may need to give
evidence for what we believe, what we stand for and what God has
told us. &#4259950;other important thing that I have been thinking about is the
knowledge &#7602280;at I receive here-applying this knowledge to my heart and
life.
"Many times we go into the Word of God and we preach types and
shadows and many things that have happened in the past. We are not
just rehearsing these things. They are to prove a spiritual bene&#6684777;t to us.
&#5505128;ere are great challenges before us, but the Lord is with us. &#5505128;en
we are faced with whether we believe what the message tells us in
dividually. You know &#7602280;ere is a personal commitment in this. Do we
really believe the Church of God message? If so, why? These are things
that we should keep in our minds as we go through this Assembly. Last,
but not least, how can I use and apply this knowledge in my own life?
Occasionally, as I look into the Word of God, I am blessed to see what
God has done in the past with those who were diligent to trust and
follow Him. After I read and rejoice in the fact that God has blessed
these, &#7602280;en I am faced with how I can apply &#7602280;is in my own life. I be
lieve God is talking to us through His Word. John 5:16-18 .
"There is a new challenge with every new day. Not a problem, but a
challenge. We won't always get the support of the crowd when we
work for God. We won't always be the favorite of our associates when
we work for God. We are engaged in the work of God. I think it is
clear to all of us what the work of the Church of God is; it is to preach
the gospel to every creature. We are faced wi&#7602280; a challenge of preach
ing the gospel to every creature. Isaiah 14:24, 26, 27.
"The Jewish custom and the authority of the Jews prohibited Christ
from working. He did not yield to that pressure. He didn't gain any
popularity contests. The Bible said they sought the more to kill Him.
Not only did He break the Sabbath Day, but now He makes Himself
equal with God. We have a message to all the world, but we are bound
by all kind of pressures. We are concerned about what our neighbors
think when we preach the Ch&#7667826;ch of God message and when we te&#7077996; the
world it is an every creature message. We feel pressures from own kin
folk and sometimes we feel the same kind of pressures from our com
panions. John 5:16-18 .
"The world is waiting for the great Church of God. How long will
we wait, children? How long will we yield to the pressures of the world?
We should have launched out for God twenty years ago. The same com
munities that were open twenty years ago are closed tight. You can't
get in. I feel like the Lord wants us to go for Him. How many times
have you gone to bed at night after passing up an opportunity to wit
ness for the Lord because of some pressure that closed in on you? We
can't wait for men to change. We can't wait for the distance to change.
We've got to go for God. We've got to preach the message of the
Church of God to every creature. A church that does not have a min
istry of evangelism, that can't reach out and win the lost, regardless of
what color they are, needs to go down and pray until God gives us
what we need to preach the message to the lost ones."
The speaker read Acts 1:1-5. "You will have this power when the Holy
Ghost comes. Power to witness, power. for service, power to plunge out
in &#7602280;e work of God and power to preach &#7602280;e message of the Church

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 9
of God. When we think about work, we are more prone to esteem the
professional. I am talking about the secular &#6684777;eld. We often refer to the
unskilled as common laborers. God does not look at it that way. He
doesn't think of one worker more highly than the other."
The speaker read Luke 13:34 and said, "If you are nothing but an
altar worker, God looks at the quality of your work. He does not esteem
one worker as being higher because of his position, but he has a stand
ard for all of us to meet. You may never be able to preach a great
message but just to help one soul is something you can do for God. God
doesn't look at what position you hold. He looks at the quality of
your work. God needs you. There is a cause for everything. The Church
of God didn't just happen. The Church of God was built on sweat and
blood. Somebody suffered to get the Church of God where it is today.
Let us commit our lives to God. Let us reconsecrate."
Brother Jones gave an invitation for all to pray. The records show
three were saved, one was sancti&#6684777;ed and one received the Holy Ghost.
The altar work during the Assembly was under the direction of Wil
lard Boyles. She, along with her helpers, kept a record of the experi
ences reported and the records show sixty-&#6684777;ve were saved, &#6684777;fty-eight
were sancti&#6684777;ed and ninety-seven were aX',&#6029463;with the Holy Ghost,
making a total of two hundred twenty experiences.
Tuesday, September 6
The members of the Reception and Entertainment Committees were at
their post of duty throughout the day to welcome delegates as they arrived
and help them &#6684777;nd places to stay. At 3:00 p.m. Barney Trogdon was in
charge of a service inside the tabernacle.
6:00 p.m.-A program of organ music was presented by Vivian Lawson
as the delegates assembled in the tabe&#7471214;acle while the Bahama Brass
Band played in front of the capitol building, White Wing Publishing
House, Visual Department and as they marched inside to &#7602280;e axXxy&#6029463;
6:26 p.m.-Prayer requests were given and the congregation stood and
prayed in concert while Norma Bryant played "Sweet Hour of Prayer"
on the organ.
6:30 p.m.-A program of songs included selections by Johnny Brogdon,
The Holt Family, Spring Place Choir and First Street Choir.
6:45 p.m.-The song service was directed by Winston Gonia with Wilma
Gonia at the piano and Norma Bryant at the organ. Eugene Weakley
read Psalm 107:1-9. J. W. Nobles prayed at the pulpit as the congregation
stood in reverence.
6:58 p.m.-Music was played by the Bahama Brass Band while an offer
ing was received for the expense of the Assembly. Guy Marlow of
fered prayer for the offering. He then gave a short testimony and sang
"Come and Go With Me to My Father's House."
7:12 p.m.-Tennessee District No. 4 presented a program in charge of
Henry Lamb, overseer, to welcome the delegates to the Assembly. Broth
er Lamb read Hebrews 12:18-23 and Ephesians 3:10. The group sang
"Come and Dine" and the Spring Place Choir sang "In Times Like These."

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
The E
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astview Chorus sang "I'm Too Near Home." Brother Tomlinson
led the group in singing "Thank You, Lord, for Saving My Soul." With
outstretched hands, the congregation sang "Reach Out and Touch the
Lord." The First Street singers sang "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms."
7:38 p.m.-A program of special singing was presented by The Pastor's
Trio, Jerry Moates and The Harmonettes. Jimmy Whitaker played a
trumpet solo.
7:56 p.m.-The delegates were again welcomed to Cleveland by Mayor
W. K. Fillauer; President of Merchants Bank, George W. Thorogood; Vice
President of the Chamber of Commerce, Bob Stall, Jr. Each official
was presented ·a book WORLD AFLAME and a badge making him an
official delegate to the Assembly.
8:11 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played as a standing ovation was
given to the speakers. The congregation clapped their hands, rejoiced in
the Lord and waved handkerchiefs.
8:16 p.m.-The General Overseer read a telegram from Albert Gore,
United States Senator, which read: "May I offer my sincere congratu
lations to you and your membership on the occasion of the 61st General
Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy."
8:18 p.m.-Thomas Duncan, Radio Department Manager, spoke concern
ing the Voice of Salvation program which is now being sent to 165 radio
stations. He encouraged the State Radio Boosters and State Radio Di
rectors to participate to a greater degree in expanding the radio ministry
of the Church. Harry Lee Moore then spoke concerning the Body of
Christ correspondence course which is offered on the radio program, and
introduced the announcer for the Voice of Salvation, Bob Pruitt.
8:30 p.m.-The Voice of Salvation was presented and tape recorded for
release on the stations that regularly schedule the program. The choir
sang "Let Thy Mantle Fall On Me," "Revive Us Again," and "Only Trust
Him." The congregation joined with the choir in singing "Standing On
the Promises." Phil Barker sang "Jesus is All the World To Me." The
radio minister spoke on ;'Soul Erosion" and read Scriptures found in John
17:6 and Acts 13:36.
9:02 p.m.-Harry Lee Moore gave an exhortation and altar call. He
referred to Luke 17:32, "Remember Lot's wife." The Voice of Salvation
choir sang "I Surrender All" as people made their way to the altar for
prayer. The records show seven were saved, six were sancti&#6684777;ed and eight
received the Holy Ghost. The electric band furnished music for the altar
service.
Wednesday, September 7
6:00 a.m.-The sunrise prayer meeting was in charge of Lloyd W. Strick
land and Clarence McDaniel. The service opened with concert prayer
and congregational singing. The congregation enjoyed songs by the Ala
bama singers and special testimonies of healing. The service closed at
6:55 a.m. with Scripture reading found in Proverbs 3:24-28.
8:15 a.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played two numbers as they marched
inside the tabernacle.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 11
8:35 a.m.-The song service was led by Larry Bell with Mary Nell
Adkins at the piano. Charles Collins read James 1:19-27. Requests were
given and concert prayer was led by Herman Bell. The General Over
seer led the congregation in singing "Thank You, Lord, for Saving My
Soul," and each one thanked the Lord in his own way.
8:45 a.m.-Opening of the Assembly. The General Overseer read Mat
thew 16:18 and Romans 12. He said, "Our purpose for being here is not
to establish some new doctrine. The Bible is our doctrine. We are not
here to lay another foundation. The foundation has been laid which is
the apostles and prophets with Jesus Christ the chief corner stone." He
also spoke of so many people who would like to be present but were
unable to attend. The congregation stood while the General Overseer
prayed for the Assembly, and at 8:55 he declared the 61st Annual As
sembly of the Church of God open for business.
8:55 a.m.-Appointment of committees:
No. 1-Questions and Subjects-S. A. Cooley, J.B. Wright, Howard Hunt,
Billy Murray, Herman E. Dean, M. T. Linkous, V. E. Hall.
No. 2-Watchmen-Omer C. Lawson, S. B. Moss, John Kroon, J. W.
Nobles, Cletties Harris, Wayne Thorn, Leonard Hamm.
No. 3-Adjustment-D. F. Rowland, Archie Melvin, Sebastian McGee,
Orville W. Trump, C. H. Sartin.
No. 4-Ways and Means-G. C. Decker, Alvin S. Moss, A. J. Coalter,
R. L. Williams, J. F. Pruitt, C. J. Cunningham, Dewey Hughes.
No. 5-Assembly Expense-C. R. Payne, H. M. Biggers, Sherman Minter,
Don B. Thomas, J. W. Deadrick, Z. R. Young, G. A. Wilson.
No. 6-Church Boosters-J. P. Sullivan, Joseph Martin, Ralph Scotton,
J. Russell Sullivan, Roy H. Phipps, W. G. Hardin, R. W. Stockdale.
The name of the chairman of each committee was called first and the
members came forward as the names were called. J. H. Crowder prayed
for the committees after which all stood in silence in memory of Dewey
R. Bowerman .. Galathia and Augustine sang "Pull All Together" and the
congregation joined in singing the chorus.
9:15 a.m.-Assembly Band Movement and State Overseers Pay Associa
tion program directed by E. H. Griffith, General Secretary. The ushers
presented the General Secretary with a new suit for his faithful service
as Chief Usher for over thirty years. Mario Gandia read Exodus 18:12-23.
9:22 a.m.-Ressie Mae Griffith gave an exhortation and asked the con
gregation to stand and praise the Lord with uplifted hands. She also
lead the congregation in a mighty prayer for the sick, burdened and un
saved. The Holy Ghost moved in a marvelous way.
9:33 a.m.-The General Secretary read John 4:23, 24. He then spoke
concerning how we should worship the Lord. "Worship Him in Spirit and
truth. It is impossible to worship God in truth and not in Spirit. An
individual may pay his tithes, give offerings, contribute to the Church,
die and be lost. Where people worship God in Spirit and in truth, there
is no division. You may worship God in a measure in truth and be di
vided, but you can't worship God in Spirit and be divided. You may
worship anywhere, but we must worship Him in Spirit and in truth. There
is no division where people worship God in Spirit."

12 MINUTES OF THE 61ST &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY
10:00 a.m.-Harper Hunter sang "Carest Thou Not That I Perish?" He
then asked the congregation to go on their knees before the Lord, and
the presence of the Lord was so wonderfully felt as the many voices went
up in prayer.
10:10 a.m.-"Does the Bible Teach Forgiveness?" This was a very in
spiring message by G. A. Wilson, a portion of which is given below:
Brother Wilson read Matthew 6:12-15, Mark 11:25, 26, Luke 6:37 and
said, "Forgiveness is one of the highest points of Christian ethics. These
Scriptures prove to us that forgiveness is Bible doctrine. Much con
cern is given to our brother who has committed an offense. Sometimes
we desire that brother to make everything right down to the very "T";
that he go. every step of the way to satisfy us and then ask forgive
ness and seek pardon. Oftentimes little thought is given to how we feel
toward forgiving that brother. Sometimes we may not thoroughly un
derstand just what is meant to forgive, but to forgive is to cease to feel
resentment and to give up all claims of requital. When a person has
forgiven someone they no longer feel any resentment or displeasure toward
them. That means they no longer require anything of them. You and
I are supposed to forgive them whether they ever ask for forgiveness
or not.
"When the judge passes a sentence in court he will tell the person
when they pay for the damage done their record will be clear, or when
they serve the sentence their record will be clear. Naturally, the per
son who is guilty wants his record cleared. I want you to know that
it is not so with forgiving. When we forgive a person we feel no re
sentment, and we no longer expect that person to recompense or repay
us for what they have done. Someone has asked, 'Are· you saying that
if a person has done wrong they are not supposed to make it right?' No,
a thousand times no. When a man has committed an offense, it is writ
ten right here in the Word of God just exactly what we must do."
The speaker read Matthew 18:16-18 and 2 Corinthians 2:5 -9. "Paul
didn't require this man to come to him and say, 'Paul, I have done you
wrong.' He should have done that, but it told about Paul, a forgiving
man. Paul just wrote to the Church and asked them to forgive him."
Brother Wilson told of Stephen's forgiving spirit when he was stoned
and also how &#4849698;esus forgave those who were so against Him while he
was hanging on the cross. He also told how &#4849698;esus so willingly forgave
Peter after he denied him so many times.
10:32 a.m.-The Youth Life Team of Alexander City, Alabama present
ed a program of singing-"I've Been to Calvary" and "I'll Never Die.''
Phil Smith sang "There'll Be No Disappointments in Heaven." The pas
tor, Hubert Smith, told how the group had so enthusiastically visited
10,031 homes, distributed over 11,000 tracts and conducted six revivals
last year. They also organized two Youth Life Teams and members of
the group are now operating a mission.
10:50 a.m.-"Teaching and Training is an Important Factor in Our Work"
was the title of the message by Hector Ortiz.
"I am mighty thankful to be in this &#4259955;sembly. We have been enjoy
ing the wonderful presence of the Lord that we have been feeling. When
I look over the con&#6750322;egation and see how well they are enjoying it, I
think of our people in the Leeward Islands and how much they would

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 13
like to be here and enjoy the same things &#7602280;at you and I ·are enjoying.
They are not here because of neglect or because of lack of interest, but
living conditions have made it almost impossible for them to be here.
They sent their &#6750322;eetings to the General Assembly.
"The A. B. M., in my opinion, is one of &#7602280;e most important works in
the Church of God due to the fact that we are dealing with the saving
of a soul. We are not only dealing with just bringing forth someone,
but in keeping that individual to the end. &#5505128;ere are certain. things that
have to take place in order for teaching and training to get the proper
results. One of these is revelation. Matthew 16:22, 23. It is very diffi
cult to be able to teach and train a man· unless he is convinced that this
is the Church of God. Teaching is a continuous process. It is not some
thing that is accomplished overnight. Peter had not received enough
knowledge in ·order for him to understand, and we &#6684777;nd the Scripture
says he became an offense or a stumblingblock. He • did not mean to be
a st&#7667821;blingbfock, but because he did not have . enough teaching and
training he found himself doing things that he would not have done.
When you are not properly trained, yo&#7602281; want to imply in &#7602280;e work of
the Lord &#7602280;e instruments that the ca&#7471214;al mind would desire to use. I
want teaching and training in the Church of God. It must have flexi-
bility but not compromise.
"The Church of God is not just a Church in &#7602280;e
·
United States. Paul
not only traveled in Palestine but he also went to Galatia and Macedo&#7209065;a.
He went to Greece and while he was traveling he met people of all sorts
and all kinds of conditions and s&#7274595;ieties, but his teaching was flexible.
We can get so localized in our teaching and so rigid until we can't move
an inch out of the way. 1 Corin&#7602280;ians 9:19&#2228258;22. When it comes to the doc
trine, it is &#7602280;e same. When it comes to the teachings and practices, they
are the same."
It seemed the Holy Ghost set His approval on this message. The pres
ence of the Lord was so near and a spirit of humility seemed to settle
on &#7602280;e entire congregation.
11:20 a.m.-Eddie Tanner, Bob Foster and Dorothy Creel sang "I Must
Be Saved."
11:22 a.m.-The A. B. M. secretary from the Virgin Islands led the state
secretaries in prayer for the A. B. M. work in their particular &#6684777;eld.
11:28 a.m.-"The Body Properly Joined Together," message by Billy
Murray.
The speaker read 1 Corin&#7602280;ians
·
12:14-21 and said, "Paul is teaching
the Church at Corinth that a whole lot of us make up the Church of God
and we are all somewhat different. We have different places to &#6684777;ll in
the Church-in the body. The time will be when every member will be in
his proper place and working properly in &#7602280;at place to make a glorious
Church of God.
"Ephesians 4:16 mentions that the body would be &#6684777;tly joined together
or properly joined together with . every member in his place and properly
joined to the next member. I look at my hand and say that is ·a mem
ber. I have another member that I call my arm, but there is something
between these two that would not exist if it were not for these mem
bers being together. I call that thing the joint. There may not be any
thing wrong with &#7602280;e hand, but if &#7602280;e joint does not work good that

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whole part of my body is going to be in trouble. We do need one another.
There is a great deal of difference between an eye and a hand, but these
two members need one another. We must rule out any thought of in
dependence. We don't all see alike sometimes, but we can all love alike.
We must endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit. While we do not have
a whole lot to do with where we are in the body, we do have some
&#7602280;ing to do with joints. It takes an honest effort on our part to try to
understand one another. It takes an effort on your part to seek to un
derstand a man who doesn't agree with you perfectly. Sometimes it seems
easier to condemn than to understand him.
"This is not an age of individualism. This is the Church of God age.
We must seek to &#6684777;nd the operation of the Body of Christ wherein or where
by we can obtain favor from above. Sometimes I have seen groups out
in the world that war among themselves and yet they continue to grow
and make progress by their own means and ways, but that won't work
in the Church of God. God honors us in proportion to our unity and
obedience to His Word. The Church of God is unique. We have only
one comparison and that is the New Testament.
"If I understand it right, the ark is a type of the Church and it had
only one window in it. That window was in the top. Noah did not need
any side windows to see how it all looked here and yonder and in the
other direction. He needed that upward look toward heaven from whence
his help would come, and whence our help will come as the Church of
God. God bless us to have a vision of the Church of God."
11:55 a.m.-Awards were presented as follows:
The states were divided into four groups according to membership,
and a plaque was presented to the secretary in each group having the
best general report for the year:
Group No. 1-South Carolina, Carl Butler
Group No. 2-Indiana, Geneva Clark
Group No. 3-Louisiana, Rosetta Vaughn
Group No. 4-Utah, Virgil L. VanDeventer
Tennessee led with the largest number of churches on the Emergency
Honor Roll-119. North Carolina was second with 114; Georgia was third
with. 103 and South Carolina was. fourth with 99. Plaques were pre
sented to the state secretaries: R. W. Stockdale, A. C. Harris, W. W.
Willoughby and Carl Butler.
Rosettes were presented to the secretaries of states having &#7602280;e Emer
gency Fund paid in full: Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Mich
igan, Oklahoma, Colorado, West Texas, South Dakota, Oregon, Wyoming,
New York, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Delaware, New Hampshire,
Maine, Minnesota; Nevada, Vermont, Kentucky, California, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Secretaries outside the United States, with the exception of California
(Spanish), received plaques for the best general reports as follows:
Group No. 1-Ddminica:n Republic, Daniel Robles Castro
Group No. 2-Peru, Gregorio Medrano
Group No. 3-San Salvador, Manuel de J. Rodriquez
Group No. 4-California (Spanish), Jacob Montijo

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 15
12:01 p.m.-The congregation stood as Jacob Montijo and J. H. Ladoo
prayed the closing prayer.
A program of music and singing was directed by Ross Mangum during
the intermission.
1:00 p.m.-The General Overseer introduced Fritz Kohler &#6684786;om Germany
and Henry Vermullen from Holland.
1:05 p.m.-Church of Prophecy Marker Association Program directed by
John A. Stubbs, General Secretary.
The song service was led by Leslie Porter with Jean Coalter at the
piano and Jenna Allen at the organ.
1:13 p.m.-Presentation of awards by the General Secretary:
Plaques were presented to the overseer and state secretary in recog
nition of the state or country being one hundred per cent in C. P. M. A.
membership as follows: Mississippi, Costa Rica and Nevada.
A plaque was presented to each overseer and each state secretary of
the ten leading states in C. P. M. A. membership: Tennessee, Mississippi,
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Bahamas, Ala
bama and Kentucky,
A plaque was presented to the pastor and a rosette to the leader of
the East Street Church, Nassau, Bahamas, for having the largest number
of C. P. M. A. members.
A plaque was presented to the overseer and a rosette to the secretary
of England for the largest increase in C. P. M. A. membership.
Rosettes were presented to the overseer and state secretary of North
Carolina for having the largest state convention C. P. M. A. offering. Ten
nessee was second and Kentucky was third.
The church at Hobart, Indiana received honorable mention for the
largest state convention C. P. M. A. o&#6684774;ering.
The following churches are one hundred per cent in C. P. M. A. mem
bership for 1967: Samoa, California; Maud, Texas; Atlantic, Iowa; Gaines
&#2949206;ille, Florida and Okolona, Mississippi.
A plaque was presented to South Carolina for leading in soul winning-
2,730. A rosette was presented to Georgia, second-2,600. North Carolina
was third with 2,405.
Joseph Wossilek received the plaque for the leading evangelist in soul
winning-210. A rosette was presented to Mabel Farris, second with 160.
Audrey Clemons was third with 140.
Georgia received a plaque for having the largest number of members
added to the Church-688 .. A rosette was presented to South Carolina,
second with 641. North Carolina was third with 611.
Gaines W. Brown, South Carolina, received a plaque for having the
largest number of members added to the local church-52. Ed Love,
Alabama, received a rosette for the second largest number-28. W. 0.
Reid and James F. Willis each had 23 members added to the Church.

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• North Carolina received a plaque for the largest number of homes
visited by the ministers-70,719. A rosette was presented to Tennessee,
second, with 7.0,620. South Carolina was third &#3801207;ith 66,619.
The leading minister in home visitation was W. W. Stephens-11,673.
He received a plaque. A rosette was presented to Lamar A. Wells, s&#6619235;ond-
6,432. Charles S. Bland was third with 5, 628.
South Carolina received a plaque for having the largest number of
churches with honor stones-64. North Carolina _was second with 61,
and the overseer received a rosette. Tennessee was third with 57.
Florida received a plaque for the largest number of white honor stones.
1:35 p.m.-Jack Decker, Visual Department Director, gave a report on
the activities of this department and urged the people to use the filmstrip,
slide sets and sound films made available for the promotion of the Ch&#7667826;ch.
He presented a camera to Wesley Westberg for showing the most films
in the United States and one was als·o presented to Donald Todman,
Virgin Islands, for showing the most films outside the United States.
J. W. McDill, Fields of the. Wood Manager, gave a report on some
testimonies given to him concerning Fields of the Wood:
"A man from Birmingham, Alabama said, 'This is the most wonderful
and religious place I have ever seen in all my life. It is so inspiring.' A
couple from Germany said they had a scenic map and • this was the
most impressive place on their trip.
"From the state of Michigan comes this testimony: 'This is the most
wonderful place I have ever seen. You sure can feel the Spirit and
power of God when you get out of the car. It had to be planned by
men from God or you could not feel what we did when we drove in.'
They drove over two hundred miles out of their way to see Fields of
the Wood.
"Another one said, 'This is the most wonderful place I have ever seen.
We drove five hundred miles to see it. We heard about it over WBRI
in Indiana.' With tears in her eyes she said, 'May the Lord bless all
the wonderful people that work here.' "
1:50 p.m.-The Wildwood Trio sang "Is Your Name Written There?"
1:53 p.m.-M. M. Burt spoke concerning contacts he had made while
distributing brochures of Fields of the Wood to Chambers of Com
me&#7471203;e, Mayors, Travel Agencies, Advertising Agencies, Tourist Centers,
Scenic Centers and hundreds of hotels and motels.
2:05 p.m.-"Our Visit to Iznik" by Sylvia Hardin. Excerpts from her
remarks are given below:
"It is indeed a real pleasure to bring to you greetings from your
brothers and sisters in the countries we had the privilege of visiting. It
is with regret that Brother Hardin cannot be with us this afternoon.
It was a pleasure for us to join the group making the Holy Land Tour
this year. We joined the group in Rome, Italy and were with them for
the remainder of the tour which terminated in Turkey.
"Brother Chris Shiakallis met us at the airport wi&#7602280; some of the
brethren and gave us a warm welcome to Istanbul. He did eve&#7471225;thing

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possible to make our stay pleasant. He had something planned for every
day we were there and also for every night, including our trip to Iznik.
On Sunday we had the privilege of visiting the American Bible Society
Church which has been there around a hundred years. On Wednesday
afternoon we had prayer meeting in the assistant manager's home and
several nationalities gathered there and gave their testimonies that they
loved the Lord Jesus and were followers of His, including two Russian
women.
"It was on June 21, about 8:30 in the morning, that we left Istanbul
for Iznik. Brother Chris and a brother and his wife accompanied us. We
had a wonderful trip by boat on the Mamarra Sea from Istanbul to
Yalova. From there we took a taxi to Iznik. It is about sixty-four
kilometers from Yalova to Iznik around the north border of Lake Iznik,
and I am assuming that the city is named for this lake. Iznik is on
the eastern shore of this lake. We ·arrived around noon and went to
the travel agency and there met the agent who had become a very close
friend of Brother Chris·. From there we went to a restaurant on the
shore of the lake for lunch. Returning from lunch, we went to the
mayor's office and met the mayor. Both the travel agent and the mayor
gave us a very warm welcome to the city. From the mayor's office
we went to the church where the meeting was held prior to the signing
of the creed known as the Nicean Creed. It was from this church,
after we made a thorough tour of the church building, that we went
to the palace where the Nicean Creed was signed. It was Nicea, which
is now known as Iznik, and this place was founded by Antigonos, one of
the successors of Alexander the Great. This was in 316 B. C. Antigonos
was defeated by Lysimackus in 310 B. G. and he changed the name to
Nicea, after his wife.
"In the reign of Constantine the Great . . . the importance of this
little city of Iznik increased. Constantine was a friend to the Church
a&#7471209;d adhered to its religious policies. He directed his energies toward
the establishment of a positive relationship between the Church and
the Roman state. Scarcely, however, did it &#6684777;nd itself in the enjoyment
of peaceful relations with the state when violent feuds broke out in its
midst and threatened to dismember the entire religious. body. As a re
sult of the violent feuds, the first ecumenical council met in Nicea to
solve the problem of the Christian faith in 325 A. D. It was then and
there that the Nicean Creed was signed."
2:17 p.m.-The Indianapolis "500" Parade Float by Donald Mounts.
Excerpts from his remarks are given below:
"The Indianapolis "500" Parade was for ihe purpose of advertising the
Church. I feel this was accomplished. I was. very much thrilled when,
in addition to the publicity we received in the Indianapolis parade, one
of our pastors, Brother Clay F'rost, from Hobart, Indiana took the ini
tiative and took the float to Hobart and received r&#6619235;ognition there. I
want to show the trophy that was obtained. This trophy was given to
the Church of God of Prophecy in Hobart, Indiana as a result of enter
ing the same float we entered in Indianapolis.
"I would like to read Ephesians 3:9. It was our intention to make all
men see what we have been shouting and praying about and what we
have desired to get to the multitudes of the world. A third of a million
people personally viewed this float. A third of a million people saw
Fields of the Wood going down the streets of Indianapolis. It was on two

18 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
television stations and on the front page of the Indianapolis Star. Brother
Ray Payne, Brother Elwood Matthews and myself were interviewed on
WBRI for twelve minutes and they gave us of their time to tell of the
Church of God-reaching two million people for twelve minutes.
"I think the theme was very appropriate. We chose early explorers.
They wanted everything to honor Indiana. This was Indiana's Sesqui
centennial. They talked about Abraham Lincoln and I think he only
spent about seven years of his life in Indiana. We told about A. J.
Tomlinson being from Westfield, Indiana and how the airplane fit into
the program."
The speaker read Isaiah 60:1-6, Genesis 6:15, 16 and Matthew 24:37 .
The award which was received read CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
FLOAT AW ARD-INDIANA SESQUICENTENNIAL-150 YEARS • OF
PROGRESS-1966 "500" FESTIVAL.
2:34 p.m.-The state secretaries of the two leading states in C. P. M. A.
membership gave short talks on the subject "The Zeal of the Lord of
Hosts Will Get the Work Done," portions of which are given below:
R. W. Stockdale, Tennessee, said, "I appreciate the honor Tennessee
has given to me to speak at this time with 1,651 C. P. M. A. members.
I would like to mention in the beginning of this year's work our be
loved state overseer, Brother L. V. Jones, started out with this theme,
'Our Best Because We Love God.' I don't know of a more wonderful
theme .. We have not applied pressure, but we have let the folks be
willing workers and I appreciate everything they have done.''
Leslie Porter, Mississippi, said, "I appreciate Brother Stockdale and
the work he has done over the years. Of course, I really feel like Mis
sissippi is number one since we are 100%. Our zeal in Mississippi is not
just to get in the top ten in the White Wing, but our zeal is to work
for God and His Church. Last year at the Assembly we reported 1,619
Church of God members in Mississippi. This year we reported 1,619
C. P. M. A. members in Mississippi.''
2:47 p.m.-"The Time of Perfection is Upon Us-A Secondary Decision
Must be Made," message by the General Secretary. A portion of this
message is given below:
"So many things are happening in the world or outside the· Church that
it is really pretty clear that we must decide to go on to perfection. Not
only was Tennessee stirred this year, but the overall membership of the
C. P. M. A. has reached the level of 21,568.
"I want to read Ephesians 5:25-27. It seems possible that not enough
careful attention and teaching have been given to our people in regard
to the pursuit and development of the everyday Christian life that is
essential to a people who were preordained before the founda
tion of the world to reach perfection. Ephesians 1:4. 'According as he
hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame before him in love.' 'In love' leaves no place
for haphazard, hit or miss or careless attention to the ways of God in
these last days. Hebrews 9:24-26. If the coming of Christ was the be
ginning of the end, surely we must be in the last days now. Nahum
2:1-4 speaks of the modern transportation in the last days. The safety
experts figure the more freeways we have, the less wrecks, but we have

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more freeways every year and the death toll on the highways con
stantly climbs. I want you to notice it said 'the broad ways.' This had
to be the last days, not the narrow, crooked streets of the old days,
but the modern highways of this day in which we live. Never has the
water been used for el&#6619235;tricity or irrigation as much as it is being used
now. Just think what would happen if about a dozen of these gates in a
lot of these places were to be suddenly destroyed. We couldn't cook, we
couldn't see, we couldn't pump gas to travel or we couldn't have ice
for our tea. A lot of us around this area could not keep warm.
"Daniel gives us some thoughts in Daniel 12:1-4. According to the
Book, Michael is standing at atte&#4128933;ig&#6881338;i... The last days are here. The
time of perfection is here. If what is happening now does not have
Michael on his toes, I don't know what it will take. Michael is stand
ing because the time of trouble is here. Let me give you some examples.
First, the senseless slaughter of the millions of Jews in recent years. The
Jews were not at war with Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Spain or any of
these countries. They were citizens and businessmen. Then look at com
munism. People of the same country and village suddenly go mad and
slaughter kinsmen mercilessly or put them &#7602287; slavery or slow starvation.
In Cuba, the people who supported and elevated a citizen of their country
to leadership were then slaughtered by the thousands. The situation
does not seem to be improving today. Never has history recorded such
a time as this.
"We must get ready to take the other sheep in as they gather in and
perfect them and all of us be ready for the ret&#7471331; of the Lord. This
time of deliverance means the gathering of the children of God together
has been completed. They have all been perfected. We have all reached
the likeness of Christ. The Church is a glorious Church and we leave
here like that. Members must be faithful and ministers must preach in
order to receive a crown of life. The plan of salvation does not make us
into the likeness of Christ, nor does it cause us to be in the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ."
3:35 p.m.-"Things are Looking up for THE WRITTEN VISION," mes
sage by E. L. Jones. A portion of his message is given below:
Brother Jones read Habakkuk 2:2, 3, 2 Peter 1:21 and 2 Timothy 3:16
and said, "I feel very optimistic about the Church of God; I am con&#6684777;
dent about the program of God. It is not just the work of the C. P. M. A.
that is trying to get us to the mark of perfection, but it is God. Holy
men spake as they were moved by the Great Director and foretold the
story that God had inaugurated. They didn't tell their own story. It
wasn't their program, but it was God's pro&#6750322;am. The Apostle Paul also
reminded the Romans that whatsoever things were written aforetime were
written for their learning. The Assembly program was prepared and
printed to inform us of the Assem'bly and the various things that will
take place. There is a greater source behind the program. Somebody
devised the program and had it printed. &#5505128;at is the way it is with this
vision of the Church of God. It was God that devised the program; it
was God that put it together, and he moved on those holy men and told
them to write. The program does not go just because the program says
so altogether, but it goes because God says so.
"There is a need for writing the vision of the Church of God. You
may say it is a waste of money or a waste of time. Had the vision not
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know about Him. Because of the fact that the program has been out
lined and God saw to it that His program was outlined and written by the
prophets, we have found our way to the Church of God."
The speaker read Romans 15:4, Hebrews 13:8, 1 John 5:7, Micah .5:2
and Proverbs 30:4. "It is all in the Word of God. He is a shield to them
that put their trust in Him. Worry not; it is God's divine program. It
is not an individual's program. We have emphatically stated that when
someone leaves the Church they do not take anything out. &#5505128;e pro
gram has not changed. It has not gone from the Church of God. Those
people would have never followed the divine workings of the Son of God
had it not been programmed. This same Christ that appears in the be
ginning of the last days and moved out with the program of God was
not just another that got His beginning in Nazareth. The prophet said
He was back there in the creation when the foundation was laid. He
was right there. If the vision had not been written, how would you
know? If the Word of God had not been written and preached, how
would you know?"
The ·speaker read Colossians 1:16 and Hebrews 11:2 and continued,
"How do we know that this is the Christ? How do we know that He
is not just a beginner? How do we know that He is not one that has
come along in latter times to seduce the people and confuse them more?
The Apostle Peter had an experience with Him that he did not forget.
He recorded this in his writings in 2 Peter 1:16. Referring to Matthew
16:13-15, Jesus asked the question, 'whom do men say that I the Son of
man am?' After this was answered by several, Jesus said, 'But whom
say ye that I am?' Someone has said that Simon Peter was their spokes
man. No, he wasn't. They had all talked for themselves. Peter said,
'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
"The Apostle Paul said this rock was Christ. He knew the Christ, but
there was more to it that he did not know. He didn't know the three
C's. He had a knowledge of one C which is Christ, but there is another
C which is the Cross. Not only that; there are three C's-the Christ,
the Cross and the Church. Jesus said, 'If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.' Matthew
16:24. It wasn't the cross of God that the young man didn't know. He
knew about the Christ through a divine revelation, but God had al
ready made the program. He moved on the prophet Zechariah. He prophe
sied many years ago and said that the Shepherd would be smitten and
the sheep scattered. It was already written in the program. All he had
to do was to look on the program. If the world is to know about. the
Church of God we are going to have to enlarge our program-write it
and make it plain. Things are looking up. I say that because each year
the interest has grown.
"I would like to relate another incident. When we crossed through
the Mandelbaum Gate into the state of Israel, we met our guide by the
name of Ari Spiegel. This man was Jewish. &#5505128;is was nothing new to
him because he had taken many Christian groups throughout the land of
Israel, and explained to them many interesting things that Christians
like to hear. I say that because he did not have a genuine interest ex
cept in his job. He knew exactly how to tell it according to the Bible.
He knows, as Christians, you believe the Bible. When you try to convert
him he says, 'Don't put that on me. I would rather be a bad Jew than
a Christian.' He tells the story to the Christians that he guides in that
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building up the walls of Christianity and the Church of God. You may
say that they one time knew. Maybe so, but they are in darkness to
day. This man didn't try to change anything. He did not attempt to
convert us to the Jewish religion, but he explained it the way Christians
believe it. He said, 'There is one thing that I want you to explain to
me and that is why you Christian people, out of all of the others that
come into this land, want to go to the Horns of Hittin for prayer.' He
knew everything in detail about the rest of the Christian's story, but he
knew nothing of the organizing, the instituting, the bringing forth of the
divine institution that you and I know about today. He was surprised
that something had taken place in his country right under his nose that
he knew nothing about. I said, 'We'll explain it to you.'
"On June 13 we held this service on the Horns of Hittin. When time
was given to these men to respond or to testify, the same Jew testi&#6684777;ed
and remarked at the impression and the impact that this simple service
had had on him. He said, 'I have taken many Christian people through
out this land and I have been in all types of services, but I have never
felt what I feel now. I want to keep one of those flags, and I want you
to give me more literature on this foundation memorial and the Church
of God.' He showed us the place where Christ lived. He showed us
the workshop where He worked with His father and he showed us the
place where He was born. Though he does not believe it, he tells the
story. Why can't I have con&#6684777;dence to believe that this same man will
tell the story of the Church of God and what took place on the Horns
of Hittin almost 2,000 years ago? I understand they have to go to school
for many years and take rigid tests by the government before they can
obtain even a license to become a guide in Israel. They have remarkable
minds like lawyers. When the road is &#6684777;xed, I believe they will drive
up that mountain and say 'This is the place where Christ organized the
Church.'"
4:10 p.m.-Roy Day, Jr. was in charge of testimonies by some of the
other members of the Holy Land Tour. Burlena Jones told of the bless
ings she received from the trip. Ray C. Wynn, pastor of the Can&#6684777;eld
Church in Detroit, Michigan, told how the church people had raised the
money for him to make this trip. He said, "It was certainly a p&#7471209;v
ilege of mine to get to go on this tour. I suppose it is a dream come true
and it would be hard to tell today the things that we experienced.'' He
spoke of a need for a road up the mountain to the marker and said
he expected his church to be 100% in C. P. M. A. membership to help
get it. Roy Day, Jr. said, "It will make the Bible come alive in your
life. We have a wonderful marker there and we need a wonderful sign
down on the highway to point people to it. We are looking forward to
having a road up there so they will be able to get up the mountain and
see the marker where we point out as the place where the Church was
organized by Jesus Christ."
4:20 p.m.-The C. P. M. A. program closed with a concert prayer by
the congregation.
4:22 p.m.-Ronnie Odom sang "I· Praise the Lord."
4:25 p.m.-"Winning the Lost to Christ and to His Church," message by
D. D. Creasy. His record shows &#6684777;fty-one converted and thirty-one added
to the Church in eleven revivals. A portion of his message is given here:

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"The Bible teaches us to go into all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature. We are in need of evangelists. We have built &#6684777;ne
brick churches. We have nice carpets on the floor. We have moved
uptown and we have done a lot of things, but one thing is lacking. Our
altars are empty. Psalm 85:6. We need a revival that will revive. In
order to reach the lost for Christ, we have to have the power of God.
We need a visitation of the Holy Ghost. When we have a visitation of
the Holy Ghost, it will bring people to our altars. This year I have been
privileged to preach in many churches and people are hungry for the bless
ings of God. We need a spiritual awakening; we need something that will
stir us.
"There is nothing like the Spirit and power of God that will help us
to win the lost for Christ. There is not a minister or a preacher that
can have a revival unless he stays on his knees and seeks the favor of
God. He won't bring it by his message-it has to be prayed down. We
can't act like other folks and have the favor of God. We have to take
the Word of God. God's power is demonstrated in the unity of His people.
You take a few praying saints and get them on their knees and let the
Holy Ghost have His way, and you will have a revival. Acts 2:1-4.
"We are building a college here in the state and I am real happy for
it. Education will qualify us and help us to know how to reach peo
ple, but it takes God. 1 Corinthians 2:4. We need the Spirit, the dem
onstration and the power of the Holy Ghost to have a revival. Malachi 3:6.
People are hungry for the blessing that we have. &#5701736;en we get in unity
and the Spirit of God is there we will have an addition-we will win
the lost to God and to His Church. The &#4980847;rd will add to the Church
daily such as should be saved. I am afraid we go too many months
without a revival. We go too many months without people being add
ed to the Body of Christ. When a man gets saved we need to take him
into the Church of God. I was just a little Baptist boy playing around
a Baptist tent over in Old Hickory, Tennessee. I had never been to Sun
day School or church in my life. I was late going home one night and
played around this tent. The preacher got up and preached and I walked
that sawdust &#7602290;ail. I was saved that night. About three nights from
this the Lord called me to preach under that same tent. It was years
before I learned about the Church of God. I went to the Church one
night and was sancti&#6684777;ed and received the Holy Ghost. They took me
in the Church on Sunday night. I didn't even know one thing about it.
I_ didn't" see anything about the Church for about three years. He spoke
to me again. I woke up and realized that I was in the Body of Christ.
Hebrews 13:8.
"I want to say today that the Church is more powerful than it ever
has been, but some of us have let up on letting the Lord have His way.
We need the Spirit and the power of God. Hosea 10:12. Our job is to
win souls and to win them to the Church of God. We have let a lot of
people slip through our hands. They are gone and we will never be able
to reach them. After they slip through our hands, it is too late then to
do anything for God and His Church."
4:55 p.m.-The congregation prayed the closing prayer.
A program of music and singing was directed by Bill Porter and Leon
Wake&#6684777;eld during intermission.
6:15 p.m.-The Bible &#5505138;aining Camp program was directed by William
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C. Moss. The congregation stood and clapped their hands as they sang
praises unto the Lord. Lydia Hawkins read Ephesians 4:11-16 and John
Newkirt prayed for the evening service.
6:28 p.m.-The General Superintendent expressed his appreciation to
all teachers, officers, state overseers, state boosters and pastors and read
a proposed list of fifteen schools for next year.
6:30 p.m.-The B. T. C. Choir, directed by Phillip Barker, sang "I Will
Follow the Lord" and "Oh, What a Saviour."
The program was interrupted due to power failure and Johnny Tolbert
led the congregation in singing "When the Morning Comes" and "Every
body Will be Happy Over There."
6:50 p.m.-Message by William H. Brooks.
He read Jeremiah 23:28, 29 and said, "We have many Scriptures in the
Bible that declare Jesus went about doing good. He visited many cities
in Palestine and, because of His compassion, He had mercy on the people
and many miracles were performed in the&#6881394; behalf. But with all the good
that Jesus did throughout the city or country of Palestine, we find that
they had Him charged and brought before Pilate. We notice that when
Jesus entered a city He preached the gospel; He performed,• a miracle.
A change was made in every city where Christ entered and in every
city where He preached the Word. Changes were made in the hearts
and lives of men and women that had never known the reality of the
gospel truth. God's Word that He preached and the things that He taught
made the change and caused people's lives to become different. No won
der it was said that never was there a man that spake like this man.
No wonder it was said that this man speaks as one having authority and
not as a scribe. No wonder they said even the wind and the sea obey
Him. The power of God's divine Word will change the conditions that
exist in any town. When the Word of God makes contact, it will change
the lives of men and women.
"This gospel message preached by Christ and the apostles contradicted
the beliefs and the ethics of the pagan world. It changed the philosophies
of that.day. It.changed the_moralisms of the people of that day when He
preached the divine truth. It upset their peace. Sometimes people are
a little afraid they will upset what other folks believe. Anytime you
preach the truth and somebody else does not preach it, it is going to
clash. Many people were stirred up in such a way that they brought
Jesus before Pilate and began to accuse Him. We notice the apostles en
tered some cities and a change took place. It is no small wonder that
the apostles, upon reaching Thessalonica in Macedonia, were charged
with turning the world upside down when they declared that Jesus whom
I proclaim unto you is the Christ. They were preaching the gospel &#7602290;uth
to these people and proclaiming that Jesus Christ was the Son of God
and that He was the Chri,st.
"We find that many of the Jews believed on Paul and Silas. When
they stirred up trouble and things got too hot, the brethren went into
Jason's house seeking for Paul and Silas. We find that when they entered
the house they could not find them. They took Jason and some of the
other brethren before a council who declared that these men that have
turned the world upside down are come hither also.' They could not
find Paul and Silas and they took Jason and the brethren and began to
abuse them. When the brethren found out what was going on, they

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slipped Paul and Silas away from Thessalonica and started to send them
over to a place -called Berea. Thessalonica was never the same town
again after these brethren visite&#6553646; and proclaimed Jesus Christ to these
people. Before they left, the Bible said many believed upon them. God's
Word has power to change the conditions of this world.
"They left the city of Thessalonica
·
and entered into the city of Berea,
The Bible said that the people there received the Word of God with all
readiness of mind. You know it is not every city that you go into that
people abuse you. There are some cities where people are waiting and
willing to hear the truth of God's divine Word.
"When Paul and Silas entered the city and began to, declare the
council of God, men and women began to believe upon the Lord and
their hearts were changed because of the power of God's Word. Word
got back to Thessalonica that the same gospel was being preached in
Berea that he had preached over there. They came over and got a com
pany together and stirred up trouble in Berea. The brethren got the
apostle Paul out of there. He left Silas and Timotheus in Berea, and the
brethren took Paul by the way of the sea and sent him to Athens. Paul
gave the command to these brethren to Berea and tell Silas and
Timotheus to make haste and come quickly. They left Paul in Athens.
He looked down upon that city and the Bible said his spirit was stirred
within him because he saw that the city of Athens was wholly given unto
idolatry. It stirs my heart when I look out and see the condition that
this world is in today. There may not be much I can do; there may
not be much you can do, but if we declare the truth of the gospel it
will have its effect and it will change the condition of the town or city.
The gospel of God's Word has power. It will change the conditions that
exist. It doesn't matter how corrupt they look. He said His Word would
not return void.
"Paul stood and looked out and saw the city in this condition and
began to dispute in the synagogue with the Jews, with devout persons and
in the market daily with them that met with him. When this was
noised around, the Bible said that certain of the philosophers encountered
Paul and said, What will this babbler say? Others said he seemed to be
setting forth a strange God. This was because Paul preached the res
urrection to these people who had not heard of it. They thought he was
setting forth a strange God."
The speaker quoted Acts 17:22, 23 and said, "According to some
commentaries, &#7602280;ese people not only worshipped the unknown God, but
they had another god. They had an altar made unto the god of Europe,
the god of Asia and an altar unto the god of Africa. There were no
results when they called upon these gods. They had heard that there
was a God of Israel that might do this but they didn't know Him. They
were not acquainted with Him. &#5505128;ey made an altar to the God they did
not know. Paul began to relate to them how that God made the world
and all things that were in it. He told them that through Jesus
Christ the world would be judged in righteousness and that God gave
this assurance by raising His Son from the dead. He said we ought not
to compare the Godhead to the God made of silver, gold or stone. That
was exactly what they were doing. Paul began to preach to the people.
The hearts of men and women were changed.
"God's Word still has power to change the condition that exists
in any town, any city or any nation. The e&#6684774;ect of Christ's ministry was

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known not only by those who believed, but also those who had rejected
Him knew that He had been there. We may not convert every person in
every town, but we need to leave our mark so they will know that the
men who preached the truth have been in the city. Christ being in my
life and in your life will cause us to reach a higher standard in God
than we have ever reached. The power of God's Word will make the
change in my life. The world is in a terrible shape politically, socially,
morally and religiously. The world has never seen the time when it
was in a greater critical condition than it is in this very day. The
world and the conditions of the world can be changed by the power
of God's divine Word. The Word of God, when it makes contact, will
be like a hammer when it makes contact with a rock. It will break
it to pieces. We can go a lot of places -and we can preach a lot of
words, but we need God working with us in a greater measure. Thes
salonica, Berea, Ephesus and Asia felt the effects of Paul's ministry and
the world today must feel the effects of the ministry of the Church of
God."
7:33 p.m.-Four phases of Bible training were boosted and a portion of
each is given below:
Virginia Jordan, South Carolina booster, spoke concerning Camps in
the United States. She said, "B. T. C. strives not to establish a doctrine,
but rather to establish us in the doctrine. So many people want to
establish the wrong doctrine. A lot of people are running from the
truth. A lack of wisdom has been a big failure in the Church. It
would be a good thing for all of us to come to B. T. C."
Delmar Spurling spoke concerning Camps in Other Countries and said,
"B. T. C. was first conducted in England four years ago and since that
time the number of churches has more than doubled. I believe the ex
pansion and the growth of the Church in England can be accredited much
to the training of B. T. C. This past year we had two Bible Training
Schools in England-one in London -and one in Bi&#7471213;ingham-and we
had 123 enrolled. It has made a marked difference. We had wonder
ful workers, but once they have been to B. T. C. and trained properly
in the doctrine of the Church
·
they are able to go out on the field and
put it into operation."
Berniece Jones spoke conce&#7471214;ing Funds to Support Schools in Other
Countries and said, "In 1954, the General Assembly adopted a way for
us to support schools in other countries. We have tried our little nickel
a week plan and it has been wonderful. Remember, that is the plan
the General Assembly adopted and it works." Tennessee had $3,250 state
convention offering.
Clay Frost spoke conce&#7471214;ing the Correspondence Division and said,
"Brother Brooks mentioned that we hold a record of 150 in the Body
of Christ Course. I really am thrilled beyond measure as to what
this study did for us. I encourage a group study more than an in
dividual study, but if you can't study it as a group, let's study it as an
individual."
7:46 p.m.-The Bible Training Camp Superintendent called for the New
Albany &#5505138;io, Alma Mccutchen, Pastor's Trio, the Larkwood Sisters and
Ronnie Odom to sing while the annual offering was being received. He
also advised that a part of the o&#6684774;ering would be used to help build
rooms on to the headquarters building in South Mexico so a Bible Train
ing Camp could be conducted there.

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8:16 p.m.-The congregation prayed in concert for the success of all
Bible &#5505138;aining Camps this Assembly year.
8:18 p.m.-A plaque was presented to each of the following: Largest
number of students in B. T. C. in the United States-South Carolina,
48; largest number of correspondence students-Tennessee, 70; champion
state convention offering-Tennessee, $3,250.00; champion local church
state convention offering-Wildwood (Cleveland, Tenn.), $365.00; largest
individual state convention offering-Brother Hall (Memphis, Tenn.),
$150.00; champion state Assembly offering-Tennessee, $492.88; largest in
dividual Assembly offering-Hazel Conovaloff (Arizona), $125.00; champion
Body of Christ group study-Ho:bIndiana (Clay Frost, pastor), 150.
8:30 p.m.-Roberta Matthews sang "Once I Met a Man Called Jesus."
8:32 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert before A. J.
Coalter, B. T. C. Principal, delivered the evangelistic message. He read
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, Psalm 9:17, Galatians 5:19-21 , Acts 8:9-13, Amos
6:1-4 and John 10:10. He emphasized the need for everyone to spend
more time in prayer and study of the Bible and referred to the Scrip
ture "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion." The Majesties Trio sang
"&#5505128;ere's Room at the Cross" during the altar invitation. The record
shows four were saved, &#6684777;ve sancti&#6684777;ed and twelve received the Holy Ghost.
Thursday, September 8
6:00 a.m.-The sunrise prayer meeting was in charge of Orvie Braland
and John Corbett. The service featured songs by the congregation and
the Kansas singers. John Corbett read Isaiah 64:1-7 and Orvie Braland
gave a short exhortation. The service was dismissed with prayer at
6:55 a.m.
7:15 a.m.-A program of music was presented by the electric iD
7:30 a.m.-The song service was led by Arthur Ferguson with Beauth
N. Moss at the piano and Hilton Grant at the organ. Nathaniel Beneby
quoted Psalm 125:1 and then led the congregation in quoting Scriptures.
Alfred E. Ferguson prayed at the pulpit while the congregation stood
and then all prayed in concert.
7:45 a.m.-Vanderson Ferguson sounded the trumpet to signal the be
ginning of the call of countries, states and provinces.
7:&#3407931;6 a.m.-Australia, Aaron R. Waggett, Overseer. Two delegates
marched with one i:qThe overseer presented salt and pepper
shakers and a kangaroo skin to the General Overseer.
7:58 a.m.-Bahamas and Turks Islands, Alvin S. Moss, Overseer. Ninety
five marched with thirteen flags, nine i:and thirty-one musical
instruments. The group sang "Keep Walking."
8:13 a.m.-Canada, Raymond M. Pruitt, Overseer. Seven marched with
six flags and one i:CThe overseer introduced some of the delegates
who spoke briefly. The group sang "Reach Out and Touch the Lord."
8:25 a.m.-Central America-Costa Rica, Walter C. Bates, Overseer;
Panama, Charles G. Hawkins, Representative. Five marched with four
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8:35 a.m.-Virgin Islands, Moses Stephens, Overseer; L&#6619237;ward Islands,
Hector Ortiz, Overseer; Puerto Rico, H. Lavell Hawkins, Overseer; Jamaica,
Charles G. Hawkins, Representative; Dominican Republic, J. H. Ladoo,
Overseer; Barbados, James A. Thomas, Overseer. Thirty-eight marched
with nineteen banners, three flags and twelve instruments. The band
from the Virgin Islands played "Heaven's Jubilee."
9:14 a.m.-Europe-England, Delmar Spurling, Overseer. Eight marched
with three flags and two banners. The group sang "You Can Count On
Me." A representative was present from Germany and Holland.
9:30 a.m.-India, K. Prasantha Kumar, Representative, marched with
one flag and one banner. He presented a gift to the General Overseer.
9:37 a.m.-South Mexico, Salomon Hernandez V., Overseer. Five marched
with one banner and two flags. A gift was presented to the General
Overseer.
9:52 a.m.-Alabama, A. J. Creel, Overseer. Two hundred twenty-seven
marched with one hundred thirty-five banners, eight flags and one musical
instrument. The group sang "Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart" and the
Snowtown Trio sang "You've Got to Live Like Jesus Every Day."
10:12 a.m.-Alaska, A. C. Jones, Overseer; Arizona, R. Wayne Allen,
Overseer; Montana, Adolph Flemmer, Overseer. Twenty-six marched with
nine flags and twelve banners. Wayne and Jenna Allen s•ang "How Great
is My God." The Spanish delegates sang a song in Spanish. The General
Overseer was presented a state flag from Alaska and a coin bank from
Montana.
10:30 a.m.-Arkansas, L. S. Rhodes, Overseer. Ninety-two marched with
thirty-three banners, twelve flags and two musical instruments. The
group sang "When We All Get to Heaven."
10:45 a.m.-California, English and Spanish, C. T. Davidson and Felix
Garcia, Overseers. Ninety marched with nine banners and six flags. The
Paramount Trio sang "Teach Me To Pray." The group sang "Every Day
With Jesus."
11:10 a.m.-Colorado and Minnesota, Howard Thomas and Don B.
Thomas, Overseers. Forty-eight marched with twenty-four banners, seven
flags and one musical instrument. The group sang "I've Been Redeemed,"
a duet sang "Goodbye, World, Goodbye" and Patricia Boots sang "He's
Ever&#7929975;here."
11:25 a.m.-Connecticut and Rhode Island, Robert H. Bradley, Overseer;
Maine and New Hampshire, Charles E. Hanna, Overseer. Thirteen marched
with three banners and six flags.
11:40 a.m.-Delaware and New Jersey, Roy D. Mixon, Overseer. The
group sang "Joy Unspeakable," Larry' and Sue Riggs sang "The Answer's
On the Way," the Price Trio sang "He Touched Me" and the Gospel
Harmonizers sang "That Will Be Good Enough For Me" and "Mo&#7209179;ng
&#5505138;ain." Seventy-five marched with twenty-five banners, thirty-eight flags
and one musical instrument.
12:01 p.m.-East Texas, D. H. Queener, Overseer. The delegation num
bered one hundred forty-four and carried twenty-one banners and sixty
four flags. Tommy Griff&#6881390; sang "Cross of Calvary," the Sullivan chil
dren sang "We Are Soldiers" and Yvonne Queener sang "How Big Is God?"

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12:20 p.m.&#9699517;Florida, M. T. Linkous, Overseer. Three hundred one
marched with one hundred eight banners, two hundred eleven flags and
one musical instrument. The group sang "The Windows of Heaven Are
Open" and "I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now." Christine
Miskelly and Betty Baker sang "I Do Believe." An offering was pres
ented to the General Overseer.
12:45 p.m.-Georgia, Roy H. Phipps, Overseer. Seven hundred sixty-one
marched with forty-seven banners, eighty-six flags and twenty-one in
struments. The delegates sang "Looking For A City," Davis Rogers sang
"Remember Me" and the Gainesville group sang "Come On, Let's Go To
That Land." The group presented the General Overseer and his wife
with an offering and a crate of peaches.
1:02 p.m.-Hawaii, C. C. Lanter, Overseer. Eleven delegates represented
the state with two banners and two musical instruments. The group
sang "I Want To Make It In" and Jeanette Price sang "Lover Of My Soul."
1:20 p.m.-Illinois, E. L. Higdon, Overseer. One hundred thirty-one
marched with sixteen banners and eighty-two flags. The group sang "I
Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now." A plaque was presented
to the General Overseer.
1:4 0 p.m.-Indiana, Howard J. Hunt, Overseer. One hundred ninety-one
delegates carried eighty-five banners, twenty-two flags, one musical in
strument and two trophies. The group sang "Fill My Cup, Lord" and the
Indianapolis Trio sang "The Old Country Church." A plaque was pres
ented to the General Overseer and his wife and also a check for the
purpose of buying a stove.
2:00 p.m.-Iowa, W. G. Hardin, Overseer. Twenty-six marched with
eight banners and twenty-three flags. The delegates sang "I'm On the
Battlefield For My Lord" and the Cedar Rapids Quartet sang "I'm Feel-
ing Mighty Fine."
2:17 p.m.-Kansas, Homer Rye, Overseer. Sixty-nine delegates carried
six banners, four flags, seven large Sunflowers and one hundred small
Sunflowers. The group sang a chorus and Judy Hilton and Sandra
Bonham sang "At the Roll Call."
2:30 p.m.-Kentucky, Joseph Martin, Overseer. Two hundred thirty
six marched with one hundred twenty-three banners and one hundred
twenty-nine flags. The group sang "When the Church of God Arises"
after which Sister Dailey sang "Evangelize the World."
2:45 p.m.-Louisiana, Omer C. Lawson, Overseer. One hundred twenty
nine marched with thirty-five banners and thirty-six flags. The dele
g•ates sang "How Great Thou Art" after which Linda Lawson, Johnny
and Bill Mathis sang "I'm Praying To You, Jesus·." Grady Mayhall and·
B. 0. Funderburk, former overseers, spoke briefly. A scroll with dollar
bills pinned on it was presented to the General Overseer and his wife,
3:02 p.m.-Maryland and D. C., M. L. Hartley, Overseer. One hundred
eighteen marched with twenty-four banners, thirty-two flags and one
musical instrument. The group sang "The Windows of Heaven are Open."
Mary Nell Adkins sang "Jesus Is The Reason," Darel Talbott sang "I'm
Gonna Cross Chilly Jordan" and the Hartley Sisters sang "Many Miles."
�:30 p.m.-Massachusetts and Vermont, W.R. Nunnery, Overseer. Thirty
three delegates marcheg wi&#7602280; sixteen banners and seven flags. The group

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sang "Every Promise in the Book Is Mine" followed by a medley of
songs. The Nunnery Trio sang "These Old Bones are Gonna Rise Again."
3:45 p.m.-Michigan, Roy Day, Jr., Overseer. One hundred ninety-one
delegates marched with eighty-nine banners and fifty-five flags. The
group sang "A Great Big Wonderful God" and Ann Rickard sang "Let's
Spread the News of God's Love."
3:56 p.m.-Mississippi, Buford M. Johnson, Overseer. One hundred
fifty-five marched with ninety-two banners. The group sang "You've
Gotta Live Like Jesus Every Day."
4:15 p.m.-Missouri, Jess F. Pruitt, Overseer. Seventy-seven marched
with forty-two banners, forty-five flags and one musical instrument. The
group sang "When We All Get to Heaven" and the Harmonettes sang "I'm
a Child of the King."
4:35 p.m.-Nebraska and Nevada, C. E. Manning and L. &#5373998; Lane, Over
seers. Eighteen marched with nine banners and eleven flags. The group
sang "Gettin' Ready To Leave This World."
4:55 p.m.-New Mexico and West Texas, Theodore J. Lowe and H. M.
Biggers, Overseers. Seventy-four marched with thirty-eight banners, six
teen flags and one musical instrument. The delegates sang "When the
Church of God Arises" and "Jesus Lifted Me.' L. E. Silvers spoke briefly
and the Spanish delegates sang a song.
• 5:25 p.m.-New York, Samuel Pratt, Overseer. Sixty-five marched with
ten banners, and thirty-two flags. The group sang "Higher Ground" and
"The Windows of Heaven are Open." &#5505128;e Hempstead Choir sang "Sit
At His Feet and Be Blessed." The delegates were dressed in· black and
white with boutonnieres and corsages.
5:44 p.m.-North Carolina, M. S. Curry, Overseer. Four hundred forty
four delegates marched with sixty-four banners, two hundred thirty-six
flags and one musical instrument. The group sang "Just a Little Talk
With Jesus." The Massingale Family sang "I Want to Go There" and
The Specializers sang "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand." Stephen Gilmer
sang "Born to Serve the Lord" after which an offering was given to
the General Overseer and his wife.
6:07 p.m.-North Dakota and South Dakota, Orville W. &#5505138;ump and
Harper Hunter, Overseers. North Dakota was represented with thirty-one
delegates and South Dakota, twenty-two. They carried thirty-three ban
ners, ten flags and two instruments. The group sang "Just A Little Talk
With Jesus." Brother and Sister Curtis sang "Until Then" and Brother
and Sister Campbell sang "You've Gotta Go Down If You Want To Go
Up." Harold Hunter sang "Walking Up the King's Highway.'' A testimony
was given by Howard Smith.
6:35 p.m.&#3801278;Ohio, Boyd Thornton, Overseer. Two hundred twenty-nine
marched with eighty-six banners and thirty-four flags. The group sang
"A Glorious Church.'' The Freeman L. Chavis Singers sang "If I Be
Lifted Up.''
6:51 p.m.-Oklahoma, Charles S. Pennington, Overseer. Sixty-seven dele
gates marched with seventeen banners and thirty-seven flags. The group
sang "A Glorious Church" and Esther Leper sang "It's Not the First Mile.''
B. B. Ketchum and Dewey Hughes spoke briefly.

30 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
7:08 p.m.-Oregon, S. A. Cooley, Overseer. Twenty-two delegates car
ried six banners and eighteen flags. They sang "This Little Light of Mine"
and "Every Promise In The Book Is Mine."
7:25 p.m.-Pennsylvania, G. C. Sloan, Overseer. One hundred seventy
four delegates carried thirty-nine banners and sixty-four flags. The Scot
ton Singers sang "The Sun Will Shine Afterwhile" and the Youth Camp
Trio sang "Lord, Teach Me How To Pray. " The Gospel Five sang "Running
For Jesus" and "I've Got the Love of Jesus." Elaine Linkous sang a solo
and Ronnie Scotton played a trumpet solo. An offering was presented to
the General Overseer.
7:50 p.m.-South Carolina, G. A. Wilson, Overseer. Three hundred sixty
eight marched with ninety-two banners and one hundred thirty-two flags.
Sister Manley sang a solo and the group sang "We Shall See the King."
8:07 p.m.-Tennessee, L. V. Jones, Overseer. Seven hundred thirty
three marched with one hundred seventy-two banners, thirty-one flags
and one musical instrument. The delegation sang "The Windows of
Heaven are Open" -and the Pastor's Trio sang "I Told Everybody."
8:35 p.m.-Usvand Idaho, W. A. Howard and Paul H. Thompson,
Overseers. The group sang "When We All Get To Heaven." Charles Rogers
and wife sang "Because Of Him."
9:00 p.m.-Virginia, James SsLL, Overseer. Four hundred forty-six
marched with two hundred thirty-&#7602280;ree very attractive banners and fifty
one flags. S. B. Moss an&#7602284; his group sang "Somebody Touched Me" and the
delegation sang "Sweet By And By." An offering was presented to the
General Overseer.
9:25 p.m.-Washington, Robert Patterson, Jr., Overseer. Thirty-six
marched with eleven banners and ten flags. The group sang "I Am Deter
mined" and a trio sang "Dear Jesus, Abide With Me."
9:35 p.m.-West Virginia, Willie Vines, Overseer. Eighty-four marched
with twenty-one banners and twenty-two flags. The group sang "I Want
To Know More." Jeannie Bledsoe sang a solo, Ellen Cutlip sang "I See
Jesus," and the Chapman Family sang "I Saw A Man." The General
Overseer and his wife were presented with a swivel rocker and a lamp.
10:03 p.m.-Wisconsin, Cecil J. Cunningham, Overseer. Forty delegates
marched with fifteen banners and twelve flags. The group sang "Look
ing For A City" and "Lord, I Need You Again Today. " A box of cheese
was presented to the General Overseer.
10:20 p.m.-Wyoming, D. F. Rowland, Overseer. Twenty-two marched
with eight banners and five flags. The delegation sang "Just A Little Talk
With Jesus."
10:30 p.m.-The congregation prayed in concert for the countries not
represented at the Assembly. The trumpet signal to end the call of
states and countries was sounded by Alfred Butler.
Note: It was wonderful to see the zeal and enthusiasm displayed in
the ss\"marches throughout the day. The blessings of the Lord were
showered upon His people throughout the day. The reports as given
by the overseers included much more information than we have given
here. They told of new churches, building programs, revivals, youth
camps, training programs, homes visited by the ministers and reported

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on other phases of the work. The membership in the countries outside
the United States is given with the report of the World Mission Secre
tary, and the number of churches and members in the states, as shown
by the reports of the overseers, is given below:
State
CHURCHES AND MEMBERSHIP
Churches
Alabama .............................. -.... ·····-·····---- -- 70
Alaska ------···············•··----·· ·············-····-1
Arizona ·····-·--·····-······-·•·······-··········-············-····--···· 8
Arkansas ·····-·-······--······-·······-············-······-·········-·-··· 32
California (English) ___ ---····················· 43
California (Spanish) -----············-····· 12
Colorado ·-······---- ____ ____ 8
Connecticut ····-----····-.. ··········------ 2
Delaware ·-···········-·····-----········• ... ·-·····················-3
East Texas ········--···-------···· ...................... 39
Florida ·-·-·····--·-·-······-··········-··--····--······-·····---96
Georgia --··········-··························-----·····-······-122
Hawaii ·············-··········-·······---- ···························· 2
Idaho ·········------- _____ 5
Illinois -···········•···························----···················· 30
Indiana ····················-········-·-···················-········--·•······--·-··· 27
Iowa ·----···················---······•-······------- 9
Kansas ·······-········-------·····-··----·---·-······-·········--····· 13
Kentucky ·-····-----···-··-··----·--······-·······-······ 68
Louisiana ·······---- ······-· ---··-··----················------···-20
Maine -···············---------- ___ 1
Maryland and D. C. ·····--·····-----····-···---24
Massachusetts ___ _ ----- ·------1
Michigan -··----- ----···-··········---·······---30
Minnesota ········---·-·······-·······-·······-·····----··-·-· 3
Mississippi ······-------···-·-····-·····--···---···· ··-·······-59
Missouri --- ··-·-·······--··········--·-·····-·-········-·········---32
Montana -·····---------···----·······--·········----4
Nebraska -···· ·····-···----·······-·-·····--·······--·········-----·· 6
Nevada ····-----·--··········--··-·-----·-········•·······--·--·· 2
New Hampshire -·-·-- ----···------·················----·· 1
New Jersey ·····--·····--·--········-·······-·-·········-······---- 6
New Mexico --····-----···-·-······---···· .. -·····--·············---·· 13
New York·········-----······--····--·····--·················--··---· 7
North Carolina ····--···--- -------·······--·····128
North Dakota -······-··-·······---···------ -······--····· 8
Ohio ------······--·-······-··-·······----····---·---··· 34
Oklahoma ·····----- -----····-----······· 33
Oregon ·····-······----··················----·····-········ .. 11
Pennsylvania ---- ···········----··-····--·-··················· .. -33
Rhode Island _____ ····---··--····-········--····-·· 1
South Carolina ·-········--·······----····-············-·····-·-·109
South Dakota ____ -----··---- 7
Tennessee ____ ___ ----··· .. ··········--·--119
Utah ···-----········---·······--····---- ········--···················---· 5
Vermont ········•········---······-·---······-----········•······---····· 3
Virginia ·················---················----················---····· 93
Washington ··· ···--·················•··--·····--·····················-······ 17
Membership
2,489
19
132
730
1,215
326
168
62
90
1,035
2,500
4,021
23
143
850
1,001
205
464
2,816
479
13
802
40
1,096
80
1,708
825
56
99
34
13
71
210
232
3,620
156
1,125
893
194
945
11
2,612
150
4,359
61
50
3,485
371

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Wyoming ·---· ····---------·-·-·············-······-·········-·-····--····-·· 9
Total ····•············-··-···---··················-·······-···-·····-········1, 469
10:32 p·.m.-Wanda Stover sang "I've Been to Calvary."
300
716
186
160
43,441
10:38 p.m.-Ima Jewell Woodruff led the congregation in singing "Lord,
Lay Some Soul Upon My Heart." Harry Ramey asked the congrega
tion to join in concert prayer for &#7602280;e message. He then read Isaiah 59:8
and gave a short exhortation and altar call. Ima Jewell Woodruff sang
"Wonderful Peace" as the altar call was made. The record shows eight
were saved, seven were sancti&#6684777;ed and nine received the Holy Ghost in
this service.
Friday, September 9
6:00 a.m.-The sunrise prayer meeting was in charge of James W.
Haughey and Archie Coble. The song service was led by Archie Coble
which was followed by songs by the New Jersey and Florida singers.
Brother Coble preached concerning "Doing The Will of God." The service
closed at 7:00 a.m. with prayer for the sick.
8:30 a.m.-Joe Pendergrass presented a program of organ music as the
delegates assembled inside the tabernacle. The Bahama Brass Band played
outside the tabernacle and then played as they marched inside to the
bandstand.
8:45 a.m.-The congregation raised their hands and praised the Lord
before the song service was directed by Gerald Goins. Darel Talbott
played the piano and Lois Hamm played the organ. After prayer at the
pulpit &#6422617; Tallie S. Saxon, the congregation prayed in concert. 0. E.
Hunter read 1 Peter 2:1-9.
9:10 a.m.-Frances Jones sang "Let Us Break Bread Together."
9:15 a.m.-"God's Divine Church Operated Through Spirit-Filled Peo
ple Today," message by Fred S. Fisher. A portion of the message is given
below:
"The Church belongs to God. The two-fold purpose of the coming of
&#3014730;esus Christ into this world was to bring about a universal plan of salva
tion and to establish a Church for all of His people to be gathered
into--' ... gather his wheat into the garner.' Matthew 3:12. I don't be
lieve Jesus would have organized the Church and left anything out of
it. He would not leave one thing out of His Church. One thing that His
Church needs is a government. '. . . the government shall be upon his
shoulder.' Isaiah 9:6. Our General Overseer opened the Assembly a few
days ago and said, 'I am not the head of the Church, my father was
not the head, but Jesus Christ is the head of the Church.' The govern
ment of the Church is not a government of the people, by the people
and for the people, but it is God's government for God's people. We
did not create the twenty-nine teachings. They were like diamonds in
the hills of Africa or like oil in the plains of Texas; they were there all
of the time. Our form of government is theocratic under the immediate

MINUTES OF THE, 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 33
direction of Go&#6553645;not a government of the people, by &#7602280;e people and for the
people, but a government of God, under the direction of God; for·the• peo-
ple of God.
'"&#7077927;he highest authority of the Church is the General Assembly.· The
General Overseer acts for the General Assembly when it is not in ses
sion. The General Overseer and the : General Assembly are inseparable.
You can't say here is the General Overseer over here and there's the
General Assembly over there. &#5505128;ese two work as one. This thing does
not start until the chief executive takes that little wooden club and· pecks
on that desk and says, 'I now declare this Assembly open.' He's the only
man with that authority. He was placed in this position by the &#4259948;
mighty God. He acts for the Assembly when it is not in session. In 1943,
shortly after the 38th Assembly, A. J. Tomlinson died by the will of
God. It was a dark day for the Church of God. I believe it was October
7, 1943 at 8:00 a.m., a meeting was called by the state overseers of the
Church to select a man to &#6684777;ll the position of General Overseer until the
next Assembly. Different ones had visions and the Holy Ghost worked
with them in various ways and revealed to them what God wanted for the
Church. There was a man who from the depth of his heart did not want
the position. (Well, actually, David was not seeking kingship out yonder
in the sheep herd either.) This young man wasn't even there in the meet
ing. They called him and his sister said he had not shaved or cleaned
up, and they said to tell him to tidy up and come over so they could
talk with him. He came over and they set him in the chief executive's
chair, wrapped him in a Church flag, put a small flag in one hand and a
Bible in the other. The Holy Ghost fell and witnessed and placed His
approval upon this man. Now, A. J. Tomlinson was a great man. He
will go down in history as a wonderful and great spiritual leader, but
he did not take the anointing to the grave. He did not take this position
to the grave; the position belongs to God. God seeks out a man and
places the anointing upon him and the anointing makes that man the
General Overseer of the Church of God. Wrapping him up in a flag didn't
make him the General Overseer and sitting in a chair that some furni
ture company had made did not make him the General Overseer. &#5505128;e
thing that makes a man the General Overseer is the anointing of the
Almighty God. The Church is supposed to stay Spirit-&#6684777;lled enough until
it can recognize God's anointing and set its approval upon God's anointed.
"In 1944 this young and inexperienced man took the chief executive's
chair and moderated the General Assembly. It came time for the Church
to voice its opinion. Brother Milton Tomlinson said that it was time to elect
a General Overseer for the Church of God. The Holy Ghost began to
work and a man by the name of L. V. Jones stood and shouted 'We
want Brother Milton.' When he said these words, the entire auditorium
of people roared with approval. I want to read an interpretation of what
the Holy Ghost said, 'Follow thou him, for I say unto thee, I will guide
his every step. He shall commit himself unto me, and I, the Lord thy
God, shall put my spirit upon him. I will guide his every action. Follow
thou him, for I am with him.' But, because he is the General Overseer,
he's not divine. There is only one that is divine and that is the &#5505138;inity.
Somebody said Brother Tomlinson sent John Henry over yonder and he
backslid. Moses chose twelve leaders and ten came back with a bad
report, but we'll say 'God bless old Moses, he's the meekest man of the
earth. He led the Church through the wilderness.' What about meek
Milton Tomlinson? He's the leader of God's people in the last days."

34 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSE&#5046338;LY
The Holy Ghost came down in a special way and the interpretation was
as follows: "My people, my people, he is the chosen one to lead thee.
Follow, follow with thy soul. Follow with thy spirit. I have chosen
this man to lead thee. Obey him, obey those who have the rule over you
for they watch for your soul as though they must give an account. I
say, I say, I come to thee. I am your God and you are my people. I
will guide thee, oh, I will guide thee with the leadership of this chosen
one."
"Many times we have missed greatness by looking for greatness. If
a man has his chest inflated about forty-eight inches around and his
head S8 big he can't wear his hat we say that's a great man. Sometimes
our definition of greatness and God's definition of greatness might come
out of two different dictionaries. When God approached Moses, he said
' ... I am not eloquent.' Exodus 4:10. This is. a divine institution operated
through the Holy Ghost and it takes Spirit-&#6684777;lled men and women to
operate it. The government of the Church is for our protection. The
Church of God has a government and it studies our White Wing Mes
senger, it inspects our literature, our gospel tracts, our ministers and
everyone of us. We are all under the protection of the Church of God
government. Some people remind me of a fellow that fed his hogs at
·a swamp. He had his own method of calling the hogs by taking a five
gallon slop bucket and pecking on a hollow cyprus log. When the hogs
heard the pecking they would come running. He would fill the trough
up but the more he fed them the skinnier they got. He knew something
was wrong so he slipped up behind a tree and listened. About that time
he heard a pecking over here on the south side, the north side, the east
side and the west side and one in the middle. The hogs were running
themselves to death. Some wood p e ck er s were in the swamp and
would peck on every old log they could light on. Television is full of
woodpecker preachers. Radio is full of woodpecker preachers. &#5505128;e United
States mail is full of woodpecker preacher magazines, woodpecker preach
er gospel tracts and a lot of people are running themselves to death follow
ing every woodpecker preacher that comes along pecking. Before you start
hearing and tasting, you had better look it over to see if it has the
government seal of approval of the Church of God stamped upon it. The
Bible says the Church is a city set on a hill. Jesus didn't build His
Church in a gulley. Everything in that city is subject to the government
of that city. We have people today who are burdened down; they are
sorrowful, in sin and in trouble. They &#6357106;e walking the streets of Zion
depressed and burdened down. Zion has the greatest psychiatrist, the
greatest physician and the greatest government. The greatest protection
is in the Church of God. Avail yourself of these blessings and benefits.
Don't die in the city.
"We have trouble in the Church of God when people disregard govern
ment. The government applies to all of us. The government is to bring
peace. 'Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls.' Hebrews 13:17. A man that watches
is up just a little notch higher so he can see. The Church of God
will never surpass its ministry. The Bible says the ministry was given
for the perfecting of the saints. The Word of God is what we need.
It will line me up and it will line you up. This government applies to
all, regardless of race, color, creed, national boundaries-regardless of
where they are-it means all of us. When Solomon got ready to
build the temple, all of his material didn't come from Jerusalem. They
would take a rule and say we want the stones this wide and this

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long-not an inch shorter or wider-just like this. Then the foreman
would go to the rock quarry and pull out his own yardstick. &#5505128;ey
all went by the same rule. The stones measured just alike. They all
slid into the building side by side. They were not out to build a
colored church, a white church, a brown church and a red church. They
were building one temple and this temple was going to house the Lord
from glory when He came to Jerusalem. They all went and the Bi
ble said without the sound of a hammer. You didn't hear bumping
and clanging, but they slid right in side by side. You know the secret
was their measuring stick-all by the same rule. Some members are
not Church of God material. They have knots sticking out on them
a half-inch thick and pastors have been sanding, sawing, rubbing and
scrubbing on them for twenty years. They need to pray. through and
submit themselves to the government of the Church of God and they
will fit into the Church. There is one rule, · one doctrine and one
Church. It is going to take men with backbone, stickability and bold
ness that will stand out and preach it. Every minister, every min
ister's family and every church family will measure by the same rule. I
am not talking about customs. They wear clothes in some places that look
like pajamas. Some places they don't wear ties and some places they
wear their collar backward. As long as people dress neat and clean with
moderation as becometh holiness, it doesn't matter what their clothes
look like.
"The Church of God is not a southern church; it is a world-wide in
stitution built by God Himself and the government applies everywhere.
Carnality is an enemy against God. Carnality is not subject to the
government of the Church of God doctrine. I thank God because we
have Spirit-filled people in the Church of God. I am glad we have a
Spirit-filled General Overseer."
10:12 a.m.-Roberta Matthews and group sang an arrangement of
"Heaven Came Down." The congregation joined in on the chorus.
10:23 a.m.-Brethren came to the platform and held large flags as the
members of the congregation stood and pledged allegiance to their re
spective national flag: United States, British Empire and Mexico. &#5505128;e
entire group repeated the pledge to the Church of God flag.
10:25 a.m.-The congregation stood in sacred quietness and then prayed
for the General Overseer.
10:30 a.m.-The General Overseer's Annual Address.
GENERAL OVERSEER'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
BEFORE THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
United States of America Flag Pledge
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Introductory
"But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of
God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man
standing on the right hand of God . . . And they stoned Stephen, calling
upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled
down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
There are two signi&#6684777;cant points in the familiar account of Stephen's
death. Stephen looked steadfastly toward heaven. As &#7602280;e stones fell upon
him, crushing out his life, he rejoiced to see Jesus standing on the right
hand of God. A second important point is the forgiving spirit that
Stephen showed toward his persecutors when he prayed, "Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge." These words bear a strong resemblance to the
words of Jesus at Calvary, "Father, forgive &#7602280;em; for they know not
what they do." Stephen was so full of the Holy Ghost that he was able
to manifest the same forgiving spirit toward those who took his life that
Jesus had when He was cruci&#6684777;ed.
If Stephen had only looked at the conditions around him, he might
have left a better description of the stones or the number and character
of the men who attacked him, but these facts certainly would not give
us the inspiration that we &#6684777;nd in his witness to the glory of God. More
than that, if he had allowed his mind to dwell upon the painful wounds
and &#7602280;e wrongs that he was suffering, it is doubtful that he could have
prayed, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
We have not suffered in the manner that Stephen did. But when we
are &#6684777;lled with the Holy Ghost as he was, we can have this same spirit of
forgiveness. The Bible teaches that we are to forgive those who tres
pass against us, and it places any who should fail to forgive in a very
unfavorable position: "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
David was a great man of God, but he failed. The Bible says, "The
thing that David had done displeased the Lord." But David repented of his
sin, "David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan
said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not
die." David repented and many of the Psalms show the evidences of his
repentance. Through the years, members and ministers have failed the
Lord. Some who had been faithful for many years and done a great
work for the Lord were trapped by the enemy of their souls and dragged
back into sin. It is not pleasant to think of anyone failing. Failures of
this nature hurt innocent people and bring reproach upon the name of
Christ and His Church.

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Sometimes people almost appear ... to rejoice over the failure .of others.
Their attitude seems to say, "Look at him, he failed, bu( l: am still heve
with the victory." &#4784244; is good to have the, victoi&#3866669;&#7929900;, bµt the Scriptµre warns
that our adversary walketh about as a roaring lion seeking whom he
may devour. He may come today or this year and devour your brother,
but that will not stop his endless efforts to destroy the children of God,
and if he gets your brother today, he may be a&#6029463;·tomorrow, next week
or .next year to make his bid for your soul. When one fails and goes
away in shame and disgrace, we ca&#7209070;ot afford to be self-righteous and
say, "It could not happen to me." Rather we might say, "But -for the
grace of God, that could have been me." Paul realized that the crown
of life was at the end of the way when he wrote, "Brethren, I count not
myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are be
fore, I press toward the mark for the prize bf the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus."
When the person who has failed God repents and makes restitution,
that is all he can do, and furthermore that is· all that is expected of him.
The Bible teaches restitution, and when it is possible to do so, one who has
failed is expected to make restitution. If he has stolen a horse, he can
be expected to take a&#6029463;the horse to its rightful owner, but some of
the wrongs cannot be undone, and all the person can do is repent and· ask
to be forgiven. When he does this God forgives him and we must also
forgive him. Jesus said, "If he repent, forgive him."
Sometimes it is the attitude of those who are still in the Church that
makes it difficult for one who has failed to repent and &#6684777;nd his way aw&#6029463;
It seems that there may be some "elder brothers" who are never quite
satis&#6684777;ed with the repentance or who are envious and jealous of the at
tention that is shown to those who come a&#6029463;to God. Our responsibility
is to all those who are lost. To win a&#6029463;one who has gone astray is
just as important as to rescue one who has never known the Lord.
We have a tendency to classify sin and certain acts seem to bring
greater reproach oh the Church than others. But when you read the
works of the flesh as listed by Paul, it is clear that uncleanness, hatred,
wrath, strife, envyings, murders, and such like are included right along
with adultery and fornication. All of these things are a reproach upon
the Church of God. When members in the same congregation cannot get
along together, there must be some reaso&#7471209; for it. The reason mi&#6750312;t be
such a thing as envy or strife. Occasionally there seems to be a little strife
among certain individuals _or groups of ministers. Once in a while there
may be one who desired to have the pre-eminence or thinks just a
lit&#7602284;e more highly of himself than he ought. One may try to preach a little
heresy now and then, and John wrote, "&#5701736;osoever hateth his brother
is a murderer." These things do not seem to receive as much attention
as certain other acts, but envy or strife in your heart will cause you to
be lost just as surely as any of the works of the flesh would doom your
soul.
Sometimes when a person takes his eyes off Jesus and off the goal
of eternal life and looks at the conditions that exist, he allows himself
to be &#6684777;lled with bitterness. Some have been bitter toward the pastor.
Others have even shown a bitter, resentful attitude toward the overseer,
and there may have been a few who have felt bitter toward the General
Overseer. Reports have come to me of some that even refused to speak
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the forgiving spirit that Stephen showed? Is it the Christ-like spirit of
one who could pray for those who were taking his life? How could any
one expect to make it through to heaven with a heart that is &#6684777;lled with bit
terness, envy or strife?
Some things might not even be considered sin, but it is a serious mat
ter even to offend. We may express opinions or speak without thinking
and offend a brother or sister. James said, "If any man offend not in
word, the same is a perfect man." Jesus said, "It is impossible but that
offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were
better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he
cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones."
And in the very next verse He tells how we are to treat those who tres
pass against us: "If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and
if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times
in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent;
thou shalt forgive him."
As children of God, we must guard against offending in word or deed,
and we must keep our lives unspotted by the works of the flesh. We are
also commanded to forgive those who repent. It has been very encour
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Church. We welcome them with open arms. If they repent, we forgive
them. Repentance includes confessing and forsaking sin. Sometimes it
is necessary for the individual to confess that he has done wrong and to
make res&#7602281;tu&#7602281;on. Those who have been disfellowshipped from the Church
should not become members again without the approval of the local
church from which they were disfellowshipped. This is a recommenda
tion of the Assembly, and it would not be right to allow a member ex
cluded from one local church to be received in ano&#7602280;er church without
making• things right where he had been excluded. One who has truly
repented would be willing and eager to do this. And when he has sin
cerely repented, then we should be willing to forgive him and welcome
him a&#6029463;as a member. When a person has done his best and the local
church is hesitant to accept him, then it may be good for some of the
members to examine themselves to be sure there is no envy, strife or
bittern�s in their hearts.
The local church is responsible for members, but the presbytery deals
with the ministry. When a person who has been a minister comes a&#6029463;
to the Church, the local church where he has his membership decides
when he is to be recommended for the ministry. As a rule we do not
recommend anyone for the ministry until he has proven faithful in every
respect. • Repentance may be all that is required of a member, but a
minister should prove his desire to stand for the doctrine &#7274598; the Church
and that he can be depended upon. After the person has been recom
mended, it will be up_ to the presbytery to determine when the license
should be granted.
Paul has left us some instructions that are appropriate for us when we
deal with those who have failed: "Put on therefore, as the elect of God,
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meek
ness, longsuffering; Forebearing one another, and forgiving one another,
if any man have a quarrel against any: even as. Christ forgave you, so
also do ye."
Baptism With the Holy Ghost
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of this wonderful Comforter. The baptism with the Holy Ghost has been
one of the prominent teachings of the Church of God since it made its
appearance this side of the dark ages, and the Holy Ghost is so familiar
to us that we expect to see people receive this experience. &#5701736;en men
and women are saved in our revivals and other services, it seems only
natural for them to be sancti&#6684777;ed and then to seek the baptism with the
Holy Ghost as evidenced by speaking in other tongues. We have some
local churches in which every member has been baptized with the Holy
Ghost, and although we usually rejoice with those who receive the bless
ing, as a rule the experience does not cause a &#6750322;eat stir among our people.
John baptized with water unto repentance, but he said, "He that cometh
after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with &#6684777;re." But hundreds
of years before John made his statement, Ezekiel prophesied of the time
when the Spirit would be within the individual. Jesus had a &#6750322;eat
deal to say about the Holy Ghost. He referred to the Comforter and said,
"I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that
he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the
world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but
ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
Jesus also taught the disciples that the Holy Ghost would reprove or
convict the world of sin. The Holy Ghost would guide them into all truth.
He would bring all things whatsoever Jesus had said to their remem
brance and show them things to come. When Jesus left the disciples,
He "commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but
wait for the promise of the Father which, saith ye, ye have heard of
me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with
the Holy Ghost not many days hence." We are familiar with th� events
of the day of Pentecost when the sound of the rushing mighty wind &#6684777;lled
all the house where they were sitting. "And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of &#6684777;re, and it sat upon each of them. And they
were all &#6684777;lled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues; as the Spirit gave them utterance."
Some would have you to believe that this wonderful experience was
only for the apostles or that it was only manifested on this particular
occasion. But the Scripture clearly indicates that the New Testament saints
received the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues after the day of Pente
c&#7274611;t. There is evidence of isolated incidents of speaking in tongues down
through the years, but it was just before the turn of the century that
this important Bible doctrine received renewed emphasis. About 1896 a
revival broke out in the Shearer Schoolhouse in Cherokee County, North
Carolina where prayer meetings were being conducted by W. F. Bryant.
The power of God fell and the record shows that quite a number re
ceived the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues. The C. P. M. A. Department
has erected a beautiful marker near the site of this great revival in rec
ognition of the &#6684777;rst major outpouring of the Holy Ghost since the dark ages.
In 1906 the Holy Ghost fell in Los Angeles. It is not known how many
received the baptism at that time, but the reports indicate that as many
as &#6684777;fty received the experience in one week. As the news of this mar
velous outpouring spread to nearby towns, no doubt many of those who
came as skeptics to investigate the services went away &#6684777;lled with the
Holy Ghost. By the end of the year, the revival had spread to other
cities. Some of those who received the experience and spoke in tongues
were dismissed from their churches and became leaders of organizations

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formed. for the promotion of this doctrine. These groups became known
as "Pentecostal" because of their recognition of the fact that it is pos
sible ·:for men and. women in the twentieth century to receive the same
experience that caused no small stir in Jerusalem on th&#4522017; day of Pentecost.
It was
·
about. this time that A. J; Tomlinson began to feel, the im
portanc&#4522017; of &#6357050; deeper experience with God. He later wrote, " ... a cry
arose in my heart for the same experience that was enjoyed by the people
on the day of Pentecost. I called meetings to tarry and seek for the
Pentecostal experience. But few were interested, and nothing much was
accomplished. I was accused of being fanatical, but I cared nothing for
that, I was hungry for God, and did not care who knew it."
Throughout 1907 A. J. Tomlinson continued to preach the baptism of
the Holy Ghost. Even though he had not received the experience, he
preached &#7602280;at it was our privilege to receive the Holy Ghost and speak
in tongues as they did on the day of Pentecost. He would preach and
then seek the experience in the altar along with others. His record for
1907 shows that some received the baptism and spoke in tongues as the
result of his ministry that year. His account goes on to say, "By the
close of the year I was so hungry for the Holy Ghost that I scarcely cared
for food, friendship or anything else. I wanted the one thing-the Bap
tism with the Holy Ghost." In January, 1908, one of the men who had
received the Holy Ghost in Los Angeles came for some meetings and it
was during that time that A. J. Tomlinson received the Holy Ghost and
spoke in other tongues as they did at Pentecost.
The Church of God has taught the baptism with the Holy Ghost as it
is outlined in the Scripture for many years, and we know what it means
to receive the experience. But in the past few years there have been re
ports of various individuals in other groups receiving the Holy Ghost.
Of course it is not always the thought of the Holy Ghost that attracts
special.. attention; Widespread misconceptions about this baptism have led
many people to believe that they received the Holy Ghost when they were
born again or when they were sancti&#6684777;ed. But speaking in tongues is
the actual evidence of the Holy Ghost, and this usually attracts attention.
Recently a nationally-known news magazine carried the report of a group
of students at Yale University speaking in tongues, and there have been
reports of Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians and others speaking
in tongues in their worship.· We know exactly what this means. It means
that th&#4522017;y have be&#4522017;n baptized with the Holy Ghost Speaking in tongues
may seem strange to them or even more unusual to those who observe
their actions, and in many places we hear the same question that was
asked at Pentecost, "What meaneth this?"
Some _of these people have never attended what would be called a
Pentecostal service,. and perhaps they have never seen anyone receive
the experience. They are not _familiar with it as we are. Neither do they
fully ·.understand the working of the Holy Ghost and the plan of God.
But if &#7602280;ey speak in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, that is
evidence that they have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. These
people are bold to witness • about their new experience and power with
God, and they soon lead others to seek the blessing. In some cases they
have been dismissed from their formal organizations, and in other cases
they are forming independent groups for the promotion of this experi
ence that is new and wonderful to them.
The Church of God has been teach&#6881390;g and preaching the Holy Ghost
for years. There is no reason for us to be alarmed because people out-

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side the Church are receiving this blessing. &#7274692;ere are. many saved people
who have been born into the kingdom . of God and have not yet heard
about •&#7602280;e Church. Is there any reason why &#7602280;ey should not also be. sanc
tified and &#6684777;lled with the Holy Ghost? These people are tired of nominal
Christianity religion in name only, and a form of godliness without the
power, and they are seeking deeper experiences. The result is that
they are being baptized with the Holy Ghost and speaking in. tongues.
We rejoice in the ful&#6684777;llment of the prophecy of Isaiah: "For with
stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people." We
recognize the signi&#6684777;cance of &#7602280;is twentieth century outpouring of the Holy
Ghost in the light of Peter's explanation on the day of Pentecost: "This
is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh."
Joel also referred to the former and latter rain when the harvest should
be gathered. John not only spoke of Jesus who would baptize with the
Holy Ghost, but he also said that He would gather his wheat into the
garner. Jesus said, "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them
also I must bring." Paul wrote, "That in the dispensation of the ful
ness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ."
As A. J. Tomlinson searched the Scripture and sought the Lord, the
Church of God was revealed to him. The Lord moved upon A. J. Tom
linson and made him to know about the Holy Ghost, and the same Spir
it is moving upon honest hearted men and women today and they are
receiving the experience. Many of these people are searching the Scrip
ture, and the Holy Ghost will lead them t.o the Church. We may not
understand exactly how the wheat will be gathered into the garner or
how the other sheep will be brought to the fold, but we rejoice to know
about the baptism of the Holy Ghost and about the glorious Church where
the children of God will be brought together under one government and
perfected in preparation for the time when the Lord shall claim the
Church. as His bride.
A Revival Spirit to Build Our Churches
It has been said that Jesus was a man of sorrow and acquainted with
grief. He was not sorry for Himself. Neither was He grieved over His
own condition nor troubled because of the ill treatment received at &#7602280;e
hands of His enemies. Jesus was acquainted with His mission and He
came to do the will of His Father-to become a sacri&#6684777;ce for the sins
of the people. It was a pleasure for Him to obey the Father, but sorrow
and grief came because He was so keenly aware of the condition of lost
souls.
In the spirit of prophecy, David declared concerning Jesus, "&#4980847;, I
come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy
will, 0 my God." Jesus said, "For the Son of man is come to seek and
to save that which was lost." He also said, "For God sent not His Son into
the world to condemn the world; but that &#7602280;e world through him might
be saved.". Jesus was not troubled or concerned because of His own
-condition. No doubt His sorrow was because He knew that many people
would be lost in spite of His efforts to bring them to repentance. &#4718697;s
sorrow for the lost was so great that He wept over the city of Jerusa
lem. He wept because the people were to perish in the time of destruction
that was creeping upon the city.
When we are wide awake to the condi&#7602281;ons that exist around us, as
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because He was aware of the destruction that approached. Paul must
have felt the same sense of urgency about his work of winning the lost.
He said to the elders of Ephesus, "Therefore watch, and remember, that
by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and
days with tears." Paul was not concerned about his own welfare, but
knowing the future of those who failed to heed his warnings caused him
to strive night and day with tears for three years to warn them of their
fate. Knowing that they had rejected his pleadings caused a strong man
like Paul to weep. We may never know the realities of torment and destruc
tion to which sinners will be plunged because of their failure to accept
the only means of salvation. Oh, that our spiritual vision could become
so bright that we would be awakened to the destruction that awaits our
friends and loved ones who are lost.
Our time to work is short, and we need to rush forward in a mighty
soul saving campaign in every local church. We need to try the plan
suggested by Jude: "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love
of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save
with fear, pulling them out of the &#6684777;re; hating even the garment spotted
by the flesh."
This plan will give a revival spirit in every local church. It is grievous
to think of any church going for weeks or even months without an old fash
ioned altar service and without a soul praying through to victory. No
doubt this is the exception rather than the rule, but it seems that any
pastor would want to see the revival &#6684777;re blazing in every service at his
church. This is the way to build our churches. If we do not have souls
praying through from time to time, then it will not be long until some
will move away, or pass on to their reward, and soon the membership
will show a decrease. But when we have souls &#6684777;nding God, being sanc
ti&#6684777;ed and &#6684777;lled with the Holy Ghost in every service, some of them will
become members and the local church will grow.
Jude's plan of praying in the Holy Ghost and building up our faith
will help to bring a revival spirit. If the revival spirit is not there al
ready, then it seems that the pastor would not rest night or day until he
has stirred every member of the local church to seek God in behalf of a
mighty revival spirit in every service. Revivals and weekend services are
good, but when we have the revival &#6684777;re blazing every time we come to
the house of God, then we can see our churches grow and increase.
We spend a great deal of our time in auxiliary work, rallies and spe
cial services. All of these are good, and each of them has its place in
our work, but Jesus said that He came to seek and to save the lost.
Our goal and the main purpose of all our work is the salvation of the
lost, and how much are we accomplishing if we only have plans or pro
grams and fail to reach the lost? Let's carry on all the work of the Church,
but let's work in a glorious revival spirit that will see souls praying
through at our altars. The service may seem to be evangelistic, but we
never know when there might be an individual who desires to seek God.
Even if there are no sinners present, it would do the saints good to
gather in the altar for special prayer. If there are no sinners in the
altar, it may be that the saints need to be there to pray and seek God
with tears and compassion until we can see our altars &#6684777;lled with hungry
souls. It is beyond me to understand how any pastor could continue
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comes stirred, then he should be able to stir his congregation, and when
every member becomes concerned about the revival spirit, then we will
be willing to pray until souls are saved in every service.
It is also difficult to understand how any pastor could be satis&#6684777;ed to
leave a church with fewer members than it had when he took it. Paul
referred to the wise masterbuilder, but it does not seem to be much of
a builder that leaves the local church in worse condition than he found
it. We have too many small churches. Of course, the best way to improve
this situation is to make larger churches out of the small ones. A re
vival spirit will help to build even the smallest churches. If we do not
do something to make a small church grow, chances are that in a year or
two a family will move away, and before long there will be a letter
from the overseer saying there are not enough members to operate and
it will be necessary to disband the church.
Most of our churches began as small churches, and it has _ taken effort
and work to build the large ch_urches. Many of our small churches could
be made large churches with just a little help. In some cases they hardly
have enough members to operate, and it is difficult to &#6684777;nd an evangelist
for a revival. Many of the smaller churches do not provide enough sup
port for a pastor. Often the pastor works, or in some cases the over
seer may not be able to provide a pastor. Sometimes small churches are
organized and left to shift for themselves without any assistance from
the evangelists or workers that organized them. It is not enough to or
ganize a church and leave it on its own. Many times a stronger church
nearby can give the assistance and help in the first few weeks or months
that will mean the survival of the new organization. We do have some
churches that have been small for years, and it seems that special effort
will be necessary if they are to grow and become strong churches.
In visiting the overseers this year, my attention was called to an all
out effort in behalf of the small churches in one state. The overseer
used the state auxiliary secretaries as a force and went with them into the
co&#7143533;unity. A youth life team from a nearby church gave some as
sistance and all of them put their efforts into building the small church.
This shows what can be done when someone is willing to take the time
and put forth effort in behalf of a small church. It seems that we need
an all-out campaign to build the membership of the smaller churches.
When appointments are made, every overseer should feel responsible
to develop some plan for giving assistance in this campaign. In the states
where there are not many churches, it may be possible for the over
seer to conduct a revival in every church. He may &#6684777;nd it requires more
than just preaching. It may be necessary to do some visitation, pro
motional work and whatever it takes to help the church to become
stronger in membership. In other areas, the overseer may use the state
secretaries as a force to help him. In the larger states, the state over
seer could enlist the support and assistance of the district overseers to give
the necessary attention to the small churches. Youth life teams can be
used effectively in these campaigns and some of the members from strong
churches nearby will be willing to take part in this special drive. We
have invested time, money and work to get these churches, and if they
were worth organizing in the &#6684777;rst place, they are worth the additional
time and effort to help them grow and become strong.
Along with the revival spirit and building the membership in our
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gelists. The Scripture teaches that the evangelists were given along with
the pastors,· teachers, and others that are needed in the church. How&#2949178;
ever, it seems that we have just about eliminated full-time evangelists.
We have more than four thousand licensed and ordained· ministers, and
a very small portion of these are giving full. time to evangelistic work. If the
Lord saw &#6684777;t to place the evangelists in the Church, and Paul commanded
Timothy to do the work of an evangelist, then it seems that we need
more of our ministers engaged in this work. Sometimes the pastors con
duct revivals for each other, and this may be all right, but there is
some concern about the lack of full-time evangelists on the &#6684777;eld today.
Many of our churches are failing to have as many revivals as they used
to or as the pastor would like to have simply because there are not
enough evangelists to· &#6684777;ll the need.
There seems to be a reason for this. The evangelists have been forced
to depend upon the free will offerings for their support. Usually our
people ssl&#6029463;by the evangelists and are very liberal in their offerings
for them. However, there are cersl&#6029463;times in the year, such as conven
tion season, the holiday season and the Assembly, when no one seems
to want an evangelist for a revival, yet the minister's obligations go
right on. The car payment must be made regardless of whether or not
there has been a revival. The obligations must be met whether the of
ferings are large or small. Many have tried to make it on the evangelistic
&#6684777;eld, but because of the &#6684777;nancial hardship, especially on a man with a
family, most of them have given up and s"l&#6029463; a church to pastor. Even
if they do not receive full support from their ministry, they can at least
work, but an evangelist traveling from city to city &#6684777;nds it difficult if
not impossible to earn part of his support.
This situation is not new. It has been with us for some time, and a
great deal of thought has gone into seeking a plan whereby some assist
ance could be given to the evangelists. The members of the Ways and
Means Committee may give their consideration to the needs of our evan
gelistic work, and if they feel that the situation warrants it, they may
bring forth for consideration a plan whereby some &#6684777;nancial assissl"&#6029463;
could be provided for evangelists who are giving full time to the work.
The Assembly Tabernacle
Much has been said by many people about a larger and more con
venient building in which to conduct our Assemblies. One feels one way
about what should be done and another feels another way, but we a&#7077996;
realize this building is too small and we would also like to have a more
comfors_-"&#6029463;and convenient place. We are all agreed on this.
In the 53rd Assembly in 1958 the Ways and Means Committee recom
mended that cersl&#6029463;property back of this building and facing Inman
Street be purchased for the future home of our Assemblies. The .down
payment was to be made from the Emergency Fund and the General
Properties Committee was to make arrangements for the balance. &#5505128;�
Assembly took the necessary action and the property was purchased soon
after. The amount of the &#6684777;rst payment was $25,000, and the balance
was borrowed and the payments made quarterly.
An effort was made to raise funds to assist in the payment of the &#6881390;
debtedness and many of our people contributed. In due time the prop
erty was paid for and since it was obsl"&#6029463;it has been used.for off-street
parking during the Assembly.

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At the time the· pr.ope&#3801238;ty was purchas_ed
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the General Properties Com
mittee decided to wait until the indebtedness was taken care of before
erecting a building. Since it was paid for, other reasons for not con
structing a building have presented themselves, the main reason .being
that &#7602280;e property is not suitable for the type of building we have had
in mind to erect. This year some improvements have been made so that
a larger number of cars can be parked, but this does not help us as far
as an Assembly tabernacle is conce&#7471214;ed.
&#4456565;ring and after the Assembly last year there were a number of
complaints about our present building in regard to seating space and
other facilities. Also there was dissatisfaction expressed concerning rooms
and food. For &#7602280;is reason a questionnaire was sent to our overseers and
also given to our headquarters officials. This was for the purpose of
learning how our people felt. Four inquiries were made on this, also space
for adding their views or explanations. The &#6684777;rst was, "That we con
tinue the use of the tabernacle with the available facilities." The second,
"That a tabernacle be built in Cleveland to accommodate those attend
ing the Assembly." Third, "That investigation be made in nearby cities
for larger auditoriums and more convenient facilities." Last, "That &#7602280;e
Assembly be held in another auditorium this year and if not satisfactory,
necessary arrangements be made in Cleveland."
When these were returned I found that some wanted to continue in
this tabernacle for the present with the facilities we have. Others felt a
tabernacle should be built in Cleveland. Still others were in favor of
making the necessary investigations for larger auditoriums with conveni
ent facilities. I believe of those who were in favor of leaving Cleveland
the largest number wanted to have the Assembly this year in another
auditorium and if this did not prove satisfactory other arrangements be
made to continue the Assembly here.
Since there was such a diversity of opinions and so many felt that to
leave Cleveland would be detrimental to the Church and the Assembly,
we are here again in this Assembly. We trust that a decision can
be reached concerning this matter before the close if that is what the
Lord wants. However, we do not want to rush into things without know
ing what we should do. We feel we should take time to lea&#7471214; the will
of the Lord and follow the leading of the Holy Ghost in all we undertake.
There is no room for trial and error in this. Too much expense is in
volved for one thing, and the matter is too important to the Church and
its future for a mistake to be made. This building was dedicated in
1940. With only a few improvements we have used it for twenty-&#6684777;ve
years. What we decide upon now in the way of a building may be used
that long, or until the Lord comes. Who knows?
Because of the fact that quite a number felt that we might not have the
approval of God in leaving Cleveland, I felt afto take the responsi
bility of deciding to go to another city to a larger auditorium with
modern conveniences. It is a terrible thing to be out of the will of God,
and for me to make the decision for the whole Church concerning a
change of place for this Assembly was too much. Since we are now
gathered in Cleveland as we have been year after year, I know many are
glad to be here just as we are and I trust that none are too much dis
appointed .
. In addition to what I have said concerning our being here in this As
sembly, I will add that according to statements made by overseers, many

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of our good people have a special feeling for headquarters here in Cleve
land. One overseer wrote that quite a number of his people would never
see headquarters if the Assembly were taken elsewhere. Another said
some wouldn't feel they were in the Assembly if it were not in Cleve
land. An overseer wrote that "Headquarters has come to be a part of the
Assembly to people on the &#6684777;eld and there is a spiritual blessing to us
just to walk around that area. To move away would take something away
from the Assembly." Still another overseer said, "I do not know of �ny
other city more suitable for our Assemblies than Cleveland. Cleveland
has become so popular to us; it seems hard to think of moving head
quarters or the Assembly." Others express this same thought in similar
words. Still others feel the Assembly should be held here in order to
be near Fields of the Wood because of the program that is conducted
there each year at Assembly time. This program is important to many
and numbers of our people go to Fields of the Wood at that time that
cannot go to other programs.
A few mentioned the rising prices of food and rooms. Still others
felt it would be just as expensive any other place. One overseer said,
"Never rent an auditorium for our General Assembly. We would have
a time &#6684777;nding new places to stay, and really I don't feel it would be
according to the Bible." Another mentioned the fact that a number rent&#2949164;
ed the same rooms each year, and another said that extra space might
not be needed at another location. He felt that the attendance would be
much smaller if our Assembly was held away from Cleveland. One per
son said, "To move the Assembly from its present geographical position,
which has been until recently recognized as the 'world capital' of the
Church, for any or all of the above reasons would in my honest opinion
be sacri&#6684777;cing prestige, and maybe the approval of God, for convenience
and personal comfort."
Since a number seem to feel that Cleveland is the place for the As
semblies to meet according to Scripture, let us see what the Book says.
It is acknowledged freely that Jerusalem was headquarters for the early
Church. It is also acknowledged by the Church now that the Assembly
was conducted there, and we take the &#6684777;fteenth chapter of Acts to prove
this. We also acknowledge that the Church arose a long way from the
place where it lost its identity and the former General Overseer used
the prophecy found in Isaiah 49:19 to point this out: "For thy waste and
thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be
too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up
shall be far away." We recognize the fact that the Church arose in the
new world in Fields of the Wood and that God moved in His own way
to locate headquarters for the Church in these last days here in Cleve
land, Tennessee, which is far from Jerusalem. Cleveland was named by
the former General Overseer the capital of &#7602280;e world for the Church of
God on April 16, 1935 in a speech before the Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce. He referred to it many times in this way during the remainder of
his life.
The people went up to Jerusalem, the headquarters, for the Assembly
and a multitude was there according to the account in the Bible, and
we have no record of headquarters ever being any other place. There is
nothing in the Scriptures to show that it was ever moved to another
city. Cleveland is headquarters for the Church now, and if the Assembly
and headquarters were not separated in the beginning of the Church,
would we want to do that now? Could we not feel that it would be

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against the will of God to separate them at this time? One thing is sure,
we want to be careful to follow the Bible order.
When the former General Overseer referred to this tabernacle and the
capitol building across the street in his annual address the year the build
ings were dedicated, he said, "I fully believe that God, by His Spirit
and providences has located us here. Why not think of it in that way?
We have not tried to establish ourselves here and build up something
great for ourselves. But God has kept working, here a little, there a lit
tle, as spoken by the prophet, until we are here as you see now this
day-this 13 day of September, 1940. Here we are in our own mam
moth tabernacle with our headquarters offices just across the street, in
cluding our own publishing house. And God did it all."
If God by His Spirit and providences placed the headquarters for the
Church here in Cleveland years ago,· and the Assembly has been con
ducted at headquarters with the exception of the &#6684777;rst two which were
held before headquarters was established in Cleveland, and two in Har
riman, Tennessee, in 1916 and 1917 because of a lack of seating space
at that time, who am I, or I might say, who are we, to move to another
location unless we knew positively that it was the will of God for us
to do this?
Referring to the Assemblies at Harriman, I will add that it was said
by one who helped make the decision to move the Assembly there that
"we ... almost made failures of both." We know that our people then
were very eager to return to Cleveland for the Assembly after being away
two years, and nothing has been said until recently about moving the
Assembly to another city.
In the temple in Jerusalem was the place where God set His name as
shown in Nehemiah 1:9: "But if ye turn unto me, and keep my com
mandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the
uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will
bring them unto the •place that I have chosen to set my name there."
A verse from the prophet Zechariah seems in order here: "Thus saith the
Lord; I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusa
lem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of
the Lord of hosts the holy mountain." Zechariah 8:3. Other verses from
the same prophet show the importance of doing what God says: "&#4259950;d
it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which
came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship
the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. &#4259950;d
it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the ear&#7602280;
unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them
shall be no rain." Zechariah 14:16, 17. These Scriptures were written
for our learning and we should not pass over them lightly.
The prophet said again, ". . . The Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and
shall yet choose Jerusalem." Zechariah 1:17. Zion and Jerusalem are
often used in the same verses in the prophecies. Zion in the Old Testa
ment refers to the Church, and we feel that Jerusalem, when used in
this way, refers to the headquarters of the Church which is now Cleve
land. We are happy because we feel that God has chosen the Church
with headquarters here as the place to set His name.
Going a&#6029463;to moving from headquarters for the Assembly, there
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It would be impossible to take all that would be needed with us. Our
&#6684777;les and other sources of information could not all be sand it would
run into thousands of dollars to carry supplies and the things that could
be moved along with the required number of employees. Then there
wou}d not be the banking facilities for our offerings and sales that we
have here. Some would like for us to close shop and just have an As
sembly, which would be wonderful, but at the present I don't know how
we could do that. The time may come when we can.
I will add one more thought that was consin the information I
received from overseers and others. One person expressed himself in
this way, however, more than one made mention of the same: "The pres
ent tabernacle improved and enlarged and our Assembly conducted in
Cleveland." This could be done and I believe it would meet with the
approval of the majority of our people.
Whatever we do we want God with us. He was interested in the build
ing of the temple by Solomon, and it was built according to the pat
tern He gave David. I am sure He is interested in our needs today and
will be with us in a building program as it would be for the purpose of
carrying on His work. We want to be careful to make a decision now
that will be correct and in accordance with the will of God.
Youth Life Teams
"I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the
word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one."
The activities of our youth life teams and the zeal and enthusiasm of
our young people have convinced me that the Church of God today has
young men and women of the same caliber and spiritual excellence as
those addressed by John. Of course, with the passage of just a few years,
some of those who are strong young men today will become the faith
ful fathers mentioned in the same passage.
The Scripture teaches that the Lord has placed the members in the
Church as it pleased Him, and in His wisdom and knowledge of the
Church's needs, He arranged to have strong young men work alongside
men who are older, seasoned in the faith, and experienced in Christian
warfare. This uniting of the strength of our youth with the wisdom of
our faithful fathers enables us to work effectively. &#5701736;en the present
generation fails to work with the past generation, everyone stands to lose.
And if that should happen in our work, we would lose. When there is
a cross between the present generation and the past generation, both run
the risk of losing the next generation. Those who have gone before and
paved the way in the Church have done an excellent job of training and
preparing the youth for the time when they will be fathers in the Church.
The strong force of dedicated young men and women in the Church today
speaks highly of the efforts of those who have gone before them.
One of the highlights of this year's work has been the accomplishments
of the youth life teams. It is encouraging to hear the reports of the souls
that are being won and the many that are being blessed through the
efforts of these groups. This is not just "busy work" but it is a channel
wherein the strength and energy of youth can be used in the work of
the Church.
Youth camps have proven their value to the young people. Many of
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received training there which enables them to be more effective mem
bers of the team. The camps provide training in the doctrine and prac
tices of the Church as well as wholesome recreation during the summer
months. It is interesting to note &#7602280;at the report of experiences in the
camps indicates that these were some of our best revivals for the year.
The International Camp has added to our camping program both by ex
tending the fellowship and training workers for state camps. E'very camp
er should strive to be considered worthy of selection to attend In
te&#7471214;ational Camp, and he should go with the thought in mind, "What
can I learn here that will enable me to be a greater blessing to, other
young people?"
The World Mission Corps was introduced last year, and the response
has been very &#6750322;atifying. A full report will be given at another time,
but the Mission Corps provides an extension where quali&#6684777;ed young peo
ple can meet the challenge of world missions and serve the Church in
much the same manner that our boys are called upon to serve their coun
try. This program is still in the developmental stages, but with the co
operation of our people and the blessings of the Lord, it will strengthen
the mission efforts of the Church and give spiritual strength to those
who participate in it.
&#5505128;e Church has also made plans to provide higher education for our
young people. Tomlinson College is scheduled to begin classes in a few
days to train our young people in areas that will enable them to be of
greater service to the Church of God.
These are on the general level, but many of the local churches are
showing renewed interest in the youth. In our area some of those who
are past the Victory Leaders age have formed a group to provide fel
lowship for the young people. Some of the local bands have their services
on Friday, and at the close of the service, a social period is held in the
Bible Place Chapel. Interested adults furnish refreshments and super
vise the activity. This provides recreation, fellowship and activity for the
young people.
&#5505128;e young people are not any more important &#7602280;an any other group,
but it seems that they require a little more attention. Most of us who
are a bit older realize that our energy and activity have reached their
peak, and we are slowing down year by year. We are content to stay
at home and get a little more rest, and it taxes our streng&#7602280; to try to
keep up wi&#7602280; the youth. All of us are getting older, and the only ones who
are not getting older are those who are already dead, so none of us
should complain about our age. Neither should we complain because some
are younger than we are. If we could turn the clock back thirty or
forty years, many of us would &#6684777;nd ourselves interested in the same things
that interest teen-agers and young people today.
Young people require activity and attention. It is our responsibility to
channel their energy and take advantage of their zeal for the bene&#6684777;t
of the Church. At the same time we must instill in their hearts the
doctrines and principles of salvation and the Church of God. It is only
by doing this that we are assured of a force of strong, well-trained war
riors to carry on when we are no longer here. Our fathers worked
enthusiastically and gave their best for the Church of God, but they did
not &#6684777;nish the work. They trained us, passed off the scene and left the
responsibility to us. It may be that some of us will not live to see

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the Church perfected, and we will have to pass the torch to those who
are following in our footsteps.
If every local.church would train a youth life team, and provide whole
some recreation for the young people, it seems that it would never be
necessary to write and ask about certain activities. Usually if there is a
doubt and it seems necessary to write, it would be better to leave off
that particular activity. When the activities of any group cause con
fusion in the local church, it seems that something is wrong. Paul clearly
indicated that God is not the author of confusion. So if anything tries
to-come in that would bring confusion, it is obvious that it is not from
God. Also if certain actions offend some, we should have enough grace
to leave off those things. Paul was even willing to leave off meat if
he offended his weaker brethren by eating it.
These thoughts are certainly not to indicate that we have any prob
lems with our young people. We have every reason to be proud of them
and their work in youth life teams, youth camps, the World Mission
Corps, their dedication to God and cooperation in all of the work of the
Church. I appreciate them just as I appreciate those who are a little
older, and my heart is &#6684777;lled with gratitude for those precious saints who
labored during the years when money was scarce and the rewards were
few. We are all in the Church of God together-placed in the Body as
it pleased Him-working side by side, striving for the same goal.
More About Music
The General Overseer's Annual Address before the 59th Assembly in
1964 included a section entitled "Music in Our Worship Services." This
pointed out the prominent place that music occupies in our worship and
ways that music can be used to the glory of God. Pastors were en
couraged to give more attention to this in the local churches and to take
advantage of the opportunities to use music in making our services more
spiritual and a greater blessing to those who attend. The Questions and
Subjects Committee at the time endorsed these suggestions and recom
mended that the General Overseer observe the interest in this area and
bring th_e subject before the Assembly at a later time for consideration
of the establishment of a music department.
It is not necessary to go into detail to point out the importance of
music to our worship. New Testament Scriptures indicate that the early
saints were accustomed to worshipping in song, and it is difficult for
us to imagine a service without at least congregational singing. We often
have choir singing as well as what we call "special singing" such as
solos, duets, trios and so on. Several years ago the Broadcast Record Club
was established to provide good quality recorded gospel music for our
people. Many of our own groups have provided talent for the excellent
recordings that have been produced and made available to us through
the record club. From this small beginning, our radio work has grown
to its present proportions, and we are familiar with the &#6684777;ne singing of
the Voice of Salvation Choir featured on the broadcasts.
In the past few years, several states have sponsored musical programs,
and some from headquarters have been called upon to assist in these.
From time to time we have individuals who are inspired to write songs,
and because we have not had all the necessary facilities for editing,
manuscript preparation, copyrighting and notices of use, they have gone
elsewhere to have the songs published. How much better it would be

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if the Church had an organization with quali&#6684777;ed personnel to take care
of these matters. To those of us who are not familiar with the pro
cedure for the pub&#7077993;cation of songs, it may seem unnecessary, but when
you investigate all &#7602280;at is involved, it is evident that we need some ar
rangement so that the Church can receive greater bene&#6684777;t from this
talent and inspiration.
The Radio Department has helped as time was available. The Visual
Department and the publishing house have given some assistance. These
departments as well as the orphanage, certain auxiliaries and individuals
are often in need of assistance in planning musical programs and ad
vice as to how music can be used effe.&#3932219;tively in their work. A quali
&#6684777;ed individual could also lend some ai;sistance'· in training choirs in dis
tricts or states and in promoting music in all of our services for the
glory of God.
One of the areas where the increased interest in music has been most
evident is in the development of Tomlinson College. The school will
plan a strong emphasis upon music, and the courses offered will include
vocal and instrumental music, directing, arranging and other phases of
music that would be of value to pastors, directors and teachers.
In view of the importance of music to us in our worship, it seems
that it is time to begin making plans to develop a music department at
headquarters. There has been some interest shown in producing pro
grams for television, and a music department would put us in a bet
ter position to begin to make plans for this. In the beginning, the music
department might not require the full time of one person, and the in
dividual who worked to develop the music depar&#7602285;ent could also give
assistance to Tomlinson College. For the present he would serve as
a regular member of the faculty, and at the same time give attention
to the Church's music needs in general. His duties at headquarters would
include directing the Voice of Salvation Choir and giving advice and
counsel to all departments of the Church on matters pertaining to music.
His work would not interfere with the present operation of the record
club or the radio department, but as director of the choir, he would be
a member of the radio staff and could offer suggestions for the musical
aspect of the program.
Since some of the other departments at headquarters operate under
the direction of a committee, it has been suggested that a committee be
appointed to meet periodically for the purpose of discussing and review
ing various music needs in the Church. This committee would work
with the departments concerned and make recommendations with re
gard to this phase of our activity. In all of our work with the music
in the Church, it is go&#7274596; to remember the words of Paul, "I will sing with
the spirit, and I will sing with understanding." We want to emphasize
the spirit and power of music. Many times a song can be as effective as
a message, and we are talking about music as an important part of our
worship and not as entertainment ..
The members of the Questions and Subjects Committee may give con
sideration to these suggestions, and if they feel it would be wise to set
up a committee for the purpose of giving attention to the more effective
use of music, and if they feel the time has come to show our interest
in the development of better music by the appointment of an individual
to give his full time to this work, they may bring the necessary recom
mendation for consideration by the Assembly.

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The Honor Stone Program
Since its accepsxe&#6029463;by the General Assembly in 1949, the Honor Stone
Program has been a great blessing to the Church. It has been instru
mens-&#6029463;in helping local congregations to strive to operate the teachings
and practices of the Church as outlined by the Assembly, as well as
creating a desire for a closer walk with the Lord.
Inasmuch as the main purpose of the Honor Stone Program is to help
the Church to reach its goal to perfection by honoring those ministers
and churches that have met cersi&#6029463;requirements, it seems that more
emphasis should be put on the spiritual progress of the Church. I am
sorry to say that in some inssxe&#6029463;churches have disfellowshipped mem
bers for petty reasons in order to receive or resi&#6029463;an honor stone. This
should not be! Such actions destroy the very purpose of the program.
We must remember that the &#6684777;rst s&#6029463;of the Church is to reach the
lost and to conserve the fruit of our labors. Jesus said in John 15:16,
"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you,
that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should re
main: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Fa&#7602280;er in my name, he may
give it you."
The records show that we have syi&#6029463; over 70, 000 members into the
Church here in the United Ss\e&#6029463;in the past ten years, but we have had
only a little over 7,000 net increase in membership. This means that
we lose nine out of every ten we receive. I am aware that we cannot
save everyone, but don't you feel like we should keep more than one out
of ten? I feel like the Honor Stone Program can help to solve a por
tion of this problem.
I would like for the Questions and Subjects Committee to discuss, and
if they think it wise, to bring a recommendation before this Assembly
to require a &#6684777;ve percent increase in membership for any church to re
ceive an Honor Stone. This is a very small percensLe&#6029463;but it is a ssY\L&#6029463;
An example would be-if a church had 100 members August 1, 1966,
it would have to have 105 when the honor sheet is turned in next year.
A church with 40 members on August 1 will have to have 42 when
the sheet is turned in. Any church with a membership of 20 or less will
be required to increase at least one member during the year to receive
an Honor Stone.
This would in no way effect the present requirements to receive either
a white or gray stone. The &#6684777;ve percent membership increase would be
an additional requirement.
Let it be understood that we have no intention of condoning sin or al
lowing a reproach to be brought on the Body of Christ by allowing our
members to live just any way and do just any thing. Neither do we want
good members lost from the Church for frivolous and petty reasons. Our
interest is to reach the world with the Gospel and to present every man
perfect in Christ.
A Tribute to Our Servicemen
Through the modern means of communication, we are kept well in
formed about the ravages and destruction of war. Almost daily we are
presented with the latest reports from the battlefields of the world. There
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way by the course of international events. Many of us have lived through
two world wars and the lesser conflicts that are making the headlines
daily. Through the years, our &#6684777;ne Church of God boys have been called
to serve upon the battle&#6684777;elds of the world, and they have served bravely
and willingly for the defense of our country.
War is not pleasant; in fact, all of its consequences seem to be un
pleasant. But Jesus told the disciples that wars and rumors of wars
would be one of the signs of His coming. We preach the coming of the
Lord and use this Scripture to point out that Jesus is coming to claim the
Church as His Bride. Jesus told the disciples that these things must be,
so it seems that we will be faced with wars, rumors of wars, and na
tion rising against nation as long as the Church is in the world.
When these things occur, our boys are called upon to give their service
in remote places. Many of our Church of God mothers have stood with
tears in their eyes to wave good-bye to their sons going off to war. It
is not easy for a mother to see the son whom she has given life, nour
ished and cherished through the years, go off to a country thousands of
miles away to endure the hardness of battle. We are not engaged in poli
tics, and we are not responsible for the conflicts &#7602280;at make it necessary
for our boys to go to war, but Jesus said these things must be, and
surely He will give us strength to bear our burdens and to sustain us
in every hour of need.
Those of us who have remained at home owe a debt of gratitude to
our servicemen. It is because our boys fought and died in the wars of this
century that we still have the privilege to serve God and worship Him
according to our own conscience. It is impossible to &#6684777;nd words to ex
press our appreciation for the service they have given to God and to
their country.
In the conflicts of the world today, we have many of our own boys
who are stationed in various parts of the world. We are grateful for
their service, and we are justly proud that Church of God boys can have
a part in maintaining our freedom of worship. I would like to ask that
this Assembly go on record as expressing its a&#7340144;reciation and grati
tude to the young men in the service of our country.
The Church has a responsibility to those who are. leaving their homes
and participating in the peace-keeping missions throughout the wotld.
We are grateful for the attention that has been given to our service
men and women by the Public Relations Department, but it seems that
something more should be done to show our gratitude to them. Even
though they are away from home and away from the local churches,
they are still part of the Body of Christ, and they need the encourage
ment, attention and fellowship of the Church. Think what it would mean
to a young man who has been away from home for a year or longer
to hear a Church of God message. Think what it would mean to see a
Church of God minister and enjoy a few hours of fellowship with the
Body of Christ. No doubt those of us who have not been in service
cannot fully realize this need, but we are responsible for our members
wherever they are.
I would like for this Assembly to express its approval of the atten
tion that Brother Matthews has given to the needs of our servicemen.
If it seems wise to continue this work, I would like to ask that the As
sembly give consideration to making the necessary &#6684777;nancial provisions

54 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
for the expenses of his wife who travels with Brother Matthews to pro
vide music and singing and to lend assissx"&#6029463;in encouraging our boys
who are giving their time and effort in the service of our country.
Interesting Information
In this section are several s\="&#6029463;which give information about our
work for this year as compared to the report for 1965. Some of the &#6684777;gures
indicate that there have been increases, but there are also some decreases.
When a decrease is shown, it does not mean that a particular depart
ment has decreased, but only that our efforts have not accomplished as
much this year as we were able to report last year.
Data Gathered From Ministers' Reports
Last Year
Sermons ___________________________ 252,532
Converted -----------------------------28,454
Sancti&#6684777;ed _________ 15,655
Holy Ghost -----------------------10,504
Water Baptism ---,----------------9,046
Added to the Church _________ 9,151
This Year
261,355
30,088
16,128
10,387
9,017
9,355
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
8,823
1,634
473
117
29 204
This information is made available to us from the reports sent in each
month by the ministers. We are grateful for our ministers who are
faithful to report regularly and for the efforts that have been put forth to
preach the gospel and to help get souls saved, sancti&#6684777;ed, a\'"&#6029463;with
the Holy Ghost, a\)"&#6029463;in water and added to the Church of God.
Number of Ministers
Rank Last Year
Bishops ---------------------------------------------·----608
Deacons ----------------------------------------------·-----505
Male Ministers --------�----------------------------1,862
Female Ministers __________________________________ l, 024
Tos&#6029463;------ ---- -------3,999
Lay Ministers -----------------------·----------------872
This Year
617
519
1,931
1,041
4,108
892
World Mission Drives
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
9
14
69
17
109
20
We are very appreciative of the work done in behalf of the October
and March World Mission Drives. The Lord has helped us in the drives
which have been conducted under the supervision of the World Mission
Committee. All of this could not have been accomplished without the
help of the ministry, members of the Women's Missionary Band, church
publications and other methods. &#5505128;e 24th Assembly in 1929 recommend
ed special drives for mission funds in October and March, and the 59th
Assembly suggested the use of the word "world" in connection with this
work.
Auxiliary I nformatlon
The Church has auxiliaries which provide funds to support various phases
of our work. We are very thankful for every offering that has been
given and all the work that has been done by every auxiliary. The
Lord has blessed and many ss\"&#6029463;show good increases and there is an
overall increase in the ss\"&#6029463;convention mission offering, free literature
fund and orphanage offering. We will not list the ss\"&#6029463;convention

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 55
C. P. M. A. offerings since the only funds received at general headquarters
for the C. P. M. A. come through the membership fees as recommend
ed by the 59th Assembly.
The amounts given are after the twenty percent has been· deducted ac
cording to the ruling of the 57th Assembly. For purposes of comparison,
all amounts shown are expressed in United States currency. For each
auxiliary, the largest &#6684777;gure is given &#6684777;rst, the second largest next, and so
on down to the smallest.
STATE CONVENTION MISSION OFFERINGS
State
Amount
Last Year
Tennessee -------------------------$20, 160 .00
Bahamas ----------------------------22,579.53
Kentucky _______________ 20,473.73
South Carolina _______________ 20,560.00
North Carolina ___ ___ 15,590.14
Georgia ------------------------------18,000.00
Virginia --···-----····--------··-·--14,992.00
Florida -------···-·---------·-·------15,365.07
Alabama _________________ 10,520.00
Ohio ____________ 13,656.00
Mississippi ···-------····--------·---11,740.00
California _________ 13,394.19
Illinois ---·····-----····-----·····-8,000.00
Indiana -----·-·----···--------------8,259.83
Michigan ---·------------------··----7,427.69
&#4522094;gland -------------····---------·-4,581.57
West Virginia ------·------------7,077.95
Oklahoma ---·-------··--------··--6,000.06
Pennsylvania -----·-----·····--7,662.89
Missouri -----·----------·------------· 5,552.93
East Texas ·---------------------·--6,766.23
Maryland and D. C. ________ 4,164.13
Kansas ----·--------·---------·----4,730.50
Arkansas --------------··---------·--3,529.21
West Texas ______ 2,808.77
Washington ----------··-------·---3,537.40
Louisiana ---·--------····------------3,317.71
Wyoming _____ 3,328.13
California (Spanish) ________ 2,628.81
New York -··-----------------------2,453.46
Wisconsin ____ 2,100.91
Iowa -----------·------- 1,958.10
Oregon ____ 1,258.34
Leeward Islands _____________ 1,311.68
Jamaica ___________________________ 1,540.00
New Mexico ___________ 1,559.61
Colorado --···---------------------1,183.23
Dominican Republic 1,294.68
Montana ________ 896.15
South Dakota ___ 1,534.30
Arizona ________________ 1,205.90
Canada _____ 873.62
Amount
This Year
$25,040.00
24,306.83
24,035.64
21,203.52
20,972.06
20,001.76
16,040.00
15,943.33
15,506.47
13,465.36
12,053.64
11,076.78
10,880.00
8,857.15
8,351.78
8,217.21
7,604.28
7,277.38
7,218.64
7,078.33
5,686.17
4,831.64
4,770.60
4,216.21
3,697.08
3,543.59
3,489.50
3,332.73
3,039.19
2,386.78
2,320.00
1,966.30
1,895.47
1,585.03
1,558.20
1,438.05
1,417.95
1,401.42
1,347.78
1,318.93
1,303.81
1,203.06
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$ 4,880.00
1,727.30
3,561.91
643.52
5;381.92
2,001.76
1,048.00
578.26
4,986.47
190.64
313.64
2,317.14
2,880.00
597.32
924.09
3,635.64
526.33
1,277.32
444.25
1,525.40
1,080.06
667.51
40.10
687.00
888.31
6.19
171.79
4.60
410.38
66.68
219.09
8.20
637.13
273.35
18.20
121.56
234.72
106.74
451.63
215.37
97.91
329.44

56 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Idaho ----·-----------------------
New Jersey _____ _
Minnesota
Utah -----------------------------
North Dakota ________ _
Delaware ----------------------------
Nevada _________________________ _
Vermont ----------------------------
Nebraska __________ _
Virgin Islands __________________ _
Puerto Rico ______________________ _
South Mexico __________________ _
Connecticut and
Rhode Island _______________ _
Massachusetts
Peru ________ _
Guatemala _______ _
Netherlands Antilles _______ _
Barbados and
St. Vincent ___ _
New Hampshire _____________ _
Alaska
Costa Rica _________ . __ _
Panama _____ _
Haiti
El Salvador ___ _
Nicaragua
Egypt __________ _
Maine _____________ _
Hawaii
British Guiana -----·-------
Greece ------------------------------
South America ___ _
North Mexico ______________ _
Philippines ______________________ _
&#5505138;inidad and Tobago ____ _
1,133.11
802.85
948.06
911.75
1,350.00
393.83
525.70
281.67
603.90
520.00
400.80
379.28
214.40
206.21
2.50
199.07
329.65
106.11
88.20
81.60
80.60
32.00
20.01
24.54
24.00
131.89
641.92
51.11
278.40
1,132.16
1,062.22
950.64
920.95
920.48
724.90
715.70
661.03
652.18
600.00
549.00
403.74
248.00
197.29
191.88
172.00
156.61
152.86
127.77
121.86
101.82
64.00
56.00
47.68
35.83
35.20
31.22
24.40
13.92
6.66
5.28
Total --------------------------------$316,337 .61 $353,962.93
Decrease
Increase
Increase
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.95
259.37
2.53
9.20
429.52
331.07
190.00
379.36
48.28
80.00
148.20
24.46
33.60
8.92
169.50
42.46
207.79
4.29
24.20
25.60
32.92
3.20
11.21
.14
10.08
126.61
$37,625.32
STATE CONVENTION FREE LITERATURE OFFERINGS
Amount
State Last Year
North Carolina '-----$ 9,347.70
Tennessee 8,928.00
South Carolina 7,57·8.84
Georgia ____ 7,518.27
Virginia 7,200.80
K&#3801160;n�c�y
.
6,603.74
M1ss1ss1pp1 -------------------------6,300.00
Florida ____________ 5,792.14
Bahamas 5,051.63
Alabama _____________ 4,758.40
Oklahoma 5,579.02
Califo&#7471214;ia 5,482.29
Indiana 3,818.78
Amount
This Year
$10,471.34
9,840.00
9,597.34
8,834.47
7,600.80
7,483.29
6,308.42
6,157.40
5,942.85
5,622.03
4,800.96
4,494.04
3,946.75
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
$ 1,123.64
912.00
2,018.50
1,316.20
400.00
879.55
8.42
365.26
891.22
863.63
778.06
988.25
127.97

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Ohio _____________ 3,392.47
Michigan ___________________________ 3,157.13
Pennsylvania ______________________ 3,155.34
Illinois -------------------------------2,741.76
England -----------------------------2,268.04
West Virginia ________ 1,677-16
East Texas ____ 2,528.59
Maryland and D. C. ________ 1,874.78
Arkansas ---------------------------1,413.41
Missouri. ___________ 1,712.54
Louisiana __ 1,843.52
West Texas 1,497.57
Kansas _____________ 1,531.99
New York ___ 481.00
Wisconsin ________ 911.34
Wyoming 1,001.08
Washington 1,100.92
California (Spanish) ______ 1,253.85
Iowa 802.84
Dominican Republic _______ 872.89
Utah ____ ____________ 539.22
Puerto Rico _____________________ 399.08
Colorado 494.61
Oregon 482. 78
New Mexico 623.23
Virgin Islands __________________ 400.00
South Dakota ___________________ 531.12
Minnesota 356.94
Delaware 336.58
Idaho 334.02
Arizona ______________ 293.81
Nebraska 211.02
Leeward Islands ______________ 240.41
Nevada 233.18
North Dakota 468.00
Canada ---- ----------· 250.69
New Jersey 154.39
Montana ___ 186.63
Jamaica 56.00
Vermont 80.06
Connecticut and
Rhode Island ··--······--··
Massachusetts
South Mexico
Peru ----------------------------------
Hawaii ----------······------
Barbados and
St. Vincent ··--------------···
Netherlands Antilles _______ _
New Hampshire _______________ _
Costa Rica ___________________ _
El Salvador _____________________ _
Egypt ------
Alaska ------------------
Guatemala
Panama
Nicaragua
127.20
137.36
108.14
59.51
132.29
12.61
7.94
20.00
192.97
1.45
18.53
3,560.17
3,380.54
3,355.48
3,200.00
2,723.59
2,509.38
2,261.18
2,118.18
2,034.90
2,023.82
1,898.74
1,566.65
1,352.66
1,056.99
1,019.48
1,003.30
950.06
885.88
770.50
710.42
568.31
548.28
497.80
493.32
483.70
450.00
435.14
420.08
413.77
399.30
385.89
351.16
324.07
305.74
292.15
291.82
179.81
158.14
147.00
146.09
136.00
132.44
110.75
101.85
59.90
56.19
52.88
47.04
31.99
29.06
25.16
21.82
21.71
14.40
14.33
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57
167.70
223.41
200.14
458.24
455.55
832.22
267.41
243.40
621.49
311.28
55.22
69.08
179.33
575.99
108.14
2.22
150.86
367.97
32.34
162.47
29-09
149.20
3.19
10.54
139.53
50.00
95.98
63.14
77_19
65.28
92.08
140.14
83.66
72.56
175.85
41.13
25.42
28.49
91.00
66.03
8.80
4.92
2.61
.39
79.41
19.38
21.12
5.16
171.15
20.26
4.13

58 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Hai ti -----------------------------------
Sou th America ______________ _
British Guiana _________________ _
Greece __________ _
Maine
North Mexico ___________________ _
Philippines _______________________ _
Trinidad and Tobago _____ _
16.90
75.98
12.00
8.04
235.55
1.20
54.52
12.80
7.41
6.96
3.33
2.20
Total -----------------------$127,071.79 $137,661.40
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Decrease
Increase
STATE CONVENTION OFFERINGS
TOMLINSON HOME FOR CHILDREN
State
Amount
Last Year
Tennessee ----- -$ 6,520.00
North Carolina 6,367.14
Kentucky ___________________________ 5,733.96
Georgia ____________ 5,625.34
South Carolina __________________ 4,717.54
Virginia __________ 5,128.00
Florida _________ __ 4,982.32
Mississippi 4,860.00
Bahamas 4,212.26
Alabama _________ 3,688.92
California ________________________ 2,957.09
Oklahoma __________________________ 2,789.97
Illinois 2,556.13
Ohio 2,906.18
Indiana 2,525.89
West Virginia ·------------------2,153.56
Michigan -------------------·------1,864.66
Pennsylvania ____________________ 2,008.99
Missouri 1,737.93
England 1,560.20
Maryland and D. c,__________ 1,367.90
East Texas --------------------------2,365.68
Louisiana _________ 1,300.26
Kansas --------------------------------1,386.02
Arkansas _____ ___ 944.02
Dominican Republic ________ 1,035.79
West Texas _______________________ 956.87
Washington 917.77
Iowa -------------------------------603.57
California (Spanish) ______ 708.12
New York ______________________ 379.34
Wyoming 662.77
Oregon 580.51
utah 480.01
Colorado _______ 480.55
New Mexico 665.51
Arizona 388.12
Delaware 521.40
Wisconsin 456.89
North Dakota ____________________ 624.37
Amount
This Year
$ 7,280.00
7,231.77
6,517.19
5,877.66
5,818.85
5,600.00
5,504.71
4,879.04
4,577.21
4,175.32
2,927.00
2,800.27
2,800.00
2,779.02
2,584.56
2,359.09
2,233.92
2,062.54
1,828.17
1,739.26
1,465.31
1,455.18
1,417.46
1,151.11
1,136.67
1,122.62
1,053.02
917.85
753.54
689.27
686.22
648.54
585.82
565.68
556.91
546.55
545.01
521.94
508.94
495.06
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4.10
68.57
5.04
5.84
$10,589.61
$ 760.00
864.63
783.23
252.32
1,101.31
472.00
522.39
19.04
364.95
486.40
30.09
10.30
243.87
127.16
58.67
205.53
369.26
53.55
90.24
179.06
97.41
910.50
117.20
234.91
192.65
86.83
96.15
.08
149.97
18.85
306.88
14.23
5.31
85.67
76.36
118.96
156.89
.54
52.05
129.31

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Minnesota ____________________ _
Idaho ---------------------
South Dakota ___________________ _
Canada --------------------------------
Nebraska
Puerto Rico ___ _
Nevada --------------------------------
Virgin Islands _______ _
New Jersey _______________________ _
Netherlands Antilles _______ _
Leeward Islands _____________ _
Vermont
Montana
South Mexico _____ _
Connecticut and
Rhode Island __ _
Jamaica ___________________________ _
Massachusetts ______________ _
Peru _________________ _
New Hampshire _______________ _
Alaska ______________ _
Nicaragua
Barbados and
St. Vincent ____ _
Costa Rica ___ _
Egypt
El Salvador _______ _
Panama __________ _
Haiti
Hawaii ------------------------------
Guatemala ___________ _
Greece ------------------------------
South America _________________ _
Maine ____________________ _
British Guiana
North Mexico ___ _
&#5505138;inidad and Tobago
386.22
377.31
290.05
272.76
267.09
128.55
146.28
145.60
134.54
171.51
113.29
56.05
115.10
102.98
104.00
84.00
61.80
152.83
17.48
28.00
3.56
22.94
24.84
12.39
1.65
30.84
21.80
7.00
63.68
25.15
467.40
440.00
353.22
310.11
281.76
201.13
197.78
185.00
174.32
158.20
149.60
139.12
130.76
113.08
108.80
98.00
87.71
56.46
55.26
48.45
34.39
33.62
33.51
25.39
24.25
15.60
13.70
12.06
12.00
6.66
3.98
1.40
1.16
Total ------ ------$95,090.84 $102,372.16
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59
81.18
62.69
63.17
37.35
14.67
72.58
51.50
39.40
39.78
13.31
36.31
83.07
15.66
10.10
4.80
14.00
25.91
104.38
16.03
2.61
20.69
7.34
11.14
.33
10.35
26.86
20.40
5.84
$7,281.32
STATE CONVENTION BIBLE TRAINING CAMP OFFERINGS
Amount
State Last Year
Tennessee -----------------------$ 2,171.40
South Carolina ____ 1,394.77
Mississippi -----------------------1,000.00
Ohio ----------------------------------- 991.00
North Carolina __________________ 853.88
Indiana --------------------------------574.30
Alabama ___ ___ 879.89
Georgia_______________ 725.67
Oklahoma __________ _ 805.69
Virginia _____ _ 236.23
California _____ 952.13
Florida ____________ 535.70
Amount
This Year
$ 3,250.00
1,705.60
1,592.71
1,428.59
1,000.00
922.18
906.19
836.13
785.70
718.16
710.86
670.09
Increase
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$ 1,078.60
310.83
592.71
437.59
146.12
347.88
26.30
110.46
19.99
481.93
241.27
134.39

60 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Illinois 475.00 600.00 Increase 125.00
East Texas ___ 536.30 493.90 Decrease 42.40
Kentucky -- 548.32 473.97 Decrease 74.35
Louisiana --- 397.14 438.64 Increase 41.50
West Virginia -------------------258.53 364.11 Increase 105.58
Arkansas 290.94 343.52 Increase 52.58
Michigan 268.79 339.61 Increase 70.82
California (Spanish) __ ,. ___ 159.82 336.88 Increase 177.06
West Texas 274.91 262.00 Decrease 12.91
Washington 225.04 237.46 Increase 12.42
Pennsylvania ______________________ 246.09 228.14 Decrease 17.95
Maryland and D. C. ________ 177.89 203.50 Increase 25.61
Kansas -------- 218.78 201.18 Decrease 17.60
Missouri ------------------------------140.95 192.26 Increase 51.31
Wyoming ------- 150.69 168.99 Increase 18.30
Colorado 141.80 151.02 Increase 9.22
Virgin Islands 70.00 150.00 Increase 80.00
Wisconsin ----------------------------112.28 137.32 Increase 25.04
Oregon --------- 186.98 131.72 Decrease 55.26
New Mexico 116.91 119.22 Increase 2.31
Iowa 111.33 118.98 Increase 7.65
Vermont ------------------------------89.42 116.49 Increase 27.07
Minnesota 88.42 99.26 Increase 10.84
New York 31.78 80.94 Increase 49.16
Puerto Rico 57.76 70.82 Increase 13.06
Nevada 54.57 66.21 Increase 11.64
Arizona _____________ 25.04 65.11 Increase 40.07
Nebraska ---------------------------28.04 63.93 Increase 35.89
South Mexico 30.87 57.38 Increase 26.51
Peru 24.91
54.57 Increase 29.66
Idaho 18.64 51.96 Increase 33.32
South Dakota 80:80 50.50 Decrease 30.30
Leeward Islands --- 8.06 48.76 Increase 40.70
New Hampshire _______________ 44.82
utah 44.08 43.09 Decrease
.99
Canada 28.12 42.44 Increase 14.32
Dominican Republic ________ 54.68 34.00 Decrease 20.68
Netherlands Antilles ________ 58.78 32.50 Decrease 26.28
New Jersey 28.26 28.51 Increase
.25
Delaware ____ 21.34 27.97 Increase 6.63
Barbados and
St. Vincent _____________________ 20.00 20.98 Increase .98
North Dakota --------------------30.24 17.68 Decrease 12.56
Alaska 41.31 17.47 Decrease 23.84
Massachusetts 42.20 13.85 Decrease 28.35
Guatemala ---- 2.00 10.00 Increase 8.00
Montana 12.44 9.00 Decrease 3.44
El Salvador ________________________ 16.92 8.00 Decrease 8.92
Costa Rica 1.15
3.77 Increase 2.62
Trinidad and Tobago 2.32 3.48 Increase 1.16
Argentina _____ 2.81
Nicaragua 1.43
South America 2.36 1.11 Decrease 1.25
Haiti ------------------------------------1.75 1.00 Decrease .75
Bahamas 714.00
South India 40.39
Connecticut and

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Rhode Island _________ _
North Mexico ______________ _
British Guiana
Panama ------------------------------
25.00
14.56
4.00
2.61
61
Total -------$ 17,975.97 $21,408.47 Increase $ 3,432.50
CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP
Number Number
State Last Year This Year
Tennessee -------------··--··--·--·-1,328 1,651 Increase
Mississippi -------·---····--------·-----··--··1,600 1,619 Increase
Georgia 1,538 1,546 Increase
Virginia -----····-····-·····-1, 015 1,374 Increase
North Carolina -----------------------------------1, 072 1,193 Increase
Florida 1,002 1,133 Increase
South Carolina ------785 1,029 Increase
Bahamas 865 1,007 Increase
Alabama 1,003 874 Decrease
Kentucky 753 854 Increase
California 807 687 Decrease
Oklahoma 557 620 Increase
England 202 591 Increase
Illinois ---- 588 589 Increase
Ohio --------------------545 534 Decrease
Michigan -- 350 473 Increase
East Texas _____ 560 445 Decrease
Arkansas -------------322 415 Increase
Dominican Republic -------------------------321 406 Increase
Indiana 385 385
Pennsylvania 317 320 Increase
Virgin Islands -----------------------375 289 Decrease
West Virginia 286 274 Decrease
Missouri 230 263 Increase
Louisiana 187 240 Increase
Maryland and D. C. 138 235 Increase
North Mexico 150 216 Increase
West Texas ----------------------------145 206 Increase
Washington 165 183 Increase
South Mexico 227 178 Decrease
India 120 133 Increase
Oregon 105 114 Increase
Kansas 104 110 Increase
Leeward Islands 16 110 Increase
Wisconsin --------------------------113 104 Decrease
Iowa ---------------------102 100 Decrease
New York 68 95 Increase
New Mexico 94 82 Decrease
Colorado 92 85 Decrease
Wyoming ___________ 96 75 Decrease
North Dakota 47 62 Increase
Minnesota ----------------56 60 Increase
Utah 50 51 Increase
South Dakota 54 50 Decrease
323
19
8
359
121
131
244
142
129
101
120
63
389
1
11
123
115
93
85
3
86
12
33
53
97
66
61
18
49
13
9
6
94
9
2
27
12
7
21
15
4
1
4

62 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Costa Rica 49
Jamaica -------------------------------160 49 Decrease
Canada ---------- ------------------40 44 Increase
Delaware 65 38 Decrease
Arizona ----------------- 23 38 Increase
Nevada ---- 31 36 Increase
Idaho 23 34 Increase
Philippines 33
New Jersey 27 32 Increase
Vermont -----------------------15 31 Increase
Nebraska ---------------17 28 Increase
Turks Island 33 22 Decrease
Montana 12 20 Increase
Connecticut ------------------- 3 15 Increase
Massachusetts 3 9 Increase
Alaska ------------ 12 7 Decrease
Panama ---------------------7
Barbados 14 6 Decrease
Puerto Rico 4 5 Increase
New Hampshire 7 4 Decrease
Australia ----------------------------------1 1
Peru 17
Curacao -------------------10
Guatemala 2
T.otal _____ ________ 19,454 21,568 Increase
State
ATTENDANCE AT STATE CONVENTIONS
Last Year This Year
Haiti _______________________________________________ 23,624
Bahamas ________ ______ 19,300
Jamaica ______ _____ 10,575
Florida ---- -----------------------2,453
Georgia __________________________ 2,793
Mississippi ______ _ _____________ 2,300
Virginia ----- --------------------3,000
Alabama ______ ______ 2,070
Tennessee ________ 2,192
North Carolina _______ _______ 2,429
South Carolina --------------------------------2,201
England ______ __ 901
El Salvador ________ 1,009
Egypt --------------------------------------810
Kentucky ---------------------------·-----1,250
California _____ _________________ 1,248
Dominican Republic _________ 761
Oklahoma ________ 986
Leeward Islands _____________ 1,357
Pennsylvania --------------------------------1,028
South Mexico _________ 765
Michigan -------------------------917
Ohio ___ ______ 844
Peru -------------------------
Barbados and
St. Vincent -----------------------------1,150
24,932
20,235
13,000
2,904
2,749
2,350
2,206
2,188
2,165
2,005
1,958
1,815
1,497
1,234
1,214
1,202
1,158
1,038
1,029
1,028
987
967
906
895
805
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
111
4
27
15
5
11
5
16
11
11
8
12
6
5
8
1
3
2,114
1,308
935
2,425
451
44
50
794
118
27
424
243
914
488
424
36
46
397
52
328
222
50
62
345

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBL Y 63
Maryland and D. C. ___________ 590 754 Increase 164
Netherlands Antilles 776 730 Decrease 46
Indiana 650 650
Virgin Islands 800 615 Decrease 185
Kansas -------------------------550 606 Increase 56
Arkansas ------- 457 602 Increase 145
Louisiana ------------ --------------526 585 Increase 59
Illinois 545 560 Increase 15
East Texas -·· 663 541 Decrease 122
&#5046377;ssouri ------------ 654 530 Decrease 124
Guatemala ---------------398 468 Increase 70
New York .. --------------350 451 Increase 101
Washington 367 443 Increase 76
Canada -------------------------401 442 Increase 41
Califo&#7471214;ia (Spanish) 467 441 Decrease 26
West Virginia 405 407 Increase 2
Oregon ---- 212 326 Increase 114
Puerto Rico 298 323 Increase 25
West Texas 380 323 Decrease 57
Costa Rica -------- 295
Nicaragua ------------------------ 100 250 Increase 150
New Mexico 256 244 Decrease 12
Iowa 219 236 Increase 17
Idaho ---· 240 235 Decrease 5
Colorado --------------------------------189 229 Increase 40
Wisconsin ---------------------321 228 Decrease 93
South Dakota ---------------------211 219 Increase 8
New Jersey -· ---------------------156 219 Increase 63
Panama ------- 189 217 Increase 28
Delaware ----------------------154 190 Increase 36
North Dakota 195 162 Decrease 33
Minnesota ..... 137 156 Increase 19
Wyoming ········------------------···········-----·------136 152 Increase 16
Utah -------- --------- 146 138 Decrease 8
South America 376 127 Decrease 249
Arizona 130 124 Decrease 6
British Guiana 181 110 Decrease 71
Massachusetts ----------------------------------------55 110 Increase 55
Hawaii 110 103 Decrease 7
Nebraska ----------- ------------------120 100 Decrease 20
Connecticut and
Rhode Island ------------------------------79 97 Increase 18
Greece ------------------------ 95
Vermont -----·----------------------58 89 Increase 31
Montana ----------- 73 71 Decrease 2
Nevada ------------------------------------64 70 Increase 6
Maine and New Hampshire-···-----------· 49 50 Increase 1
Alaska ---- 52 38 Decrease 14
Australia ----- -----------------------91
Bermuda ---------------------------------50
Cyprus --- -----------------50
Honduras 300
South India 302
North Mexico 579
Philippines 225
Trinidad and Tobago 578
Turks Island 342

64 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY
------ ----2,000 North India
Total ______________________________ 103,965
CONCLUSION
106,618 Increase 2,653
The General Overseer's Annual Address to the Assembly is familiar
to all of us. The practice of delivering a prepared address was estab
lished by the former General Overseer. He felt it best to prepare the items
that he wanted to bring to the attention of the Assembly in advance so
that he could be free from any pressure.
The Annual Address usually covers several subjects, and in the allotted
time it is impossible to fully develop each subject and say all that could
be said about it. But enough is said to call the attention of the pastors,
overseers, ministers and members to certain needs in the Church. You
are usually aware of conditions that exist in your local church or state,
but the General Overseer receives reports, correspondence, telephone calls
and representatives from all the places where we have work, and it is
necessary for him to bring .certain items and programs to the attention of
the Assembly.
Preparing the address in advance makes it possible to print it in the
Minutes. In this way, those who do not attend the Assembly can read
the Minutes and know about the items that were mentioned by the Gen
eral Overseer. Here in the Assembly, the address is read only one time
and naturally you do not get the full benefit of it. The &#4259950;nual Address
is printed in the Minutes with the thought in mind that the overseers,
ministers, pastors and members will read and study each section care
fully. Many of our people do not attend the Assembly and everyone does
not receive the Minutes, but the pastors and overseers should feel re
sponsible to get the message to their people.
In the introduction to this address, our attention was called to the
need for a forgiving spirit. It seems &#7602280;at it would be good for every pas
tor to use this as a subject of a message to his congregation in the near
future. He would have more time to fully develop the thought and preach
to our people to help them see the value of being able to forgive. At
tention has also been called to the need for a revival spirit in the local
churches. Mentioning it in the address will be of little value unless
the overseers and pastors follow up the suggestions that were offered. The
overseers were asked to begin a campaign to build the membership in
&#7602280;e smaller churches, and it is only by their giving attention to this that
the Annual Address will accomplish the desired purpose.
The Annual Address usually calls attention to a particular teaching
that seems to need promotion in the churches. Oftentimes it is necessary
to refer to certain conditions that we would rather not mention. Point
ing out areas where special effort is needed helps us to advance in our
work. &#5701736;en a department is moving along and making good progress,
there may be very little said about it, but when one phase of our work
is a little behind, or when we are suggesting a new program, it is neces
sary to call your attention to these needs.
Our people have been wonderful in the past to respond to the needs
of the Church, and you can be depended upon now. The Lord has
blessed our efforts, and the increases that have been reported in this As
sembly makes us to know that the Lord is with us. All of our work is

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 65
for the advancement of the Church and the salvation of souls. It is a
glorious privilege to work for the Church of God. We have been inspired
many times by reading the accounts of the lives of the early apostles.
We read how that many of them were martyred, cruci&#6684777;ed, stoned, be
headed, thrust through with spears, burned at the stake, thrown to wild
beasts or tortured until they died. According to
·
history, about two thou
sand saints suffered martyrdom in the persecution that arose after the
death of Stephen. But the work of the Church did not cease. In fact,
the Church grew and increased with these adverse conditions.
We may never be called upon to give our lives in the manner that the
early martyrs did, but we will have to be possessed with the same spir
it that they had if we please the Lord in all that we do. They literally
gave their lives, and we must give ourselves in service, laying aside every
weight and anything that would hinder. God and His work must come
&#6684777;rst. All carelessness and unconcern must disappear from our lives. It is
one thing to say that we love God, but it is another to prove our love
for Christ and His Church by our dedication to the cause. Some say they
love God, but they are constantly striving to promote themselves and to
lay up treasures on the earth. By the time they supply their wants and
desires, there is hardly any time or money left for the work of the Lord.
God must come &#6684777;rst in our lives. We have hundreds and even thou
sands of faithful saints who have surrendered all and are giving them
selves fully for the advancement of the Church of God. This is what
God requires, and nothing less will please Him. &#5505128;is is what it will take
to have God working with us and blessing our efforts and to hear Him
say, "Well done," at the end of the way.
If you can put God &#6684777;rst and are willing to bravely &#6684777;ght the ggand
press forward in faith until the &#6684777;nal victory is won, then stand and join
with me in singing our TT<hymn. Sing it from your heart. Sing it to
the glory of God. Let Him know that you can be depended on, and that
you will be found at the front of the gg
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 TTyou 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 ggwill defend me,
I'm in this army, this glorious army,
At the front of the gTyou will &#6684777;nd me.
With the iSof 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 gTyou will &#6684777;nd me.

66 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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 fTyou will &#6684777;nd me.
The End
12:10 p.m.-Liston Pritchard led the congregation in singing "At the
Battle's Front." The General Overseer asked those who were glad to
be in this army to stand and praise the Lord. As the congregation re
mained standing, V. R. Sherrill. prayed the closing prayer.
Johnny Neal and Roy Cantrell were in charge of music and singing
by the Georgia and Illinois youth campers during the intermission.
1:15 p.m.-The song service was led by Edward Tanner with Judy
Sadler at the organ and Betty Jo Payne at the piano. David Green read
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. William Joselyn prayed at the pulpit after which
the congregation joined in concert prayer for the requests.
1:30 p.m.-Eddie Mounce sang "Welcome Home" and "You've Never
Really Lived."
1:40 p.m.-Message by James B. Wright, World Language Secretary.
A portion of his message is given below:
Brother Wright read Mark 13:10 and Psalm 68:11 and said, "The
people had asked what would be the sign of His coming and the end
of the world. It is hard for us to see any need of our boys going off
to war and getting killed, but Jesus said that the wars need to come.
Then He said the gospel must first be published among all nations. Je
sus could have left off the wars and the troubles and just said the
sign of His coming would be when the gospel is preached into all the
world, but He wanted us to know when that time was drawing near.
"I am happy that the Church has accepted the responsibility of the
great commission to go into all the world to preach the gospel. And I
am happy also that the Church is taking advantage to some extent of
the use of literature to aid us in carrying out this great commission.
To me, the commission is such an enormous task-a gigantic task. I
believe that we would do well to take advantage of all the aids and
helps which we can get to assist us in carrying out the work. It was
learned many years ago that literature is a great help in getting the
gospel to people. The Church, in the year of 1940, went on record as
recognizing this as a great aid to the work of the Church and a systematic
program was set on foot to use or exploit literature in the preaching of
the gospel of the last days."
Brother Wright read a portion of the General Overseer's annual ad
dress in 1940 under the subject "More Increase of Government."
"Now translation, printing and distribution of church literature is not
the task. The task is fulfilling the commission-preaching the gospel to
every creature. The publishing and distributing of literature is not a
task, but an effective means which we use in the performance of the
great responsibility of the commission to the Church. The question is,
are we exploiting it to its fullest extent and use? What could be more
appropriate to aid us in this day ·and time than to have all of our
teachings translated in the languages of the countries in which we are

MINU&#5505093;S OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 67
about to enter? The time that the Church has to get the gospel around
to all the world before the coming of Jesus is not too long, and I feel
like we ought to avail ourselves wholly of all of these things that God
has made known unto all of us to be used in helping us in this program.
"I have mentioned ·several times this year about the country of Brazil.
It is about ten hours by jet from Miami to the capital of Brazil. Eighty
three million people are within ten hours of our shores and we don't
have a single Church of God among them. That is a prosperous country.
It is a country where illiteracy is a very small per cent. Most of them
can read and write. So far we only have a few little pieces of Church
of God literature in that language. Our missionary was there. He start
ed a Sunday School and begged for our literature-Sunday School litera
ture in Portuguese. He could not get it because we did not have any for
him. &#5505128;is business of printing should not be ignored, despised or neg
lected. We don't need to say that we must prove the value of it. &#5505128;e
value of it has been proven over and over and over and over for ages
and ages. We appreciate what the department and the V. L. B.'s are do
ing. The preacher is not always available, but I think literature should
always be available wherever it is needed."
The speaker read Deuteronomy 32:1-3 and continued, "When God sends
rain upon the ear&#7602280;, where does He send it? Just on the nice gardens?
Just on the good &#6684777;elds that are producing? No, it rains on all the &#6684777;elds,
on the streets, on the housetops and everywhere. There's more rain that
goes down the sewer than there is on the planted &#6684777;elds. 'My doctrine
shall drop as the rain.' &#5505128;e only reason we have the shelves full of lit
erature is to dump it somewhere. It is like the rain-we can't hope to
make every drop of rain count. More rain is wasted than is put to good
use. Ecclesiastes 11:6, 'In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper,
either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.' You don't
know which is going to prosper so just rain it everywhere and let God
take care of that. We need to literally sow the world down with tracts.
We can't control this from a conservative standpoint. Doctrine must fall
as the rain."
2:21 p.m.-The report of the General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser, was read
and accepted.
General Treasurer's Financial Report
for the year ending August 31, 1966
Tithes
Brought forward -------------·····--------··---····-·-----$405,545.82
Received this year ---- ·------·-·······----··· 756,862.74
Tithes total -·········--------
Paid out this year
Tithes a-x"&#6029463;
Mission
$1,162.408.56
649,380.34
Brought forward --····---······-·-··----$ 67,447.80
$513,028.22

68 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Received this year -----·······-·········· 192,114.91
Mission total �--- ___ _
Paid out this year ------ --�-
Mission balance --··----····················-·
Assembly Expense
Brought forward ·-······················-······-·-····$ 3,326.75
Received this year ·········---- 9,640.68
Assembly Expense total ······-·········· ········--·-·-·
Paid out this year -··--···············-····-···········
Assembly Expense balance -···-·········-···········
Emergency
Brought forward -····-·····-·····-----····$ 33,366.18
Received this year 34,858.96
Emergency total ····-···-·---···--········•-······
Paid out this year ························----
Emergency balance ····-·······-··-··················-
Ministerial Aid
Brought forward -······-·-···········-······-······$ 60,504.61
Received this year ···---··-····--·-················•······ 145,476.84
Ministerial &#4259945;d total ·········-···-······--···············
Paid out this year ··'··········--··-···········•··•·······
Ministerial Aid balance ······---
0 rp hanage
Brought forward ············-----··--·-······$ 55,788 .61
Received this year ···-··········-· 118,191.64
Orphanage total ················-·-···---·····-··--···•·······
Paid out this year ·······----······--·····-···
Orphanage balance ········-······-·····················-
B. T. C.
Brought forward ··············-········--·········-······$ 43,357.94
Received this year ·--·--················--·········•--······ 43,661.24
B. T. C. total···········-····-··-----
Paid out this year -····-·······························--··
B. T. C. balance---- ···-····-······-··•·······
C.P. M.A.
Brought forward ························-···········-···-···$ 9,863.46
$259,562.71
179,120.15
$ 12,967.43
8,208.77
$ 68,225.14
36,632.79
$205,981.45
118,021.34
$173,980.25
131,481.44
$ 87,019.18
24,566.04
$ 80,442.56
$ 4,758.66
$ 31,592.35
$ 87,960.11
$ 42,498.81
$ 62,453.14

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Received this year ___ _ --- ---107,212.58
C. P. M.A. tos,-------------------------
Paid out this year --- --------------------------
C. P. M. A. balance __ _
All Funds
Brought forward ------------------------------$679,201.17
Received this year ________________________________________ l,408,019.59
$117,076.04
93,609.71
All Funds tos-____________ _
Paid out this year ------------------------------------------
$2,087,220.76
1,241,020.58
All Funds balance __________________________ _
FUNDS IN INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
Tithes
Tithes brought forward -----------------$ 19,684.10
Received this year ------------------------------------------46,459.29
Tithes total
Paid out this year _____ _ _
Tithes balance
Mission
Brought forward ________________ $ 15,817.33
Received this year ________________________ 217,326.34
Mission total _______ _____ _
Paid out this year -----------------------------------------
Mission balance ______________________ _
Emergency
Brought forward --- ·------------------·--·------$ 927.39
Received this year ------------------------------------------2,196.72
$ 66,143.39
59,300.65
$233,i43.67
198,202.09
Emergency tos------------·----------------·-------------- $ 3,124.11
Paid out this year ______ ______________ 315.11
69
$ 23,466.33
$846,200.18
$ 6,842.74
$ 34,941.58
Emergency balance -------------------------------. $ 2,809.00
M lnisterial Aid
Brought forward -------------------·-------$ 1,177.54
Received this year ------------------------------···--------2,533.58-
Ministerial Aid tos-____ _____________ _
Paid out this year ________________ _
Ministerial Aid balance ______ _
$ 3,711.12
1,759.66
$ 1,951.46

70 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Orphanage
Brought forward --------------------------------------------$ 6,499.63
Received this year --------------·•···---···---·---·-····· 3,202.74
Total orphanage money ---···-------·-··-·------····-··
Paid out this year --·····-·--------·-------···---------·----
Orphanage balance -··-·--------···--·-------
B. T. C.
Brought forward -·-·-··--·-----···-----··-···---------··--·$
Received this year _________ --------------------------------
B. T. C. total ----------------------------------------------------
Paid out this year ----------··-------------------------------
B. T. C. balance ----------------------------------------------
c. P, M.A.
Brought forward --------------------------------------$
Received this year -·-··-·--·----···----------····-----···---
C. P. M; A. total ______________ _
Paid out this year _________________ _
2,153.69
7,028.66
3,067.76
3,077.19
$ 9,702.37
0.00
$ 9,702.37
$ 9,182.35
7,195.05
$ 1,987.30
$ 6,144.95
53.59
C. P. M. A. balance -----------------------------·- $ 6,091.36
All Funds
Brought forward ---- ---------------------$ 49,327.44
Received this year -----·····---···-··-·---··-···-·····--· 281,824.52
All Funds total ---------··---------------·-·---- $331,151.96
Paid out this year ·--------------··------····-------··---266,826.15
Balance in international accounts ______________ $ 64,325.81
FUNDS IN SAVINGS OR INVE·STMENT ACCOUNTS
(NOT-INCLUDED IN OTHER REPORTS)
Mission Funds:
In Hollandsche Bank-Unie, Curacao ··---�------····---····-$
In Roy&#3014761;i Bank of Canada, Bahamas __ _
In Barclays Bank, Cyprus ----- ----····-------··-·--
In Bank of Nova Scotia, Antigua __________ _
7,000.00
1,442.00
1,960.00
3,960.00
In Merchants Bank, Cleveland, Tenn. ___ _ 23,500.00
Ministerial Aid Funds:
In Cleveland· Bank & Trust Co. ·--·-·-··-····-----··--------···-·
In Cleveland Federal Savings and
3,988.70
Loan Association ------ -----------····----········--·--·
With Investors Mutual, Inc. ---- -----------------··---
With &#5701736;ite Wing Publishing House
10,509.98
29,632.80
Savings Association ______ _
Total funds in savings or investment accounts ---··-···--
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. KINSER
-Treasurer
727.38
$ 82,720.86

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 71
2:30 p.m.-The &#6684777;nancial report of the White Wing Publishing House
and Press was read by R. 0. Covey, Acting Manager. He also gave
a report of the free literature receipts and disbursements and the Self
Denial Fund. The entire report was accepted as read.
Financial Statement of the
White Wing Publishing House and Press
Greetings to the 61st annual Assembly:
We submit the following report on the basis of the annual audit which
was made from the records in our Bookkeeping Department. It seems
necessary and proper that we give special explanation pertaining to cer
tain &#6684777;gures in this report, which, without this explanation, tend to make
the year's &#6684777;nancial statement to appear in a bad light, when actu
ally they represent only a re-evaluation of that which we have been re
porting through the years.
The reason for this adjustment in evaluation sprang from a revamp
ing of the taxation system in Bradley County and the City of Cleveland.
This year there was a re-appraisal of all property by the Tax Equali
zation Board. Following the re-appraisal, the county effected a re-assess
ment, and put into effect a tax law which had not been imposed here
tofore, though it had been on record for many years. This law makes
certain of the Church's personal property subject to taxation which has
not been taxed in previous years. Because of this, it was necessary, and
de&#6684777;nitely to the Church's advantage, to re-examine certain items on our
merchandise and supplies inventory, and the depreciation value of some
of our machinery and equipment. &#5505128;e purpose of this re-examination
and re-evaluation was to arrive at a more realistic value of said mer
chandise, supplies, machinery and equipment for a fair assessed valuation
for a tax base.
Quoting from the auditor's report concerning inventories: " ... There
is a large quantity of merchandise inventory, books, that has been on
hand for a number of years. After discussion with the management • it
was decided to write off as dead merchandise an amount of $10,384.01 .
This amount reduced the normal net pro&#6684777;t."
Then, quoting again from the auditor's comments on &#6684777;xed assets: "Some
of the machinery and equipment was depreciating in value quicker than
the required write-off as originally determined to be a normal useful life.
After conferring with the management it was decided to correct the an
nual write-off by reducing the useful life of the machinery and equip
ment to a more realistic life in order to reflect its current conditions and
expected remaining life. This change warrants an additional write-off
in the amount of $42,258.63 . This amount was charged to earned sur
plus in that (it) affects prior year earnings rather than current earnings."
Some additions have been made to the equipment in various depart
ments this year, including a tying machine, two typewriters, . and ad
hesive wax coater in the art department, one desk and chair, one tape
dispenser, two corrugated paper holders, six air conditioners, and some
remodeling and improvements in various offices. The new catalog was
also completed and distributed this year.

72 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Following is our condensed &#6684777;nancial statement which includes a con
densed am,&#6029463;sheet and income sta&#7602277;ment, as well as receipts, dis
bursements and distribution report for free literature. These statements
are for &#7602280;e period ending July 31, 1966.
White Wing Publishing House & Press
Condensed Balance Sheet
July 31, 1966
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash ----------------------------- --------------------------------- $ 52,897.15
Certi&#6684777;cate of Deposit --------------------------···-·-----25,000.00
Accounts Receivable-Trade ·······------------- 22,219.17
Accounts Receivable-Other_____________ 5,778.05
Notes Receivable -------·····-·-·---··--------·---·-·----·----- 11,857.93
Inventories __________ &#2883676;-_ -------·· ··----······--------·------- 195,020.64
Total Current Assets ----------------------------
Fixed Assets:
Including Bookstore Improvements,
Machinery and Equipment, Type,
English and Foreign Tract Electrotypes,
Periodical and Catalog &#4522092;ectrotypes
and Fu&#7667862;niture and Fixtures ------ --------------$270,174.10
Less Accumulated Depreciation --·······-----··-·--------185,522.68
$312,772.94
Total Fixed Assets---------------------------------------···---··--·--·------·$ 84,651.42
· Other Assets:
Branch Office ------------------ ·-------$ 5,280.78
Prepaid Insurance ______ :________________ 4,187.69
Catalog ___________ 3,269.44
Total Other Assets ________ _
Total Assets ····----·----··---··-----·····-·--·----·----
LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable ---------------------------- ____________ $
Refund Vouchers Outstanding ___ ___________________ _
Payroll Taxes Payable -----·--···--�----··------------·---
Taxes Payable-Other ·---···--··-----------
Payroll Deductions Payable ···-------------· ___ _
7,408.53
513.07
2,509.79
29.51
1,208.16
----
Total Current Liabilities ________ _
$ 12,737.91
$410,162.27
$ 11,669.06

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Fixed Liabilities:
Free Literature Offerings ---------------------------------------------
Total Liabilities ----------- ----------------------------------
Net Worth:
Beginning Capital ---------------------------------------------$ 54,844.50
Donated Capital __ _ __________ 171,063.76
Earned Capital ------------------------------------------ __ 143,712.37
Total Net Worth ------------------------------------------------------------
Total Liabilities and Net Worth ___ ___________________ _
73
$ 28,872.58
$ 40,541.64
$369,620.63
$410,162.27
White Wing Publishing House & Press
Condensed Income Statement
August 1, 1965 to July 31, 1966
Net Income before Building and
General Administration Expenses ------------------------------ $ 82, 708-04
Less: Building -------------------------------------- ----$ 20,036.81
General Administration Expense --------------------------------60,690-65
Total Building and General
Administrative Expenses --------------------------------------------
Net Income from Operations --------------------------------------
Other Income:
Interest Income, Paid Advertising,
Discounts Earned, etc. ------------------------------
Total Net Pro&#6684777;t------------------------------
Report of Free Literature Receipts
and Disbursements from
August 1, 1965 to July 31, 1966
$. 80,727.46
$ 1,980.58
$. 11,207.98
$ 13,188.56
Balance September 10, 1965 ---------------------------------------------- $ 19,549.27
Receipts
Free Literature Offerings ----------------------------------------------$ 11,871.28
Publishing Department Donation for
1964-65 Operation Year____ _________________ 15,000.00
State Convention Free Literature Offerings ____________ 70,238.14
Total Offerings Received ------------------------------ $ 97,109.42
Total Offering Available _______ _ $116,658.69

74 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Disbursements
Freight ---------------------------------------------------$
Miscellaneous Expense ---------------·······-···----
Office Supplies and Expenses (Tying Machine) -·-···
Repair and Maintenance ·············-------
Salaries and Wages ·········-·················------
Operating Supplies ···-····-··············-·······---------
Payroll Taxes -------------------············-------·
Happy Harvester -·······---·-·······-······-·--·-···--···--··----------·
Spanish White Wing Messenger ··------
Sunday School Literature-English ····----
Sunday School Literature-Foreign ··----------·-·------···
J. Vital Herne --··-----··----·-·-·---····-··-···-·····--·------····---·-·
Jacob Jovial • ·--·······----···-·--········-···-----------····--··-
Ghaly Ibrahim ---------·------··-·····-····-·----
K. Vijayaratnam ·---------------···-·····-··--··-·······----·---------·-
V. L. B. Handbook ···-·--····---·········-·········------------------··-·--···
Revival Advertising -········-····�·----- --
Radio Department-A ppropriation ····-----$12,000.00
Postage ----·····--··---- ---- -- 1,000.00
Total -·----------·---·---- ·--····--------------
Carlos Colon-B. T. C. Appropriation----------------·-··-·····
Postage and Mailing ____ ____ _
Church Publication Loss ·---········----- ---
Tracts ---------------·---·····-··---------
Miscellaneous Printing ··----··-·-··-········--··--------------··-···------
Total Disbursements -----------------····------
Balance in Free Literature Fund, July 31, 1966 ·----------
16.21
94.90
1,168.83
76.00
4,523.08
554.05
168.54
5,490.08
5,929.10
4,985.09
3,471.86
4,010.00
75.00
560.00
580.00
643.94
223.25
13,000.00
140.15
4,901.34
18,495.38
17,684.00
995.31
Free Literature Distribution Report
August 1, 1965 to July 31, 1966
$ 87,786.11
$ 28,872.58
The following are the approximate amounts of literature sent to workers
through the Free Literature Department.
Doctrinal and Salvation-English ·-·····------- -··-··-----2,116,892
Novelty Tracts
(
Fish, Fruit, etc.) ---- --------·---·--··--332,305
Scripture Portions, Gospels, Sermons on Mt. ·-------·-·-··-·--·····-1,121
Birthday and Welcome Tags ···-------------------·------------·--132,400
Testaments -- ----·------·----------------------------··-·---·---··----······270
Bibles -----·--------······················-----·-··········-··-----····----49
Braille Tracts____ _ ______ ________ 25
White Wing Messengers ___ ________ ___ 24,760
Happy Harvesters ·---··--- ----- -------···65, 218
Youth LIFE ·-······-···----------···''····------'---- -----····--367
Sunday School Literature for Prisons and New Fields ............ 29,525
Revival Cards ----···-·--···············------------ -·······100
Foreign Language Tracts ______________ 129,931
Foreign Novelties ··-··-·--···------�---- --··-········58,400

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 75
Foreign Language Gospels, Testaments, Scripture
Portions, Sermon on Mt., and Bibles _____________________ 705
Foreign Language Sunday School Literature ____________ 144,103
Foreign Sunday School Helper ________ _ __________________________ l
Foreign White Wing Messengers ______ 71,336
Total approximate number of pieces of Free Literature
sent out for distribution this year _________ 3,107,508
In addition to the above quantities, Brother H. E. Vernon, our Braille
Writer Operator, has written 20 sermons, 60 Sunday School lessons, 12
Body of Christ lessons, 54 letters and 15 songs and miscellaneous items
to the blind. He is now combining a song book, taking the songs from
Banner Hymns.
1966 Self-Denial Report
Total Self-Denial Receipts from
August 1, 1965
through July 31, 1966 -----------------------------
Total Subscriptions from
August 1, 1965
through July 31, 1966 --------------------------------
Expenses for Self-Denial Day
Printing of Circulars ------------------------------$
Mimeographing Letters and
Report Forms ----------··-----------------------------
Printing Envelopes
Postage ---- ----------------------------------------
Labor (approximate) ______ --------------------------
Prizes:
Trophies ----------------------------
Total Expenses ___ _
Total Self-Denial as of July 31, 1966 _______ _
Total Transferred to Publication Loss _____ _
Balance in Self-Denial Fund,
July 31, 1966 _____________ -�-------------------
$
25.11
69.70
55.40
16.24
20.00
186.45
$ 90.61
White Wing Mssenger and
Self-Denial Offering Report
August 1, 1965 to July 31, 1966
$ 5,923.80
$ 2,658.00
$ 3,265.80
$ 277.06
$ 2,988.74
$ 2,988.74
$ 0,000.00
Total offering sent in this year __________________________________ $5,923.80
Total offering sent in last year ________ -----,"-------,----------$5,856.69
Increase of -------------------------- -------$ 67.11
Total amount of self-denial subscriptions paid out of
this fund in 1964-65 $2,902.75
Total amount of self-denial subscriptions paid out of
this fund in 1965-66 $2,658.00

76 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Decrease of ----------·---------------------------_______________ ------------$ 244.75
State sending in largest total offering:
Tennessee --------- ---------------------------- --------------$ 722.3 0
State sending in largest offering according to membership:
Vermont-average offering per member ___________________________________ $ 1.83
Church sending in largest total offering:
(Wildwood Avenue) Cleveland, Tennessee ----------------------------$ 58.93
Church sending in largest offering according to membership:
Marsh&#6684777;eld, Vermont-average offering per member ----------------------$ 5.57
Individual sending in largest personal offering:
Lena Worley, San Jose, California----- --------------------------------$ 15.00
Respectfully submitted,
R. 0. COV&#4522073;
Acting Manager
Note: The churches at Wildwood Avenue (Cleveland, Tenn.) and Marsh
&#6684777;eld, Vermont were presented eight transistor desk set radios in ap
preciation of the offerings sent in for White Wing Messenger Day. Lena
Worley, San Jose, California, also received one for the largest personal
offering. Tennessee had the largest total offering and Vermont had the
largest offering according to membership.
2:52 p.m.-The congregation joined in concert prayer thanking God for
His presence in the business sessions.
2:57 p.m.-Davis Rogers sang "Love Is Why" and Geneva Moore sang
"Lord Keep Me." The congregation prayed in concert for the remainder
of the service.
3:05 p.m.-Report of Ministerial Aid Committee. The chairman read
his personal report and the secretary read the committee report. The
reports were accepted as read.
Report of Ministerial Aid Chairman
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Revivals conducted --------------------------------------------------------------------6
State conventions attended ------------------------------·-------- -6
Homes visited __________________________________________________ 230
Sermons preached ___________ 124
Saved ---·---------------------------------------------------------------3
Sancti&#6684777;ed ______________________ 4
Received the Holy Ghost ----------------------------------------------------- 4
District conventions attended ----·-----------------------2
Church dedications ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
Funerals attended ----------------------------------------------------------14
Presided at six committee meetings, visited several
ministers who are retired or disabled and kept
up office work.
Traveled approximately 42,500 miles.
Respectfully submitted,
V. R. S&#10092695;ILL
Chairman

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Ministerial Aid Committee Report
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
SECTION 1
77
We, your Ministerial Aid Committee, respectfully submit the following
report for your consideration and approval.
MINISTERS' RETIREMENT PLAN
There has been an interest manifested by some of our ministers for
a retirement plan, separate from the present Ministerial Aid Committee
Retirement and Disability Bene&#6684777;ts, whereby all interested ministers may
make a regular contribution in speci&#6684777;ed amounts for a number of years,
for the purpose of establishing a fund that can be drawn upon during
their retirement years.
Your Committee has been studying different retirement plans, &#7602280;e funds
for which would be furnished by the ministry on a voluntary basis, but
it has not fully decided on any certain plan. &#5505128;e Committee believes
it would be advantageous to take a survey of the ministry to determine
if there is sufficient interest to justify setting up such a retirement plan.
If the General Assembly feels that such a plan is needed and that the
aforementioned survey would be helpful, the Committee will appreciate
its endorsement.
SECTION II
MINISTERS' PERSONNEL SECTION
There is a growing need for the establishment of a Ministers' Person
nel Section for the recording of vital statistics and other related informa
tion pertaining to our ministers. Since part of this need has been set
up in the Ministerial Aid Department, it has been suggested that the pres
ent facility be expanded to include other needed information and that a
questionnaire to obtain this information be mailed to each minister to
complete and retu&#7471214; to the Ministerial Aid Committee. The Committee
will appreciate the Assembly's consideration and approval of this pro
posed Ministers' Personnel Section, if the Assembly deems it necessary
and feasible.
SECTION III
LAY-EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Your Ministerial Aid Co&#7143533;ittee believes &#7602280;at the Ch&#7667826;ch should rec
ognize the faithfulness and labors that have been discharged by its
employees at the World Capitol building; furthermore, for the Church to
properly and conscientiously recognize its employees' service, this Com
mittee recommends that the Ministerial Aid Fund be extended to pro
vide retirement bene&#6684777;ts for said employees, hereinafter known as lay-em
ployees. If the General Assembly feels that this proposed retirement plan
is needful for our lay-employees, the Committee will appreciate its ap
proval. Retirement requirements and benents are to be prepared by
the Committee and inserted in the Minutes of this Annual Assembly.

78 MI&#5111893;TES OF THE 61ST A&#5111971;AL ASSEMBLY
RETIREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS FOR
LAY-EMPLOYEES AT WORLD CAPl&#3801202;OL OF THE CHURCH OF
OF GOD OF PROPHECY
1. The original purpose of the Ministerial Aid Department, as author
ized by the Annual General Assembly, and amended as time and con
ditions demanded, was to provide a fund limited to our quali&#6684777;ed min
isters for retirement, disability and death bene&#6684777;ts; also to provide a death
bene&#6684777;t limited to lay-employees of the World Capitol of the Church of
God of Prophecy who are loyal members of said Church.
2. Your Ministerial Aid Committee believes that the Church should rec
ognize the faithfulness and labors that have been discharged by its lay
employees at the World Capitol building; furthermore for the Church
to properly and conscientiously recognize its employees' service, this
Committee recommends that the Ministerial Aid Fund be extended to
provide retirement bene&#6684777;ts for said lay-employees who have quali&#6684777;ed by
complying with the requirements as set forth in paragraph three of this
section.
3. A lay-employee, of the World Capitol for the Church of God of
Prophecy, to qualify for retirement bene&#6684777;ts must be at least sixty-&#6684777;ve
years of age and a loyal member of the Church of God of Prophecy for
a period of not less than twenty years; furthermore, said lay-employee
must be a full-time employee for a period of not less than twenty years
at the World Capitol building and have received their wages or salary
from the General Treasurer or the Church Bene&#6684777;t Association. Should
said lay-employee become permanently disabled because of sickness or
accident, before attaining the eligible retirement age of sixty-&#6684777;ve and
completing twenty years of employment on the payroll of the General
Treasurer or the Church Bene&#6684777;t Association, the Committee reserves the
right to approve a disability allotment on its establishment of the lay
employee's total disability. Following retirement, said employee will
continue to be eligible for the death bene&#6684777;t coverage of $1, 000, payable
to the deceased lay-employee's bene&#6684777;ciary.
4. No bene&#6684777;ts will be paid to said lay-employee for retirement prior
to approval of his or her retirement application by the Ministerial Aid
Committee. Said bene&#6684777;t will not begin before the &#6684777;rst of the month fol
lowing approval by said Committee.
5. The Ministerial Aid Committee working under the appointment and
authority of the General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
reserves the right to determine the worthiness of each lay-employee's
application for retirement by examining his church membership record,
his World Capitol's employment record, and to increase, decrease or dis
continue any retirement bene&#6684777;ts. Said rights are also extended to in
clude any and all decisions made by the said Committee on Proof of Death
claims.
6. All funds or bene&#6684777;ts as described in this report and authorized by
the General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy to be paid from
the Ministerial Aid Fund, are paid only as a gift and only if funds are
available, subject to the approval of the Ministerial Aid Committee. Fur
thermore, said Committee cannot guarantee in advance any certain amount
of funds, nor is said Committee responsible or obligated for any pay
ments beyond money available in said Ministerial Aid Fund. Further-

MINU&#5505093;S OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 79
more, said Committee is not responsible for any promises, guarantees or
obligations made by any person that is not a member of said Committee.
SECTION IV
During the past Assembly year, your Ministerial Aid Committee ap
proved nine applications for disability benefits and one application for
retirement. Applications for six widows of former recipients of Minis
terial Aid bene&#6684777;ts were approved to receive &#6684777;fty per cent of their de
ceased husbands' allotments. Two applications for widows of deceased
ministers to receive assissx&#6029463;were also approved. Ten recipients of
Ministerial Aid benefits were discontinued for different reasons and &#6684777;f
teen have died.
We now have in the United Ss\&#6029463;sixteen ministers receiving retirement
bene&#6684777;ts; 102 are receiving disability bene&#6684777;ts and 26 widows are receiv
ing assissx&#6029463; from the Ministerial Aid Fund.
In countries outside of the United States, we have one minister receiv
ing, retirement bene&#6684777;ts, fourteen receiving disability bene&#6684777;ts, and twelve
widows receiving assissx&#6029463;from the Ministerial Aid Fund.
During the past assembly year, &#6684777;fty ministers have died. The Min
isterial Aid Committee has approved thirty-five Proofs of Death, with a
tos&#6029463;of $26,300.00 being paid to the bene&#6684777;ciaries from the Ministerial
Aid Fund.
The Committee sent twenty-seven Church flags to be presented at the
close of each minister's funeral by the officiating minister, as a memorial
from the Committee to the surviving companion or relative.
Respectfully submitted,
V. R. SHERRILL, Chairman
M. A. TOMLINSON, Committeeman
C.R. PAYNE, Committeeman
A. T. WAGAR, Secresa&#6029463;
3:16 p.m.-The report of the Church Bene&#6684777;t Association was read by
A. T. Wagar, Manager. It was accepted as read.
Church Benefit Association Report
This has been a very encouraging year for the Association as we have
made a subssi\&#6029463;gain in membership, and we believe, from all in
dications, that our people are accepting the insurance program as a nec
essary part of their lives.
Our underwriters, the Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Ten
nessee, ss\&#6029463;they were very pleased with our Association and that we
are now among the top in group insurance.
We are most appreciative for the interest and cooperation of our over
seers and pastors in their boosting of the Church Bene&#6684777;t Association.
The Association has received many commendations from our people for
the opportunity to purchase adequate protection for their families at such
a low cost.
This year the Association was able to furnish insurance for our youth
camps. Twenty-&#6684777;ve youth camps, with a tos&#6029463;of 3,032 campers and camp

80 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
personnel, were insured &#7602280;rough us by our underwriters. A total of $248.40
was paid in claims for injuries received by our campers.
This assembly year there were thirty-four death claims approved with
a total of $36,750.00 being paid to our bene&#6684777;ciaries through the Associ
ation by the Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee. &#5505128;is
makes a grand total of 160 death claims approved with a grand total of
$240,000.00 paid to our bene&#6684777;ciaries since the beginning of the Church
Bene&#6684777;t Association in 1961. Our Association membership now stands at
2, 429.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Premiums Account
Premiums brought forward---- -------------------------$ 13, 045.00
Premiums received 71, 731.82
Disbursements
Balance in premium fund
Premium fund on deposit in savings account _________ _
Grand total in premium fund _________________________ _
Operating Expense
Balance brought forward ----------------------------$
Operating expense received ----------------------------
Operating expense total ------------------------------------------------
Paid out this year------------------- ----------------------
Balance in operating expense fund __________ _
3, 705.52
14, 426.36
Respectfully submitted,
A. T. WAGAR
Manager
$ 84,776.82
69, 197.90
$ 15,578.92
6,523.74
$ 22,102.66
$ 18,131.88
15,686.45
$ 2,445.43
3:21 p.m.-A. T. Wagar was in charge of a memorial service in honor
of the ministers who have passed away this year. He read a tribute to
them and then read the name of each minister, the state he was serv
ing in at the time of death and the number of years he had served in the
ministry. As each state was called, the overseer came to the platform
to stand in honor of the deceased ministers from his state. The congre
gation was asked to stand in silent tribute as V. R. Sherrill lowered the
Church of God flag to half mast and Alfred Butler sounded taps.
TRIBUTE TO OUR DECEASED MINISTERS
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Death
invaded &#6684777;fty homes of our beloved ministers this year, creating not only
a vacancy in those homes, but vacancies in the ranks of our ministry.
These were soldiers of the cross of Christ, champions of the greatest .cause
on earth, heralds of the good news, proclaimers of the last days mes
sage, strangers and pilgrims on earth, looking for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Their passing was their
&#6684777;nest hour. To them now belongs the desire of all ages, eternity with
Christ.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 81
Whereas they suffered for Him, they now rei&#6750318; with Him. "God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for
the former things are passed away." They have &#6684777;nished this earthly race
for a heavenly rest and exchanged their cross for a crown. To them we
give the salute of victory.
We who remain must keep faith with them by holding aloft the torch
of the gospel, the gospel to a lost and dying world. "To give light to,
them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death." Let us keep the
faith.
Arkansas, Charles H. Henson, 16 years.
Bahamas, Carroll E. Lafleur, 8 years.
California, Dewey R. Bowerman, 14 years; Louis Arias, 21 years; Ignacio
Acosta, 21 years.
Delaware, Marion P. Price, 28 years.
East Texas, Thomas Royster, 31 years; Thelma B. Kestler, 35 years.
Florida, J. D. Price, 36 years; Mrs. Ellen Pratt, 29 years; George E.
McGee, 15 years; Levy C. Mock, 19 years; Elizabeth C. Parks, 3 years;
Joseph Rodriguez, 6 years.
Georgia, George R. Herron, 31 years; William J. Nutt, 13 years.
Haiti, Brigitte Giordani, 21 years; Paulmond Volmar, 16 years.
Illinois, Ruth Roach, 26 years.
India, George Venkatramaiar, 1 year.
Indiana, Theodore B. Harrington, 17 years; Ruth R. Spencer, 30 years;
Scott A. Spencer, 17 years.
Jamaica, Reginald Williams, 10 years; James Lewin, 15 years; James
Senior, 4 years.
Kentucky, James M. Daniel, 45 years; Mary Louise Mullins, 19 years;
Ethel Russellburg, 34 years; Newton Graham, 14 years.
Louisiana, Bertie C. Roberts, 22 years.
Maryland and D. C., Woody K. Powers, 24 years; Rose Lee Duncan, 16
years.
Minnesota, Verne J. Doran, 17 years.
Mississippi, James T. Priest, 46 years; J. Clyde Overstreet, 27 years;
John W. Hatley, 34 years.
Missouri, Naomi Filer, 29 years; Sam T. Duniphan, 9 years.
New Mexico, Jesse R. Rainwater, 29 years.
New York, Mrs. Eva Hill, 20 years.
Oklahoma, Ada B. Adams, 23 years.

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Sierra Leone, David E. Longstreth, 31 years.
South Carolina, James R. Jordan, 32 years; Grover G. Gilbert, 2 years;
Riley W. Cowart, 33 years.
Tennessee, Earl Lafever, 23 years; Mabel J. Douglas, 19 years; James
Mazanec, 16 years.
Turks Islands, Lucita O. Hall, 9 years.
Virginia, Clarence A. Proffitt, 17 years; James C. Grubbs, 28 years;
Marvin L. Frazier, 8 years; William L. Martin, 35 years.
West Virginia, Flora N. Henshaw, 8 years.
3:32 p.m.-The McMahan Singers sang "Dear Jesus, Abide With Me."
3:35 p.m.-Delegates who had been a member of the Church thirty years
or more were asked to occupy seats on the speakers' platform. Two hun
dred thirty-eight individuals passed by the microphone and gave their
names and told how many years they had been a member. &#5505128;e service
was directed by Emitt Davis .
. 3:55 p.m.-E. A. McDonald read the Report of Tomlinson Home for
Children Board of Directors. The report was accepted as read.
Report of the Tomlinson Home for Children
Board of Directors
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
It is· the desire of the Board of Directors of the Tomlinson Home for
Children to express thanks to the faithful state overseers, state Sunday
School secretaries, pastors, superintendents, co-workers and friends of
the Church of God who have so loyally and faithfully stood by and
cooperated with the orphanage program and have worked and given
so generously of their means to help support this worthy cause. Your
work of love and compassion for the unfortunate boys and girls in
our care have made it possible to meet the needs of many chil&#6553714;en
which could not have been met without your wonderful support. Our
people and friends have been more than wonderful to rally to the
needs of the children and the homes of the institution, and are to be
greatly commended for the fine job they have done this assembly year.
May God bless every one.
Space and time will not permit us to give full details and account
of all who helped in the offerings and in other ways individually or
as a group as we would like to, but your help is greatly appreciated.
There are so many that love and count it a privilege to help in the
orphanage work who may not have other interest in the Church and
many of them give liberally of their means, cash, groceries, clothing
and other gifts helpful to the cause.
Many have given their trade stamps and coupons to help in this
great work as an expression of their love and interest in the chil
dren and desire to do something to help. The committee, staff and
children are grateful and highly appreciate all that has been done by
both members and friends of the Church of God and of the Tomlin-

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son Home for Children who have been so faithful to help in this
worthy cause.
A number of states have sponsored special projects for the orphanage
this year such as food, clothing, linens, bedspreads, toilet supplies, Tide
washing powder, Christmas gifts and f&#7667826;niture. Also, a number of states
sponsored some of our boys and girls to youth camp this summer. The
following states participated in the special projects: Mississippi, North
Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wisconsin, Nevada, Oregon and East
Texas. A number of local churches, individuals and firms donated
merchandise and gifts to the institution and to the children. We are
thankful to all the wonderful people who • have helped in any way
toward the support of the Tomlinson Home for Children, whether money,
g&#6881382;ts or service. All have been wonderful and appr&#6619235;iated by the chil
dren and the staff. The orphanage committee, children and workers
wish to thank every one who has given so generously toward support
ing the institution through the years. God will not forget your labor
and work of love.
The committee wishes to acknowledge and recognize the fine job
done by our faithful coupon and trade stamp boosters, collectors and
contributors. The coupons and trade stamps of various brands have
meant much as a source of financial supplement to the regular funds
contributed by our wonderful Sunday Schools for the support of Tom
linson Home for Children. The institution has been blessed greatly
by this means and our wonderful workers are to be highly commended
for their good work. The amount of $19,064.63, in cash ·and valuable
premiums combined, was received during this assembly year. Dozens of
items of wearing apparel and home furnishings have been received. Also,
$5,000 was paid on the debt owed on the new boys' home. God bless
everyone who shared their stamps with the institution and the chil
dren. We wish to encourage more of our people to give at least some
of their coupons and trade stamps to help in the orphanage work. They
could not be given to a more worthy cause than to help provide a home
and care for unfortunate children who are desolate victims as a re
sult of deceased parents and broken and abandoned homes. Psalm 127:3,
"Lo, children -are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is
his • reward." Our love for God can be expressed in our compassion
and care for unfortunate children left to the mercy of the Church
and the world.
During this assembly year the Tomlinson Home for Children has
given full-time care to 60 children here in Cleveland, Tennessee, 5 in
Durham, North Carolina and partial support to 50 children in India.
Good reports have been received from the orphanage in India. The
overseer writes that God is blessing the institution there. More chil
dren have been admitted to the orphanage and they now have 50 boys
and girls. Some of them have been converted. This school is proving
a blessing to the outside area. The government has given recognition
to the school and the orphanage and is now assisting with some com
modities and helping to pay the teachers. We are grateful for this
and do praise the Lord for answering prayer. Our general repres
entatives give good reports of the work there. May God continue to
bless the overseer, the workers and the children.
RESOLUTION
Whereas Buford M. Johnson and Hugh R. Edwards have given faithful

84 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
service as two of the directors of the Tomlinson Home for Children during
their term of office, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that we, the officers and directors of the Tomlin
son Home for Children, express our sincere thanks and appreciation
for their faithfulness and the assistance they have given in solving the
problems that came before the board. We wish for them success wherever
they may go in service for the Lord.
We are glad to report that the institutional standards as required
by the State Welfare Department have been met, in most respects, very
satisfactorily. The state fire marshall has approved our facilities as
being safe and free from fire hazard, for which we are thankful.
The large garage and storage building on North Lee Highway, that
was under construction during the last Assembly, has been completed
except for the brick veneer. It is a very nice building and meets the
need for garage space as well as a lot of storage space.
It has been decided that the superintendent's office of the Tomlinson
Home for Children should be moved to the Tomlinson Memorial School
building soon after the Assembly. A need arose for someone to live there
to look after the property, and the new wing of the school building has
been remodeled and converted into living quarters for the superintend
ent. Also, a section of it is for the administration office and coupon
department. The apartment is very nice and suitable for the purpose.
The coupon department has been a very busy place all through the
year. The director, Eula Mae McDonald, and the superintendent's secretary,
Carolyn Passmore, have done a good job in the processing of trade
stamps and coupons by separating, packing and shipping as well as
placing premium orders and taking care of the office work. We wish
to highly commend them for their faithful work. May God bless them.
Seven new children have been admitted to the institution here in
Cleveland during &#7602280;e assembly year: Billy Joe, Michael, Timothy and
Helen Taylor of Pontot&#7274595;, Mississippi, Margie Ann and Ronnel Slayton
of Gallatin, Tennessee and Linda Darlene Fuller of Owensboro, Ken
tucky. &#5505128;ey are fine boys and girls and have adjusted well in the
homes where they now reside.
The houseparents of the Tomlinson Home for Children are to be
highly commended for the fine job they are doing both in homemaking
and home training-spiritual, physical and secular. Their work is highly
appreciated by the board and the Church as a whole.
We wish to present to Omer and Golda Davis a gift as a token of
honor and appreciation for twenty years of faithful service as house
parents at the Tomlinson Home for Children. They have recently re
tired. God bless them.
We were unable to accept some few applicants who were not eligible
due to health, age, handicap or other reasons. We have tried to use
our available facilities to the greatest advantage to benefit the children
and accomodate as many as we can properly care for in accordance with
the welfare regulations. We, your orphanage committee, request the

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prayers of all who are concerned and interested in the progress of this
work that God will bless the entire program and crown it with success.
Humbly submitted,
M. A. TOMLI&#5111891;ON, President
E. A. McDONALD, Vice President
C.R. PAYNE
J. R. KINSER
R. 0. COVEY
FRED S. FISHER
4:10 p.m.-Report of Committee No. 5, Assembly Expense. The report
was read and accepted in re&#6750325;lar order.
Report of Assembly Expense Committee
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, 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 fifty or less contribute $1.00 per year; all Sunday Schools with an
average attendance of over fifty and less than one hundred contribute
$1.50 per year; and all Sunday Schools with an average attendance 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 Women's 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
Assembly Expense dollars for the auxiliaries and forward same to the
state overseer, and the state overseer be responsible to collect the dol
lars from the ministers in his state; these funds to be mailed to the
General Treasurer as collected. The final report of the Assembly ex
pense should be 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. PAYNE, Chairman
H. M. BIGGERS
SHERMAN H. MINTER
DON B. THOMAS
J. W. DEADRICK
G. A. WILSON
4:15 p.m.-Committee No. 1, Questions and Subjec&#7602291;, presented several
sections of its report for consideration. The entire report is given as it
was accepted on Monday by the Assembly. The standing ovation was
given the General Overseer in accordance with Section I.
5:00 p.m.-"Adding to the Church Daily Such as Should be Saved,"
message by Gaines W. Brown. Excerpts from the message are given be
low:

86 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Brother Brown read Acts 2:37-41 and said, "A lot of honest people
around these great United States of ours and foreign countries would
like to be a member of the great Church of God if they had the priv
ilege. Oftentimes we think that a man must be put to some test or
trial to prove himself, but I &#6684777;nd that on the day of Pentecost they said
' ... Men and brethren, what shall we do'? I think Peter had the right
suggestion about it. From their belief, I would say they needed to be
aW)"&#6029463;and then they were eligible to receive the Holy Ghost. I be
lieve that every man, woman, boy and girl, that has prayed through and
their sins are under the blood, is eligible for membership in the great
Church of God. Our young people are born into this world and as they
go on they learn about this world. I say it's high time that we of the
Church of God begin to work with our young people and get them into
the Church of God.
"I like to think about Moses when he was in the little ark and his
mother put him down in the bul&#7471221;shes. They found him and his mother
was his nurse, but all the time she had him in her hands she was
telling him about the goodness of the Lord. When he grew old enough
to go to Pharaoh's house, he did not accept the glory and treasure of
Pharaoh. He denied it and said I refuse to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter. I would rather be a man of God. I would rather be the
doorkeeper in the Church of God than to be the president of the United
States. The Bible says there is a way that seemeth right unto man but
the end thereof is death. I say we need. to work and get people into
the Church of God. I had the privilege of taking &#6684777;fty-two members
into the Church and we increased the value of our church $12,000. If we
go the Church of God way, it is going to be God's way. I can look around
here and see pastors that were my pastor years ago when I was not
obedient to God and to the Church. &#5505128;ey were humble, sweet and pa
tient with me until I learned something about the great Church of God.
The Bible says to be rooted and grounded in the truth."
The speaker read Acts 2:47 and continued, "We are to live the life
and carry out the plan like the Church of God says and God will do the
rest. I am glad that the Lord chose me that I might be a member of
the great Church of God. You don't just accidentally fall in the Church
of God. You have to live the life, pay the price, be willing to obey
God and live according to the Word and then God Himself will show you
the way."
He read Romans 15:7 and 1 John 1:5 and said, "I am afraid we are
not showing enough love and putting the Church of God into opera
tion like we should to get &#3801241;e people to come to church. God is ex
pecting us to push &#7078109;e Church of God to the top. We have got to let
people know that we would like to have them as members of the Church
of God and then teach them and let them find out what the Church of
God really stands for. God is looking our way and He will do some
thing for us if we will let Him. First, we have to make a move for
ward for God. The greatest prize to me is being in the great Church of
God and working for the Master. He is coming soon. Let's do all we
can for Him."
5:24 p.m.-The General Overseer directed the ordination service. He
read 1 Timothy 3:1-14 as those to be ordained took their places on the
platform and their wives stood in the congregation. The state overseers
prayed in concert and each bishop and deacon was ordained by the lay
ing on of hands by the presbytery:

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Bishops-Tallie S. Saxon, Herbert A. Ferguson, Leviticus H. Cox, Luther
L. Cooke, Charles E. Shean, B. Roosevelt Ashford, Murphy E. Ba&#7471214;ett,
Thomas A. Cook, Ray Whittington, Nathaniel Taylor, Kemp W. Wallen,
Kenneth R. Snodgrass, David Scott, Billy D. Murray, Bobby E. Brackett,
Wayne Thorn, James G. Adkins, Daniel D. Preston, Marvin C. Brisson,
James Wilkinson, Bill Mathis.
Deacons-John David Wilkinson, Jr., George Joseph Elias, Frederick
0. Arnold, Irvin E. Lawless, Oliver Windal Puckett, Emerson G. Hall,
Charles E. Lesley, John C. Smith, Curtis Donald Sculthorp, Franklin Lane,
James Ira Jackson, Charles E. Averett, Cliate F. Carter, David H. San
ford, Ralph E. Thomas.
5:45 p.m.-Message by J. A. Jimenez. He read Hebrews 12:23 and
expressed his appreciation for the opportunity of being in another As
sembly. He said he had attended nineteen, and told of his desire for
our people all over the world to be able to• attend an Assembly and
know how the business is transacted. He also told how he tried to
present a picture to them of the Assembly and the way the business
is transacted. He said, "No wonder Paul and B&#7471311;abas came to the
Assembly to bring matters to the Church so they could take back
their report. The brethren used to rejoice in the reports, but they
were only a small portion of what really took place at the Assembly.
This is exactly what we can take back-only a small portion, but we
wish we could take our heart so they could see our heart and know
the things that will never be forgotten." Brother Jimenez spoke in
Spanish and Felix Garcia interpreted.
6:10 p.m.-The song service was led by Roosevelt Ashford with George
Jones at the piano. W. W. Webb, Jr. read Mark 2:3-12. Requests were
given after which W. G. Hardin prayed at the pulpit as the con-
·
gregation stood in reverence.
6:25 p.m.&#2949239;esse Lee's Gospel Trio sang "Lord, I Need You" and "I
Want to Stroll Over Heaven With You." The Church Keys sang "My
Lord Is Coming Again" and the Indianapolis Trio sang "New Jerusalem."
6:40 p.m.&#2949239;oe White gave a testimony of the healing of his daughter
Debbie who was hit by a car February 9, 1965 as they were leaving
church. She was taken to the local hospital where the doctor advised
them she would not live. They transferred her by ambulance to an
Indianapolis hospital where she underwent surgery and was unconscious
nine days. He told how she stood on the bed the tenth day and
talked with them. She stood by his side as he gave the testimony,
healed by the power of God. The doctor has said she is now complet&#6619244;y
normal.
6:52 p.m.-The congregation prayed in concert for the healing service.
6:55 p.m.-The healing message was preached by Herbert England. A
portion of the message is given below:
"Our ete&#7471214;al God wants to heal His people. He said, 'I am the Lord
that healeth thee.' He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is
• the unchanging God that wants to heal and bless. We read, 'Every good
gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the
Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of
tu&#7471214;ing.' (James 1:17) Good things come from God. David said, 'O taste
and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.'

88 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
If we believe, God will do what He says He will do in this Book. 'For
this purpose the son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.' &#5505128;e works of the devil are sin, sickness, fear and
death, and don't forget that death is an enemy, The last enemy to be
destroyed is death. Jesus said, 'The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
to kill, and to destroy.'
" 'I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blame
less. unto the co&#7143529;ng of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth
you, who also will do it.' God is concerned with our body. He wants
us to be well; He wants us to be strong. The only way to know
the will of God is to read God's Word. One man who was a leper
eame to Jesus. He fell at the feet of Jesus and said, 'Lord, if thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean.' Jesus said to the leper, 'I will, be
thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.' It is God's will
to heal you. It is God's will for every child of God to be made whole.
When we say the Lord's Prayer, we pray, 'Thy will be done in earth,
as it • is in heaven.' That is the prayer the Lord told His children to •
pray, That is the prayer the Lord will answer. In the Lord's Prayer
is revealed the perfect will of God. God does not want cancers down
here; God does not want sin down here. You cannot have faith in
God unless you know His will. The Lord Jesus Christ is the will
of God. He came purposely to do the will of God. When He was
healing the sick, He was doing the will of God. God is glorified when
you are healed of your sickness.
"Maybe you prefer to come to the Assembly for healing, but healing
is in your own local church, too. You can get your healing there
just as well as you can anywhere else, because the Lord is in the
midst of you. He is just the same today. One place in Nazareth they
could not do many mighty works because of their unbelief. We are
healed by faith in God's Word. We put our faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ who is our Saviour for our salvation, and in the same way we
put our faith in Him to be our healer. David said, 'Who forgiveth all
thine iniquities,. who healeth all thy diseases.' Jesus said to the sick
of the palsy, ' ... Thy sins be forgiven thee,' and later on He said,
'Arise, take up thy bed and go unto thine house.' It does not require
a tremendous amount of faith to be healed; you just have to believe
what God has said. You do not have to be perfect to receive healing.
"I believe that there may be only one thing that could stop you
from receiving your healing tonight and that is an unforgiving spirit.
If you have a grudge against someone and will not forgive them or
if you have something in your heart that you feel you will never
forget and will never forgive, I don't think there is much purpose in
coming for healing. I believe the apex for a Christian experience is a
forgiving spirit. Forgiveness is one of the greatest things in the Chris
tian life. Jesus said, ' ... All power is given unto me.' That is sufficient
power to heal everyone that is in this Assembly. We know &#7602280;at God is
willing to send that power and heal our bodies. The requisite for our
healing is faith in what God has declared and told us in this Book. Faith
is believing what God has said in His Word. There was a woman who
just touched the hem of His garment. She made her own point of con
tact and said if I. just touch Him I am going to be made whole. She
touched Him and she was made whole.
"The Bible says to resist the devil; resist the temptation of sin; resist
sickness; resist all these things that 'Satan will put upon you and they will

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 89
flee from you; Have you resisted him? As you come out, let there be
a determination in your heart that you are going to follow the Lord
all the days of your life."
At the close of the message, ministers formed lines on the main floor
and three platforms while A. B. Woodruff led the congregation in sing
ing "Reach Out and Touch the Lord." As the al&#6029463;played, 1,559 in
dividuals passed through the lines and were prayed for and anointed with
oil. While this service continued, 2,120 handkerchiefs were anointed.
The congregation stood as Harper Hunter led the song "Lord, Lay Some
Soul Upon My Heart." Brother Hunter then led the congregation in a
concert prayer which was followed by an evangelistic message by Mil
dred Bennett. She read Job 1:7 and announced her subject "Satan On
His Travels." At the close of the message, the Majesties Trio sang "Room
At The Cross For You" as people were encouraged to seek the Lord.
The record shows nine were saved, eleven sancti&#6684777;ed and thirteen received
the Holy Ghost.
Saturday, September 10
6:00 a.m.-The sunrise prayer meeting was in charge of Vernon Crab
tree and Alvin Jones. After the song service, prayer was offered for the
service throughout the day. Many testi&#6684777;ed offering praise unto God for
being healed in the Friday night service. The service closed with con
cert prayer at 7:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played two numbers in front of the
tabernacle and continued to play as they marched to the alWlq&#6029463;
9:00 a.m.-Billy Mathis led the song service with Linda Lawson at the
piano and Helen Plank at the organ. Clyde Forbes read Matthew 24:3-14.
After prayer at the pulpit by George Griffin, the congregation joined in
concert prayer for the requests.
9:17 a.m.-Roy Cantrell sang "Let Me Tell You All About Jesus."
9:24 a.m.-"The Results of Home Visitation," message by Leon Schneider.
"Jesus' commission was for the Church to go and preach the gospel
to every creature. I feel like that includes everyone. Visitation means
going forth and communicating. The &#6684777;rst record of visitation was done
by God when He looked down on mankind when Adam had failed in the
Garden of Eden. God was concerned about His servant Adam and in the cool
of the day He came down and walked with Adam in the garden. It's
time for us to make things begin to happen in our community. Jesus said
He came to seek that which was lost.
"The book of Genesis tells how God told Noah and his family to go
inside the ark that he had prepared for the saving of his household from
the destruction of the wrath of God that was to come. After the ark
had come to land, God spoke unto Noah and said, 'Go forth of the ark,
thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.' Noah
could have sat there in the ark that he had made, but God wanted him
to get out and begin to work. Noah plowed and replenished the earth. I
believe our increase will come when we leave our church doors and be
gin to go forth and preach the gospel. Compassion means more than just
shedding . tears.

90 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
"After A. J. Tomlinson had reported a great number turned out of the
Church, he said I want you to go and bring these a&#6029463;into the Church.
Luke said, 'And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast com
manded, yet there is room.' The disciples were disturbed about the mat
ter. Jesus had said to go and they went, but they said there is still room
in our house. Jesus said, ' ... Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house may be &#6684777;lled.' I feel that visi
tation will bring results when we show people that we are interested
in their souls. I think it is time that we as ministers begin to put forth
more effort in visiting the lost. We have not been hired, especially in
the Church of God, but Jesus said, ' ... I have chosen you, and ordained
you, &#7602280;at ye should go and bring forth fruit.'
"James said, 'If a man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth
not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.'
We want results in the Church of God today. It is very important that
we speak the right things that edify and build up. I once heard about a
minister that visited a certain businessman in his town and invited him
to his services. The businessman looked at him and said if I went to
church I would not go to your church. The minister could not under
stand why he would make such a statement. He took the minister to his
office and showed him a list of delinquent bills that his members had
made. When the minister saw the delinquent bills that his members had
not paid, he went a&#6029463;and preached a message on honesty. As a re
sult, they paid their bills and the businessman made his way a&#6029463;to the
church. He was saved as a result of that church getting stirred up enough
to pay their bills. It is time for us to be honest with those who are with
out. If we expect to win the world, it will take us, as members of
the Church of God, practicing and living what we have been preaching.
When the prodigal son returned home, his brother began to rise with
jealousy because he had come a&#6029463;home. If a man does fall in the Church
of God, when he returns home, we want to be able to reach out to
greet him without any jealousy in our hearts. The prodigal son's father
was very thankful because of his return home.
"Don't you feel like it is time to rise and go forth from the ark or the
Church and begin to preach this gospel to every creature? Do you feel
that the Church has the message? The Bible says, 'Woe to them that are
at ease in Zion.' The disciples once said, 'Lord, when saw we thee an
hungered?' They could not understand. Wouldn't it be a sad thing if
someone came to you and said you failed to visit me when I was in prison;
you failed to feed me when I was hungry; you failed to visit me when
I was sick? Jesus said, ' ... Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' If we visit the people as
though we have known them, it will make them feel like they are wel
come and wanted in our midst. Every local church needs to have some
promotion going every Sunday. Every week is a special week at your
local church. The Bible tells us that the Lord dwells in Zion. There is
work to be done. It can be done through visitation. If it worked in the
early Church, it can be done today. The world was cold and indif
ferent, but it did not stop the disciples from going from house to house
and breaking bread. I feel it is time to prepare an altar before the peo
ple come. If we will get the &#6684777;re burning in our altars, it will bring
the results. I say He will help us if we will prepare our altars and be
gin to sacri&#6684777;ce our time and our efforts unto God to win the lost.
10:00 a.m.-The White Wing Publishing House pro&#6750322;am was directed by
R. 0. Covey, Acting Manager.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 91
The theme of the program was "Ship of Zion Carg&#7274541;Last Days Mes
sage." • The replica of a large ship with simulated waves was used as
platform decoration for the program. Brother Covey read Isaiah 62:1-7
and M. M. Burt prayed at the pulpit which was followed by a mighty
concert prayer by the congregation. Roberta and Elwood Matthews led
the congregation in singing "The Old Ship of Zion." Brother Covey spoke
concerning the theme of the program and said, "We are directly responsi
ble to do our part in sending forth this last days message. The cargo
is the last days message, and that is the message of Christ and His
Church and the perfection program. Christ will be in this program through
us until He can present the Church unto Himself not having any spot
or wrinkle or any such thing. We have the assurance that the Old Ship
of Zion will make the run successfully, and all you and I have to do
is to stay on board and work at the job. It is true that we are sailing in
deep waters. Those waters would swallow us up if we did not put our
trust and our faith in our Lord."
10:17 a.m.-"Who Pays for the Cargo?" This was a tribute to the Vic
tory Leaders by Perry E. Gillum. He said, "I stand before this Assem
bly thrilled with the opportunity to pay special tribute to the youth of
the Church of God. Their dedication and consecration have been un
surpassed. Their qualities have been like a crystal stream flowing from
the everlasting rock. Their vision has not been blurred; their mission has
not been neglected; their zeal has never been quenched. They gladly ac
cepted the torch of &#6684777;nancial responsibility and have carried this from
a meager beginning of yesteryears until today. They have raised a total
of $137,661.40 the past twelve months."
Brother Gillum read Mark 13:10 and referred to the Assembly in 1928
when the Victory Leaders Band was organized. The &#6684777;nancial responsi
bility was assigned to the Victory Leaders in 1932. He said, "From that
historical date until now, the young people have happily discharged their
&#6684777;nancial duty of raising funds to print the gospel of Jesus Christ."
10:26 a.m.-Elva Howard spoke concerning "Literature and Missions"
and said:
"I appreciate what I know about the Ship of Zion. I am glad because
I believe that one of these days she will sail into the ports of these dif
ferent lands and tell people about the love of Christ and the great Church
of God.
"Job made a statement some two thousand years before the invention
of the printing press. He said, 'Oh that my words were now written! oh
that they were printed in a book!' Job saw the advantage of a printed
page though he had never seen a printing press. It is one thing to tell
the story of. salvation, and it is another thing to read it for yourself.
In order to carry out the GO YE which was the command of Christ, I
really believe that literature is an indispensable tool. I wonder if we
can expect our missionaries to fashion the walls, lay the floors and such
without the indispensable tool of literature. Literature is the nourish
ment of the mind. You present a young convert with proper reading
material and his mind will become a digestive organ that produces a strong
Christian. How would you have responded to the gospel message if you
had not heard it in your own tongue? The work of young people in
raising money to publish the gospel message and the work of raising the
money to send the missionaries go hand in hand. Our business is to get
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to raise the free literature money to print the gospel so our missionaries
will have it in their hands. I want to help send the missionary, but I
want to see to it that he has a tool in his hand when he gets there."
10:48 a.m.-The Publishing Department Men sang "My Anchor Holds."
10:54 a.m.-Harold Parker spoke concerning "Wholesome Reading Mat
ter-Youth Life and Bethel Book Club."
He read Proverbs 4:20-23 and said, "Over one-half of the population
of the United States is twenty-six years old or younger. Over forty per
cent of the entire population of our country is under twenty years of
age. Walk to your corner newsstand and you will &#6684777;nd magazines on mur
der, divorce and immorality. You will &#6684777;nd them in full color; you will
&#6684777;nd them in black and white; you will &#6684777;nd them in pocket size and bill
fold size. You will &#6684777;nd them every size and every price imaginable.
Why? Because the world is spreading our markets with literature that
is corrupting the minds of men and women everywhere. We need litera
ture that will present Christ.
"Young minds are searching for an answer. They are searching for
a purpose to their life. My friend, Jesus has the answer; He has the pur
pose for their life. We must present it through wholesome literature.
We are trying our best, with the help of God, to do this through Youth
Life and the Bethel Book Club. We try to give you literature that you
can present to your children and to other children."
11:04 a.m.-Thomas Duncan, Radio Department Manager, spoke briefly
concerning "Ether Waves Charged with Sound Doctrine." He said, "Broad
casting is a form of publishing or spreading the gospel. The Voice of
Salvation is the official radio voice of the Church and its messages have
been under the scrutiny of the Church in general. The year 1903 was
a very historical year in many ways. We are familiar with the story
of A. J. Tomlinson ·receiving a vision of the Church of God. Perhaps
we are not so familiar with another event of that year. Marconi, the
father of broadcasting, transmitted the very &#6684777;rst radio message from &#4259949;er
ica to Europe. As the &#6684777;eld of radio developed more fully and became more
powerful, the Church began to use this tool to send forth this gospel
message and the message of the Church.
"When we think of the Ship of Zion as being an illustration of the
Church, my mind begins to think that on this great ocean of life there
are other boats that feel that they are headed for the proper goal, but
we who have a vision of the Church feel that one of these days a great
storm will begin to disturb those boats that are not with the Ship of
Zion. Every ship has its communication system and, in the time of dis
tress or trouble, a ship at sea is able to send forth messages to carry
out rescue operations. The Ship of Zion is sending forth a beacon mes
sage to people interested in knowing where the Ship of Zion is and when
the storm comes we believe they will begin to search out this Ship as
it makes its way &#7602280;rough the storm and rough sea undisturbed. We be
lieve that the Voice of Salvation and other programs produced by the
Church will serve as a guide to them."
11:10 a.m.-The Directors sang "More About Jesus."
11:13 a.m.-R. 0. Covey spoke briefly on the subject, "Keeping in Touch
and Informed &#5505128;rough the White Wing Messenger." He read 1 Thessa-

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lonians 5:5, 6 and Romans 13:11, 12 and urged each one to be a reader as
well as a subscriber to the White Wing Messenger.
11:29 a.m.-The Directors sang "Ship Ahoy."
11:31 a.m.-"A Lifeline for Every Creature" was a very impressive skit
enacted as the lost ones were rescued through the printed message. The
scene was a replica of a large ship representing the Ship of Zion. The
following songs were used in the skit: "Throw Out the Life Line," "Mas
ter, The ,Tempest Is Raging," "Till the Storm Passes Over," "I've Anchored
in Jesus" and "The Regions Beyond."
11:57 a.m.-Paul Renner, Press Superintendent, prayed the closing prayer.
12:00 m.-The Victory Leaders met downtown and formed a parade
from the ramp of the courthouse. Two ushers and Perry E. Gillum, Gen
eral Secretary, led the march, followed by the Bahama Brass Band,
state overseers, state secretaries and Victory Leaders. The parade was
very colorful with many of the Victory Leaders dressed in red vests and
weskits with black and white. The record shows 1,018 Victory Leaders
marched in the parade.
1:10 p.m.-The band continued to play as the Victory Leaders were led
inside the tabernacle by the General Secretary. Many waved Church
of God flags as they marched and rejoiced under the power of God.
1:30 p.m.-Frank Hughes directed the singing with Benny Finlayson
at the piano and Jenna Allen at the organ. The following Scriptures
were quoted by the Victory Leader Scripture Team: Lamentations 3:27,
Ecclesiastes 7:9, 1 John 2:13, 14, Psalm 119:9, Timothy 4:12.
1:43 p.m.-Gleaner Pan-O-Rama was directed by Pattye Mullinax and
Faye Pittman. The Gleaners wore cowboy hats and sang "We're &#7602280;e
Church of God Gleaners." Joyrene Jones and Roberta Cunningham quot
ed Psalm 119:11 and Acts 2:19. Jenny and Linda Bledsoe sang "Do Young
Children Love the Lord?" Deborah Cunningham recited the books of
the Bible. Pearl Lang sang "Jesus, Use Me." The three Brackett chil
dren recited the names of the disciples and then sang them. Kevin Parker
sang "Jesus, Abide With Me." Gail and Dale Holtzclaw sang "I Was Born
to Serve the Lord." A three year old boy named the twelve sons of
Jacob and one of the Gleaners led the group in the Lord's Prayer.
2:06 p.m.-"World Mission Corps Challenges Youth," message by A. J.
Coalter. A portion of his message is given below:
"Action is often averted where there is no• challenge. So often we &#6684777;nd
people that desire to do something for God, but there is no challenge
to spur them on. Sometimes people have an inward burning to go for
God and to lcv6&#6029463; for Him, but there is nobody to spur them on in this
program. The World Mission Corps was organized last year with the
thought of challenging our young people to go into all the world to help
spread the gospel to every creature of the world."
He read Esther 4:14 and said, "Young people, I believe God has a plan
for everyone of you. I do not believe that we just happened to be here
today. I do not think we just accidentally became members of the Church
of God. The great commission of the Church is to go into all the world.
The commission is given to the Church-not to the ministers of the
Church. It is given to every member of the· Church of God. &#5505128;is chal-

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lenge is not for preachers to go to another city in Tennessee. It is de
signed and it is a challenge for our young people who are not ministers
to arise and go into some foreign country and be laymen there to wit
ness for God. This program was not thought out with the ministry in
mind, but it is for the layman, the young man, the young lady, the
single boy, the single girl or the married couples who have a desire to do
something for God and the Church of God. I am afraid that sometimes
our laymen of the Church have passed the responsibility to the preach
ers to such an extent that we feel our responsibility ends when we give
our offerings and attend our local churches. We are challenging you
today to look into this great program of the Mission Corps. There are
souls beyond the boundaries of &#4259949;erica who are looking to &#7602280;e Church
of God to bring the gospel to them. This organization has been going
one year and at the present time we have nine members. Most of them
are laymen and they do not feel that God is going to call them to preach
while they are on the mission field, but they feel a compassion for souls.
They feel like going forward for God while they have time to work
for Him. It thrills our souls as the Youth Mission Board looks over
the applications and they say I am a quali&#6684777;ed person in a certain capacity.
I can provide for my own livelihood in this mission &#6684777;eld, and I am
willing to go as a layman, not asking the Church of God to sponsor
me with &#6684777;nance. Perhaps your company would be glad to transfer you
to another country and, as a rule, with a pay increase.
"God is calling us today. The Victory Leaders Band is challenging young
people. The World Mission Corps is challenging you to greater action
for God. Young people, if we are going to ever do anything for God, we
need to be busy about God's business today."
2:17 p.m.-"A Candid Report on Alcohol" was a demonstration in charge
of Harlan Lunday which portrayed the evils of alcohol. The songs "I
Was Born to Serve the Lord" and "Without Him" were sung at inter
vals during the demonstration.
1 Corinthians 3:16 was read and Brother Lunday said, "Over six mil
lion people are a slave to alcohol in America today. The liquor industry
spends more than twelve· million dollars each year in promoting its prod
uct. Alcohol is directly responsible for more than fifty per cent of all
the crimes committed in the United States. Alcohol &#6684777;lls the jails, pris
ons, hospitals, mental institutions, orphanages, funeral homes and it feeds
the flames of hell. You don't have to drink to have a good time. You
don't have to drink to be popular. You don't have to drink to be a suc
cess in &#7602280;e business world. It is time for &#4259949;erica to speak up for &#4653167;d
and tell the other side of the picture. Alcohol damages a man inte&#7471214;ally,
externally and eternally. An alcoholic is helpless of himself, but with
Jesus he can be free."
The Spirit of the Lord seemed to hover over the congregation and
the Holy Ghost was present as the demonstration came to a close.
2:46 p.m.-Charlotte Collins sang "Lord, I Want You to Touch Me."
The Holy Ghost continued to work in a mighty way and the remainder
of the Victory Leaders program was omitted. &#5505128;e service was turned
over to the Lord to direct and many people rushed to the altar to pray.
The record shows eleven were saved, six were sanctified and twenty re
ceived the Holy Ghost. Surely everyone in the con&#6750322;egation received a
blessing. Many groups and individuals sang during the altar service.

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Assembly Free Literature Offering
Alabama _____ $
Alaska
Arizona ------------------------
Arkansas ____________ _
Australia
Bahamas ________________ _
Barbados and
St. Vincent _________________ _
Califo&#7471214;ia
Canada ________ _ _
Colorado _______________ _
Connecticut
Costa Rica ___________________ _
Delaware __________________ _
Dominican Republic _____ _
East Texas
England --------------------------
Florida -------------------------
Georgia
Haiti
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana -------------·----------
Iowa ·----
Jamaica ________ _
Kansas ---------------
Kentucky -------------------------
Leeward Islands __ _
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland ______________ _
626.86
20.00
67.24
105.75
5.00
250.00
10.00
399.26
17.06
69.32
15.00
7.00
55.53
4.00
175.89
14.00
566.76
756.34
6.85
5,00
50.37
453.84
725.52
112.00
Michigan _________________________ _
Minnesota _______________________ _
M�ssissi&#3801200;pi ___________________ _
M1ssour1 ________________________ _
Montana ----------------------------
Nebraska ____________ _
New Hampshire _____________ _
Nevada • ____ _
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina ______________ _
North Dakota
Ohio ______ _
Oklahoma ______________________ _
Oregon
Pennsylvania _________________ _
Puerto Rico __________ _
South Carolina _____________ _
South Dakota ------------------
Tennessee _____________ _
Utah ----------------------------------
Vermont
Virginia ______________ _
Virgin Islands _____ _
Washington _____________________ _
West Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin ______________________ _
Wyoming ________ _
95
278.39
102.96
613.49
106.16
58.00
28.03
7.25
21.50
41.00
77.82
105.00
1,153.56
44.00
397.47
406.96
100.00
186.80
2.83
830.02
42.31
1,683.99
56.14
30.50
912.50
148 .00
115.22
123.35
220.00
74.88
55.28
Massachusetts ______________ _
30.00
128.76
1,010.24
5.00
223.54
5.00
210.25
16.67 Total _______________________________ $14, 1 71.46
Note: Due to the wonderful service, the General Secretary was unable
to present the awards on Friday at the speci&#6684777;ed time, but they were
presented on Monday.
A gift certi&#6684777;cate in &#7602280;e amount of $40 was presented to the state sec
retary of North Carolina in recognition of the largest state convention
free literature offering-$10,471.34.
A gift certi&#6684777;cate in the amount of $25 was presented to Tennessee for
the second largest offering-$9,840.
Gift certi&#6684777;cates were presented to Tennessee and North Carolina for
the largest and second largest assembly free literature offering.
Oklahoma received a gift certi&#6684777;cate in the amount of $25 for the larg
est convention offering according to the number of churches-$188.41 per
church. Wyoming was second with $179.23 per church.
The Marietta, Georgia Church received a gift certi&#6684777;cate in the amount
of $25 for the largest local church convention offering-$1,676.43.

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Gift certi&#6684777;cates were presented to England and North Florida for the
largest number of Bible chapters read per band-16,469 and 4,029, re
spectively.
A banner was presented to Haiti for the largest Victory Leaders mem
bership-9,614.
5:30 p.m.-The annual Saturday evening praise service was in charge
of Ralph Scotton. He read Joel 2:23, Acts 1:8 and James 5:7. Mikey Jones
and helpers led the congregation in singing choruses during this service.
6:05 p.m.-Sherman Minter sang "I've Been to Calvary" in memory of
G. T. Speer, better known as Dad Speer, who passed away the day before.
6:11 p.m.-Liston Pritchard led the congregation in singing "Everybody
Will Be Happy Over There."
6:16 p.m.-Perry E. Gillum introduced other members of the Youth Mis
sion Board-Elva Howard, Phillip Barker, A. J. Coalter and Charles G.
Hawkins, which was followed by a panel discussion concerning the
World Mission Corps. Excerpts from this discussion are given below:
"The World Mission Corps was created to present a challenge to the
youth of the Church, both the clergy and laymen, as a missionary en
deavor. When an applicant has been accepted, he joins in a mutual
agreement to serve a period of two years in a mission &#6684777;eld. After serv
ing a period of two years, a certi&#6684777;cate of honor or recognition will be
awarded from the Mission Board.
"The applicants must volunteer their services. They can assist the na
tional overseer or the missionary in the church work. The corpsmen
are self-supporting laymen. They, through self-employment, support •
themselves which absolves the Church of any &#6684777;nancial responsibility. The
Youth Mission Board will assist the applicants concerning job oppor
tunities, but the idea of the program is not to burden the Church with the
&#6684777;nancial responsibility. We have much information regarding job op
portunities. Many oil companies would like for people to go to different
parts of the world but, in order to secure the jobs, they must meet the
quali&#6684777;cations of that company. We &#6684777;nd the following are very much
in demand: engineers, people who are skilled in running machinery, nurses,
doctors and almost any professional &#6684777;eld. While many of these coun
tries have people with these skills, many times they are not as highly
skilled as people who have been trained in this country.
"This is not designed just for the laymen or the clergy, although the
laymen are preferred. The corpsmen serve in an unofficial capacity and
only assist in the missionary work in that area. It is the policy of the
Youth Mission Board and the World Mission Corps to supply workers,
laymen or clergy, to help assist in the work where we have missionaries
or overseers and they can do as much as they can in areas where we
have no assigned representative from General Headquarters.
"All corpsmen are required to keep in touch with the Youth Mission
Board. A special report form is provided. A bulletin is sent out which
gives information about the corpsmen in other parts of the world. It
creates a little fellowship between those who are serving in the Corps.
"No one is required to speak a particular language, although it would
be very pro&#6684777;table for the applicant to be familiar with the language. Go-

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ing into a country with a different language would be a great ???
to overcome, especially within a one or two year period. It is recom
mended that the applicant thoroughly prepare himself with all the edu
cation he can and read literature to learn about the customs and tradi
tions. Included in this is the monetary system of the coun&#7602290;y.
"The applicant must complete an official questionnaire to be reviewed
and approved by the Youth Mission Board. Some of the primary quali
&#6684777;cations are to have the Holy Ghost, be a member of the Church, com
plete the Body of Christ course, and the board also • recommends some
of the courses offered at Tomlinson College regarding missions. It would
be very good to have a general idea of wise tract distribution. It would
not be wise to give out tracts dealing with the Church, &#7602280;e flag and
Fields of the Wood until salvation &#7602290;acts-tracts on repentance, sancti&#6684777;
cation, Xof the Holy Ghost-have &#6684777;rst been distributed.
"We_ presently have nine people serving in the World Mission Corps.
The board is elated over these people who have joined the Corps .and
are already on their &#6684777;eld of labor. This is a day of world travel and
people think nothing of going a long distance for employment. Young
people who join the Corps and serve two years overseas will come home
and &#6684777;nd they are more in demand than they have ever been because
their employers realize they have some overseas training. The Church
at large has not spent one dollar in behalf of these nine members. They
volunteered their services, paid their voyage and their own fare. We
helped them to secure jobs and they are presently working and support
. ing themselves."
A standing ovation was given the nine members of the World Mission
Corps.
6:47 p.m.-World Mission Program directed by Charles G. Hawkins,
Secretary.
Sylvia Hardin led the congregation in prayer for the mission &#6684777;elds.
Brother Hawkins then asked the congregation to pray a mighty prayer
for the healing of Rosa Queener. The lfrom the Virgin Islands
played "The Regions Beyond." An offering was received for the l
while they played.
Brother Hawkins then introduced representatives from other countries:
Moses Stephens, Virgin Islands; Hector Ortiz and wife, Leeward Islands;
Walter C. Bates and wife, Costa Rica; J. H. Ladoo and wife, Dominican
Republic; Delmar L. Spurling and wife, England; H. Lavell Hawkins
and wife, Puerto Rico; Raymond Pruitt and wife, Canada; Alvin S. Moss,
Bahamas; Salomon Hernandez C., South Mexico; Aaron R. Waggett and
wife, Australia; James A. Thomas, BaruBrother Brown, Jamaica.
He then asked all delegates from outside the United States to stand.
Brother Hernandez gave a testimony in Spanish which was interpreted
by Felix Garcia.
7:25 p.m.-Awards were presented for the &#6684777;rst, second and third larg
est October and March world mission offering. These were divided into
three groups-states, churches and countries.
The overseer of Tennessee received a Tea and Coffee Set for the largest
state offering, $8,105.23. Rosettes were presented to the overseers of
Oklahoma and Kentucky with the second and third largest • offerings,
$3,921.17 and $2,749.77, respectively.

98 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
The pastor of Wildwood Avenue Church (Cleveland, Tennessee) re
ceived a Tea and Coffee Set for the largest church offering, $1,806.01.
Rosettes were presented to the pastor of the churches at Kansas City,
Kansas and North Nashville, Tennessee with the second and third largest
offerings, $1,240.55 and $681.23, respectively.
The overseer of England received a Tea and Coffee Set for the largest
offering outside the United States, $589.54. Rosettes were presented to
the overseers of Canada and Dominican Republic with the second and
third largest offerings, $579.90 and $411.27, respectively.
7:37 p.m.-"Other Sheep I Have," message by Harrison E. Price, Mis
sion Evangelist. A portion of his message is given below:
"We know that Jesus taught the 'other sheep' message and we have
been preaching it since the Church came up through the Dark Ages. We
know the sheep are out there. We &#6684777;nd plenty of God's people, but we
need sheep herders more than we need sheep. We need someone that
knows how to take care of the sheep. Many of the western states are
known for raising sheep. It is not how many lambs are born, but how
many are taken care of and how many survive."
He read Ezekiel 34:11 , 12 and said, "We know that God's children have
been scattered over the face of the earth. We talk about gathering God's
people together and that is the thing we are working toward. One of
these days God's sheep will get tired of listening to Tom, Dick and Harry
and they will hear the voice of the Church. When the lamb season comes
in the weste&#7471214; states they are ready for it. &#5505128;ey know when to expect
the lambs and they have the sheds prepared to take care of them. It is
not how many get saved in a revival or how many sheep come nuzzling
around, but it is how many we can issue a little food to that will make
them want to come back again and again. Too many folks can't judge be
tween a sheep and a goat. It takes sheep food for the sheep and they
are not satis&#6684777;ed with anything else. Feed, when fed the right way, will
not offend anyone. We are living in a t&#6881389;e of famine; not a famine
of food and clothing, but a famine of hearing the Word of God. They do
not want you to dilute it. They want you to feed it to them like it is
supposed to be fed.
"Jesus said, 'And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them
also I must bring . . .' God intends to bring them, but He is going to
bring them through men and women that will be the phonograph to play
the record that is already written. &#5505128;ey are out &#7602280;ere; they want to
CO&#4849774;e; they are looking for something. We must show them something
wlien they come. Do not change the sermon for fear you will offend
someone. Preach it with love and compassion and I assure you they will
come back for more."
7:48 p.m.-Message by Elva Howard, General W. M. B. Secretary.
She read Numbers 13:17-25, 27, 30, 33 and said, "Moses decided that
he would send the spies to look over the land. Two of them came back
with the grapes and the honey and they said we are well able to possess
the land. Another group that came back did not look at the milk and
honey. They said it is a land that eateth up the inhabitants. In other
words, there are so many people that there would not be room for us
to dwell. They added the fact that they were people of great stature
and said we are so small that we look like grasshoppers in their sight.
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world_-Other people feel the grasshopper spirit. The matter that the
world thought they were grasshoppers was not important. The important
part of the situation was when they looked at themselves and said we
are grasshoppers in our own sight. That is our trouble. We feel like grass
hoppers .in our own sight. The Bible tells us that the defense of Canaan
had gone out of them. God would &#6684777;ght for the Israelites and God would
give &#7602280;em the land, but He could not give it to them because they felt
too small.
"It does not matter what the world thinks about the Church of God,
but it is what we think of the business. What do you think of the
Church and what do you believe that the Church can accomplish? I know
that people have the grasshopper spirit because they never bother to
get out into their own communities to reach the people that have never
been reached for the Church. The real true power of God is the thing
that is going to get the work done. If you want to be big, you have to
think big. You have to act big. Invite someone to Church and tell them
we are a small congregation. It will help you and your grasshopper spirit.
I know we are small in some areas of the country, but our power has
never been measured by numbers. It is the power and the strength of
the Holy Ghost that works in and through us and makes us do something
for God."
8:03 p.m.-The Wildwood Avenue Choir sang "The Church's Rallying
Song.".
8:10 p.m.-Message by Charles G. Hawkins, World Mission Secretary.
Martin Musial gave a testimony concerning the work in Poland before
Brother Hawkins started his message.
Brother Hawkins read 1 Timothy 6:5 and said, "We hear statements
today that deny the deity of Christ, the existence of a personal God,
the power of God and indicate that man is the supreme being in him
self. This to many people is the intellectual approach to God. But, re
gardless of what the intellectuals might think, there is a God that
rules supreme over this earth. He has all power in heaven and in
earth. Whether we realize it or not, the spirit of this thing is creep
ing into the Church. If we will look around ·about us, we will have
to admit that materialism makes up a great part of the program of
the Church. The people who should in all sincerity uphold the truth
and the Word of God have actually come to the place that they deny
the things for which men of past generations have been willing to lay
down their lives. A few years ago, anyone who said that God was dead
or did not exist would immediately have been branded as an atheist,
but today they can be called a Christ&#6881325;an minister and actually say that
God does not exist. We may feel that we are far removed from this
kind of thing, but I say that the spirit of it is even knocking at our
door.
"We are facing some terrible things and the Church is going to
have many obstacles to overcome. The thing that will cause trouble
is when we come to the place that we are willing to compromise on
basic Bible issues and let down on things that we stood against be
fore. Someone has said we are living in a different day and we are
more enlightened as we get closer to the coming of the Lord. We
should be more enlightened, but the basic principles and teachings of the
Word of God do not change.

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"The power of God can be in a new church building, but having
a new church building does not mean that you have godliness. Some
times it is easy to accept gain or material success by wanting to com
promise on certain things. Compromise finds fertile field in the busi
ness world. It is not new to them. They compromise daily. If we let down
on certain· things, it is entirely possible that we will grow and prosper.
We will begin to receive material gain ·and get assistance from all
sorts of places."
Brother Hawkins referred to the story of Daniel and said, "Daniel
had an opportunity to compromise. He could have said I will stay in
this position in order to help all that I can, but he refused to com
pro&#7471214;ise and he was thrown into the den of lions. God received great
er glory because he disobeyed the decree than he would if he had
compromised. As we near the time of the Lord, we will be faced more
and more with these same kind of things. For example, right here in
this land today, in this country of ours, a few years ago it was
alright to read the Bible in school and pray, but the law has been
passed that this cannot be done. As we go along, we will find more and
more opportunities to compromise, but the Church has been commanded
to go into all the world and preach the gospel. We have a message; we
have a gospel; we have something to say to the world. The world needs
everything that we preach and teach. Sometimes we, ·as ministers in
the Church, think we need to be careful and watch out because our peo
ple want to let down on things. Will letting down help? The more
we stand by the truth of the Word of God and the more we hold
to the Bible practices and principles, the more peculiar treasure we
will become to God. The world is going to continue to compromise.
They will continue to get together and let down on this and that, and
the first thing you know we will be the only people sticking to the
truth. If a child of God wants the truth, this will be the only place
that he can come for it. We will be a guardian of the true principles
of God."
Brother Hawkins read Jude 1:3 and gave the altar invitation. The
Majesties Trio sang "So Send I You" as the invitation was given. The
record shows ten were saved, fourteen sanctified and fourteen received
the Holy Ghost.
Sunday, September 11
6:00 a.m.-The sunrise prayer meeting was in charge of W. S. Kidd, Jr.
and Robert DeLeon. The service featured congregational singing, pray
er for reques&#7602291;, song by the singers from Virginia, Scripture reading
and a short message. The service was dismissed with prayer.
8:40 a.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played softly while the over
seers, missionaries, state and national secretaries, leaders and members
went to designated places inside the tabernacle for meditation in prepara
tion for the Women's Missionary Band Program, directed by Elva
Howard, General Secretary.
9:00 a.m.�The Bahama Brass Band played "Send The Light" and the
Men's Chorus played trumpets and sang "The Victory May Depend
On You." Ina Mae Tomlinson read Psalm 126 and Katherine Max
berry prayed at the pulpit while the congregation prayed silently. The

MlNUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 101
General Secres*&#6029463;made several introductions after which the Inspira
tional Trio sang "Pass Me Not" and "Blessed Assurance."
9:26 a.m.-The Detroit, Michigan Fellowship Choir sang "Ivory Pal
aces," "Let Us Pray Together" and "I Will Sing Of My Redeemer."
9:38 a.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert. The Gen
eral Overseer led the congregation in singing "Thank You, Lord, For
Saving My Soul" and Dorothy Creel led "Oh, How I Love Jesus."
9:46 a.m.-"Where Does My Mission Task Begin," message by Betty
Waggett, Australia.
"I feel that God saves us that we might be able to work for Him. I
feel that we need to work for God while there is yet time."
She read Ecclesiastes 9:10 and said, "What a real privilege it is to
be in another Assembly and see everyone gathered together worshipping
the Lord. I thought of the many years that we have pastored churches
and the sacrifices that the missionary women have made to cause us
to be able to be on the mission field. Where does my mission s&#6029463;
begin? I believe that it begins within me. When we make up our
minds that it begins in us, I believe that our mission s&#6029463;will be wherever
we are. I have found that God wants us to use our abilities. I do not
have the ability of some great preachers. but God does not expect that
of me. One of the greatest things that happened to me in mission
work was the fact that I had to go and knock on doors and invite
people to church. My husband always carried on that end of the
program. I always felt that was a better job for him, but when we
got out there in a country where there was no one but us I found
that I had to do something along that line too. I had to ss*\&#6029463;knocking
on doors when we wanted a Sunday School. I found that there was a
need in my heart to work for God.
"The missionary program is for the smallest to the greatest and &#7602280;e
youngest to the oldest. I know that God will bless us if we are willing
to sacri&#6684777;ce for Him. Our mission s&#6029463;begins with us wherever we are,
using what we have."
9:55 a.m.-Twenty-four red roses were presented to Sylvia Hardin to
represent the twenty-four years she served as General W. M. B. Secretary.
A reading was prepared by Lillie &#4456565;ggar titled Honor to Whom Honor
is Due and it was read by Elva Howard. A portion of this reading is
given below:
"For twenty-four years she served in one position. For these twenty
four years her &#6684777;rst interest was the promotion
·
of the work to which she
was assigned. Her sincere desire was for it to prosper, and the Lord
blessed her to see every phase of the department expand under her super
vision. Surely it can be said of Sylvia Hardin, former General W. M .. B.
Secres*&#6029463;she has done what she could.
"She has served as mission evangelist this year, having &#6684777;nished a round
the-world tour recently in behalf of souls, making twenty-&#6684777;ve years of
service under the appointment of &#7602280;e General Overseer."
Special recognition was also given to Brother Hardin for his faithfulness.
10:11 a.m.-"Ye Are My Witnesses," message by Maude Martin.

102 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Sister Martin read Acts 1:8 and said, "I feel that when we are endued
with power from on high, when we receive the Holy Ghost, we can
witness in our home town. I am glad &#7602280;at we can be a witness among
our own home folks and our own kin. Sometimes it takes a long time to
get them to see what we see. Witnessing for God is my delight.
"I think of the Apostle Paul when he said, 'I have fought a good &#6684777;ght,
I have &#6684777;nished my course, I have kept the faith.' He also said, '. . . I
ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.' I don't want to
face God with anybody's blood on my hands. I want to be free. People
are hungry to know something about God. We are to be a witness for
the Master."
10:23 a.m.-The Pastor's Trio sang "Win the Lost at Any Cost.''
10:29 a.m.-"Thy Will Be Done," message by Ray Payne. A portion of
this message is given below:
The speaker read Matthew 6:9, 10 and said, "No doubt there was a
purpose for everything that Jesus taught His disciples. These men did
not realize the meaning of the words 'thy will be done' at the time Jesus
was teaching them. They were to encounter this situation a few years from
that time. &#5505128;ey were going to encounter suffering, trials and affliction,
but they endured that the will of God might be performed.''
Brother Payne read Matthew 26:36 and continued, "Jesus was flesh and
blood just like you and I. He had to comZthe things that were com
ing against Him. Think of our loss today if He had refused to be obedient
to the task of His Father. There would be no salvation; there would
be no healing; there would be no Church. But because of God's will be
ing performed, we now have access to this glorious salvation. We must
consecrate and dedicate ourselves to the will of God. God has a plan for
His people and this plan must be carried out. It is our duty to &#6684777;nd out
the will of God by listening to the voice of God."
Brother Payne referred to the story of Samuel as referred to in the
third chapter of 1 Samuel. "Samuel answered the Lord and said,
'Speak; for &#7602280;y servant heareth.' Some of us cannot have the will of God
in our lives because we are not ready to listen to the voice of God. How
many times has God tried to direct His will through your life? &#5701736;en
we fail to obey the will of God; He will immediately go somewhere else
and &#6684777;nd some individual &#7602280;at will say 'thy will be done.' To say 'thy
will be done' means all of our nature is in revolt against it. Our own
pride forbids it. &#5505128;e devil marches all of his forces in opposition to it. It
seems that some of us have to wait until God afflicts us but I challenge
you to launch out by faith in God. To say 'thy will be done' proves
that we have absolute faith in God and we have completely surrendered
our all to Him. What are the blessings that follow an individual that
says 'thy will be done?' Christ will possess you. The Holy Ghost will
&#6684777;ll you for it is the will of God."
.&#5505128;e speaker read James 4:7, 8 and said, <llf every individual that comes
to • an altar of prayer 'would immediately .'do what &#7602280;e Bible says, we
would have hundreds and thousands of people converted. Too many of
us, when we get healed or saved, do not tell anyone about it. The cry
of the generation now is that we do not have time. &#5505128;e world today is
in need of God. The world today needs dedicated men that will launch
out and say 'thy will be done' in my life. Sometimes the will of God

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may mean suffering. Paul received a vision one night asking him to go
into Macedonia and help and he immediately swung into action and moved
according to the fears of God. You and I may never be a missionary
on our feet but we can all be missionaries on our knees. Our world to
day looks dark but the mighty hand of God is moving. It seems that
the world is dying while we are trying to convert the world within the
four walls of our churches. Some of us never get outside our churches
to win souls to God."
Brother Payne read John 4:35 and said, "You do not have to go to
some foreign &#6684777;eld to be a missionary for the Lord. You can be a mis
sionary right at home; you can be a missionary at your church; you can
be a missionary where you work; you can be· a missionary at school. Are
you willing to say, 'thy will be done?'"
11:02 a.m.-Presentation of awards by the General Secretary.
States and mission &#6684777;elds were divided as follows: Group No. 1, 1,000
members and more; Group No. 2, 999 to 200 members; and Group No. 3,
199 members and less.
Group No. 1-Tennessee-$25,040.00; Bahamas-$24,306.82
Group No. 2-Illinois-$13,600.00; Leeward Islands-1,585.03
Group No. 3-Wyoming-$4,165.00; Canada-$1,203.06
Trophies were presented to Tennessee, Illinois and Leeward Islands.
Clocks were presented to Bahamas, Wyoming and Canada.
Gift Certi&#6684777;cates were presented to the state and mission &#6684777;eld in each
group having the second largest convention offering.
Group No. 1-Kentucky-$24,035.64; England-$8,217 .21
Group No. 2-West Virginia-$10,659.51; North Mexico-$959.84
Group No. 3-Wisconsin-$2,900.00; Netherlands Antilles-$156.66 .
A rosette was presented to the East Street Church in the Bahamas for
the largest convention offering-$7,185.00. The Acworth, Georgia church
also received a rosette for the second largest convention offering-$4,074.42.
Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, Tennessee, was third with $3,353.75.
The church at Butte, Montana received a rosette for having raised the
largest mission Sunday offering according to membership-$75.40 per mem
ber.
The state secretary from Kentucky received a rosette for the largest
number of one hundred dollar workers-I 75.
A rosette was presented to South Mexico for having gained the larg
est number of new i'8 .
A rosette was presented to England for having gained the , &#3866733;ost: new
members-274.
11:36 a.m.-The ushers received an offering from the congregation and
those with special offerings came forward. The Florida Group sang
"Without Him," Gerdia Shewmaker sang "I Cannot Fail the Lor&#3866792;," the

104 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Majesties sang "Sweet Jesus" and the Snowtown, AlaTrio sang "My
Heavenly· Home."
Assembly Mission Offering
Ala___________________________ $
Alaska ---·-----------------------
Arizona
Arkansas
Australia
Bahamas _____ _
Bart
Califo&#7209179;a
Canada
Colorado
Connecticut and
Rhode Island ___ _
Costa Rica _________ _
Delaware
Dominican Republic
East Texas ____ _
England ________ _
Florida ----·---------------
Georgia
Haiti _____________ _
Idaho
Illinois ______________ _
Indiana _______________________ _
Iowa --------·-----
Jamaica
Kansas -···--------· ·---
Kentucky
Leeward Islands -----·--
Louisiana
Maine and
New Hampshire _________ _
Maryland and D. C. _______ _
Michigan -,-------
1,177.26
22.00
238.49
134.76
20.00
600.00
10.00
508.99
80.36
109.06
25.00
15.00
132.89
66.00
403.50
14.00
1,215.63
1,863.84
10.20
65.44
586.57
1,076.57
221.00
30.00
288.21
1,987.78
5.00
333.40
30.00
802.71
668.58
11:50 a.m.&#6029501;Message by the Secretary.
Minnesos------------····-------
Mfssissi&#3801200;pi
Missouri ___________________________ _
Montana ·---------------···-····--·
Nebraska __________ _
Nevada _____________________________ _
New Jersey -----------------···
New Mexico ___________________ _
New York ______________________ _
North Carolina ----··-----· ··
North Dakos------�--------- -
Ohio _______________________________ _
Okzut ___ _
Oregon -····-------------------------
Pennsylvania ··--·-- --··-------
Puerto Rico ____ _
South Carolina ______________ _
Sou&#7602280; Dakos--·······---------
Tennessee ________ _
Usu-----------------------------
Vermont and
Massachusetts _____________ _
Virginia --------------------------
Virgin Islands ___ _
Washington
West Texas -------------------···
W�st V�rginia _________________ _
WISconsm ·----------------------
Wyoming ________ _
General Offering _________ _
103.58
839.73
295.75
60.00
46.44
35.50
82.53
161.06
481.14
1,590.07
125.75
1,125.73
524.16
155.90
294.44
5.00
1,356.39
155.00
3, 434.29
98.81
111.21
1,557.59
160.00
256.50
193.71
242.00
139.18
222.30
820.10
Total -----------------------------$2 7,416.10
As Sister Howard spoke, bells were ringing in the K?tpiand she
said, "I want to talk about the bells of opportunity. I am . glad for the
service bells. I believe in every member being a worker. No one is ex
cluded. You are never too young and you are. never too old to work for
God."
The bells continued to ring as she said, "Parents have a call for service
in the Church. &#5505128;at service is training their children. I want the par
ents to listen to the bells today. You have a service to the Church. &#5505128;ese
bells are reminding you that you are a parent, and you are training the
future generation that is going to run the Church of God. I feel we
have been too lax in this training. Our children know the Scriptures and
they know the teachings, but what do they know about the fear of God
and personal dedication? Right now the challenge is to the parents. Would

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 105
you freely give your child for the work of the Church to go anywhere?
If God called your daughter, would you give her to go to some distant
country where you might not see her for &#6684777;ve years and maybe never see
her again? Can you hear the de&#6553705;cation bells? Would you really be
willing to give your son to be a missionary on some foreign soil for God
and the Church of God? Do you want to give your child to go to some
distant country? I am not asking you to send them, but would you be
willing for them to go? Don't you sometimes wonder what kind of world
the young people in the next few years are going to be living in, and
yet it will be glorious because the saints will have moved into such a
high spiritual state that the mighty workings of God will be manifested.
The future generation will realize the evidence of this sign for the knowl
edge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. Did
you know that consecration will be needed? No one can work for God
unless they are consecrated.
"I want to say something to the senior citizens of this great Church.
I know you have done a good work. I see you walking with canes; your
brown and black locks have turned to snowy white; and your steps
are getting slower. I realize that you have done a great work for God and
His Church, but I am afraid that the retirement fever is getting too
strong in the Church. Your bodies are tired and worn and some have
broken health, but we need all of you. Some are still active enough to be
on a house to house visitation list. Prayer is not as small and insigni&#6684777;cant
as some people might think. Prayer is a ministry; it is the mighty cord
that pulls the bells of heaven and draws the attention of God. I know
that when you make a mission pledge you work diligently to have it
by the state convention. Today I want you to seriously pledge some
daily prayer time. I would like for all who are seventy-&#6684777;ve years of age
or older to belong to the Diamond Prayer Chain. I want you to pray
every day this year for North America, South America and Australia. I
would like for all who are from &#6684777;fty to seventy-five years of age to
pray for Europe, Asia and Africa and this will be the Golden Prayer
Chain."
Sister Howard asked all who would belong to the Diamond Prayer
Chain and the Golden Prayer Chain to stand and repeat the following
pledge: "I pledge myself, this Assembly and these missionaries, who are
giving their lives for the cause of the Church, that once a day I will
seclude myself from the world and all other duties and pray earnestly
for their &#6881324;uccess."
At the close of the message, Elwood Matthews led the congregation in
singing "If Jesus Goes With Me."
12:20 p.m.-Awards were made to the -states and countries having the
largest and second largest Assembly offering, as follows:
Tennessee
Kentucky
Bahamas
________ ________ $3,434.29
----------------------------
Virgin Islands ------------------------------------ -
1,987.78
600.00
160.00
The General Secretary asked all to repeat together GOD HELP US TO
DO MORE FOR MISSIONS NEXT YEAR.

106 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
1:00 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played as the state Sunday School
secretaries marched into the tabernacle, followed by the children and
houseparents from the Tomlinson Home for Children. They occupied seats
on the platform.
1:05 p.m.-Sunday School program directed by Allen Davis, General
Secretary.
1:10 p.m.-The song service was led by V. E. Byrd with Mildred Bennett
at the piano and Jean Coalter at the organ. Elizabeth Hartley read He
brews 4:14-17. John C. Newkirt prayed at the pulpit and the congrega
tion joined in concert prayer.
1:19 p.m.-Recognition was given to the overseers and pastors of the
churches appearing in the "Top &#5505063;en" in Sunday School attendance:
Tennessee, L. V. Jones, Overseer-Wildwood (Cleveland, Tenn.), Fred
S. Fisher.
Kentucky, Joe Martin, Overseer-32nd and Larkwood (Louisville, Ky.),
A. B. Woodruff; 21st and Main (Louisville, Ky.), A. L. Sullivan; Sturgis,
Earl Knowles; Willisburg, Mack Caldwell; Owensboro, Ada McGehee.
Indiana, Howard Hunt, Overseer-Indianapolis, Ray Payne; Hoa4Xa&#6029463;Clay
Frost.
South Carolina, G. A. Wilson, Overseer-Pendleton, Furman West; West
Greenville, E. V. Cobb; Ware Shoals, T. C. Parker.
Michigan, Roy Day, Overseer-Royal Oak, Thomas Barnhart.
Oklahoma, Charles S. Pennington, Overseer-Coweta, Clive Jared.
Georgia, R. H. Phipps, Overseer-Pittman Chapel, Melvin Pittman; Co-
lumbus (32nd Street), Jack Bryant.
Florida, M. T. Linkous, Overseer-Winter Garden, Edwin Jones.
Illinois, E. L. Higdon, Overseer-North Chicago, Roy Cantrell.
Kansas, Homer Rye, Overseer-Kansas City (21st Street), Lawrence
Heckert.
North Carolina, M. S. Curry, Overseer-Selma, Clayton Sherrill; Mt.
Carmel, Glen Farmer; East Rockingham, J. W. Strickland; High Point
(Ward Street), Charles Shean.
Virginia, James Staggs, Overseer-Newport News, Damous E. McGee;
Fries, Posey Wright.
Ohio, Boyd Thornton, Overseer-Mans&#6684777;eld, C. C. Webb; Canton, Edsel
Hartman; Elyria, W. Grady Cox.
Recognition was given to the top ten churches in the March to Sunday
School Campaign:
Royal Oak, Michigan, Thomas Barnhart; Calhoun Falls, South Carolina,
E. J. Coffee; Augusta, Arkansas, Lloyd Black; Delphia, Kentucky, Ray
Sloan; Hoa4Xa&#6029463;Indiana, Clay Frost; Henderson, Kentucky, Oscar Pit&#7602285;an;
Wyandotte, Michigan, W. A. Rountree; Elyria, Ohio, W. Grady Cox; Can-

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 107
&#6684777;eld (Detroit), Michigan, Ray Wynn; Bessemer, Ala,, Eugene Weak
ley; New Castle, Delaware, Robert Heacox.
1:28 p.m.-Homer Graham sang a medley of songs.
1:38 p.m.-Message by the General Secretary.
He read Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8 and Acts 17:28 and asked the con
gregation to pray in concert.
"Do your plans include God or does God's plan include you? The
safest and surest plan is to be included in God's plan. I do not want you
to feel that I am against plans. I highly endorse them but if they are not
the right kind of plans they will not work." He read Hebrews 2:3 and
said, "I believe we can get dilatory. If we get dilatory, careless and
unconcerned, we will lose people from our ranks."
He read 2 Samuel 15:2-6 and continued, "The writer said Absalom rose
up early. It does not make any difference what time you get up, the
devil is already up. I would rather steal anything than to steal some
one's heart and send them down the road to destruction. The communistic
world has stolen the hearts of over a third of the population of the world
to send them down the road to destruction. We preachers have the right·
to win people's hearts to the Lord. When the Sunday School teachers
stand before the class to teach the lesson, they are not trying to win
the hearts of the people to the Sunday School quarterly, but they are try
ing to introduce them to the Lord Jesus Christ. If your story does not
introduce them to the Lord Jesus Christ, there is something wrong. Absa
lom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. The Bible said, 'But in all
Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty:
from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no
blemish in him.' He was beautiful but God was not in his plans. You
will never make it if God is not in your plans. Absalom told his father
he would like to go to Hebron. He thought it was time for him to
be the king. God wants people to live right and He wants people to do
right. Absalom started the revolt against his father and said he would
be the king. Man did not put David where he was and God was not
going to let man move him either.
"Absalom got a mule and they had a WWCHe still had his hair and
his looks-he had everything except the favor of God. If we do not have
the favor of God, we are headed for shipwreck. Absalom's mule want
ed to go everywhere except under the oak tree, but when God said to
get under the tree the mule started for it as fast as he could go. He ran
under the branches and left Absalom in the tree. God has a way of get
ting rid of people. This is what happens when God is not in our plans.
"'And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,
seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? &#6684777;ll thine ho&#7471214; with
oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have pro
vided me a king among his sons.' There was a time when Saul stood
head and shoulders over any man in Israel. The quickest way to get
God to move us is to be disobedient to Him. Samuel
· sancti&#6684777;ed Jesse
and his boys and everything was just right when he started viewing
them. It was known that a king would be anointed. After seven boys had
passed by, 'Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all &#7602280;y children? And he
said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit

108 MINUTE-S OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
down till he come hither.' Something moved on Samuel that had not
moved on him when the other boys marched by. God touched his heart
·
and the Bible said, 'Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him
.. .' When God's plan .includes you, you are big enough for the job.''
2:22 p.m.-The Sunday School Parade was led by the Bahama Brass
Band, followed by the Wildwood Junior Choir and individuals Who re
ported on Sunday School achievements. V. E. Byrd sang "Good Morning,
Neighbor" and the Wildwood Junior Choir sang two selections. A group
announced the convention for the National Sunday School Association
to be held in Boston. The overseers of South Carolina and Tennessee told
of poundings collected for the Tomlinson Home for Children and the
South Carolina secres0&#6029463;reported on the offering received for the home.
Workers from Indiana presented a skit to boost the coupon work and
sang "Bringing In The Ssd&#6029463;Joe Rickard told of building the Sun
day School from 40 to 140 in two years by putting legs on their prayers.
Jo Nell Adams told of winning 187 new people in the March campaign.
One told of soul-saving in the Sunday School classes and another told
of gaining 59 new members through visis\zi{&#6029463;Yvonne Queener told of
winning a girl to the Lord. Julian Bennett sang "Good News.''
3:15 p.m.-The offering was received by children from the Tomlinson
Home for Children and the ss\"&#6029463;secres@"&#6029463;turned in the offering brought
to the Assembly. Davis Rogers sang "Without Him" and the Wildwood
Trio sang "Inside The Gate."
Assembly Orp'hana,ge Offering
Alaa&#6029463;-----------------$
Alaska
_Arizona ------------------------------
Arkansas -----------------------
Aus&#7602290;alia
Bahamas
Baraz&#6029463;
Califo&#7471214;ia --------------------------
Canada ______ ·-----------------------
Colorado ------------------------
Connecticut and
Rhode Island _____________ _
Coss&#6029463;Rica
Delaware
Dominican Republic ____ _
East Texas __________ _
Florida
Georgia
Haiti ________3}&#6029463;_
Hawaii
Idaho -------····--------------------
Illinois ___________ _
Indiana -----------------------------
Iowa
Jamaica ________ _
Kansas _6__________ _
Kentucky _________________:&#6029463;_
536.07
10.00
56.19
84.36
5.00
150.00
2.00
292.64
19.79
68.70
10.00
8.00
141.06
2.00
207.70
426.72
722.21
5.00
3.00
46.85
277.36
440.90
107.00
30 .00
128.17
930.65
Leeward Islands _____________ _
Louisiana __________________6\&#6029463;
Maine --------------------------------
Maryland and D . &#3014723;. _______ _
Massachusetts _________________ _
Michigan ________________________ _
Minnesos&#6029463;------------------------
:::��i�f P� ___ ::::::::::::::::::::::::
Monsi&#6029463;--------------------------
Nebraska -----------------------
Nevada ------------------·----------
New Hampshire _____________ _
New Jersey _____________________ _
New Mexico ___________________ _
New York ----�--'. _________ : __ : __ _
North Carolina -------------�--
North Dakos&#6029463;_________________ _
Ohio ------------·----------------
Oklahoma ________________ _
Oregon ----------------------------
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico _____________________ _
South Carolina
South Dakos&#6029463;
Tennessee ______________6-\\-&#6029463;_
Usu&#6029463;----------- -------------------
5.00
190.00
12.00
159.83
25.02
241.71
74.64
528.23
206.78
60.00
30.00
29.00
12.16
23.51
57.51
77.00
980.35
66.50
435.23
391.42
110.12
179.00
5.00
688.08
54.36
977.02
96.14

MINT&#6029463;OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Vermont
Virginia ····•-··········--······
Virgin Islands ···--···········
Washington
35.86 Wisconsin ·······-·····-············
Wyoming ...................... -..
General Offering
109
52.24
99.12
935.47
West Texas ······-···-·-········
West Virginia ····---········-
1,034.20
105.00
129.55
120.17
252.00 Total _______ $13,190.59
3:30 p.m.-The Tomlinson Home for Children program was directed by
the Superintendent, E. A. McDonald. He introduced the houseparents:
Mr. and Mrs. Grady I. Smelley, Mr. and Mrs. Ed West, Mrs. Muriel
Paden, Mrs. Anna Bell Forrester and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brock.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Davis, retired houseparents, and Mr. and Mrs. James
Johnson, rotating houseparents, were also introduced. Following this the
group sang "He's Mounting My Blessings" and "For Christ and His Church."
&#5505128;e congregation also enjoyed an instrumental by some of the boys. Jimmy
Roberts sang "Bound For That City." Helen Taylor played the organ
as a group sang "We've Got A Great Big Wonderful God." A group of
the &#6750313;rls recited the teachings of &#7602280;e Church and the smaller children pre
sented a pantomime and sang "A Wonderful Guest At Our House." Ot&#6815790;
ers in t&#6815790;e group sang "He Knows Just What I Need," "Dig A Little
Deeper" and "When You Pray."
4:27 p.m.-Presentation of awards by the General Secretary.
The Wildwood Avenue Church received a plaque for the largest Sun
day School attendance in the United States-229 per Sunday. Coweta,
Oklahoma, was second wi&#7602280; 205.
The church at Petite Riviere De L' Art, Haiti received a aiy^+&#6029463;for the
largest Sunday School attendance-1,104.
Tennessee received a plaque for the largest Sunday School attendance
in the United States.
Haiti received a aiy^@&#6029463;for the largest Sunday School attendance out
side the United States.
A plaque was presented to Tennessee for the largest state convention or
phanage offering-$7 ,280.
Delaware received a plaque for the largest orphanage offering accord
ing to the number of churches-$173.98 per church.
The church at Florence, South Carolina, received a plaque for the larg
est local church offering for the convention-$1,300.
A plaque for the largest number of coupons was presented to North
Carolina.
Tennessee received a plaque for the largest number of new Sunday
Schools organized.
Tony Matthews received a plaque for the largest individual orphanage
offering.
Kentucky received a plaque for having the largest number of "Top
Ten" Sunday Schools-5.
Georgia received a plaque for conducting the largest number of Daily
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South Carolina received a plaque for the largest pounding for the or
phanage.
Virginia received a plaque for the largest Assembly orphanage offering.
Royal Oaks, Michigan, received a plaque for winning the largest num
ber of new pupils in the March to Sunday &#5439587;hool Campai&#6750318;-187.
Michigan received a plaque for winning the largest number of new pupils
in the campaign.
4:38 p.m.-The closing prayer was by Jeanette Lawton and Virginia
Jordan.
4:53 p.m.-Mississippi program, directed by Buford M. Johnson, Over
seer. The group sang "We've Got to Live Like Jesus Every Day." Broth
er Johnson reported that the state was 100% in C. P. M. A. member
ship and 100 % in emergency fund.-Also, he reported a gain of eighty
nine new members this year. The ministers in the state spoke conce&#7471214;
ing the progress made during the year.
5:45 p.m.-The last praise service of the Assembly was in charge of
Edna Rye, assisted _by Texie Jestes. The congregation sang "He &#4980841;ves,"
"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus," "The Old Time Religion," "Amazing
Grace" and "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power." Sister Rye asked the
musicians to praise the Lord with the instruments as the congregation
stood and worshipped the Lord.
6:15 p.m.-Mary Lois Hamm led the congregation in singing "Every
body Will Be Happy Over There" and "Just A Little Talk With Jesus."
The congregation rejoiced in the Lord and waved handkerchiefs as the
Bahama Brass Band played "Dwelling in Beulah Land."
6:43 p.m.-The Broadcast Record Club program was in charge of Thomas
Duncan. He introduced several groups and individuals who have re
corded for the club. Roberta Matthews received &#7602280;e Majestic Award of
one hundred dollars. Cash awards were presented to &#7602280;e "top &#6684777;ve" who
received the most votes from the club members: BarO Gilmer, Johnny
Mathis, Eddie Mounce, Harper Hunter and Stan Bonham.
7:44 p.m.-Joh&#7209070;y Tolbert led the congregation in singing "The Church
of God Flag Song."
7:49 p.m.-"A Banner of Righteousness for ALL Nations," message by
Eugene Montgomery. A portion of this message is given below:
The speaker read Deuteronomy 6:7 and 1 Peter 2:9 and said, "God has
always had a peculiar people. He has always had a group of people
that He called His holy nation. In Moses' day it was Israel. God chose
these people to glorify and to reveal the power of God.
"Then Peter declared to &#7602280;e Church of God, 'But ye are a chosen gen
eration, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.' I sup
pose the most familiar Scripture in relation to this iOcomes from
David's writing in Psalm 60:4 when he said, 'Thou has given a iOto
them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.' God
used other symbols before He gave Israel a iOD
"The iOis nothing within itself. It is just a stick with a piece
of cloth with a design imprinted upon it, but it is a symbol. We do not

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believe that the power is in the cloth, but the power is 'in what this
cloth symbolizes. What it stands for makes it a blessed thing. We might
be reminded that when Egypt had captured the nation of Israel, they
were under the Egyptian bondage for 430 years. God spoke to Moses
and told him to tell Pharaoh to set the people of God free. God sent
Aaron with Moses and they went into the courts of Pharaoh. They did
not go in with nothing in their hands, but they went in with something
that symbolized the power and the presence of God. It was a simple
thing. When they came to the point that Pharaoh would not release the
people of God, the Lord told him to throw down the rod and by the
proper use of the rod God revealed to Pharaoh that He was a powerful
God. It caused Pharaoh to tell the Israelites, under the leadership of
Moses, to get out of the land. Plagues had come upon the land through
the use of that simple thing. It was o&#7209068;y a rod but it symbolized the power
of God. We &#6684777;nd that when they got out of Egypt it was not too many
days until they ran out of water. Moses took &#7602280;e rod and smote the
rock and the water came forth. God used the rod to supply a blessing
to the people of God.
"Later in the Bible God began to use another symbol which repre
sented the power of God. It was in the hands of the prophet Elijah.
Elijah, to demonstrate the power of God, took the mantle and smote the
water of the Jordan River and the waters rolled back at his command.
The power was not in the ma.ntle but the mantle symbolized the power
of God. We &#6684777;nd the mantle fell from heaven when Elijah was called
away. Elisha picked it up and walked down to the side of the Jordan
River and said, 'Where is the Lord God of Elijah?' The Bible said he
took the mantle, the same symbol that Elijah used to perform miracles,
and smote the water. The waters parted and he crossed over on dry
land. The Jordan River was subject to the proper use of this symbol.
"We do not have Aaron's rod and we do not have Elijah's mantle, but
we do have something that s&#7929965;bolizes the power and presence of the
Almighty God. The blessing of the banner lies in the truth and right
eousness that it represents. Some banners or symbols in our world today
symbolize hate and prejudice but this banner symbolizes the one Church.
It symbolizes the power of God to save the lost. It symbolizes the
righteousness of the Church of God and the teachings of the Bible. It is
not the symbol of one nationality or another, but this symbol is used
all over the world wherever the Church has been established. &#5505128;e ban
ner on display reminds us of our standard of holiness. We are expect
ed to be a special people, dedicated under God's standard of righteous
ness. &#5505128;is banner speaks of the authority of God and His Word. The
scepter in this banner denotes authority. This banner reveals that the star
in the center is a symbol of the Lord Jesus Christ. The crown reminds
us that the battle is going to be worth it all. All the trials, afflictions
and efforts involved in promoting God and His Church will be worth it
all when the crown of righteousness is given out. I cannot forget or
grow careless in my Christian living as long as I realize what this sym
bolizes and as long as I see it flying and being revealed I cannot grow
unconcerned.
"God gave Israel a banner in David's day. It was a banner that stood
for the family of David. We &#6684777;nd it was not too many years until God
gave the banner to the Jews and the Jews began to let down on the
standard. It was not long until the banners were folded up and put in
the closet. It was not long until the enemy did not see the banner flutter-

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ing in the breeze over the houses of God. As long as they used that
an&#7143529;+&#6029463;and lived up to what it stood for, they had vision and victory.
When they let down on the standard they drifted away from God and
began to drift into idolatry. It was not very long until the aYx+&#6029463;was
off the staff. They had peace, prosperity, victory and vision under the
rule of David and Solomon, but by the time Isaiah came on the scene with
his prophecies their an&#7143529;+&#6029463;had been so lowered that Isaiah cried out
in desperation and said, 'Lift ye up a an&#7143529;+&#6029463;upon the high mountains .. .'
Isaiah could look out and see the tower of the Babylonian empire build
ing up and he could see the force of the Assyrian kingdom growing every
day. He realized that Israel was not an everlasting kingdom unless they
worshipped and obeyed the everlasting God. Isaiah knew the Jews, the
nation of Israel, needed to rally their forces, repent of their sins and re
gain the victory that had been theirs under David and Solomon but they
would not listen. Jeremiah preached repentance, but even as he was
preaching they were carried away captive into the country of Babylon.
They lost their land; they lost their freedom; they lost the privilege to dis
play the an&#7143529;+w&#6029463;
"The Lord is telling us to lift up a an&#7143529;+C&#6029463;Lift it up high so that the
whole world can see. We do not worship the flag, but we worship the
God that gave it to us. We worship what it stands for and what it rep
resents. We must hoist this an&#7143529;+&#6029463;high and every nation must recog
nize it. We must go· into every country of the world and raise up the
an&#7143529;+&#6029463;of truth and righteousness."
8:13 p.m.-A very colorful flag drill was presented by fourteen inter
national youth campers, directed by Dorothy Creel.
8:2 3 p.m.-Elwood Matthews, Public Relations Director, was in charge
of a program which gave special tribute to our servicemen. He asked the
servicemen in the congregation to come to the platform and he asked
the college students to stand. The congregation stood while the national
anthem was played. A trumpeter played taps and the General Over
seer read "A Tribute To Our Servicemen" which can be found in the An
nual Address. Brother Matthews urged that addresses of our boys in
service be sent to the Public Relations Department so he can keep in
touch with them. The Majesties Trio sang "How Big Is God."
"During World War II when the Philippine Islands .were occupied by
the enemy, General Douglas • MacArthur had to leave but he said, 'I
shall return.' One day the Church of God lost its General, but as He was
getting ready to go He said, 'And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there
ye may be also.' Our Lord said He would return and He also gave some
si&#6750318;s of His coming. One sign is war. He also said there would be
fearful sights and signs in the heavens. We have a rocket on the moon
that sends a&#6029463;pictures of what is taking place. Another sign is disobedi
ence to parents and disobedience to those in authority. Just this week I heard
radio coverage about three men that had refused to go to Viet Nam al
though the authorities had said for them to go.
"Another sign of the coming of the Lord is the apostasy of Christianity.
A survey was made in the seminaries sometime ago which showed &#6684777;fty
six per cent of our future ministers do not believe in the virgin birth;
seventy-one per cent of them do not believe in a literal heaven or hell,
ninety-nine per cent of our ministers of tomorrow do not believe in the
literal second coming of Jesus Christ. The Bible said there would come

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a time when they would depart from the faith, g1vmg heed to seduc
ing spirits and doctrines of devils. Cults are spreading everywhere. One
cult denies the deity of Christ; it denies that man has a soul; it denies
the bodily resurrection of Christ; it denies the existence,. of heaven and
hell. This cult doubled its size in North America in ten years. Its size
was multiplied seven times in Asia, twelve times in Europe and Africa
and &#6684777;fteen times in South America. With all of this d&#7274595;trine that denies
the fundamental principles of Christianity, they are growing by leaps and
bounds. What does it mean? It means that my Lord is getting ready
to gather His jewels and take them to be with Him. &#5505128;e God is dead
movement is not promoted and sponsored by atheist, but it is sponsored
by theologians-people that stand behind the sacred desk. I am afraid
that even with the Church of God there is a tendency for us to become
complacent. Sincere Christians look on one hand at the lukewarm Chris
tians and on the other hand they see an outpouring of the Holy . Ghost.
Both of them are signs of the coming of the Lord. It means that the Lord
is getting ready to come back. The early Church continually talked
about the second coming of Christ. They were thrilled about it; they were
excited about it; they were looking forward to His return in their day.
"Church and Christians are waking up to His coming. The wise are
trimming their lamps and staying full of the Holy Ghost while the fool
ish are bargain hunting. They are haggling over the price that has to
be paid for the old time Holy Ghost power. There is no bargain in this
business. If we have a move of God as we are talking about and as we
want, we will have to be full of the Holy Ghost power. We need to be
full of the Holy Ghost. No man knows the day nor the hour that the
Lord is coming back. I know there· is a certain work that is going to be
done, but the Lord promised to do a quick work. He gathered His Church
together one day and said, 'Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an
hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.' He is coming back, 'For
as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west:
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.' The angels said, 'Ye
men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus,
which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner
as ye have seen him go into heaven.' The angels said He was· coming
back; the apostles preached it and were thrilled about it; and in our day,
statesmen, educators, scientists, theologians and the signs say that Jesus is
preparing to come back to catch away His own.
"The Bible says that God has a day appointed that He will judge the
world. I wonder if He has a huge timetable somewhere and He times
the movings and the events of this universe and nothing goes by with
out touching His eye. Are some of the things that have happened in the
pages of history and things that we know about just coincidental or does
God have a hand in them? Is it coincidental that World War I ended the
eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, exactly eleven
months after General Allenby of the English &#4259954;my entered Jerusalem
the eleventh day of December in 1917? Are all of these elevens coinci
dental, or was God wanting the world to take notice that the eleventh
hour on His big timeclock had come and that at twelve o'clock, the mid
night hour, the cry would be made and the Lord of glory would come?
"Is it coincidental that every president that has been elected on the
twentieth year cycle since 1840 has died in office? In 1840, William Henry
Harrison was elected and died in office; in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was
elected and died in office; in 1880, James A. Gar&#6684777;eld was elected and

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died in office; in 1900, William McKinley was elected and died in of
fice; in 1920, Warren G. Harding was elected and died in office; in 1940,
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected and died in office; in 1960, John F.
Kennedy was elected and died in office. Is this coincidens&#6029463;or is it God?
This has happened to the last seven presidents. Seven is a number of
completion in God's Book.
"There is a strange parallel between Abraham Lincoln and John F.
Kennedy. They were elected a hundred years apart. They were both
concerned with the issues of civil rights. Lincoln was elected in 1860 and
Kennedy in 1960. Both of them were shot from behind and in the head.
Their successors were both named Johnson and they were both South
ern Democrats. Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson
was born in 1908. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth who was bo&#7471214;
in 1839; Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald who was born in
1939. Booth and Oswald were both assassinated before going to trial. The
wives of both presidents lost children through death while in the White
House. Lincoln's secres+&#6029463;whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go
to the theatre; Kennedy's secres+&#6029463;whose name was Lincoln, advised him
not to go to Dallas. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran
to a warehouse; Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a
theatre. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each consi&#6029463;seven letters; the
names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each consi&#6029463;thirteen let
ters; the names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each consi&#6029463;
&#6684777;fteen letters.
"Are all of these things that I have mentioned to you just coincidens0&#6029463;
I am not saying one way or another, but I am saying that we need to
be ready for the coming of the Lord. Since I have been a Christian and
studied the New Tessi\&#6029463;I have seen the deep concern in the early
Church about the coming of the Lord. I have been excited about it but
the majority of the people say we have too much work to do and He
can't come back. Every place you see a revival and a great outpouring
of the Holy Ghost, one of the main themes of the message of the meet
ing is the second coming of &#7602280;e Lord."
At the close of his message, Brother Matthews extended an invis\i&#6029463;
for those present to seek God and the Majesties Trio sang "Are You
Ready?" The report shows thirteen were saved, eight sancti&#6684777;ed and twenty
received the Holy Ghost in the last als+&#6029463;service of the Assembly.
Monday, September 12
6:05 a.m.-The last sunrise service of this Assembly was in charge of
Ralph Lance and Jack Steward. The service opened with prayer by the
congregation. Brother Lance led the song service and read the Scripture
reading found in John 14. The message was by Brother Steward and
the service closed with a prayer for all delegates to have a safe trip home.
8:15 a.m.-DeWitt Pritchard presented a program of organ music as the
delegates assembled inside the s[+iJ&#6029463;
8:30 a.m.-The delegates from Massachusetts and Vermont presented a
program as directed by W. R. Nunnery, Overseer. The group sang "The
Windows of Heaven Are Open" and "I'll Serve The Lord." The Nun
nery family sang "Going Home" and Brother Rymer sang· "I Wonder If

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I've Done My Best For Jesus." Some individuals sp.oke concerning the
signs they used in the state convention and Scripture verses were used
to express their zeal.
8:46 a.m.-The song service was led by A. B. Woodruff with Ima Jewell
Woodruff at the piano and Willystene Calfee at the organ. Samuel Brackett
read Acts 15:12-22 and E. E. Johnson prayed at the pulpit while the
congregation stood in reverence.
9:05 a.m.-Message by C. R. Payne, Field Secretary. A portion of his
message is given below:
Brother Payne read 1 Kings 16:33 and 1 Kings 18:17-21 and said, "What
ever your god is, that is what you are going to follow. It could be sev
eral different things. If you will follow God, you will stay right in the
middle of the Church of God. If you are not in the Church of God, fol
low God and you will be in the Church of God right away. If you want
to go the ways of the world, then follow Baal. God is alive and He is
able to prove or let it be known that He is God. Elijah said they would
find out who God was and they began to make preparations. He told
them to &#6684777;x their altar and call on Baal and the one that answered by
&#6684777;re would be God. They made their arrangements and Elijah said, 'And
ca&#7077996; ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of &#7602280;e
Lord: and the God that answereth by &#6684777;re, let him be God.' &#5505128;ey began
to call on Baal but he did not answer. Elijah began to make fun of them
and said their God must be on vacation or he must be asleep. We have
a God that never sleeps. We have a God that is wide awake while we
sleep. We have a God that is watching over the Church of God.
"Elijah set up his altar and got everything ready. If you will read the
rest of the chapter you will notice he told them to dig a trench all around
the altar. &#5505128;ey poured water on the sacri&#6684777;ce and the water began to
run in the trenches and everywhere. God sent the &#6684777;re and burned up the
sacri&#6684777;ce and licked up the water in the trenches and this proved that God
was God before the people.
"Elijah went on his jou&#7471214;ey and God took care of him. He prayed that
it would not rain for three years and it did not rain. After a while Elijah
went out and called on God and He sent the rain. God is able to answer
prayer. We want to make sure that He is guiding and directing as we
go along the journey. When Elijah needed food, God arranged that as
He has for many of us.
"Do you know the reason that God could use David? He came out
before the man of God and was anointed. &#5505128;e Spirit was upon him and
he was able to take care of the giant. There are many giants in the world
today, but with the Spirit of God upon us we will be able to take care
of them when they come our way. We have had many battles and there
will be many more before the Lord comes, but God has taken care of
His Church up until this hour and He will see His Church through. His
Church is going to meet Him in the air one of these days and it will be
without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. Holy men of God wrote the
Bible as the Holy Ghost moved upon them. We must have the Spirit and
inspiration of God to be able to understand God's Church and to under
stand what God is arranging for us as we go down the road.''
Brother Payne referred to the story of Elijah and Elisha as found in
the second chapter of 2 Kings and said, "We need people that will live

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the life and stick with the Church of God today to let the world know
that God has a Church in the land that will ful&#6684777;ll the prophecies of the
Bible. Dreams are all right and visions are &#6684777;ne but, after having a dream
or vision, look in the Bible and see if it &#6684777;ts the Bible. The Church needs
a double portion of the Spirit of God. We can stand the tests, regardless
of what comes or goes, if we have a double portion of the Spirit of God.
Why halt ye between two opinions? Why be alarmed? Why be discour
aged? God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Captain of this salvation,
is steering this boat. The world would like to slip into the Church today
and drag a lot of our people over on Baal's side, but there is peace, joy
and happiness on God's side."
The speaker referred to 2 Kings 4:1-7 and said, "I can see this woman
in my mind as Elisha tells her to go borrow vessels. They brought the
vessels in and they had a little oil. She began to pour the oil and &#6684777;lled
all the vessels. She asked her son to bring another vessel and he said,
'There is not a vessel more.' She looked at the oil and it stopped pour
ing. Elisha said, 'Go sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and
thy children of the rest.' Not only was she able to pay her debts, but she
was able to live after she had paid them. How much do you love the
Church? You will never be able to go the ways of the world and hold
on to God. You will slip out of His hands when you go the ways of the
world. You can be full of God; you can be full of the Lord Jesus Christ;
you can be full of the Holy Ghost; you can be right in the middle of the
Church of God; you can serve God Almighty and when God gives the
Lord Jesus Christ the signal to leave heaven and come sailing a&#6029463;in
mid-air to meet the Church, you will be able to go up. We have had a
wonderful Assembly, but wait until we have that one up there."
At the close of his message, Brother and Sister Payne were asked to
sit in chairs placed on the platform. The state overseers marched by and
spoke words of appreciation for Brother and Sister Payne and presented
them cards and gifts. Brother Payne has resigned after serving twenty
one years as Field Secretary.
9:50 a.m.-The Pastor's Trio sang "His Grace Is Sufficient" and dedi
cated it to Brother and Sister Payne. V. E. Byrd sang "The Lord Is My
Shepherd."
9:58 a.m.-Report of Field Secretaries,· C. R. Payne, E. L. Jones and
J. A. Jimenez, and Home Mission Worker, Barney L. Trogdon. The re
ports were accepted in regular order.
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons ----------------·-···-----···-----··-··--·----------------·----------··----------·----134
Homes visited _____________ ··-----··---·---------------------------------------------.145
District conventions
·
attended ---------------------------------------------------------4
Ministers conventions -----------------------------------------------3
State conventions ----------------·----------------- - 4
Attended several church dedications and special ministers meetings.
Served on Board of Directors for Tomlinson Home for Children, General

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Properties and Ministerial Aid Committees. Served as Superintendent of
Operations and assisted several state overseers in their work.
Respectfully submitted,
C, R. PAYNE
Field Secretary
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons preached _________ _ _______ _____________ 180
Revivals conducted --------------------------------------------- -- 5
Saved --------------------------------------·-----------------------------------------19
Sancti&#6684777;ed _______ _ ___ _______ __ 12
Received the Holy Ghost -------------------------------------___ 11
Added to the Church ---------------------------------------------------------- 1
Baptized in water _____ _ ------ ------------------3
Homes visited ________ _ __________ 77
Prayer meetings conducted in homes ____ ____ 6
Ministers conventions attended ___________________ 5
District conventions attended ___________ ----------------------------------------------------4
State conventions attended ________ ______ __ 8
States visited ------------------------------------------------ ---19
Countries visited ------- ------------------------------------. 8
Churches visited _____________ _ _ ________ ______ 35
Conducted workshops in six states stressing the business responsibilities
of the Church.
Served on the teaching staff in Bible Training Camp in Cleveland, Ten
nessee. Also visited the country of England and assisted the overseer
in several rallies in London, Birmingham and Bristol.
Led the group to the Holy Land and conducted the service on Mt. Hittin.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. JONES
Field Secretary
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August. 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons _____ _________________________________________ 271
Revivals conducted 3
Homes visited 122
Prayer meetings 121
Sancti&#6684777;ed ______________ 12
Converted ------------------------------------- ____ 18
Added to the Church _________________________ 22
Baptized in water _____ 29

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Baptized with the Holy Ghost----------------------------------------------------------------21
Churches organized ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Ministers conventions attended ---------------------------------------------- 3
District conventions attended ----------------------------------------------------------------5
State conventions attended ----'--------------------------------------------------------------- 8
I taught in Bible Training Camp in Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Lima,
Peru and Fresno, California. There were 18 new experiences and 100
tracts were distributed.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. JIMENEZ
Field Secretary
Report of Home Mission Worker
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons preached _____________________________________________________________________ 201
Revivals conducted _______ ----- -------------------------20
Revivals assisted in ____ --- ------------------------------4
Homes visited _______ ______ _ _________________ &#3014714;_ _________ 254
Prayer meetings conducted -------------------------------------------------------------37
Churches visited ----- ------------------------------------------53
Saved ------------- ------- --- -------------------------101
Sanctified -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63
Received the Holy Ghost ____ _______ 33
Added to the Church _________ _______ 18
Baptized in water -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 18
District conventions attended --------------------------------------1
State conventions attended ------------------------- -----------------1
States worked in -------------------�-- ---16
Ccmducted one night training classes in six churches. Served as evan
gelist in two youth camps.
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Preached over KBLU-&#5505110; in Yuma, &#4259954;izona.
This program received good response and a revival is planned for Yuma.
Respectfully submitted,
B. L. &#5505106;OGDON, JR.
Home Mission Worker
10:07 a.m.-E. L. Jones presented awards as follows:
An award of honor was presented to Billy J. Siler, John T. Moore,
V. M. Lawson, Roy Cantrell, I. J. James, Peter Pressley and Roosevelt
Ashford. Billy J. Siler organized two churches and the others organized
one.
Billy J. Siler received a plaque and a gift certi&#6684777;cate for the minister
leading in additions to the Church-51. A gift certi&#6684777;cate was· present
ed to Eva Gilmore-31 and Roosevelt Ashford-20. The following re
ceived honor for their work: Marie G. Williams, Nelly McKoy, R. G.
&#5505128;ompson, S. B. Moss and A&#7471214;old Demerritte.
10:12 a.m.-Willard Boyles reporte·d a total of 220 experiences counted
in the Assembly altar services: 65 saved, 58 sancti&#6684777;ed and 97 baptized

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with the Holy Ghost. Herbert England reported that 232 people had been
prayed for and 85 handkerchiefs anointed in the daily healing services in
Bible Place Chapel.
10:14 a.m.-Report of Public Relations Director, Elwood Matthews. The
report was accepted as read.
Report of Public Relations Director
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
Sermons preached ___ _ _________________________________ } 75
Souls saved _____ 119
Sancti&#6684777;ed _______ -----------------·---------------- ----------------56
Filled with Holy Ghost --- ----------------------------- 46
Homes visited _______________ 167
State conventions attended 4
Prepared Public Relations Pointers article for the White Wing Messenger.
Prepared articles each month for Youth Life magazine. Compiled list
of servicemen and college students and corresponded with them. Pre
pared news releases for newspaper, radio and television for promotion of
state conventions, the Voice of Salvation, and the Church in general.
Prepared and taught Pastoral and Evangelism lessons in Cleveland
B. T. C. Contacted radio stations in behalf of the Voice of Salvation and
Gospel Concert Hall. Prepared booklet "These Truths About the Church
of God of Prophecy." Prepared evangelistic booklet "A Gift For You."
Prepared Public Relation Manual for local churches.
Was featured speaker for Bay Area Evangelistic Crusade in Richmond,
Califo&#7471214;ia. Served as master of ceremonies for the &#6684777;rst Gospel Sing ever
held on the campus of San Jose State College in San Jose, California.
Conducted revivals in two churches not affiliated with the Church. One
of these has now become affiliated with the Church.
Attended the national assembly of another organization.
The dedicated and capable assistance of office secretary, Shirley Hawkins,
and Bible Place receptionist, Roberta Matthews, has been invaluable to
this office this past year.
Respectfully submitted,
ELWOOD MA&#5505108;HEWS
Public Relations Director
10:16 a.m.-Report of Radio Department Manager, Thomas Duncan, and
Radio Minister and College Administrator, H. L. Moore. The reports were
read and accepted in regular order.
Report of the Radio Department for the Year
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual General Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
We are grateful for God's blessings upon the radio and recording work

120 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
of the Church this year and for the faithful assistance of the Radio De
partment personnel.
I have attended state conventions in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Tennessee. Attended the convention of &#7602280;e Audio Engineering So
ciety in New York City and have contacted radio stations in behalf of
our work in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Conducted on location recording sessions for the department in Nassau,
Bahamas and High Point, North Carolina, and assisted in a music con
test in South Carolina.
• I have worked with the State Radio Directors and others who have
requested my help in radio promotional campaigns.
Some new equipment has been purchased this year for use in our studios.
Preliminary work has begun toward the construction of a control console.
The church produced radio programs scheduled for broadcast are as
follows:
Voice of Salvation-163 stations
Gospel Concert Hall-75 stations
Songs of The Sanctuary-6 stations
Total programs recorded and distributed:
Voice of Salvation-approximately 9,200
Gospel Concert Hall-approximately 4,500
Songs of The Sanctuary-approximately 300
Total income --------·-·---········--·---····-----·-·-------······--·······$69,919.97
Paid out -·-···--···-····--·-····-···--·•··--······-············--······-·-·· ... 69,390.51
Balance in treasury ····--·-···· 529.46
Respec&#7602278;ully submitted,
THOMAS DUNCAN
Manager
Report of Radio Minister and College Administrator
September l, 1965 to August 31, 1966
Sermons -·······-····•··-··········--···········••···············-··------······-·······--·161
Saved --- --·············-···---·········-·····-·······•·····--·····--·-···---········---·• ···-· 41
Sancti&#6684777;ed _____ ____ ------····---·····-·--23
Holy Ghost ····----·······-·-······-·--·······-·-··--·-····----····---······-···-----·······- 13
Homes visited······-····-····---- ------ --····---···-·----•--··· 90
State and national conventions attended ·-··---·····------·····---······-·-··--12
Prepared weekly sermons for the Voice of Salvation, except those de
livered by the General Overseer. The sermons by the Voice of Salva
tion radio minister were duplicated and preached a total of 8,847 times over
radio stations. All Voice of Salvation mail was answered by this office.
An increasing number of these letters seek information about the Church
and its doctrine. In addition to the hundreds of letters received and sent,
sermons and other printed material were made available for those who
wrote. Through the Voice of Salvation, we have enrolled 119 persons
in the Body of Christ course, and have graduated 37 persons.

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Radio rallies were conducted in Alabama, and a Voice of Salvation
island crusade was conducted in the Leeward Islands. For most of the
year, I was responsible for the writing of all script and announcing of the
program.
As college administrator, I have been responsible for the direction and
legal, corporate formation of Tomlinson College whose official opening is
September 20, 1966. The faculty has been hired, the &#6684777;rst-year curriculum
set up, a master plan for the twenty-year development program has been
formed, promotion for student enrollment carried out, the &#6684777;rst college
catalog printed, and a multitude of other things done to get ready for
the college's opening. It has been necessary to commute between Nash
ville and Cleveland extensively this year.
Flying for the General Overseer and headquarters personnel resulted in
250 hours in the air. For every hour flown, there is preflight and post
flight activities of approximately one hour. Operating and maintenance
expenses are computed at $20.00 an hour. We estimate a savings of $3,508.27
was made to the General Treasury over airline fares for those who
used the plane. In addition, an indirect bene&#6684777;t of $607.85 was realized
by persons who rode in empty seats on flights, but whose fare was not
the responsibility of the General Treasury.
In addition to the foregoing duties, I was the writer of "Keen for Teens,"
our Sunday School teenage quarterly.
Judy Chandler is to be commended for her efficient service as sec
retary for this office.
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. MOORE
Radio Minister and College
Administrator
10:21 a.m.-Report of World Mission Committee. The report was ac
cepted as read, and the same committee was selected to serve for another
year.
World Mission Committee Report
To the sixty-first annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Interest seems to be at an all-time peak in the Church's m1ss1on pro
gram. This interest is evident by the large increase of our mission offer
ings. We wish to commend our overseers, mission secretaries, and all
who have worked to spread this last day's message.
The Church of God has been established in Jordan this year. This is
highly signi&#6684777;cant, we think, for the very cradle of our faith has once
again heard the message of &#7602280;e Church.
The international accounts reflect a substantial increase in &#6684777;nance. Our
financial system is rapidly developing a &#6684777;rm foundation from which a
greater effort can be made to speed the message.
The total amount of offerings received through our October and March
World Mission Drive was $49,739.16, an increase of $9,891.84 over 1964-65.

122 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Some clari&#6684777;cation may be necessary regarding offerings which you con
tribute but which are earmarked, by your request, to a certain country.
All such offerings are placed in the World Harvest Fund and sent to the
country of your choice. This is tTue even if the funds are given during_
the March and October drives. The March and October drives are placed
in the World Mission Fund, offerings to be designated for a certain coun
try are not to be included in these drives.
We are including a brief report on the World Harvest Funds for this
year:
Amount brought forward --------------------------------------------------------$ 2,437.50
Amount received this year ------------------------- 8,494.28
Tos&#6029463;World Harvest ___________________________ ·---------------------------------------10,931.78
Paid out this year ______________________________________________ ,,___________ 9,091.08
Balance ___ _ ------------------------------------------$ 1,840.70
We appreciate the labor of our people in response to the &#6684777;nancial aspect
of our work. But we must not forget that vision and personal dedication
are needed for the advancement of our mission work. We value the
vision and leadership of our World Mission Secretary and the dedica
tion of each person who has labored in any manner on the mission &#6684777;elds.
Your World Mission Committee authorized the disbursement during the
assembly year of mission funds for the following:
Australia and New Zealand --------------··-------------------$
Brazil
Bahamas, Bermuda, Turks Island _____ _
Canada -----------·--------------------------·----------
Costa Rica ------------ -·----- -----------------------------
Cua&#6029463;__________ _________ _
Dominican Republic -- ----------------------------·----------------------------
Egypt ____ ---- ·-------------------------------------
El Salvador ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
England --------------------------------------------------------------
Germany _____ _______ _________ _
Greece ___ _
Guyana - -------------------------------------
Haiti _______ -----·--···--------------------------------
Holland ------------·--------------------------------------------------------
Honduras ---------------------------------------------------------
India --------- --- ·---------------------------------------
Jamaica ------------------------------------------- -
Jordan ____ _
Leeward Islands ___________________ _
Mexico -----------------------------·-·------------
Nicaragua --------------------------------------------· -·--------------
Panama ------------------------------------------·--·---------
Philippines -----------------·-------------· --------------------------------
Puerto Rico __________ _
Sierra Leone ____________________ : ____ ___________________ _
South America ---- --- ---------·-·-----------------------------------
Trinidad and ToaKt&#6029463;-------------------------------------------
Turkey -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Virgin Islands ----------------·--·---�---
4,862.47
2,508.63
4,367.35
5,043.20
4,022.30
3,000.00
5,218.63
5,480.52
973.96
4,546.71
2,476.65
3,602.18
1,162.12
17,972.38
2,266.40
1,134.80
5,064.80
3,967.40
1,748.13
8,057.64
8,215.14
1,003.85
2,877.18
3,017.39
7,698.09
3,445.13
6,436.88
2,418.34
2,961.89
5,692.09

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Windward Islands ------------------------------
Bible Training Camp
Loans ______ _ -- -- ---·------------ --- -
Miscellaneous
10% of Assembly offerings returned
2,682.32
760.74
7,704.65
13,885.58
to state treasurers____ ___ _________________ 2,260.91
Transfer of funds to International Accounts ------------------------$218,785.79
Total expenditures ----- --------- -$377,322.24
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
CHARL&#4522067; G. HAWKINS
&#3014730;. B. WRIGHT
W. H. BROOKS
H. L. MOORE, Secretary
123
10:31 a.m.-Report of World Mission Secretary, Charles G. Hawkins;
Asia and Egypt Representative, Ada McGehee; Harrison E. Price and Sylvia
Hardin, Mission Evangelists. The reports were accepted as read.
Report of World Mission Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
Number sermons preached ---------------------------- - -------------138
Number converted------------------------------------------------------------------------52
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ------------------------------------- 35
Number baptized with the Holy Ghost ________________ _______ 27
Number added to the Church---------------- -----------------2
Ministers conventions attended --------------------- ------------ 16
State and national conventions attended ____________________ 12
This past year I visited 37 different countries in behalf of the World
Mission Program. One of these was the Iron Curtain country of Poland.
I was able to re-establish contact with these people of the Church who
had been cut off following World War II. It was a real blessing to know
that the spirit of the Church was still living in the hearts of these peo
ple who had been isolated from the rest of the Church for so long.
Besides my regular correspondence and committee work, I have written
a letter each month to the overseers outside the United States, prepared
material to boost the March and October World Mission Drives, written
sermons for each issue of the Mission Cry and lessons for Bible Training
Camp.
My office has been efficiently managed by Sister Nellie Walker. Her
valuable assistance is appreciated.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE WORK
Co&#7667822;tries Members Churches S.S. W.M.B. V.L.B. A.B.M. M&#6881390;isters
Australia 43 1 2 1 1 0 8
Bahamas 5,280
48 50 46 46 138 104
Barbados and

124 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
St. Vincent 182 5 5 5 5 20 3
Canada _______________________ 220 12 10 8 8 8 8
Costa Rica 46 5 5 3 3 4 3
Cyprus --------------------------54 1 1 1 1 0 1
Dominican Republic __ 1,605 30 30 30 90 0 14
Egypt ----------------------------639 10 11 10 10 20 7
El Salvador ----------------480 i2 28 12 10 8 3
England ------------------------1,337 48 51 42 42 103 76
Germany 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
Greece 160 3 2 2 2 0 3
Guatemala ------------------1,889 38 29 22 18 5 12
Guyana ------------------------51 1 5 1 1 3 2
Haiti --------- 24,314 302 346 334 349 5,614 208
Holland ------------------------23 1 1 1 0 0 1
Honduras _______n[o&#6029463;87 4 3 3 2 8 1
India __ ----3,459 50 23 38 25 66 50
Jamaica -----------------------9,000 196 196 196 196 123 190
Jordan -------------------------18 2 2 1 0 0 0
Leeward Islands --------556 17 21 15 16 31 19
Mexico 1,007 43 36 34 26 112 21
New Zealand 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherland Antilles ____ 76 3 3 3 3 4 6
Nicaragua 100 4 1 1 1 5 1
Panama 68 4 5 4 4 4 0
Philippine Islands ______ 85 5 7 3 3 15 2
Puerto Rico __________________ 312 13 15 13 13 30 10
Sierra Leone 327 6 6 1 5 0 1
South America _________ 325 31 35 31 31 21 3
Trinidad and Tobago 210 7 13 7 7 7 8
Tur key -------------------------13 1 1 1 0 0 1
&#5505141;rks Island -----------300 6 7 5 5 16 13
Virgin Islands -----------246 6 16 6 6 13 14
Total ____________________mm\\\\\\&#6029463;52,522 916 967 880 929 6,378 794
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES G. HAWKINS
World Mission Secretary
Report of Asia and Egypt Representative
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
"The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much
in the Lord, with the church that is in their house."
I am sure Ishak Siman, who has charge of the work in Jerusalem and
also Beit Jala near Bethlehem, and his wife Sister Rebecca would be
pleased to salute you in the Lord with the work or church which is in
their house. It was my privilege to get acquainted with the above men
tioned brother and his wife while I was in Jerusalem this year. Brother
Ibrahim was able to visit Jordan and do a good work.
I felt honored this year to baptize Brother Nagib Soliman of Cairo,

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 125
Egypt in the Jordan River. He is the national clerk for the Church of
God in the country of Egypt. He was formerly a minister of interior in
his country.
Before reporting of my wonderful trip to Egypt, I must tell you the
program in Cyprus was a busy one. I spoke twice in their regular meet
ing place and once or more in the home of Dr. Milton. We visited Kerena.
Thanks to the United Nations Convoy for assisting in our safe return
to Nicosia. I also visited Athens and spoke in the church there.
I will not quit without telling some&#7602280;ing of my seventh trip to Egypt,
which I might say was one of the greatest. I was in meetings in Alex
andria, Cairo, Minia, Assiout and two villages. I spoke once or twice
in each place except one village where the convention was held. I spoke
&#6684777;ve nights, assisted Sister Ibrahim in mission message, took the Lord's
Supper and assisted in the dedication of some children.
Respectfully submitted,
ADA McG&#4522056;EE
Asia and Egypt Represens\
Report of Mission Evangelist
September 151 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons preached ----------------------------------------298
Saved ------------------------------------------- 140
Sancti&#6684777;ed ------------------------------------------- 22
Baptized wi&#7602280; the Holy Ghost ________ ____________ 23
Added to the Church ---------------------------·
87
Churches organized ______ ------------------·-··-·-· ______________________ 4 Homes visited ____________ ______________ 302
&#5505138;acts distributed -------------·--------------------- _____________ 3,249
White Wing Messengers distributed ___ 392
Youth Life magazines distributed _______ 52
Babies dedicated ----------- ------------------------------------------········----3
I packed and shipped 116 pounds of tracts and White Wing Messengers
to Guyana. I selected the White Wing Messengers to &#6684777;nd material that
would promote the work there. I also mailed other promotional material
for the different departments of the Church.
My work has been of a different nature this year, and much of my
preaching has been in countries where our work is small and weak. Most
of my preaching has not been of an evangelistic nature, but rather in
teaching, encouraging and instructing. I have dealt mostly with our own
church membership, although I have been privileged to work in four
new &#6684777;elds.
I organized a church in Toronto, Canada; Cleveland, Tennessee; Salis
bury, Maryland and E. Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Guyana. The churches
in Guyana and Salisbury were from other groups. We got some good min
isters with the church in Guyana.
I have worked some in World Harvest, and wrote many letters in be-

126 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
half of the work. I have worked very closely with Brother Charles
Hawkins this year and assisted in setting up some foreign accounts and
proceedings for registration of our churches.
I have enjoyed my work very much, and I am thankful to God for heal
ing my body so I could return to the .&#6684777;eld for Him.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRISON E. PRICE·
Mission Evangelist
Report of Mission Evangelist
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
Talks 61
Revivals conducted ___________________ 14
Saved ------------------------------- ____________________ 134
Sancti&#6684777;ed 130
Filled with the Holy Ghost----------------------------------------43
Total experiences ________________________ 307
Homes visited _______ 282
States visited 8
Countries visited where we have work and Mission Corpsmen ____ 16
Ministers conventions attended __________ 1
National conventions attended -----------·---------- 3
Mission Workshops conducted ----------
·
19
Bible lessons taught _____ 45
I attended the National Sunday School Convention. I also attended an
all-day service in Jordan with my husiwho made the tour with me
this summer. I sincerely appreciate the warm welcome and kind hos
pitality extended to us by our wonderful people in every state, island and
country we visited. I am also humbly grateful for the many cards and
letters we have received this year.
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVIA HARDIN
Mission Evangelist
10:47 a.m.-Harold Parker presented gift certi&#6684777;cates to the Assembly
subscription workers: L. 0. Johnson received 465 subscriptions, Delephine
&#4259950;derson-232 and Geneva Sykes-92.
10:50 a.m.-Project Bookfest, Perry E. Gillum in charge. Several states,
headquarters departments and individuals presented books to. Tomlinson
College. Harry Lee Moore, College Administrator, expressed his appre
ciation for the workers who donated their time to work on the college
and also to those who made contributions. He also introduced the faculty:
Billy Riggs, Daniel D. Preston, Mary Grace Brady, Phillip Barker and
James B. Wright.
11:29 a.m.-Report of Committee on Education. The report was read
and accepted.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 127
Report of Committee on Education
To the Sixty-&#6684777;rst annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
We, the Committee on Education, having been authorized by the Six
tieth General Assembly to proceed with the opening of Tomlinson Col
lege in September, 1966, wish to present the following report:
1. The Committee appreciates the cooperation which has been received
from the Church in general and &#6684786;iends in the Church in all prelim
inary stages of this program. The Committee has acted in behalf of the
entire Church in activating this project. Since the college has been
authorized by the Assembly, it represents a responsibility to be shared by
all of us.
2. Existing facilities have been remodeled and classroom space pro
vided in order that the school may open on September 21, 1966. &#5505128;is
was made possible through the efforts of volunteer workers from sev
eral states, under the direction of Gordon Hayes.
3. Special commendation is hereby given to the state overseer and Church
in Tennessee for their splendid offer to the general Church of their fa
cilities for the development of the college program. In addition, the
chapel, the &#6684777;rst major item of construction, is a gift from the churches
of Tennessee.
Respectfully submitted,
CURTIS M. KNOWLES, President
H. L. MOORE, Vice-President
DeWITT PRITCHARD, Secretary-
Treasurer
J. D. WILKINSON
JOHN NEWKIRT
C. T. DAVIDSON
RALPH BRYANT
11:32 a.m.-Report of Committee No. 1, Questions and Subjects.
Several sections of the report were presented on Friday afternoon and
the other sections were presented at this time. The report was accepted
as read. The entire report is given here.
Questions and Subjects Committee Report
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
We, your Questions and Subjects Committee, have done our best to
give fair and just consideration to all matters which were properly
brought before us, having earnestly sought God's wisdom that those things
contained in our report, which we now submit for your consideration,
would be for the edi&#6684777;cation of the Church of God. Any matters sub
mitted to this committee which are not included in this report were not
ignored, but after prayerful consideration, we felt it best that they not
be included at this time.

128 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
SECTION 1
We give thanks to God for another successful year in the work of the
Church of God. His blessings have been evident in many ways. We feel
that He has especially blessed the Church with divinely inspired leader
ship in the person of our General Overseer. For his faithful and un
tiring efforts in leading us through another year and for his outstand
ing annual address we feel that it would be in order for this Assembly
to give him a standing ovation.
SECTION 2
With regard to that section of the General Overseer's address entitled
"The Assembly Tabernacle," this committee is in agreement that great
care should be taken in reaching a decision concerning the location of the
Assemblies as we do not want to rush into things without knowing what
we should do. We feel we should take time to learn the will of the
Lord and follow the leading of the Holy Ghost in all we undertake. This
committee is fully agreed with the General Overseer that there is no room
for trial and error in this. We feel that a prayerful discussion of this
subject by this Assembly might be pro&#6684777;table. It is the feeling of this com
mittee that it would be best to con&#6684777;ne this discussion to whether or not
it would be the will of the Lord to move the location of our Assem
blies from Cleveland.
SECTION 3
In view of the importance of the ministry of music in the Church to
day, and concurring with that section of the General Overseer's address
entitled "More About Music," this committee feels that the adoption of
a music department would be highly proper at this time. We therefore
recommend that the General Overseer appoint a person in this Assembly
to serve as Music Department Director. We also recommend that a
committee of three persons be selected by the General Overseer who would
counsel with the director in the development of this music department.
SECTION 4
Since it seems good to the Holy Ghost and to us that the location of
our Assemblies should not be moved from the Cleveland area, and since
the necessary arrangements for continuing the Assemblies here are of
such magnitude, it is the feeling of this committee that we should use
great care in our procedures to provide adequate accommodations. Too
much haste could result in decisions which the church would later regret.
We believe it would be wise for a Tabernacle Committee to be select
ed by the General Overseer whose duties would involve • making an
exhaustive survey of all possibilities both for the construction of new
facilities for our Assemblies in other locations in this area and for the
enlarging and remodeling of our present facilities. This committee could
provide our Assembly with much factual information, from which we
could proceed with better understanding than the Questions and Subjects
Committee is now able to provide.
SECTION 5
"The Honor Stone Program," the Church is losing approximately nine
out of every ten members we receive. This committee is in agreement

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 129
that this seems far too many for us to lose. We, along with the General
Overseer, are very concerned about the growth of the Church of God.
The Scriptures point out that the Church is to increase with the increase
of God. "And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints
and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of God." Colossians 2:19.
Again in Ephesians 4:16 we read, "From whom the whole body &#6684777;tly
joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, ac
cording to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh
increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."
Therefore we urge all our ministers and churches to place increased
emphasis upon our dependence upon God and the necessity of seeking
that His favor be upon the Church today by our moving in harmony
with His Word. For we realize that our increase must come from God.
The apostle Paul expressed this when he said in 1 Corinthians 3:6, 7, "I
have phmted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither
is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that
giveth the increase."
We feel it would be • good for our churches to strive for increase ac
cording to the will of God and that those churches which show an an
nual membership increase of at least &#6684777;ve per cent be given additional
honor by the Honor Stone Department. Be it understood that the Honor
Stone Department will make allowances for transfer of members in· de
termining increases.
SECTION 6
In view of the fact that the City of Cleveland is considering placing a
street through our property behind the Tabernacle facing Inman Street,
we recommend that the General Properties Committee be empowered by
this Assembly to negotiate and to sell this property should it become
necessary.
SECTION 7
Since all the other general workers are under direct appointment of
the General Overseer we feel that the Church might better be served
by the Visual Department Director and the Fields of the Wood Manager
being appointed in the same manner as the other general workers.
S&#4522051;&#5505097;ON 8
It has been brought to the attention of this committee that considerable
time and money might be saved by the elimination of acknowledgment
cards by our General Treasurer. We suggest that the mailing of these
cards be discontinued except where cash accompanies the reports coming
into his office. At the same time we feel it would be good to discourage
sending cash in the mail, but rather that our people use checks, drafts,
money orders, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
S. A. COOLEY, Chairman
JAMES B. WRIGHT
HOWA&#5374020; HUNT
BI&#4980812;Y MURRAY
H&#4522066;MAN E. D&#4522049;N
M. T. LINKOUS
V. E.HALL

130 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
11:40 a.m.-Report of Committee No. 3, Adjustment. The report was
accepted as read.
Adjustment Committee Report
To the 61st annual As�embly of the Church of God, Greetings:
We, your Adjustment Committee, beg to leave the following report:
We have met in regular order, and we are happy to report that all
matters that have come to our attention have been satisfactorily adjusted.
We wish to commend the ministry and membership of the church for the
wonderful spirit of unity and fellowship that prevails in our work.
We appreciate the presence of the Lord that has been so real in this
Assembly. It has been a pleasure to serve, and we thank God for all
of His blessings. We pray that the year that lies before us will be one
of the most successful that the Church of God has known in these last days.
Respectfully submitted,
D. F. ROWLAND
ARCHIE MELVIN
S&#4522050;ASTIAN McGEE
ORVILLE W. TRUMP
C.H. SARTIN
11:42 a.m.-Report of the General Properties Committee. The report
was accepted as read.
Report of the General Properties Committee
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Your committee has met a number of times this year on legal matters,
and to discuss various projects concerning Church property.
A new garage and storage building has been constructed on the orphan
age farm. Considerable remodeling has been done in a number of offices,
both in the World Capitol Building and the Publishing House. Several
improvements have been made in the Assembly tabernacle, including a
general renovation of the lobby.
A lot has been purchased on Central Avenue, and a lighted church sign
has. been erected on the lawn of the World Capitol Building.
This committee was confronted with the business of working out an
acceptable adjustment with the Tax Equalization Board, due to a new sys
tem of property assessment in Bradley County and the City of Cleveland.
The matter was brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
The pr0perty between the tabe&#7471214;acle and Inman Street has been leveled
to provide more parking space for present use.
Humbly submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
R. 0. COVEY, Chief Clerk
J. R. KINSER, Committeeman
C. R. PAYNE, Committeeman
131
11:45 a.m.-George Knowles and group sang "His Grace Is Sufficient
For Me."
11:50 a.m.-Report of Assembly Band Movement Secretary, E. H. Grif
fith; Sunday School Secretary, Allen Davis; Victory Leaders Secretary,
Perry E. Gillum; Women's Missionary Secretary, Elva Howard; World
Language Secretary, James B. Wright.
The reports were read and accepted in regular order.
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretarts Report
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------215
Homes visited _______________ _ ___ 103
Homes prayed in 7 4
Converted ----- ---------------------------------------- _________________ 7
Sancti&#6684777;ed ----------------------------------------------·-----_____________ ________________ 6
Baptized with the Holy Ghost ________ 7
Ministers conventions attended ______ 17
District conventions attended ---------------------------- 8
Local churches visited __________________ 16
A. B. M. rallies -------------------- ------------------------ 8
Operation Restoration Campaigns --------------------------------"-----5
Band Leaders Councils ---------------------------- ________________ 10
State conventions attended -------------------------------- ________________ 4
Conducted one revival in connection with an Operation Restoration Cam
paign. In the beginning of the Assembly year, the A. B. M. office ac
cepted the responsibility of taking care of the Emergency Honor Roll in
the White Wing Messenger, and assisting the General Overseer with the
Emergency Fund Drive. Corresponded with the secretaries, pastors, band
leaders and workers in the interest of the work. I also assisted the Field
Secretary in some of his work. Taught in two sessions of Bible Train
ing Camp: one in Cleveland,
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Tennessee, and one in Birmingham, Eng
land. I assisted the state overseers and state secretaries in making up
the program, letters and material for the Operation Restoration Cam
paigns and Band Leaders Councils.
A. B. M. bands in states ---------------·-------- ___ _ 3,493
A. B. M. bands in other countries, (approximately) 4,000
Churches operating the A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A.
in the states -------- ------·-----------------------------1,
314
Churches in other countries operating the A. B. M.
and S. 0. P.A.---------------------------·
·
-------------------------------------- 626
Total number of churches operating the A. B. M.
and S. 0. P.A. ___________________________________ _______ l,940
Number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll _ 1,
344
Respectfully submitted,
E. H. GRIFFITH
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary

132 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Report of the General Sunday School Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------403
Converted ------------------------------------- --------------------------- - 115
Sancti&#6684777;ed ------ ------------------------------- ------------------------81
Baptized with the Holy Ghost ------------------------------------------------------51
Homes visited --------------------------------
•
_______________ l,391
Churches visited -------------------------------------------------------------------103
Sunday School rallies conducted \w__ _____________________ 58
District conventions attended -------------------------------------------3
State ministers conventions attended ______________ 17
National Sunday School conventions attended -----------------------------1
Sunday School workshops conducted ----------------------------------------------24
States and countries worked in----------------- ---------- ---------
36 State conventions attended ___________ . -------------------------------6
Taught 123 B. T. C. lessons in Cleveland, Tennessee and Louisville,
Kentucky. Promoted orphanage and prison work and all departments of
the Sunday School. Wrote state Sunday School secretaries each month
and .took care of all other correspondence that came to the office.
I appreciate the cooperation that was given by each overseer, secretary,
pastor and every officer and teacher of the Sunday School: &#5505128;is help was
a great blessing in promoting the Sunday School work this year.
INFORMA TION ON SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK-1966
Number of Sunday Schools this year -------------------------2,425
Number of Sunday School pupils this year ___________________________ 166,494
Number of new Sunday Schools organized ____________________ 170
Number of experiences in Sunday School work _____________________ 2,615
New members gained in March-New Member Campaign ____ 6,899
Respectfully submitted,
ALLEN DAVIS
General Sunday School Secretary
Report of General Victory Leaders Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons ------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------248
Saved ----------------------------------------------------··-···--------------------------42
Sancti&#6684777;ed ----------------------------- -------- ------------------28
Baptized with the Holy Ghost ---------------------------------------------------19
Homes visited _______,\\$_____________________________________________________ 421
Ministers conventions attended ---------------------------------------------------20

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State conventions attended -----------·-··-------------------------------- 5
District conventions attended --------------------------- 4
Youth camps visited_____________ _________ 9
National Sunday School convention attended ---·--------------------·--------1
133
I wrote the state secretaries and camp directors each month, and an
swered the daily office correspondence. Prepared and supplied the state
secretaries with monthly program material. Served on the staff of Youth
Life magazine, contributing promotional and program material. Arranged
for and directed the third International Youth Camp. Taught in Bible
Training Camp in Cleveland, Tennessee. Taught in 20 training sessions.
I sincerely appreciate the &#6684777;ne cooperation I have received from each
overseer, state secretary and camp director this year.
INFORMATION ON V. L. B. WORK-1966
Numbers of ax&#6029463;-------- ---------------------- --------------- 2,253
Number of members ____ ____ _ ________ 55,566
Bible chapters read _______________________________________
2,718,12 7
Youth Life Teams ______________ ----------------------------------155
Number of camps conducted ----------··---·------ ___ ___ 77
Number of campers _____ _ ___________ 5,638
Number of experiences __________ ______ 3,022
Number aX',&#6029463;in water _________________________ ______ 686
Total increase in state convention offering ______ $10,589.61
Respectfully submitted,
PERRY E. GI&#4980812;UM
General V. L. B. Secretary
W. M. B. General Secretary's Report
September 14, 1965 to August 31, 1966
Sermons preached ___________ 79
Homes visited -----------------------------------·---------148
Converted 11
Sancti&#6684777;ed ________ 5
Baptized with the Holy Ghost ______ 4
States visited____ ___________________ 23
Mission &#6684777;elds visited --------------·------------------ 2
Ministers conventions attended ---··-- 2
Train-O-Ramas conducted with the General
Sunday School and V. L. B. Secretaries ____ _____ 5
Mission institutes conducted--------------------------------- 5
Mission rallies in the interest of the W. M. B. ___________________ 10
Mission conventions ___________ _______ 4
District conventions attended ---- --------3
State conventions attended ---------- ---- -5
I attended the National Sunday School convention in the interest of
missions.
Attended one youth convention.

134 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Tried to be of assistance to the Church by writing for Youth Life, the
White Wing, and others.
I have endeavored to keep up the regular correspondence which came
to my office, wrote to the state overseers and state secretaries and sent a
quarterly newsletter to the leaders in &#7602280;e form of Missiongram.
The work has been very new to me this year. I appreciate all of you
who have borne with me and assisted in my orientation.
Number of bands ·---------------------------------·----------------·----------------------2,232
Number of bands gained this year------------- -------------------------116
-Number of W. M. B. members ______________________ ___ 44,785
• Number of members gained this year ------------------------------4,192
Number of homes visited in W. M. B. work ____________________________ 34,021
Yours for missions,
ELVA HOWARD
General W. M. B. Secretary
Report of World Language Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
Greetings to the 61st annual Assembly:
Days worked in the office___ _ ____________________ 208
Ministers conventions attended -------------------------------- 1
District conventions attended ____
-
--------------------------------------11
State and national conventions attended _________________________ 7
Churches visited----------------------------------------------------------------16
Churches dedicated --------------------------------------------- 1
Homes visited -----------------------------------------------------------------------50
Sermons preached --------------------------____________________________________________________ l 03
Bible Training Camp work:
Taught in the Dominican Republic school.
Opened the school in Fresno, California.
Taught two Body of Christ courses.
WORK DONE BY THE WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA
Translations completed from English to Spanish and vice versa: 12
White Wing Messengers, 2 adult and 2 primary quarterlies, 150 sten
cils, over 1,000 letters, W. M. B. Yearbook, V. L. B. Program Builder,
application for Church Insurance, A. B. M. lessons for B. T. C. book,
16 tracts, 4 legal documents, and many small jobs such as cards, cap
tions, examination papers of applicants for the ministry, receipts and bank
statements. We have also proofread hundreds of pages.

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TRANSLATED AND PRINTED NINE TRACTS OUTSIDE THE UNIT
ED STATES OF AMERICA:
INDIA
From English to Telugu:
"Divorce and Remarriage Question"
"Speaking In Tongues"
"C. P. M. A. The Written Vision"
HAITI
From English to French:
"29 Important Bible &#5505138;uths"
HOLLAND
From English to Dutch:
"Tommy Brown"
BRAZIL
From Spanish to Portuguese:
"Plan of Salvation Simpli&#6684777;ed"
"The Covering Removed"
"The Church Compared to Other Denominations"
"How Many Churches?"
Respectfully,
JA&#5046341;S B. WRIGHT
World Language Secretary
12:12 p.m.-Report of Church of Prophecy Marker Association Secre
tary, John A. Stubbs; Fields of the Wood Manager, J. W. McDill; Visual
Department Director, Jack Decker.
The reports were accepted as read.
Report of General C. P. M. A. Secretary
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons ··--------- --------·························225
Saved ·•·························-········-················•·····-······-· ···············- 2
Sancti&#6684777;ed -··············· ··························-2
Filled with the Holy Ghost ........................ 1
Baptized in water ........ 2
Added to the Church ··················--·· 4
States visited 23
Ministers conventions attended ............ .................... 17
District conventions attended .... 3
State conventions attended ····-· 4
Local churches visited ---- ···············-·-····----··············· 24
C. P. M. A. rallies ····--······· ······-·····--28
Revivals conducted in local churches ........ 6

136 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
• In a joint two-district revival conducted, I was in charge of a litera
ture drop and an airport program.
I taught in B. T. C. in Cleveland.
Directed the Thanksgiving pro&#6750322;am in Fields of the Wood, also the
all-night service preceding the Easter service and the Easter program.
Attended First Assembly Anniversary program in Fields of the Wood;
also the June 13th service and the pre-assembly program.
Have taken a considerable number of pictures for slides and also for
transparencies and color pictures in an effort to outline the purpose of
each marker by slides and &#6684777;lm strips and for post cards.
I did considerable writing and rewriting and have had some of the
C. P. M. A. material translated to Spanish, French, Hindu and Greek.
I have had correspondence with officials in Israel and Turkey in an
effort to secure &#6684777;nal permission for markers and have been requested
to come to Israel and select exact spot for marker in Caesarea. Final ap
proval is also expected soon in Turkey.
Made numerous trips to Fields of the Wood and Culberson in behalf
of work; assisted in running lines on Fields of the Wood property and the
additional acreage we purchased last year. Brother McDill and I were
able to negotiate terms of agreement with adjoining property owners
to the property in Culberson, North Carolina, that is deeded to Almighty
God and A. J. Tomlinson his servant and his heirs and assigns, and can
now report we have properly surveyed lines with access to a public
road. All corners are &#6684777;rmly established and the property includes the
pile of rocks that A. J. Tomlinson helped quarry and haul to the site with
plans to build an orphanage many years ago.
Have assisted in the transaction of business where the
·
c. P. M. A. de
partment acquired the Tomlinson House for the purpose of restoring and
preserving it and making it into a memorial and museum.
I have done a considerable amount of work in preparation for print
ing a special picture booklet that will present the history of the Church
as it is given in the Scriptures and presented in the written vision on
tables of stone.
I have corresponded with the state secretaries at intervals during the year.
Number C. P. M. A. members inside United States __________________ 18,422
Number C. P. M. A. members outside United States __________________ 3,146
Total membership for 1966 __________________________________________________________ 21,568
INFORMATION ON THE HONOR STONE DEPARTMENT
Number of honor sheets received from the churches ________________ l,238
Number of honor sheets received from ministers
not pastoring churches --- ----------- -----------------905
Total number of honor sheets received 2,143
Number of churches receiving &#6750322;ay honor stones 611
Number of churches receiving white honor stones 199

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Total number of honor stones ------------·-------- ---------------------
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. STUBBS
General C. P. M. A. Secretary
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly, Greetings:
810
Sermons preached ________________________ 63
Homes visited -----------------------------------------------------------------74
State conventions attended ----------·
-··------- ___________________________ 2
137
Again we wish to thank each of you for your faithful service in help
ing to make each service at Fields of the Wood a success. We appre
ciate all of our good workers who labored in the work at Fields of the
Wood as well as those on the &#6684777;eld. We could not have done it with
out you. Only God can repay you.
I would like to give special honor to my wife who has been by my
side in every way for this great work. Fields of the Wood has been a
blessing to many thousands who have visited there this year. I attribute
much of its success to the work of the caretaker and his wife along
with those who served in the souvenir shop. I feel that our crowds have
increased over the years and especially this last year.
The work this year included maintaining and keeping Fields of the
Wood beautiful, re&#6684777;nishing and painting the New Testament, repaint
ing the flags on Ten Commandment Mountain, repainting every marker
in Fields of the Wood, excavating at Tomlinson College and grading the
parking lot in Cleveland_ We purchased &#7602280;irty-nine acres of land near
the altar for Fields of the Wood. We have done some work on the pro
posed airport and also remarked all land lines in Fields of the Wood,
surveyed and helped Brother Stubbs search for the one acre of land in
Culberson, North Carolina.
We have purchased and paid for one Mack Tractor and Lowboy to be
used in Fields of the Wood; purchased and paid for road blacktopping
equipment which includes a one ton truck, two dump trucks, one tractor
truck and one ten ton blacktop roller. We purchased one caterpillar
grader and sold one grader and one TD1 4 dozer.
Humbly submitted,
J. W. McDILL
Fields of the Wood Manager
Report of the Visual Deportment Director
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:.
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our &#6684777;lm users for &#7602280;eir

138 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
report cards and for returning &#6684777;lms to the office as scheduled. Our
records show that &#6684777;lms were shipped to 42 states and 5 mission &#6684777;elds. The
state having the most &#6684777;lm shipments was Tennessee. We hope that you
were one of those who viewed our 655 &#6684777;lms shipped this year.
We produced 3 new 16mm &#6684777;lms and for the &#6684777;rst time have released
3 &#6684777;lmstrips of the church activities. A limited number of copies are
available for sale.
I attended and &#6684777;lmed the International Youth Camp, made a tour and
&#6684777;lmed the church work in Bahamas, Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Do
minica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, and visited our work with Brother
H. L. Moore in St. Thomas and St. Martin. I attended a Color Photo
graphic Seminar in Georgia, the Society of Motion Picture Television En
gineers Convention in New York and the Calvin Company 16mm Movie
Workshop in Missouri.
I visited 216 homes, preached 77 sermons, worked in 13 states, 10 is
lands and attended state conventions in Kansas, Nevada and Bahamas.
My small crew is to be highly commended for their faithfulness and
personal interest in making this department a success.
Respectfully submitted,
JACK C. DECKER
Director
12:22 p.m.-Report of Bible Training Camp Superintendent, William H.
Brooks, and Principal, A. J. Coalter.
The reports were accepted as read.
Report of Bible Training Camp Superintendent
September 1, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly:
Sermons preached and classes taught _______________________________________________ _464
Saved _______________ ------------------------------------25
Sancti&#6684777;ed -----------� ___________ 12
Baptized with the Holy Ghost -------------------------------------------19
Homes visited _________________________________________________________________________ 231
Baptized in water _______________ -----------------------------------------------------20
Added to the Church ________ ______ ___________________ 7
Ministers retreat attended ____ _______ ___ 1
Local churches visited ______________________________6\______________________ ,____________ 64
Doctrinal weekly meetings conducted -------------------------------2
District rallies conducted ----- ------ ---------------------27
District conventions attended _________ ,_ --------------------------------------------------3
State conventions attended -----------------------------------3
Conventions attended in other countries __________ 2
Bible Training Camps conducted and assisted in --------------------------8

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNU&#4259916; ASSEMBLY 139
Supervised the activities of Bible Training Camp at home and abroad,
discharged my duties in the office and elsewhere when called upon, and
served on the World Mission Committee.
Number of camps conducted ---------------------- ------------------------13
Total number of students enrolled _________ ____ l,053
Places where camps were held and number enrolled in each: Domin
ican Republic, 50; Guatemala, 104 ; Antigua (&#6684777;rst term only), 55; Puerto
Rico (&#6684777;rst term only), 31; India, 124 ; Peru, 47; Cleveland, Tennessee,
271; Bahamas, 50; London, England (&#6684777;rst term only), 43; Louisville, Ken
tucky (&#6684777;rst term only), 38; California (Spanish), 42; Birmingham, Eng
land, 80; Jamaica, 118.
Enrolled in Elementary Home Study Course _________________ 204
Enrolled in Body of Christ --------------------------------------------1,335
The Body of Christ has been translated to Greek. The Bible Training
Camp staff has answered the many letters written to our office; graded
all papers sent in by correspondence students; worked on lesson material
and attended to all other duties required of this department.
Faithfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BROOKS
Bible Training Camp Superintendent
Report of Bible Training Camp Principal
September 15, 1965 to August 31, 1966
To the 61st annual Assembly:
Sermons preached and B. T. C. lessons taught _________ --456
Week-end revivals conducted ----------------------------------------5
Doctrinal meetings conducted ______________ 1
Number saved ---------------------------- 8
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ------------------------------------------------ 5
Number baptized with the Holy Ghost _______________ 1
Number baptized in water ____________________ 18
Number added to the Church------------------------------------- 5
Number homes visited _______________________ --------------------------------169
Local churches visited ____ 49
District rallies conducted -------------------------------------- __ 11
District conventions attended _________ __ __ 6
State conventions attended -------------------- 3
Number of states worked. in ________________________ 13
National conventions attended _______ ---------------------------------------------------2
Countries visited in the interest of the Church ------------------------------7
Bible Training Camps conducted and assisted in _______________ 6
Number Body of Christ courses taught (regional-3 districts) ____ 1
Church buildings dedicated ------------------------------1
Assisted the World Mission Corps as a member of the

140 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Youth Mission Board.
Miles traveled (approximately) -------··--------------------------------64,000
Respectfully submitted,
A. J. Coalter
Bible Training Camp Principal
12:27 p.m.-Report of Church Boosters Committee.
The report was accepted in regular order. The Committee presented
a demonstration to boost new &#6684777;eld work and Tomlinson College.
Church Boosters Committee Report
To the 61st annual General Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Church Boosters Committee, desire to submit the following
report:
In 1954 the Questions and Subjects Committee recommended that Bible
study classes be conducted in our local churches to better acquaint our
people with the doctrine of the Church and receive offerings to support
B. T. C. in mission &#6684777;elds. The pastor was to be responsible for such
training and to turn in the funds at the state convention. We re&#6750322;et that
many of our churches have failed in this respect. Let us be stirred to
this great need and carry out the advice of the Assembly.
Tomlinson College is scheduled to begin classes September 22. &#5505128;is
will be a great asset to our Church activities, and it should be highly
boosted by our ministers since this institution will be of great value to
the Church of God of Prophecy enabling many of our members to obtain
a higher education.
Youth Life Teams are needed in our churches, and it is our responsi
bility to give our young people the required activity to keep them busy
for God and His Church. Our young people have great zeal that should
be put to work for the glory of God. Our young people can be a great
army for God.
Let's strive for greater increase in Sunday School attendance, as well
as increases in all the other auxiliaries. We heartily endorse the Gen
eral Overseer in his effort to work toward at least &#6684777;ve per cent increase in
membership in all local churches, and the recommendation of the Ques
tions and Subjects Committee.
Deeper spirituality is needed in our churches today, and we have no
time to be slack in our work. We should fast and pray until we are so
on &#6684777;re for God that we will set things on &#6684777;re wherever we go. &#4980837;t's
be living &#6684777;reballs for God and His Church.
We commend all for their efforts in helping all men to see the vision
of the Church through the C. P. M. A. work. Much favorable comment
has been made concerning the float in the "500" parade in Indianapolis,
Indiana. It seems that the Church would be equally blessed if similar
projects were launched in other areas. Your continued prayer and sup
port is needed for a successful world-wide marking program and that

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the needed &#6684777;nance will be supplied. We pledge our wholehearted sup
port to the section of the General Overseer's Address concerning the
Honor Stone Program. We feel that this move will enable our churches
to reach a more spiritual depth.
We wish to commend the Public Relations activities in the churches.
This has been instrumental in getting the Church made known in places
where we have never before entered. He that hath friends must show
himself friendly. The commission of the Church is to all the world, and
we must use any means possible to reach them. Paul said, " ... I am made
all things to all men, that I might by all means save some."
Humbly submitted,
J. P. SULLIVAN
JOSEPH MARTIN
ROY H. PHIPPS
R. C. SCOTTON
W. G. HARDIN
J. RUSS&#4522060;L SULLIVAN
12:42 p.m.-Report of Committee No. 4, Ways and Means.
The report was accepted as read.
Ways and Means Committee Report
To the 61st annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Ways and Means Committee, after careful and prayerful de
liberation, beg leave to report as follows:
SECTION 1
WHEREAS, it pleased Almighty God in His in&#6684777;nite wisdom to call
to rest our beloved Brother Bishop Dewey Rance Bowerman, Jr. on the
30th day of June of this year, A. D. 1966, and
WHEREAS the said Brother Bowerman has served the Church of God
for many years, especially as a committeeman, and other posts to which
he was assigned.
BE IT R&#4522067;OLVED that this Assembly go on record expressing sin
cere appreciation for the immeasurable and valuable service rendered by
this great servant, Brother Bowerman. May we cherish the precious mem
ory of this devoted soul for his consistency, faithfulness, and digni&#6684777;ed
spiritual principles which motivated his actions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in humble and grateful submission
we bow to the will and handiwork of divine wisdom who hath given
and taken away His own. May we now honor his passing by standing in a
moment of silence.
SECTION 2
We recommend that since the Assembly has left the decision to the
&#4522104;ecutive Committee (composed of the General Overseer, General Treas
urer and Manager of the White Wing Publishing House) to determine the
incidental expenses incurred by the general workers, and inasmuch as

142 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
there is a set amount by the government for an executive worker to
receive, we recommend that this matter be left to the Executive Com
mittee to act as circumstances may necessitate.
We recommend that the matter of assistance to full-time evangelists
be left to the discretion of the Executive Committee to work out a feasible
plan.
SECTION 3
We recommend that the sections of the Ways and Means Committee
Report accepted by the Assembly last year, with the exception of Sec
tion 6, be reprinted in the Minutes this year and stand approved.
1. A. Whereas Tomlinson College will need a president and full-time
Bible instructor, we reco&#3801303;mend that support of the president begin with
his appointment, and that support for the Bible instructor be provided
when he is employed. In the event that a quali&#6684777;ed school president is
unavailable at this time of the year, we recommend that the support au
thorized for the president be made available for an administrator dur
ing this interim period at the discretion of the General Overseer.
B. &#5701736;ereas the Tomlinson College will be primarily established to pro
vide a foundation for those persons preparing for Christian service, and
as such will be performing a type of ministry, we recommend an an
nual grant be appropriated from the General Fund. Said amount would
be determined by the wise counsel of the General Overseer after con
sultation with the school board.
2. We recommend that the Editor and Publisher of the White Wing
Messenger be paid $150 per week and incidental expenses plus any and
all personal necessities. We further recommend that all general workers
appointed by the General Overseer receive an allotment of $100 per
week, if funds are available; and that the question of pay for incidental
expenses. incurred by these general workers be left to the discretion
of the Executive Committee composed of the General Overseer, General
Treasurer and Manager of the White Wing Publishing House.
We recommend that a sum of $125 received each month by the gen
eral and headquarters workers and the state overseers appointed by the
General Overseer be designated for rent and utilities. Should the rent
and utilities be under the above amount, the remaining amount would be in
cluded as income. Where this ruling is feasible, be it also applicable to
the .pastors of the local churches.
3. We recommend that the state overseers receive an allotment of $100
per week, if funds are available. For his office expenses the overseer
may receive the sum of $200 per month from the surplus tithes in his
state, if funds are available. Funds in excess after the overseer has re
ceived his allotment from the tithes received from the local churches,
shall be sent to the state treasurer for the purpose of the state work,
especially to help pastors of weaker churches.
Since the S. 0. P. A. was originally set in the church for the purpose
of "keeping the overseer on the &#6684777;eld" and for providing travel expense
that he might be able to properly look after his work, we recommend
that the practice of taking $100 of the S. 0. P. A. and the remainder be
ing placed in the state fund be discontinued because this is contrary to
the purpose for which the S. 0. P. A. was originally intended. If there

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is not sufficient S. 0. P. A. funds to cover his expense as overseer, it
is recommended that the surplus tithes, if there be any, be used to sup
plement the expen�e of the overseers. The purpose for this change, as
over last year, is so that the S. 0. P. A. money can be used as it was
originally recommended by the General Assembly.
4. We recommend that the pastor receive an amount not to exceed $100
per week from the tithes of the local church after headquarters and
the state overseer have received their portion, if funds are available. This
does not include offerings and poundings received by the pastor.
We further recommend that the practice of receiving. an offering· on
the &#6684777;rst Sunday of each month for the pastor and on the third Sunday
of each month for the district overseer (in those states using district
overseers) be continued. In case the district overseer is called upon by
the state overseer to discharge a duty involving considerable expenses,
the state overseer will be responsible for such expenses.
5. We, your Ways and Means Committee, reco&#7143533;end that the allot
ments of overseers outside the United States be set by the World Mis
sion Secretary and the World Mission Committee according to the eco
nomic and monetary systems of the different countries involved and that
these amounts be printed in the Minutes as a supplement to the Ways
and Means Committee Report. We also recommend that the &#6684777;nancial
system of the church be compiled according to the economic conditions .of
the various countries listing all fees and amounts of dues, etc., involv
ing the different auxiliaries and the various departments of the church
and be sent to the overseers and pastors of the churches in the terri
tories involved. It is felt by this committee that the churches outside the
United States must be as well informed concerning the &#6684777;nancial systems
of the church as those in the United States since we are only one Church.
We also feel that since the Church is world-wide there should be no
difference shown between an overseer outside the United States who is
a member of the presbytery and one in the United States; therefore,
we recommend that where our international a``L&#6029463;system is adopted
the overseer come under the tithe system reporting the amount of tithes
received from his churches to the General Overseer on the special re
port card, and when necessary the allotment be supplemented from the
general tithes of each respective country or territory.
When there is not sufficient tithes to cover the allotment, we then
recommend that the remaining portion be supplied by the Mission De
partment. It is the feeling of this committee that each overseer should
receive an allotment in the currency of the country or the territory he
represents in keeping with the economic conditions of that country.
7. We recommend that the $12,000 de&#6684777;cit incurred in printing and mail
ing the White Wing Messenger be paid from the General Fund, and that
$3,000 toward the wages of free literature department employees, or work
ers, be paid from &#7602280;is fund also.
8. With reference to all of the other sections as printed in the Minutes,
we recommend that the same plan be continued as practiced during the
past year, namely:
A. We recommend that $100 be contributed from the general funds for
each $100 contributed from the general state funds for the purpose· of
opening up new &#6684777;elds, and that the amount for any one state be lim-

144 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ited to $500. In case a state has no funds for this purpose and desires
help from general headquarters to open a new &#6684777;eld, the General Over
seer and &#7602280;e General Treasurer may use their discretion in assisting in
such cases. In case of a work started in a new &#6684777;eld, a loan up to the
amount of $100 may be obtained from the general funds on a down pay
me&#3211313;t for a lot on which· to build a church.
B. We recommend that the Emergency Fund be continued and that
each member pay $1.00 to the fund each year and that the present sys
tem of collecting emergency dollars be continued. We further recom
mend that each local church collect the dollars in full as soon as possible
and not wait until the February campaign.
C. 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 be carried out in all churches one hundred per cent.
D. 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.
E. 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 &#7340117;reasurer and that the same amount be sent to the state overseer.
F. We recommend that the tithes of non-members that are paid into
the local treasury .should be executed through the regular channel the
same as tithes of members.
G. We recommend that all ministers and churches observe the ruling of
the Assembly with reference to the use of the tithe money which is: "The
tithes are for the support of the ministry only."
H. We recommend &#7602280;at twenty per cent of the following auxiliary state
convention offerings, namely, W. M. B., V. L. B., Sunday School and
C. P. M. A., be left in the state treasury for the purpose of state work.
I. We recommend that a portion of the fund in General Headquarters
be placed in savings accounts at the discretion of the General Overseer
and the General Treasurer. Interest accrued on these savings will be
placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund.
J. We recommend that each and every overseer see to it that all state
convention offerings raised in his state be executed only as authorized
by the Assembly.
K. We recommend that all give perfect cooperation to our faithful Gen
eral Overseer in putting into practice all the rulings of the Assembly.
SECTION 4
We recommend that in case of any additional general workers being
appointed by the General Overseer, their allotments be determined by the
Executive Committee.
SECTION 5
With reference to the matter of the support of pastors of small churches,
this committee is very much in sympathy with these workers. There-

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 145
fore, we recommend that the state overseers and State Finance and Ap
propriations Committee work out a plan for their substantial assistance.
We recommend that the surplus tithes accruing in any
·
1ocal church be
divided into three equal parts. One part be sent to the General Head
quarters to assist overseers of weaker states. One part to the state treas
urer to assist pastors of weaker churches, and the remaining portion be
left in the local church treasury. Twenty per cent of this amount be
for the purpose of purchasing, renting, or maintaining church parsonages.
The iused to assist the pastor in his incidental expenses includes,
but is not necessarily restricted to the purpose of purchasing, renting or
maintaining church parsonages.
We recommend that these funds be disbursed as follows:
1. • That the part to General Headquarters be sent to the General Treas-
urer on August 31.
2. &#5505128;at the part to state headquarters be sent to the state treasurer on
August 31.
3. That the remaining portion left in the local church be disbursed at
its own discretion in regular conference.
SECTION 6
We are most sincerely &#6750322;ateful to God for His divine providence in the
government of the Church of God, the Body of Christ, for our General
Overseer and the outstanding inspired address delivered by him before
this 61st Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
G. C. DEC&#4522141;, Chairman
ALVIN S. MOSS
A. J. COALT&#4522066;
R. L. WILLIAMS
JESS F. PRUITT
C. J. CUNNINGHAM
DEWEY HUGHES
Supplement to the Ways and Means Committee
Report
ALLOTMENTS FOR OVERSEER S OUTSIDE THE UN ITED STATES
Australia and New Zealand ____________ $246.00 Aus&#7602290;alian
Bahamas __A\` $443.00 Bahamas
Bermuda ------- -----------·--------------- £45.0.0 Sterling
Canada -----$466.00 Canadian
Caribbean Territories $175.00 BWI
Costa Rica and Panama C1667.00 Colon
Cyprus _ £75.000 Cyprus
Dominican Republic $325.00 Pesos
Egypt £75.000 Egyptian
El Salvador ___ C190.00 Colon

146 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
&#7536853;land ---- ------ ----------------------------- £155.0.0 Sterling
Germany ------------ ------------------------------------$216.50 U. S.
Greece ___________ _ ___ Drs 5,500.00 Drachma
Guatemala ----- ------------------------------- Ql 75.00 Quetzal
Guyana ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$130.00 BWI
Haiti-------- --------------------- -------$175.00 U. S.
Holland ___ _______________________ $210.00 U. S.
Honduras --- --------------------------------------------------------------------£150.00 Lempiras
India _____ ____ ______ _______ Rs 1500.00 Rupee
Jamaica ___________ _ __________ £115.0.0 Sterling
Mexico ---------------------------------------------------------------- -$2500.00 Pesos
Netherland Antilles____ _ _ ________________ Fls 330.00 Florin
Nicaragua ------------ ------------------------------ -C$525.00 Cordoba
Peru ______________ _____________ S/o. 5,600.00 Sole
Philippine Islands ----------------------------------------------------- --------$175.00 U. S
Trinidad---- ---- ---·-----------------------------$175.00 BWI
Turkey---- ------------------------ --------------------- ---- $175.00 U. S.
U.S. Territories----------------------------------------- ---------------------$325.00 U.S.
12:51 p.m.-Report of Committee No. 2, Watchmen.
The report was accepted as read.
Watchmen Committee Report
To the 61st annual Assembly of the Church, Greetings:
We, your Watchmen Committee, have carefully watched throughout this
Assembly, and have found the spirit of love and unity prevailing among
our people in a very wonderful way. There have been no major prob
lems and the minor ones were taken care of in proper order.
We sincerely thank the entire Assembly for the splendid cooperation,
and the respect given the Committee in line of duty.
Respectfully submitted,
OMER C. LAWSON, Chairman
S. B. MOSS
JOHN KROON
J. W. NOBLES
CLET&#4784206;IES HARRIS
WAYNE THORN
LEONARD HAMM
12:55 p.m.-The General Overseer expressed his appreciation to all
who had a part in making the Assembly a success. He commended the
various committees and departments, Church officials, City of Cleveland
and all others who had a part. A special note of thanks was given for
the presence of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
1:00 p.m.-The Cowan Family arranged a group to sing "Heaven Will
Surely Be Worth It All" while the ministers stood with uplifted hands.
The female ministers prayed and then the male ministers joined in a
mighty consecration prayer. The congregation sang "Thank You, Lord, For
Saving My Soul."

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 147
1:15 p.m.-The General Overseer read the appointment of general work
ers, overseers and others.
Appointment of General Workers, Overseers,
and Others
Field Secretary, E. H. Griffith
Field Secretary, E. L. Jones
Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary,
Harper Hunter
Sunday School Secretary, Billy
Murray
Victory Leaders Secretary, Dare!
Lee Talbott
W. M. B. Secretary, Elva Howard
World Mission Secretary, Charles
G. Hawkins
World Language Secretary, J.B.
Wright
C. P. M.A. Secretary, John A.
Stubbs
General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser
Public Relations Director, Elwood
Matthews
Assistant Publisher and Business
Manager, Perry E. Gillum
Assistant Editor, R. 0. Covey
Sunday School Literature Editor
and Radio Announcer, Robert J.
Pruitt
B. T. C. Superintendent, W. H.
Brooks
B. T. C. Principal, A. J. Coalter
Superintendent of Tomlinson Home
for Children, E. A. McDonald
Radio Department Manager,
Thomas Duncan
Radio Minister, Harry Lee Moore
Minister of Music, Phillip Barker
Ministerial Aid Chairman, V. R.
Sherrill
Church Bene&#6684777;t Manager, A. T.
Wagar
Home Mission Worker, Barney
Trogdon
Mission Evangelist, Sylvia Hardin
Mission Evangelist, Harrison E.
Price
President of Tomlinson College,
J. D. Wilkinson, Jr.
Visual Department Director, Jack
C. Decker
Fields of the Wood Manager, J. W.
McDill
Alabama, A. J. Creel
Alaska, A&#5898353;. J.ones
Arizona, &#6881428; Wayne Allen
Arkansas, L. S. Rhodes
California, C. T. Davidson
California (Spanish), Felix Garcia
Colorado, Howard W. Thomas
Connecticut and Rhode Island,
Robert H. Bradley
Delaware and New .Jersey, Roy D.
Mixon
East Texas, D. H. Queener
Florida, M. T. Linkous
Georgia, R. H. Phipps
Hawaii, Charles C. Lanter
Idaho, Paul H. Thompson
Illinois, E. L. Higdon
Indiana, Howard Hunt
Iowa, W. G. Hardin
Kansas, Homer Rye
Kentucky, Joseph Martin
Louisiana, Omer C. Lawson
Maine and New Hampshire, J.C.
Cagle
Maryland and D. C., M. L. Hartley
Massachusetts and Vermont, W.R.
Nu&#7209070;ery
Michigan, Roy Day, Jr.
Minnesota, Don B. Thomas
Mississippi, Buford M. Johnson
Missouri, Allen Davis
Montana, J. Russell Sullivan
Nebraska, C. E. Manning
Nevada, D. F. Rowland
New Mexico, Theodore J. Lowe
New York, Samuel Pratt
North Carolina, M. S. Curry
North Dakota, Orville W. Trump
Ohio, Boyd W. Thornton
Oklahoma, Charles S. Pennington
Oregon, S. A. Cooley
Pennsylvania, G. C. Sloan
South Carolina, G. A. Wilson
South Dakota, Jess F. Pruitt
Tennessee, L. V. Jones
Utah, W. A. Howard
Virginia, James Staggs

148 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Washington, Robert W. Patterson
West Texas, H. M. Biggers
West Virginia, Willie Vines
Wisconsin, C. J. Cunningham
Wyoming, L. R. Lane
Australia and New Zealand, Joseph
T. Weathers, Jr.
Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Antonio
Ledezma Soto
Bahamas and Turks Islands, Alvin
S. Moss
Bermuda, George W. Burgess
Brazil, Carlos Colon
· Canada, Raymond M. Pruitt
Costa Rica and Panama, Walter C.
Bates
Cuba, Roberto Lam Enrique
Cyprus, M. K. Kounnas
Dominican Republic, J. H. Ladoo
Egypt, Ghaly Ibrahim
El Salvador, Rigoberto Rojas
England and Sierra &#4980837;one, Delmar
L.Spurling
Germany, Adolph Flemmer
Greece, Paul P. Costas
Guatemala, Augusto Ruano Lorini
Guyana, Robert S. F. Jack
Haiti, J. Vital Herne
Holland, Willem Cretier, Jr.
Honduras, Ernesto Mathew S.
India, Kadmiel Vijayaratnam
Jamaica, R. C. Smith
Jordan, Ishak Siman (Missionary)
Leeward Islands (Anguilla,
Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica,
Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts),
H. L. Hawkins
Mexico, Salomon Hernandez C.
Netherland Antilles, George Connor
Nicaragua, Pedro Ramirez Perez
Philippine Islands, S. A. Cabales
Puerto Rico, Hector Ortiz
Trinidad and Tobago, W. D.
Greenaway
Turkey, Christos C. Shiakallis
Virgin Islands, Moses Stephens
Windward Islands (Barbados,
Grenada, St. Vincent), H. L.
Hawkins
Asia and Egypt Representative,
Ada McGehee
1:35 p.m.-The Minutes of the Assembly were adopted, and the local
churches were instructed to consider, endorse and ratify the business acts
in the &#6684777;rst regular conference following the Assembly. This closed the
business part of the 61st Assembly of the Church of God.
1:36 p.m.-C. R. Payne led the congregation in singing "God Be With
You."
1:37 p.m.-The closing prayer was by A. R. Waggett.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer
WILLYSTENE CALFEE, Secretary
Z&#4522060;LA CREEL, Secretary
R. 0. COVEY, Chief Clerk
BILLY M. RIGGS, Clerk
BENJAMIN LAWRENCE, Clerk
A. H. HASELDEN, Clerk
BARNEY TROGDON, 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 reports
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 assistance is needed in &#6684777;lling out
reports, write J. R. Kinser, Box 999, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 149
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 the General
Treasurer, and tithes on income outside the ministry should be paid
into the treasury of the local church where they belong.
The treasurer of the church is to send ten per cent of tithes received
each month with the treasurer's report to the appropriate address ac
cording to the following list:
United States, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands-J. R. Kinser, Box 999, Cleve
land, Tennessee 37311.
All other reports should be addressed to The Church of God of Proph-
ecy, General Headquarters Field Office in the countries as listed below:
Australia-General Post Office, Albury, N.S.W., Australia.
Canada-Box 844, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Caribbean Territories-(Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Domin
ica, Grenada, Guyana, Montseratt, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Tobago,
Trinidad)-P. 0. Box 367, St. John's, Antigua, W. I.
Dominican Republic-P. 0. Box 602, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican
Republic.
England-27 Drewstead Road, Streatham, London, S.' W. 16, &#4522094;gland.
·
El Salvador-Apdo. Postal No. 1500, San Salvador, El Salvador, C. • A.
Guatemala-Apdo. Postal No. 1694, Ciudad de Guatemala, Rep. de Gaute
mala, C. A.
India-P. O. Box 330, General Post Office, Fort., Bombay 1, India.
Jamaica-Post Office Box 26, Kingston 13, Jamaica.
Mexico-P. 0. Box 300, Mexico City D. F., Mexico.
Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curacao, St. Martin)-Box 2046, Willem
stead, N. A.
&#5505128;e treasurer of the local church is to send ten per cent of tithes re
ceived each month to the overseer of his state, country or territory. &#5505128;e
balance of the tithes, after General Headquarters and the State or Na
tional Overseer have received their portion, is in the hands of the local
church and treasurer to pay the pastor for his services. The Assembly
has agreed that a pastor may receive $100 per week from the tithes if
funds are available.
&#5505128;e surplus tithes left in the local church are to be divided into t&#6815858;ee
equal parts. One part is to be sent to the General Treasurer to assist
overseers of weaker states, one part to the state treasurer to assist pastors
of weaker churches, and the remaining portion to be left in the local
church treasury. Twenty per cent of the amount left in the local church
is to be used for purchasing, renting or maintaining church parsonages,
and the balance to assist the pastor in his incidental expenses. &#5505128;ese
incidental expenses include purchasing, renting or maintaining church
parsonages, but are not restricted to that purpose.

150 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
It has been recommended that these funds be disbursed as follows:
(1) That the part to General Headquarters be sent to the General Treas
urer on August 31.
(2) That the part to ss\,&#6029463;headquarters be sent to the ss\,&#6029463;treasurer
on August 31.
(3) That the remaining portion left in the local church be disbursed at
its own discretion in regular conference.
Overseers in the United Ss\,&&#6029463;are to receive no more than $100 per
week, plus an amount not to exceed $200 per month for office expenses,
from the tithes received from the churches if funds are available. Any
funds in excess of this amount received by the overseer are to be sent
to the ss\,&#6029463;treasurer to be placed in the General Ss\,&#6029463;Fund for the
ss\,&#6029463;work, especially to help pastors of weaker churches.
Overseers outside the United Ss\,&&#6029463;are to receive an allotment in the
currency of the country or territory they represent in keeping with the
economic conditions of that country. These allotments are set annually
by the World Mission Committee and World Mission Secres+&#6029463;and are
printed as a supplement to the Ways and Means Committee Report.
The Assembly has ruled that tithes are for the support of the ministry
only. Surplus tithes received at General Headquarters are in the hands
of the General Overseer and General Treasurer to aid overseers in ss\,&&#6029463;
not self-supporting. Ten per cent of all tithes received at headquarters
is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund. 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 be sent to the General
&#5505138;easurer with his monthly report and the same amount sent to the state
treasurer to be placed in the General Ss\,&#6029463;·Fund.
3. ORPHANAGE. All orphanage offerings are to be held by the local
church treasurer and turned in at the ss\,&#6029463;convention and Assembly.
Twenty per cent of the ss\,&#6029463;convention orphanage offering is to be left
in the ss\,&#6029463;treasury for the purpose of improving, building and main
siiK&#6029463;the ss\,&#6029463;headquarters. Ten per cent of the balance is to be sent
to the General &#5505138;easurer and an equal amount to the ss\,&#6029463;treasurer.
The balance is to be sent to the General Treasurer for the support of the
Tomlinson Home for Children. Ten per cent of the Assembly offering
from each ss\,&#6029463;is to be sent to the respective ss\,&#6029463;treasurer for the
General Ss\,&#6029463;Fund by the General &#5505138;easurer.
4. EMERGENCY FUND. All &#7143529;nisters 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 ss\,&#6029463;convention and Assembly. Twenty per
cent of the ss\,&#6029463;convention missionary offering is to be left in the ss\,&#6029463;
treasury for the purpose of improving, building and mainsiiK&#6029463;the ss\,&#6029463;

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 151
headquarters. Ten per cent of the balance 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 world mission money. Five per
cent of the forty per cent of the mission funds coming into the state
treasury 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 world mission money. All mis
sion offerings at the Assembly are turned in to the General Treasurer
as world 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 by the General &#5505138;easurer is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid
Fund.
6. FIRST SUNDAY OFFERING. Each local church is to receive an
offering for the pastor on the &#6684777;rst Sunday of each month.
7. THIRD SUNDAY OFFERING. Each local church is to receive an
offering for the district overseer on the third Sunday of each month if
the state has district overseers. The local church treasurer should send
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 considerable expense, the state overseer should assist in
such as much as possible.
8. S. 0. P. A. AND FOURTH SUNDAY OFFERING. The fourth Sun
day has been set apart by the Assembly for every local church to take
up a special offering for the overseer of the state, country or territory.
This is also the time for the pastor or other selected person to turn over
to the local treasurer the money which has been collected by the A. B. M.
leaders. After the treasurer has taken out ten per cent of these offer
ings to be sent to the state treasurer, the balance should be sent to the state
overseer. &#5505128;e S. 0. P. A. was set in the church for the purpose of "keep
ing the overseer on the &#6684777;eld" and for providing travel expense that he
might be able to properly look after his work. If there is not sufficient
S. 0. P. A. funds to cover his expense as overseer, the surplus tithes,
if there are any in the state treasury, may be used to supplement the
S. O. P. A. funds to cover the expense of the overseer. DO NOT send
any of the S. 0. P. A. money to the General Treasurer. In addition to
this offering every month, each local church is instructed to take a pound
ing for the state overseer once or twice a year.
9. V. L. B. OFFERING. All money raised for the free literature fund
by the Victory Leaders is to be turned in at the state convention and
Assembly. Money needed for the expense of the band should be received
in a special offering. Twenty per cent of the state convention free lit
erature offering is to be left in the state treasury for the purpose of im
proving, building and maintaining the state headquarters. Ten per cent
of the balance is to be sent to the General Treasurer and twenty per
cent to the state treasurer to be placed in the General State Fund. &#5505128;e
remaining seventy per cent is to be sent to the WHI&#5505093; WING PUBLISH
ING 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.

152 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Ten per cent of all free literature money received at general headquar
ters is to be placed in the Ministerial &#4259945;d Fund and the ax&#6029463;is to
be disbursed under the direction of the Church Publishing Committee.
10. ASSEMBLY EXPENSE. In order to assist in taking care of the
expense 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. $LOO from each Women's 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;f&#7602297; 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 pay
ment of $5.00 per year. &#5505128;is $5.00 may be paid any time during the year;
however, for the local church to receive credit in the Honor Stone pro
&#6750322;am, it must be paid before the honor sheet is &#6684777;lled out by the pastor.
In countries outside the United States, those becoming members are re
quired to pay an amount set by the overseer and C.P.M.A. Committee.
The C. P. M.A. offerings are to be held by the local treasurer and turned
in at the state convention. These offerings are to be divided by the
state treasurer as follows: Twenty per cent of the state convention
C. P. M. A. offering is to be left in the state treasury for the purpose of
improving, building and maintaining the state headquarters. Send ten
per cent to the General Treasurer; and the same amount to the state treas
urer for the support of the state work; then send the same amount to
the General Treasurer to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund. The
remainder is to be sent to the state treasurer for &#7602280;e support of the air
plane program, Visual Department and any o&#7602280;er work in the state in
connection with the C. P. M. A. Ten per cent of the C. P. M. A. mem
bership fees is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund.
12. BIBLE .TRAINING CAMP. Weekly classes are to be conducted in
all our local churches for the purpose of acquainting our people more
perfectly with the doctrine and practices of the Church. &#5505128;e pastor is
responsible for &#7602280;ese classes. Freewill offerings are to be received in the
classes to assist in getting the teachings and practices of the Church to
other countries through Bible &#5505138;aining Camp. These offerings are to be
turned in at the state convention.
NOTE: In those countries where the dollar is not the standard monetary
unit, the current rate of exchange will apply to the limits set by the
&#6684777;nancial system. For example, $100 would be £35 .
Headquarters Committees
Following are the committees at headquarters with the names of those
serving for the assembly year of 1966-67:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser, .Perry E.
Gillum.

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TOMLINSON HOME FOR CHILDREN BOARD OF DIRECTORS-M. A.
Tomlinson, E. A. McDonald, J. R. Kinser, R. 0. Covey, Perry E. Gillum,
E. H. Griffith, Fred S. Fisher.
GENERAL PROPERTIES COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser,
Perry E. Gillum, R. 0. Covey, E. H. Griffith.
WORLD MISSION COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, Charles G. Hawkins,
J. B. Wright, William H. Brooks, Harry Lee Moore.
C. P. M. A. COMMITTE&#4522029;M. A. Tomlinson, John A. Stubbs, J. W.
McDill, Jack Decker, Elwood Matthews.
CHURCH PUBLISHING COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, Perry E. Gil
lum, R. 0. Covey, Robert J. Pruitt, J. R. Kinser.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, J.B. Wright, R. 0. Covey,
Robert J. Pruitt, William H. Brooks.
MINISTERIAL AID COMMITTEE-V. R. Sherrill, M. A. Tomlinson,
E. H. Griffith, A. T. Wagar.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (Tomlinson College)-Harry Lee Moore,
Curtis M. Knowles, C. T. Davidson, John Newkirt, DeWitt Pritchard, Ralph
Bryant, Damous E. McGee.
YOUTH MISSION BOARD-Charles G. Hawkins, Dare! Lee Talbott,
A. J. Coalter, Elva Howard, Phillip Barker.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT COMMITTE&#4522029;Phillip Barker, Perry E. Gil
lum, Thomas Duncan, Darel Lee Talbott.
TABERNACLE COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, L. V. Jones, E. H.
Griffith, J. D. Wilkinson, Jr., Perry E. Gillum, R. 0. Covey, J. R. Kinser.
Deeds for Church Property
The following resolution was adopted by the 58th Annual Assembly
of the Church of God of Prophecy, held in Cleveland, Tennessee, Sep
tember 10-16 , 1963:
WHEREAS it has been advised by competent attorneys that speci&#6684777;c
mention of. proper authorities be stated in an effort to ease the compli
cations arising in our endeavors to be recognized by the courts, and to
facilitate the handling of deeds to our church properties,
BE IT RESOLVED that trustees to hold title to local church property
for the Church of God of Prophecy with international headquarters at
Cleveland, Tennessee, be selected by the local church either in a regu
lar or called business meeting, said trustees to be vested with au&#7602280;ority
to OLbuy, sell, convey or encumber such property by mortgage or
otherwise only when authorized to do so by the local church in regular
called business meeting, and with the consent of the General Trustees.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said consent of the General Trustees
be evidenced by a separate writing or by the signature of the Chief Clerk
of the said General &#5505138;ustees, such documents to be notarized.
BE IT RESOLVED that state church trustees appointed by the state
overseer to hold title to property for the Church of God of Prophecy
with international headquarters at Cleveland, Tennessee, be vested with

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authority to bargain, buy, sell, convey or encumber such property by
mortgage with the consent of the General Trustees. This applies to prop
erty being held by state trustees where churches have been disbanded
or are too weak to function and to property which has been given to
the state. All other property with title being held by state trustees may
be disposed of or mortgaged only by the consent of the state convention
in session.
Note: The following Warranty Deed form has been prepared by the
General Trustees and should be used where it is possible to do so. Blank
forms may be secured from the General Trustees.
Warranty Deed
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum o&#2883679;_ _______ _
______ _ 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&#6226061; ________ _
_______ _______________ _, 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 HAVE AND TO HOLD said real estate unto the sai&#6029451; ______ _
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

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Trustees or their successors in office for the purpose of certifying the
consent 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 will forever warrant and defend said title against the lawful
claims of all persons.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness our hands and names, this ___ _
day o�-------------- &#2949210;. 19 ___ _
NOTE: The present General Trustees are M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser,
Perry E. Gillum, R. 0. Covey and E. H. Griffith. M. A. Tomlinson is
chairman and R. 0. Covey 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 careful or
ganization.
We must banish from our minds the thoughts of individual or local
independence and haphazard spasmodic efforts.
Pull together, pull at once, pull steadily all the time is the road to
success.
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 crip"ples or dwarfs the body until the matter
pending may fail.
Local Church Officers and Leaders
1. Pastor. It is the duty of the overseer appointed by the General
Overseer to see that every church under his jurisdiction is supplied with
a pastor as much as lies in his power. Pastors are to be appointed at the
state convention, and vacancies will be filled as they occur. The duties
of the pastor expire at midnight the last Sunday in July at the church
he is leaving and automatically begin at the same time at the church
to which he is moving, if appointed to another church.

156 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
2. Clerk. The clerk is to be selected in the last regular conference
before the Assembly to serve for one year. Either a man or woman may
serve as clerk and the same person may continue to serve year after
year. Care should be taken to choose a person qualified for the posi
tion, as the clerk is responsible to keep an accurate and car&#6619238;ul 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 each one excluded and for what cause, and keep a
record of deaths, giving date of same.
3. Treasurer. The treasurer should be selected in the same manner as
the clerk. It is advised that one person serve as both clerk and treasurer
when it is convenient and satisfactory to the l&#7274595;al church. The treasurer
will receive and disburse all funds of the local church, including tithes,
auxiliary funds and special funds. An accurate record of all receipts and
disbursements will be kept by the treasurer.
4. Auxiliary leaders. Leaders for the five auxiliaries, namely, Sunday
School, Women's Missionary Band,
·
Victory Leaders Band, Church of
Prophecy Marker Association, and the Assembly Band Movement are to
be appointed by the pastor as soon as possible after the Assembly.
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 appoint a leader for each band. The leader should keep in
touch with each member of the band, and if any should move away,
communication should be kept up by correspondence. This is for the
mutual spiritual, temporal and social benefit of the members. The pas
tor should keep in close touch with the band leaders in all the work.
5. Local trustees. Trustees to hold title to local church property are
selected by the local church in a regular or called business meeting and
are authorized to bargain, buy, sell, convey or encumber the local prop
erty only when authorized to do so by the local church in a regular
called business meeting and with the written consent of the General
Trustees.
6. Other officers and leaders. The Assembly has authorized the pastor
to appoint a Church Literature Representative as soon as possible after
the Assembly. In some local churches it has been the practice for
the pastor to also appoint a Bible Training Camp Booster. The song
leader, pianist, organist and ushers are selected by the local church in
conference in the same manner as the clerk and treasurer. If it seems
good to the local church, the pastor may be authorized to appoint the
song leader, pianist, organist and ushers.
Business Meetings
Each local church should hold a regular business conference once each
quarter. It has been the practice for many years to observe the first Mon
day night in January, April, July and October for the regular quarterly
meetings. If there is a demand for it a meeting may be called at any
time by the pastor or state overseer. A short business meeting may be
held at the beginning or close of a meeting for worship.
The pastor should act as moderator of all business meetings. If there
is no pastor, the state overseer has authority to act or appoint a licensed

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male minister to preside. Where one pastor has the care of several church
es he may arrange the business meetings to suit his convenience.
Every member, both male and female, should take an interest in and
make it a point. to attend every business session if possible. Women are
to take no open part in discussing or deciding questions, but should al
ways be there and silently pray that God will give wisdom and direct
the men and show forth God's glory in being the glory of the men.
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 agreement. If there is
division on a matter, hold it over until all can agree. If one should
seem obstinate and contrary, do not run the matter over him, but take
up his case and investigate the cause of his obst&#6881390;acy and if he shows
the good spirit so that he can be heard, then show him courtesy. If he
proves to be wrong, deal with him as the Bible directs. &#4259942;ter this is
all done, take up the original subject and dispose of it in harmony and
love.
In case a matter cannot be settled satisfactorily by the local ch&#7667826;ch,
they should call for the assistance of the state overseer. If they are
still not able to reach a satisfactory conclusion, it should be referred to
the General Overseer.
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.
Arrangement and Order of Business
(This is only a suggestion and not meant for an ironclad rule.)
Moderator, clerk, treasurer should occupy seats on the platform. Dea
cons and other ministers, nearby on either side or close in front of the
pla&#7602278;orm.
Song service by all. Prayer by someone whom the moderator may
call. Short Scripture lesson, and prayer by the moderator, asking for
wisdom and direction. Song.
Clerk read minutes of last regular meeting and called meetings if
there have been any held.
Correction of minutes if any,
Treasurer give his report of finances. He should always give an itemized
statement of receipts and disbursements and the ax*&#6029463;in treasury.
Leader of the W. M. B. give her report of the work of the ax-&#6029463;in
cluding finances, receipts and disbursements.
Superintendent of the Victory Leaders give report of the work and
progress of the band including finances, 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

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(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.
Adjou&#7471214;ment by prayer.
Advice to Members
As a member, you count one and should attend every regular service
as far as possible. Remember no one can fill 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 &#3801207;hile 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 find 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 at home at least once a day.

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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 reason
able length. The wearing of extremely sheer fabrics is unbeco&#7143529;ng to a
saint and the wearing of shorts in public should never be practiced. You
should never wear gold for ornament or decoration. Finger rings, brace
lets, earrings, necklaces, lockets and large showy pins-these are also
unb&#6619235;oming to a saint of God. Rouge, lipstick, nail polish and extremely
costly perfumes are used to satisfy the pride of life and· therefore 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 worldly attractions.
The Bible says, "Neither give place to the devil." Dabbling with worldly
amusements like professional a&#6029463;games, horse races, stock car races,
wrestling arenas, skating rinks, motion picture houses or drive-in theaters,
bowling alleys and going swimming where men and women both use
the same aWuyL&#6029463;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 beside your tithes.
Younger members should not keep company or associate too intimately
with worldly outsiders.
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 another
under any circumstances even if divorced. Neither should a member
marry anyone who has a living companion although such a 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. MINISTERS are to meet all of the
requirements in being examples to the members by keeping their chil
dren under reasonable control at all times and by restraining them from
running 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
member and your interest in advertising the Church should be so
great that when you have finished 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
require 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.

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&#5505128;ese kindly instructions and advices are given by those who are
watching for your soul as they that 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 Overseers
Appointed by the Genera I Overseer
Each overseer is to have the oversight of his state, country or terri
tory, and together with &#7602280;e General Overseer, will form the presbytery in
his respective area. In addition to his general responsibility for the work
under his jurisdiction, he will be responsible for speci&#6684777;c duties as follows:
To conduct or order a general evangelistic campaign during the year.
If there are only a few churches: in the state or area assigned to him,
he will serve primarily as an evangelist, evangelizing in new &#6684777;elds and
endeavoring to establish new churches. If his area has a large num
ber of • churches and ministers, he will be responsible to organize and
direct the evangelistic efforts of his workers in new &#6684777;elds,
To see that every church is supplied with a pastor as much as lies
within his power.
To divide his state or territory into districts and place over each dis
trict an overseer as previously practiced. This is not an ironclad rule,
but it is considered best when there are sufficient churches to. make it
practical. He should order or conduct dis&#7602290;ict meetings at intervals dur
ing the year for the mutual bene&#6684777;t of all. Special instructions concern
ing the work can be given in these district meetings.
To hold one general convention each year in the area most convenient
for members from all .the churches to attend.
To secure the name and address of every bishop, deacon and evan
gelist under his jurisdiction and keep a record of these so he can report
to the General Overseer if necessary. &#4784202;e will also issue lay ministers
certi&#6684777;cates and keep the necessary records concerning them.
Keep an accurate record of the location of every church in his area
and know at all times the number of members in his territory, keeping
a record of the increase so this information can be reported each year.
This can be done by keeping in touch with the clerks of the churches.
Every minister and clerk should take an interest in imparting this in
formation to the overseer. All new organizations should be reported to
the overseer.
To visit every district and church if possible and look after the inter
ests in every way as a pastor over a large circuit.
Duties of District Overseer
To moderate business conferences for women preachers who may be act
ing as pastors, and men who may not be licensed if they are taking
care of churches in his district.

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To do evangelistic work in his district if he has time. If he has a
district with no churches it is his duty to evangelize and organize churches.
For convenience it is often thought best for a pastor of a s&#7602290;ong 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, &#7602280;ere
fore, they are subject to the state overseers.
Obligation for Membership in 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 teach&#6881390;gs rightly divided-the New Testament as yo&#7667826; rule of
faith and practice, government and discipline, and walk in the light to
the best of your knowledge and ability?
&#5505128;e minister who administers &#7602280;is 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
divided-the New Testament is the only rule for government and dis
cipline. Below are given some of the teachings that are made prominent.
1. Repentance-Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3; Acts 3:19.
2. Justification-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. Sanctification subsequent to Justification-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 Servic&#6619181;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 Ghos&#7602221;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 Believer&#7536685;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.

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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: The 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. Eternal Life for the Righteous-Matt. 25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28;
Rom. 6:22; 1 John 5:11-13.
21. Ete&#7471214;al Punishment for the Wicked. No Liberation nor Annihila
tion-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 Wear&#6881390;g 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 Car. 6:9, 13, 16-18;
1 Cor. 7:2, 10, 11; Rev. 2:20-22 ; Acts 15:28, 29; Matt. 14:3, 4.
List of Churches
ALABAMA
Alexander City-Route, Poplar
Street
Alton-Route 11, Box 227,
Birmingham
Anniston-5030 Arrow Street
Atmore-107 Second Avenue
Bay Minette-301 Powell Avenue
Bayou LaBatre-Coden Street
Bessemer-721 15th Street
Brooksville
Browns Chapel-Route 4, Gordo
Browntown-Dutton
Cahaba Heights-3669 Cross Haven
Drive, Birmingham
Calera-Highway 31
Carbon Hill-Birch Street
Cedrom-Route 2, Carbon Hill
Chickasaw-210 Fourth Avenue
Coffeeville
Collinsville-Route 1, Portersville
Columbiana-Route 1

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Cordova-Stevens Street
Cottondale, P. 0. Box 192
Cunningham Bridge-Route 2,
Ft. Payne
Decatur-610 Eighth Street
Dothan-501 N. Greenwood
Dry Valley-Route 2, Montevalla
Eastern Valley-Starks Gap Road,
Bessemer
Ensley-711 22nd Street
Eoline-Highway 82
Fayette-Route 5
Florence-1215 Reeder Street
Ft. Payne-Highway 51 South
Gadsden-1902 Broadway Street
Gate City-737 70th Street South,
Birmingham
Goodwater-Highway 280 South
Green Pond
Guntersville-Second Street,
Eastlake
Hackleburg
Hamilton-220 Third Avenue N.W.
Happy Hill-Route 2, Hamilton
Harris Chapel-Route 2, Mt. Hope
Hartselle
Hazel Green-Pauline Drive
Hopewell-Route 7, Bessemer
Huntsville-115 McCormick Drive
Jasper-19th Street West
Jefferson Park
Leeds-Lawrence and Perdue Sts.
Leonard's Chapel-Route 2,
Carbon Hill
Long's Chapel-Route 1, Luverne
Loxley-3 Pine Street
Mentone-Route 1
Montgomery-1452 Carter Hill
Road
Pelham-Highway 31
Pell City-Sixth Avenue and 32nd
Street
Phenix City-510 Eighth Avenue
Piedmont-402 Hughes Street
Red Bay-Airport Road
Russellville-804 Tyler Avenue
Short Creek-Star Route Mulga
Selma-3000 Water Avenue
Snowtown-Route 2, Dora
Sterrett-Route 1
Sylacauga-315 Fairground Avenue
Talladega-Anniston Highway
Tarrant City-Hillcrest Avenue,
Tarrant Heights
Thomasville-Highway 43
Tuscaloosa-11th Ave. and 31st St.
Wegra-Route 2, Dora
West Anniston-3420 Whitman
Avenue
West Blocton
West Huntsville-3106 Bob Wallace
Avenue, S.W.
Whistler-621 Boaz A venue
ALASKA
Anchorage-403 Hoyt Street
ARIZONA
Paradise Valley-2500 Block, East
Bell Road
Phoenix-2232 West Minnezona
Street
Tucson-501 West Columbia Street
Yuma-2192 Maple Avenue
Spanish Churches
Phoenix-1800 Block, East Mohave
Street
Somerton-State Street at Cano
Street
Tolleson-92nd Avenue and West
Adams Street
ARKANSAS
Augusta-Ninth Street
Beebe-Fox Road
Blytheville-1865 East Main Street
Cabot-606 North Third Street
Caraway-Illinois Street
Cherokee City
Clarendon-South Second
Des Arc-Corner of 10th and
Curran Streets
Fifty Six-Highway 14
Fisher-Front Street
Georgetown-Main Street
Harrisburg-Liberty Street
Jonesbor&#7274541;202 West Woodrow
·Street
Macedonia-Rural Near Morrilton
Magnolia-112 West Stadium Drive
Manila-North Baltimore Street
Marianna-130 Cedar Street
Marked Tree-406 Railroad Street
Marvell-Highway 20 West
Morrilton-Childress Street
North Little Rock-4109 North
Frances Street
Paragould-704 Second Avenue
Peach Orchard-Main Street
Pine Bluff-411 Orlando
Pocahontas-Hefner Street
Russellville (Prairie Grove)-Dairy
Farm Road

164 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Russellville-124&#3211368; East F Street
Texarkana-Corner of Hays and
Victoria
Trumann-Christy Street
Walnut Ridge-Rural
West Helena-210 North Ninth
Street
CALIFORNIA
Bakers&#6684777;eld-424 Sterling Road
Blythe-South Main Street
Campbell-250 Virginia Street
Chico
Cloverdale-122 South Washington
Clovis-Second and Woodworth
Compton-1601 Alondra
Crescent City-900 North Butte
Street
Cucamonga-8137 East Ninth
Delano-2215 Quincy
El Sobrante-4333 Appian Way
Farmersville-417 Magnolia
Fresno-619 South Sierra Vista
Hoopa-Highway South
Kerman-California and Fourth
Lamon&#2949281;11116 San Gorgonia
Los Angeles-9916 South San Pedro
Mendota-Highway 33
Modest&#7274541;906 Imperial
Ocean&#7274541;17th and Oceano Avenue
Olivehurst-McGowen Road and
Fleming Way
Orange Cove-888 South Ninth
Street
Placerville-58 Broadway
Paramount-14743 Gar&#6684777;eld Avenue
Palmdale-Route 4, 339 East
Avenue
Pasadena-200 Glorieta Street
Petaluma-2100 Petaluma Blvd.
Pittsburg-&#4259948;vis Lane and Canal
Road West
Riveri2943 Patterson Road
Rocklin-108 Oak S&#7602290;eet
Sacrament&#7274541;4120 Sacramento
Boulevard
Sacramento (North)-Winters and
Reme
Salinas-563 Roosevelt Street
Samoa-787 Victor Boulevard
San Diego-3747 Acacia Street
San Francisc&#2949276;1258 Golden Gate
Avenue
San Leandro
Santa Ana-503 St. Gertrude
Street
Santa Susana Hills-6700 Los
Angeles Avenue
Spring Valley-1225 Presioca
Stockton-1342 North Filbert Street
Visalia-Jacob and Sweet Streets
Willits-1510 South Main Street
Spanish Churches
Cupertino-1028 5 Orange Avenue
El Monte-12348 Denholm Drive
Fresno-1830 South Fruit Avenue
Hollister-Corner of North and
Sally Streets
Imperial-332 South N Street
Lindsay-56 5 Sweetbrier Street
Los Angeles-3406 North Soto
Street
Madera-804 Cross Street
Riverside-7436 Diamond Street
San Dieg&#2949276;448 South 47th Street
Santa Bar6,-517 Laguna S&#7602290;eet
Saticoy-1445 East Sixth Street
CANADA
Alberta
Dixonville
Edmonton-9847 156th Street
Peace River
Valleyview
British Columbia
Vancouver-6604 Victoria
Ve&#7471214;on-3919 31st Avenue
Manitoba
Ethelburg
Swan River
Winnipeg-444 McMeans Street,
West, Transcona
Ontario
Collingwood-Ste Marie and
George Streets
Toronto-Broadview and Danforth
(Playter's Hall)
Saskatchewan
Nipawin&#5898368;econd Avenue and
Seventh Street
Swift Current-327 Eighth Avenue,
Northeast
CONNECTICUT
New Haven-Eld Street
South Norwalk-463 Flax Hill Road

MINU&#5505093;S OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 165
COLORADO
Aurora-14781 East 21st Avenue.
Clifton-3216 Highways 6 and 24
Colorado Springs-623 East Hill
Road
Denver-5890 Newport Street
Florenc&#6619181;513 East Main Street
Fort Collins-726 Laurel
Greeley-Tenth S&#7602290;eet and Fifth
Avenue
Salida (Mission)-Dodge and Vine
Streets
Trinidad-1118 Robinson Avenue
DELAWARE
New Castle-Duross Heights,
Kings Avenue
Wilmington-600 East 11th Street
Wilmington-1412 French Street
Wilmington (Mission)-Madison
and Eighth Streets
FLORIDA
Apopka-912 Little Avenue
Auburndale-414 Dixie Highway
Belle Glade-600 A venue A
Southwest
Bokeelia-State Highway 767
Bonifay-Kansas Avenue
Bradenton-627 18th Street East
Bristol-State Highway 12
Brooker-Highway 18
Callahan-Dixie Avenue
Carvers Ranch-5811 19th Street
Southwest, West Hollywood
Chipley-Highway 90 West
Clay Hill-Highway 218, Maxville
Cocoa-Old Airport Road, Merritt
Island
Coconut Grove-3655 Grand
Avenue
Cross City-Cedar Street
Daytona Beach-726 North
Se&#6750322;aves Avenue
DeLand-1600 East Vooris Street
DeLeon Springs-Central Street
and Highway 17
Ensley-1200 West Detroit
Boulevard, Pensacola
Fair banks ( Gainesville )-4 700
Hawthorne Road
Fernandina Beach-Fifth and
Date Streets
Fort Lauderdale-Sixth Street
Northwest and 14th Way
Ft. Myers-3170 Marion Street
Ft. Myers (Bellevue)-East
Michigan at Marsh
. Hallandale-601 Second Avenue
Northwest
Hollywood-2200 North 22nd
Avenue
Homestead-521 Sixth Avenue
Southwest
Immokalee-Main Street
Immokalee
Jacksonville-301 Druid Street
Jacksonvill&#2949266;1501 Ellis Street
Jacksonville (Larsen Acres)-2572
Paul Avenue
Jacksonville (Oakwood Villa)-344
Lamson Road
Jacksonville (Spring Glen)-1441
Hickman Road
Jacksonville (Wesconnett)-5938
188th S&#7602290;eet
Jacksonville (Mandarin)
Key West-1901 Fogarty Avenue
Key West-813 Elizabeth Street
Lakeland-107 East Loop Boulevard
Leesburg-2330 Olivet Avenue
Longwood-Northeast Palmetto
Street
Mascotte-Highway No. 50
Melbourne-Laveta and Florida
Avenue
Mi&#6357101;i-1677 Northwest Fifth Court
Miami-479 Northwest 11th
Terrace
Miami-16801 Northwest 19&#7602280;
Avenue
Miami (Centerville)-2746
Northwest 51st Street
Miami (Liberty City)-7510
Northwest 17th Place
Miami (Ridgeway)-5937 22nd
Avenue Northwest
Miccosukee-sunny Hill Road
Midway-Highway 268
Minneola-Madison Street
Moore Haven-Avenue E
New Bayview-Route 1, Black,
Ala
Ocala-1139 North Clay Street
Ocean Way-12769 Gillespie
Avenue
Ocoee-Franklin Street
Okeechobee-16th Avenue
Opa Locka-2300 Service Road
Orlando-1312 West 22nd Street
Orland&#7274541;Orange Center Boulevard
and Cookman Drive

166 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Orlovista-3 North Hudson Street
Ormond Beach-Truck Route and
Tokoma Road
Oviedo-South Central Avenue
Pahoke&#2949266;2500 East Main Street
Palm Harbor-902 Ninth Street
Palatka-Highway 17
Panama City (Millville)-510
Everitt Avenue
Panama City (St. Andrews)-1410
Wilmont Avenue
Pensacola-R Street and Pottery
Plant Road
Perrine-l 79th Street and Leamon
Drive
Perry-1304 North Jefferson Street
Perry-613 West Hampton Spring
Avenue
Pierson-West Washington and
Old Highway 17
Pinellas Park-3425 66th Avenue
Plant City-Douglas and McGuire
Stre.ets
Punta Gorda-662 Cooper Street
Reddick-Highway 316 West
Riviera Beach-1603 Avenue E
Sanford-2509 Elm Avenue
Sanford-South Persimmon Street
South Miami-6610 59th Place
Sou&#7602280;west
Tallahassee-Polk &#4456562;ive
Tallahassee-310 North Macomb
• Street
Tampa-401 West Bouganvillea
Tavares-112 South Lake Avenue
Titusvill&#2949266;1216 Norwood Avenue
Vero Beach-U, S. Highway 1 North
Wauchula-519 North Ninth Avenue
West Palm Beach-3093 Floweva
Road
West Palm Beach-909 Third Street
Winter Garden-East Story Road
Winter Garden�East Bay Street
and Dixie Avenue
GEORGIA
Acworth-Highway 292, South
Alma&#15401202;Eighth Street, West
Ashburn-Madison Street, West
Atlanta-1681 McLendon Avenue,
Southeast
Atlanta-Magnolia Avenue
Atlanta-111 Haygood Avenue,
Northwest
Augusta-3137 Gardner Street
Axson-Highway 82, South
Bainbridge-1205 East Troupe
Street
Barnesville-Old Zebulon Road
Baxley-302 Bay Street
Baxley-701 Broxton Street
Brunswick-2128 Ellis Street
Buford-Little Mill Road
Camp Branch-Route 1, South
Manor
Canton-East Waleska Road, North
Carrollton-627 Burson Avenue
Carter's Chapel-Route 2, Surrency
Community, Baxley
Cartersville-Highway 41
Catlett-Route 1, LaFayette
Cedartown-Montgomery Heights
Chatsworth-Highway 411
Clarksdale-Highway 6, Powder
Springs
Claxton-East James Street
Columbus (Bealwood)-4742 12th
Avenue
Columbus (Sunshine Acres)-
Lynnridge Avenue
Columbus-512 32nd Street
Columbus-10th Street
Columbus-817 Seventh A venue
Columbus-14th Street
Columbus-Cussetta Road
Cordele-Corner of Seventh Street
and Second Avenue
Cordele-814 17th Avenue, West
Crystal Springs-Route 1,
Highway 20
Dahlonega-585 East Martin Street
Dalton-926 E'ast Morris Street
Dalton-Blueridge Street
Damascus-Plainville Road,
Plainville
Dawsonville-Highway 19, North
Douglas-Corner Bryan and
McKonald Streets
Douglasville-710 Cooper Street
Eas&#7602285;an-Church Street
East Point-1329 Cambridge
Avenue
Elberton-Parker Street
Ellerslie-Highway 85, South
Eulonia-East Road
Fales-Route 2, Highway 68 South,
Douglas
Fargo-Steven's Camp, Foster Road
Fitzgerald-807 East Central
Avenue
Flowery Grove-Highway 101,
Route 4, Dallas
Gainesville-915 West Myrtle Street

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 167
Graham-Main Street
Hazlehurst-14 Dixie Homes
Hazlehurst-412 Queens Street
Helena-Highway 18
Hickory Flat-Highway 140,
Route 2, Canton
Homeland-400 Ohio A venue
Hoschton-Next to Postoffice
Irvin Grove-Route 1, Cadwell
Jackson-Highway 87, South
Jacksonvill&#2949266;U. S. Highway
Jesup-510 Rochell Street
Jonesbor&#2949276;259 Highway 54
LaFayette-ChatsnvL&#6029463;Street
LaGrange-203 Clark Street
Lindale-3019 &#5046369;ple Street
Lyons-Mullis Hill Street
Macon (East)-527 East Main
Street
Macon-400 Log Cabin Drive
Macon-1007 Fort Hill Street
Macon (Tabernacle)-3231 Houston
Avenue
Manchester-63 Elm Street
Marbleton-Highway 78
Mariets,-522 North Avenue
Millen-Krause Street, Waynesboro
Road
Moultrie-1207 15th Street,
Southwest
Montezuma-261 Spaulding
Avenue
Mount Green-Route 1, North
Manor
Mount Harmony-Route 4,
Douglasville
Nashville-932 McPearson Avenue
Nicholls-Main Street
Oak Hill-Route 2, Temple
Pearson-Old Douglas Highway
Peek's Chapel-Route 1, Braselton
Pinetuckey-Highway 319-441,
Route 1, Rentz
Pittman Chapel-Route 3,
Waycross
Pottersvill&#2949266;East Side
Poulan-Pepper Street
Putney-Corner of Highway 19
and Second Avenue
Quitman-1307 East Supreme
Street
Raybon-Highway 301, North
Reidsville-One block off
Highway 30
Rocky Face&#2949165;East of Highway 41
Rossville-108 Cherry Street
Savannah-Highway 17 South
Silk Hope Community
'
Savannah-1107 East Wright
Street
Shannon-Caron Road, School Hill
Skinner's Chapel-Highway 49 East,
Macon
Sloan Hill-Route 1, Hortense
Spars'ute 3
Sprin&#6684880;eld-Maple Street
Stockbridge-Highway 138 East,
Route 2
Summerville-Fanor Street
Tifton-315 Alder Street
Toccoa-Jackson Street
Trenton-Edgewood Avenue
Trion-Corner Conway Drive and
Old 27 Highway
Uvalda-South Side
Valdoss&#6029463;(Cypress)-129 West End
Street
Valdoss"114 Jackson Drive
Vidalia-211 Smith Street
Vidalia-560 Montgomery Street
Villa Rica-Dallas and Stockmar
Roads
Waleska-Highway 140, Route 3,
Canton
Warner Robbins-332 Curtis Street
Washington-Double Pool Road
Waycross-Darlington Street at
Amory
Welcome Hill-Route 5, Ellijay
White-West of Highway 441,
North
Wilsonville-Highways 64-158,
Route 2, Nicholls
Winder-Main and Wright Streets
HAWAII
Kaneohe-45-416 Kam Hiway
Waipahu
IDAHO
Boise-1620 North 28th
Boise-Corner of Orchard and
Grover Streets
Caldwell-1105 North Fifth
Nampa-1012 11th Avenue,
North Extension
Pocatell&#2949276;Volinty Lane
ILLINOIS
Abingdon-Martin Street and
Highway 41
Antioch-254 Ida Avenue

168 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Aurora-1104 Lev
Bellevill&#9568368;orner of Adams and
Illinois Streets
Canton-731 North Seventh S&#7602290;eet
Chicago-Seminary S&#7602290;eet
Chicago-358 North Laver&#6750318;e
Chicago-215 East 37th Street
Chicago (Polish)-2350 South
Sacramento
Corinth-Route 1, Pittsburg
East Alton-1716 Harrison Avenue
East St. Louis-1304 St. Clair
Granite City
Harrisburg-IOI East Homer
Jerse&#7929974;ille-Corner Clay and
Mulberry Streets
Johnston City-12th and Pine
Streets
Joliet-410 Miami Street
Lawrenceville-1500 Co&#7077996;ins
Madison-1732 South Rhodes
Moline-1305 Fifth Avenue
Oak Forest-Highways 50 and 6
Oak Lawn
Pekin-309 Elm Street, North
Peoria-137 Spring Street, East
Pontiac-419 East Prairie
Rockford-2614 South Fifth Street
St. Charles-710 Walnut Avenue
Waukegan-3515 Florida Street
Wilmington-1200 Sunset Drive
Zion-1801 Hermon
INDIANA
Bloomington-1829 Highland
Avenue
Brownsburg-237 North Jefferson
Street
Connersville-310 Summitt
Evansville-218 South Fares
Avenue
Fort Wayne-1125 Wells Street
Gary-30th and Calhoun Streets
Gas City-100 West North "B"
Street
Gatchel-Route I, Highway 37,
Tell City
Hammond-6820 Missouri Street
Hammond (South)-1137 16th
S&#7602290;eet
HoQW'3790 AlaStreet
Indianapolis-4301 East Hoyt
Avenue
Indianapolis (North)-1440 North
Capitol Street
Jamestown-&#4522092;m S&#7602290;eet
Knightstown-35 North Franklin
Street
Michigan City-3440 West Dunes
Highway
Mishawaka-56038 Currant Road
Munci&#9568346;1800 West 10th S&#7602290;eet
New Al'203 Cherry Street
New Salisbury-Route 1,
Highway 135
Noblesvill&#9568346;1625 South 10th Street
Peogia-Beechtree Road, Route 1,
Nineveh
Portag&#9568346;12627 Central Avenue
Portland-805 Creagor Street
Salem-BOO North Hayes S&#7602290;eet
Terre Haute-118 Hancock Street
Vincennes-1603 West Wheeler
Street
IOWA
Atlantic-600 Pine Street
Boon&#9568346;1022 16th Street
Cedar Rapids-716 Eighth Avenue
Southwest
Council Bluffs-1700 Avenue E
Missouri Valley-305 East 10th
Ottumwa-605 East Finley
Red Oak-309 First Avenue
West Des Moines-305 Seventh
Street
Winterset-509 East Filmore
KANSAS
El Dorado-1339 Douglas Road
Emporia-102 Neosho
Haddam-One-half block south of
the i
Kansas City-1301 South 37th
Street
Kansas City-95 South 21st Street
Kansas City (Argentine)-944 Ruby
Avenue
Olath&#9568346;716 South Harrison
Pittsburg-607 North Joplin
Peabody-309 Sycamore
Topeka&#2949165;Corner of Central and
Grand Avenues
Turck-Highway 7, north of
Columbus
Wichita-1127 South Dodge Avenue
KENTUCKY
Acorn-Highway 92, Somerset
Big Springs-Main Street
Bonnieville-Highway 31 W

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 169
Bowling Green-502 Church Street
Burdine-Highway 119
Carters Tabernacle-Adolphus
Cary-Pineville, Star Route 3
Cedar Gap-Highway 80, Somerset
Cedar Grove
Central· City-Harrison Avenue
Covington-2219 Howell Street
Delphia-Highway 463
East Cumberland-Main Street
Elizabethtown-Woodland Drive
Evarts-Kester Avenue
Fordsville-Main Street
Fountain Run, Route 5, Russell
Springs
Glen Lily-Route 1, Munfordville
Grayson-Rupert Lane
Guston-Highway 62
Hartford-Old Fordsville Road
Henderson-1041 Clay Street
Hi Hat
Highland Park-435 Huron Street,
Louisville
Hopkinsville-Highway 41 North
Irvine-High Street
Island-Highway 431
Knobbs-Route 1, Rumsey
Lebanon Junction-1215 South
Poplar
Leitchfield-Highway 62
Lexington
Ligon-Route 979, Hi Hat
London-14th and Mill Streets
Louisville-4564 Knopps Av&#6619246;ue
Louisville-21st and Main Streets
Louisville-Crums Lane and
Larkwood Street
Madisonville-37 North Park
Avenue
McHenry-Highway 62
McRoberts-McRoberts Camp
Middlesboro-Bales Street
Middlesboro-Bean's Fork
Morgan&#6684777;eld-259 North Padgett
Street
Noah's Chapel-Off Highway 185,
Ready
Oak Grove-Garlin
Owensboro-1220 Center Street
Owensboro-1836 West Fifth
Street
Payne Gap-Highw ay 23, Jenkins
Pineville-Fourth Street
Raceland-Greenup Avenue
Roth-Highway 66, Pineville
Salt River-West End,
Shepherdsville
Sand Springs-Highway 31W-
Elizabethtown
Sewellton-Highway 35, Jamestown
Somerset-Speedway Drive
Stanton-Campground
Stephens burg
Sturgis-127 Monroe Street
Tateville
Taylorsville-Highway 62
Versailles-Laval Heights, High-
way 60-62
Waynesburg�Hig hway 27
Wentz
Wheatcroft-Highway 41
Wheelwrigh&#7602221;Main Street
Willisburg-Highway 431
LOUISIANA
Alexandria-1515 Park Avenue
Bastrop-418 Division A venue
Baton Rouge-1910 69th Avenue
Baton Rouge-2363 Smiley Avenue
Bayou Chene
Belle River-Belle River Route
Covington-East 35th and
Lee Road
Folsom-Route 1
Hammond-2 02 East Park
Houma-800 Truman Street
Kentwood-Orange Grove Street
Livingston-Navado Street
Marrer&#7274541;Mans&#6684777;eld Street
Morgan City-1311 Second Street
Newellton-Route 1
New Orleans-1345 Annuciation
Street
New Orleans
Ponchatoula-970 East Pine Street
Rodessa
Vivian-1109 Lillie Street
West Monroe
MAINE
Portland-64 Portland Street
MARYLAND
Baltimore-2300 Boston Avenue
Baltimore-1517 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore-(Brooklyn)-Fifth and
Arson
Baltimore-301 Gilmore Street
Berlin-Old Route 50
Chance
Churchville-Glenville Road
Creagerstown-Creagerstown Road

170 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Eagle Rock-Route 1
Easton-Main Street
Ellicott City-76 Frederick Road
Federalsburg-100 Auston Avenue
Finchville-Route 1
Gaithersburg-222 Cedar Avenue
Harbough Valley-Harbough Valley
Road, Sabillasville
Lock Lynn
Locust Valley
Riverdale (East)-5424 Powhatan
Road
Salisbury-Patterson Avenue
Salisbury-312 College Avenue
Whaleysville-Route 1
District of Columbia
Washington-1301 Florida Avenue,
Northwest
Washington-501 Eighth Street
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Dorchester-94-C Quincy Street
MICHIGAN
Adrian-1245 Division Street
Algonac-531 Mill Street
Battle Creek-2938 Dickman Road
Battle Creek-431 Hamblin Street
Benton Harbor-2636 Gregory
Street
Dearborn-2813 Salina Street
Detroit-13213 Can&#6684777;eld Street
Detroit-1770 1 John R Street
Detroit-19519 Evergreen Street
Detroit-4851 Chene Street
Detroit-(Temporary) Roulo and
Dix, Dearborn
Dowagiac-309 Dewey Street
Ecorse-Sixth Street and South&#6684777;eld
Road
Flint-947 Leland Street
Garden City-28563 Pardo Street
Holland-19th and Hazel
Howell-211 North National Street
Inkster-7201 Kempa Street,
Romulus
Jackson-4532 Brooklyn Road,
Route 50-E
Kalamazoo-713 Chicago Street
Monroe-832 Harbor Avenue
Niles-1222 Phoenix Street
Pontiac-1212 North Perry
Port Huron-1718 Eighth Street
Royal Oak-600 North Campbell
Sodus-Pipestone Road
South Haven-512 Williams Street
South Lyons-12760 West Ten Mile
Road
Taylor-Wick Road
Wyandotte-22365 Sibley Road
Ypsilanti-130 South Harris Street
MINNESOTA
Anoka-1033 Jefferson Street
Minneapolis-724 Newton Avenue
North
Zimmerman-E'ast Main Street
MISSISSIPPI
Aberdeen-Route 1
Adams Arbor-Highway 35 South,
Route 3, Charleston
Amory-Highway 278 East
Bethany-Highway 32, Route 2,
Okolona
Bruce
Cary-Highway 61, South
Cedar Creek-Route 1, Lucedale
Chapel Hill-Route 1, Golden
Cleveland-Chrisman Street
Columbus-407 19th Street, South
D'Lo-Highway 49
Eupora-Highway 9, North
Fairview-Highway 8 East,
Houston
Fulton-Highway 78 East
Futheyville-Route 1, Grenada
Greenville-Highway 1, North
Greenwood-203 Third Avenue
North
Gulfport-2324 14th Avenue
Hamilton-Route 1
Hattiesburg
Hebron-Delta City Route
Jackson-2116 Bailey Avenue
Jordan Hill-Dennis
Kea's Chapel-Off Highway 19-W,
Philadelphia
Kosciusko-915 West Jefferson
Street
Maben-Highway 15
Magee-First Street
Mary Springs-Route 4, Gloster
McComb 51, South
Meridian-4705 Fifth Street
Morgantown
Moss Point-1621 Grierson Street
Mt. Carmel-Highway 25, Route 1,
Red Bay
Natchez-305 North Rankin Street
New Bethel-Highway 82, Northeast

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 171
Okolona-207 Carter Street
Paducah Wells-Route 1,
Charleston
Pearl-Kings Drive
Pearlie Gates-Golden Route
Philadelphia-Highway 15
Phillip-Highway 8, Grenada
Picayune-1903 East Canal
Piney Grove-Tremont Route
Plainview-Liberty
Pontotoc (Montgomery Chapel)
Route 4
Smith's Chapel-Highway 491,
Route 2, Collinsville
Spanish Fort-Star Route,
Holly Bluff
Sturgis
Tallula-Highway 1
Taylor-Vardaman
Tippo-South Charleston
Turkey Foot Fork-Route 1,
Holcomb
Union Grov&#2949266;Route 1, Mooreville
Verona-Palmetto Road, Highway
45
Vicksburg-2015 Grove Street
Walnut Grov&#2949266;Oakland
West Point-Lone Oak Drive
Yazoo City-Route 2
Zion Grov&#2949266;Route 1, Scobey
MISSOURI
Alley Springs-Highway 106
Bertrand
Birch Tree
Boonesboro-Highway 87
California-Highway 50
Cameron-719 West Third Street
Center Point-Highway 142, Couch
Chaffe&#2949266;Corner of North &#5505128;ird
Street and Wright Avenue
Charleston-514 South Sixth
Delta-Wilson Street
Downing-12 Main Street
East Prairie-401 South Center
Flatwoods-County Road D,
Eminence
Fredericktown-500 Franklin
Street
Fremont
Hayti-611 South Sixth Street
Houses Creek-County Road M,
Van Buren
Kansas City-3838 Independence
Avenue
Kansas City-4441 Kensington
Avenue
Kansas City-1622 Summit Street
Lamar-1308 South Grant
Liberal-Main Street
Montier-Old Highway 60
Mountain Grove-425 Long Street
Mountain View-One Block East of
Ball Park
St. Charles-807 North Benton
Street
St. Louis (North)-2126 St. Louis
Avenue
St. Louis (South)-4607 Virginia
Avenue
Sikeston-Corner South New
Madrid and Trotter Streets
Spring&#6684777;eld-3609 West Kearney
Street
Summersvill&#2949266;Highway 17
Winona
MONTANA
Billings-303 South 35th Street
Butte-105 South Gaylord
Great Falls-110 1 North Third
Missoula-410 West Broadway
NEBRASKA
Auburn-722 11th Street
Fairbury-904 Arcade Street
Gibbon
Grand Island-504 East Second
North Platte-307 North Elm Street
Omaha-4932 Ohio Street
Omaha-1448 North 23rd Street
NEVADA
Boulder City-70 1 Eighth Street
Henderson-Carver Park
Auditorium
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester-Spaulding Avenue
North
NEW JERSEY
Bridgeton-59 Burlington Road
Camden-1193 Lawrence Street
Newark-65 Mercer Street
Northfield-117 Fabian Avenue
Penns Grove (Mission)-Oak Street
Seabrook (Mission)-Community
Chapel, Seabrook Farm

172 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Trenton-Rennis S&#7602290;eet and
Parkerson A venue, White City
Vineland-Southeast Boulevard and
Sherman Avenue
NEW MEXICO
Alamogord&#2949276;1100 Jefferson
Avenue
Albuquerque-2828 Bradford,
Southwest
Carlsbad-Dark Canyon Road
Clovis-1120 South Lea Street
Deming-721 South 12th Street
Las Cruces-80 8 South Mimbres
Street
Las Cruces-(Spanish)
Lovington-405 West Van Buren
Melros&#6619181;-Fifth and Avenue C
Mesquit&#2949266;San Miguel Avenue
Portales-816 East Canadian
Street
Raton-70 7 Dwyer Avenue
Roswell-221 East Jefferson Street
NEW YORK
Bronx-1239 Interval Avenue
Brooklyn-1243 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn-197 St. James Place
Buffalo-469 High S&#7602290;eet
Hempstead-266 Babylon Turnpike,
Roosevelt, Long Island
Jamaica-158-42 75th, Flushing
Newburgh-153 Lander Street
New Rochelle-218 Union Street
NORTH CAROLINA
Aberdeen-Raeford Road
Asheboro-Cross S&#7602290;eet
Ashevill&#2949266;102 South French Broad
Asheville (West)-571 Deaverview
Drive
Autryville (Mount Carmel)-
Route 2
Bayboro (Maribel)-Route 1
Belmont-901 Edgemont Avenue
Benson
Bessemer City-402 South 10th
Street
Biltmore-60 Third Street
Black Mountain-Flat Creek Road
Bogu&#2949266;Highway 24
Bryson City-Bryson Branch Road
Burlington-1827 East Webb Street
Burlington-419 Enoch Street
Burnsville-Meadow Road
Candor
Canton-100 Terrace Drive
Canton-270 Dutch Cove Road
Carthage-Route 1
Castalia-Route 1
Chapel Hill-Merritt Mill Road
Charlott&#9568357;1 5 South Hoskins Road
Charlotte-2905 South Tyron Street
Clayton
Clinton (Cannadys Mill)
Highway 24
Concord-216 South Georgia
Avenue
Crus&#2949276;Highway 276
Draper-407 High
Dunn-Railroad Street
Dunn (Taylors Chapel)-Route 5
Durham-405 Briggs Avenue
Durham-Grant Street
Durham-(Braggstown)-3216
Dearborn &#4456562;ive
Durham-1303 Ramsuer Street
Elizabeth City-606 Shepherd
Street
Erwin (Beaver Dam)-Route 1,
Box 389
Erwin-Fourth Street
Erwin (Zion Temple)-Route 1
Fayetteville-Sopona Road
Fayetteville (Mount Zion)-
Highway 401, South
Four Oaks
Franklin-Davidson Street
Franklinton-Fairlane Avenue
Garland-R. F. D. 2
Gastonia-1306 East Ozark Avenue
Glen Alpine-Highway 70
Goldsboro-West A Street
Golds'boro-303 Oxley Street
Granite Falls (Saw Mills)-Route 2
Greensbor&#2949276;1927 Opal Drive
Greensboro-Corner East and
Perkins Streets
Greenville-1304 Broad Street
Hamlet (Ghio)-Route 2
Hamlet-Highway 177 South
Hickory-843 Highland Avenue
High Point-209 West Ward
Avenue
High Point-609 Amos Street
Hillsbor&#7274541;Orange Heights
Jackson Springs (Candor)-
Route 1
Ka&#7209070;apolis-145 Westover Avenue
Kannapolis-Little Texas Road
Ke&#7471214;ersville (Kerwin)-Highway
66

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 173
Kinston-806 Whit&#6684777;eld Drive
Kinston-217 East North Street
Laurel Hill-Marston Street
Laurinburg-Lee's Mill Road
Leaksburg-121 First Street
Lexington-Corner Oak Avenue
and Leonford Street
Liberty-Route 3
Lincolnton (Laboratory)-Route 4
Lincolnton-1122 East McBee
Street
Louisburg (Burns Chapel)-Route 1
Lumberton&#5898374;201 Carolina Avenue
Mocksville-Highway 601
Monroe-103 Holly Street
Morehead City-1912 Bridges Street
Mount Airy-Highway 103
Mount Olive (Waynes Chapel)-
Route 4
Murphy (Fields of the Wood)-
Route 4
New Bern-835 Green Street
Norman-Winslow S&#7602290;eet
Norman-Route 2
Pisgah Forest-R. F. D.
Pittsbor&#7274541;Cornwallis Heights
Princeton (Mill Creek)-Route 1
Princeton-Route 1
Raeford-Route 3, Box 3-D
Raleigh-1130 North Blount Street
Raleigh-706 Bragg Street
Ramseur-Wright Street
Ramseur-Route 2
Red Springs-&#2949203;outh Main Street
Reidsville-Walker Street
Reidsville
Robbins-Route 2
Robbins-Route 1
Robbins-Spies
Rockingham-33 Flowers Street
Rockingham-801 Stewart Street
Rocky Mount-900 Wilkins Street
Rolesville-Highway 401 North
Rose Hill
Salisbury
Sanford-Charlotte Avenue
Sanford-Route 3, Plank Road
Sanford-Buckner Street
Selma (Crumplers Cross Road)-
Lizzie Mill Road
Selma-302 East Elizabeth Avenue
Selma-600 South Pollock Street
Shannon-Highway 71
Siler City-Lincoln Height Street
Smith&#6684777;eld-Blount Street
Spring Hope-Route 1
Stedman (Bethany)-Clement
Road
Stedman-Highway 210
Swannanoa-Old Highway 70
Tarboro-Route 1
Thomasville-71 5 Blair Street
Union Grove (Mount Calvary)-
Route 4
Wadesboro-I Sullivan Street
Washington-506 Telfair Street
Waynesville-206 Smathers Street
White Oak-Route 1, Box 80
Wilmington-511 South 16th Street
Wilmington-813 South Eighth
Street
Wilson-705 Briggs Street
Winston-Salem-3700 Southdale
Avenue
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck-Corner of Ninth and
B Avenues
Fargo-1417 21st Street, South
Golden Valley-Main Street
Hazen-Highway 7, East
Marmath
Mino&#7602221;-102½ Sixth, Northeast
New Town
Turtle Lake-East Side Street
OHIO
Akron-13th and Lakewood
Boulevard
Al)Street
Barlow-U. S. Route 50
Cambridge-Madison and Eighth
Canton-2000 Navarre Road
Carey-212 West Brown Avenue
Carrothers-State Highway 4
Cheshire-State Highway 7
Cincinnati-295 Avalon Street
Cleveland-9623 Manor Avenue
Cleveland-9318 Wade Park
Cleveland-2302 Broadview
Columbus-827 East Maynard
Columbus-116 Williams Road
Crestline-300 East Bucyrus Street
Dayton-1304 St. Adelbert Street
Elyria-244 Ninth Street
Ironton-515 Kemp Street
Lorain-1771 E'ast 29th Street
Mans&#6684777;eld-1080 West Longview
Mans&#6684777;eld-505 Daisy Street
Mechanicsburg-132 Park Avenue
Medina-Highway 42 West

174 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
New Boston-3779 Grace Street
Navarre-5745 Florence
Painesville-291 Mentor
Portsmouth-1237 &#4587634;ont Street
Sandusky-Barshadar Road,
State Route 99
Sawyerwood-1052 Crestline Drive,
R. 224 East, Akron
Tiffin-50 South Sandusky
Toled&#2949276;1130 Waverly Street
Wellston-20 West B Street
Willard-East Pearl and Woodbine
Streets
Youngstown-1578 Griffith Street
OKLAHOMA
Ada-918 East Orchard Street
Allen
Altus-100 South Kennedy Street
Bixby-South Riverview Drive
Broken Arrow-820 North Elm
Place
Coweta-121 North B Street
Cleveland-503 West Cherokee
Street
Dawson-5313 East Ute Street
Dewey-623 East Sixth Street
Drumright-703 South Ohio Street
Duncan-309 Willow Street
El Ren&#2949276;822 West Wade
Enid-2616 East Cyprus Street
Guthrie-17th and Washington
Holdenville-West Main and
Cherry Streets
Leach-Highway 33
Mounts-Route 2, Beggs
Muskogee-I Block East of
South York at city limits
Ochelata
Oklahoma City-700 Southeast 40th
Street
Oologah-West Main Street
Pawhuska-900 Kihekah Street
Porter
Sand Springs-4 Cleveland Street
Sapulpa-1400 South Water Street
Skiatook-611 East Fourth Street
Spiro-Choctaw Avenue and
Chestnut Street
Sulphur-824 West Oklahoma
Street
Tulsa (East)-2001 Atlanta Street
Tulsa (West)-2448 South Phoenix
Street
Weer-121st Street and County
Line Road, Broken Arrow
Worstell-Route 2, Ada
OREGON
Crescent-Main Street
Glide-North Umpqua Road
Grande Ronde-Off Highway 22
Hermiston-Highway 32
Klamath Falls-3320 Marlyn Street
Portland-4704 Southeast 65th
Prinevill&#6619181;432 Lynn Boulevard
Salem-1580 20th Street, Southeast
Stayton-493 Olympia Street
Spring&#6881428;eld-1940 South A Street
Sutherlin-East Central Street
PENNSYLVANIA
Adams Station-Route 2, Valencia
Butler-2225 North Church Street
Bristol-1318 State Road, Croydon
Chester-Eighth and Tilgrham
Street
East Berlin
Ellwood City-403 Gold Avenue
Erie-2638 Parker Avenue
Fertigs-R. D. 1, Venus
Ford City-Neal Avenue, Ford Cliff
Grove City-Route 2
Harrisburg-1419 Regina Street
Huey
Karns City
Kittanning-Sunny Side
Leesburg-Route 6, Mercer
Library-3700 Wood Street
Mercer-South Shenango Street
Nectarine
New Eagle-Keenan Hill
New Kensington-1383 .Fourth
Avenue
Philadelphia-2618 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia-2555 North Fifth
Street
Philadelphia-46 and Brown Street
Philadelphia-1220 Poplar Street
Philadelphia (Spanish)-613 North
17th Street
Poplar Run-Route 1, Normalville
Rimersburg-Sloan Street
Sandy Hollow-Route 2,
Rimersburg
Sharon-807 Spruce Avenue
Shirleysburg
Six Points-Route 3, Parker
Uniontown-53 Winona
Waynesburg-Route 4
West Hickory

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 175
.RHODE ISLAND
Providence-290 Plain Street
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson-203 Belmont Avenue
Anderson (West)-206½ Burris
Batesburg-Route 1, Twin City
Airport
Belton-Brazil Street
Boonetown-Route 1, Kershaw
Buffal&#7274541;Highway 215 North
Calhoun Falls-Darlington Street
Camden-Highway 34 East
Camp Branch-Route 2, Lake City
Camp Oak-Route 1, Salem
Cashville-Highway 146
Cayce-2110 Memorial Drive
Central-Martin Street
Charleston-1326 Rutledge Street
Cherokee Falls-Route 1,
Blacksburg
Chester
Clinton-1100 North Sloan Street
Columbia-1207 Virginia Street
Columbia-1103 Calleton Street
Conestee-Second Street
Dacusville-Route 5, Easley
Darlington-117 Smith Avenue Ext.
Dillon-902 Hudson Street
Easley-South Fifth and West
Fourth Avenue
Edge&#6684777;eld-By Pass 25
Elgin-Route 2
Fair Haven-Pickens
Florence-426 South Church Street
Fountain Inn-Jones Mill Road
Grays
Gloverville
Glendale-Route 2, Spartanburg
Glen Grove-Route 4, Anderson
Great Falls-Route 1, Golf Course
Road
Green Hill-Route 3, Hartsville
Greenville (West)-34 Lindall
Avenue
Greenville-Oakland Drive
Greenwood-Route 1, Blythe Road
Greer-511 Arlington Road
Hampton
Hartsville, 721 Highway 15, North
Hicks Chapel-Route 1, Coward
Highland-Route 2, Landrum
Hodges-Highway 25, South
Holly Hill-Highway 310, North
Honea Path-1312 Chiquola Avenue
Hood Town-Bonneau
Inman-32 First Street
Joanna-Pickney Place
Johns Island-Maybank Highway,
Charleston
Jones Chapel-Route 1, Belton
Lancaster-12 Elm Street
Landrum-South Church Street
Lexington-Route 4
Liberty-Route 1
Liberty Drive-Anderson
Lobeco-Highway 21, South
Lockhart-Route 1, Sharon
Manning-Church Street
Marietta-Chestnut Ridge Road
McBee-Oak and Ninth Streets
Midland Park-Highway 52 North,
Charleston Heights
Moncks Corner-Highway 17-A,
West
Moselle-Route 1, Islandton
Mt. View-Route 2, Campobello
Newberry-Boughnight Street
Ninety Six-Highway 246, South
Nixville-Route 1, Estill
North Station-4032 Meeting Street,
Charleston Heights
Olanta
Orangeburg-Short Avenue
Owens Chapel-Highway 176,
South
Pacolet
Pelzer-7 Main Street
Pelham-Church Street
Pendleton-Route 1
Piedmont-Pine Bluff Street
Piney Grove-Route 1, E'ffingham
Pleasant Grove-Route 1, Scranton
Rices Creek-Highway 88
Ridgeland-Highway 336, West
Riversid&#2949266;12 Odom Circle,
Greenville
Rock Hill-701 Cauthen Street
Rock Hill-147 Simril Street
Ruffin-Route 1
Seneca-Hope A venue
Six Mile
Starr-Route 1
Summervill&#2949266;407 North Magnolia
Street
Sumter-395 Timmons Street
Sumter-Berwick Street
Tarboro-Route 2, Ridgeland
Terrells-Route 1, Lake City
Timmonsville-300 East Market
Street

176 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Twin Pine-Route 4, Andrews
Una-Route 3, Spartanburg
Union-Blassingame Street
Walhalla-601 South Johns Street
Walterboro-Purifoy Avenue,
Highway 64, East
Ware Shoals-Saluda Avenue,
Highway 25
Wattsville-Irby Avenue
Westminster-Highway 76, West
Winnsboro-Route 3
Winnsboro-Cleveland Str&#6619237;t
York-Wainright Avenue
SOUTH DAKOTA
Eagle Butte
Isabel
Mobridge-12th Street North and
Second Avenue West
Pierre-2500 East Humbolt
Rapid City-520 North Seventh
Street
Sioux Falls-401 West Rose Street
Sturgis-957 Sherman Street
TENNESSEE
Anthony Hill-Route 1,
Good springs
Baggetts Chapel-Route 1,
Cunningham
Bethel Springs-U. S. Highway 45
Big Sandy-Highway 69
Birchwood-Route 1, Dolly Pond
Road
Bostic Chapel-Route 3,
Westmoreland
Bristol-204 McCray
Burns-Route 1
Campaign-&#4587634;iendship Road
Carthage-Second Avenue
Chattanooga (East)-2900 Dodson
Avenue
Chattanooga (Ridgedale)-13th and
Watkins Streets
Chattanooga-1701 Wilson Street
Clarksville-931 Cumberland Drive
Claylick-Route 1, &#5701736;ite Bluff
Cleveland-150 Wildwood Avenue
Cleveland (Eastview)-995 Benton
Pike
Cleveland-665 First Street
Northeast
Cleveland (Spring Place)
Washington Avenue
Cleveland (South Gate)-200 Grove
Avenue
Collinwood
Columbia-Route 4, Williamsport
Road
Cookeville-South Willow
Crab Orchard
Crossville-Stanley Street
Cumberland Furnace
Curtis Hill-Route 1, Bethel Springs
Daisy-Hixon Street
Dayton-New Road
Dickson-Spring Street at Hunt
Dorton-Old Rockwood Road
Dyersburg-1607 Hornbrook
East Ridge-1118 Green Lake Road
Elizabethton-1113 Park Street
Erin
Etowah
Fairview-Keith Valley Road,
Cleveland
Faxon
Fayetteville
Gallatin-South Water Street
Green Brier-Webster Street
Grimsley-Route 1, Clarkrange
Harriman-815 Clifty Street
Hickman-Route 1, Gordonsville
Hills Chapel-Route 4, Big Sandy
Hilltown-Route 1, Sante Fe,
Tennessee
Huntingdon-208 High Street
Johnson City-304 Meredith
Jones Chapel-Route 9, Greenville
Kimball-Route 1, Jasper
Knoxville (Lonsdale)-1112
Connecticut
Knoxville (Vestal)-833 Avenue A
Lawrence Chapel-Route 1,
Crossville
Lebanon-West Spring Street
Lenoir City-909 Bell Avenue
Lenox
Liverworth-Route 1, Clarksville
Livingston-Fifth and College
Lookout Valley-O'Grady Drive
Lunn's Chapel-Route 1, Chapel
Hill
Lusk-Route 1, Dunlap
Madison-Old Hickory Boulevard
at Graycroft
Madisonville-Craighead Road
Manchester-Mill Street
Mayland-Highway 70
McMinnville-North Warren
Memphis-758 Goodwyn
Memphis (Whitehaven)-5498
Millbranch Road
Michie-Highway 57

MINUTES OF THE 61ST &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY 177
Monteagle-Central Avenue
Monterey-Railroad Avenue
Morristown-214 East Sixth Street
Mt. Cres&#7602221;Route 4, Pikeville
Murfreesbor&#2949276;207 South Bilbro
Nashville (Bordeaux)-Kings Lane
Nashville (East)-901 S&#7602290;ouse
Nashville (North)-1906 11th
Avenue North
Nashville (Sullivans Ridge)
Old Charlotte Pike
Nashville (West)-1105 51st
Avenue North
Old Hickory-3000 Elliott Drive
Oliver Springs-Sixth Street
Paris-315 Dale Avenue
Petros
Pikeville-Cemetery Street
Pine Grove-Route 2, Crossville
Pine Haven-Rock Creek Route,
Jamestown
Pleasant Shade
Portland-117 Richland Street
Randalls Chapel-Route 2,
Crossville
Rickman
Ridgely-Church Street
Roberts Tabernacl&#2949266;Route 3,
Westmoreland
Rockwood-812 South Kingston
Avenue
Shady Grove-Route 6, Franklin
Shady Rest-Highway 70 East
Shelbyville-West Lane Street
Shiloh-Route 4, Sparta
Signal Mountain-1819 Taft
Highway
Slayden
South Fulton-120 Forestdale
Sparta-Walker Street
Spencer-Highway 30
Staffords Chapel-Route 1,
Maynardville
Stewart-Highway 147
Sunbright-Highway 27
Ten Mil&#6619181;-Decatur
Tennessee Ridge&#2949165;Route 1
Tracy City-Altamont Street
Tullahoma-Highway 41-A North
Turtletown-Route 1
White Bluff-Route 2
&#5701736;ite Oak Flat-Route 1, Charlotte
Winchester-1410 First Avenue
Northeast
Woodland Heights-1015 &#5701736;ite Hall
Road Ext., Chattanooga
Wrigley
Wynn-Route 1, Duff
Zion Hill-Route 3, McEwen
•. &#3801173;
TEXAS
( East)
Angelton-313 North Parrish Street
Argo-Route 1, Cookville
Atlanta-410 Ca&#7471214;ey Road
Bay City-Tenth and Pine
Cleveland-103 Blair Street,
G. W. Blagg Subdivision
Clut&#6619181;-Shanks and Main
Cookville-One block off Highway
67
Corpus Christi-3014 Golihar Road
Dallas (East)-5443 Forney Road
Dallas (Oakcliff)-2636 &#5242985;erce
Dallas (Pleasant Grove)-1121
McGregor
Eagle Lak&#2949266;414 Davis
Fort Worth-1745 Davis
Hagensport-Highway 37
Harleton-Route 5
Houston (Cloverleaf)-14015
Muscatine Street
Houston (East Sunnyside)-4610
Sunflower Street
Houston-7318 &#4522081;st Freeway off
Interstate 10
Killeen-74 Happy Street
Kingsville-1225 East Lott Street
Liberty-South Farm Road 563
Liberty City-State Highway 35
North of Kilgore
Maud-372 Houston Drive
Mt. Pleasan&#2949281;-121 &#5701736;ite Street
Mt. Pleasant (Harris Chapel)-
Route 4
New Ulm-Route 1
Orang&#2949266;709 Bilbo
Palacios-315 Lucas
Palacios (West)-809 Ninth Street
Pasadena-South Shaver (Martin's
Music Store)
Port Lavaca-1804 Hollaman
Port Neches-1618 Eugene Street
San Antonio-718 Pyron
San Antoni&#2949276;327 Ferris Avenue
Seabrook-1301 Second Street
Smith&#6684777;eld-452 O'dell Street
Texarkana-2311 Maple Street
Van Vleck-One block off Highway
35

178 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
TEXAS
(West)
Amarillo-1125 North Mirror
Borger-211 West Coolidge
Childress-1003 D.S.W.
Lubbock-1405 North Ash
Lubbock (Spanish)-308 North
Avenue P
Midland-1905 West Rhode Island
Monahans-814 Carol
Pampa-528 Roberta
Post-109 East Fifth Street
Post (Spanish)-May Street
Ranger-Corner Oak and Hunt
San Angelo-301 East 11th
Sudan-First and Wilson
Sweetwater-2000 Chester
Tye-Coke Street
UTAH
Helper-250 River Street
Magna-2559 South 7200 West
Moab-First North and First East
Ogden-32nd and Childs Avenue
Salt Lake City-425 North Sixth
West
VERMONT
Marsh&#6684777;eld-Highway, Route 2
Middlesex-Three Mile Bridge
Road
Plain&#6684777;eld-Maple Hill, Northeast
VIRGINIA
Alexandria-Tele&#6750322;aph Road
Altavista-Ninth Street
Bastian
Blacksburg-Lee Street
Blue&#6684777;eld-143 North College
Bristol-120 Keys Street
Brookneal
Buena Vista-Magnolia Avenue
Buffalo Ridge-Highway 618,
Woolwine
Burkeville-Route 360
Callaghan-Route 1, Covington
Chatham-Route
Christians burg-Craig Street
Clift-Route 2, Covington
Clover-Route 360
Cody-Route 40
Coeburn-Grand Avenue
Collinsville-South Daniel's Creek
Road
Coulwood-Finney, (Honaker)
County Line-near Patrick Springs
Covington-1262 Durant Road
Craigsville-Central Avenue
Cripple Creek
Danville-89 Baltimore Avenue
Darwin
Delton-Route 1, Draper
Dowells Chapel-Route 2, Saltville
Farmsville
Ferrum-Highway 40, West
Fieldale
Fincastle
Flatwoods-near Fincastle
Fredericksburg-Ferry Farms Road
Fredericksburg-2400 McKinney
Street
Fries-Stephens Creek Community
Front Royal-Kerfoot Avenue
Gainesville-Route 211
Galax
Glade Spring
Glasgow-Route 130
Grubbs Chapel-near Independence
Gunton Park-near Max Meadows
Hampton-646 Belle Street
Herald-near Coeburn
Hopewell-3600 Oaklawn
Boulevard
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Leesville-Route 43
Lexington-Miller Street
Lynchburg-2600 Gar&#6684777;eld Avenue
Marion-near Seven Mile Ford
Markham-near Gretna
Martinsville-Liberty and Fork
Streets
Midway-between Pulaski and
Gi.mton Park
Mill Branch-near Covington
Moneta-Route 1
Monterey-Route 220
Mt. Olive-near Cody
Narrows-Poplar Street
New Castle-1006 Cumberland
Avenue
Newport News-ll00 Country Club
Road
Newport News-Jefferson Avenue
Nokesville
Norfolk
North Tazewell
Norview-Alexander and Picadilly
Oak Hill-near Leesville
Patrick Springs

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 179
Pearisburg-Morris Street
Pennington Gap-Route 1
Poplar Camp-Route 1, Austinville
Portsmouth-Pearl and Wilcox
Streets
Pound
Pulaski-Brown Addition
Radford-Sixth and Taylor Streets
Richmond-Harwood Avenue
Richmond-6306 16th Street
Richmond-Fulton Section
Richmond-2620 Newburn Street
Richmond-2801 &#4522081;st Clay Street
Roanoke-1616 Wise Avenue,
Southeast
Roanoke-Roanoke A venue,
Southwest
Salem-Apperson Drive
Skippers
Smith&#6684777;eld-Route 10
Steep Rock-near Jonesville
Suffolk-Finny Avenue
Suffolk-1203 Norfolk Road
Sugar Grove
Waynesboro-1532 Second Street
Winfall-Route 2, Gladys
Wytheville
WASHINGTON
Aberdeen-Market at East Street
Bremerton-3204 North Perry
Avenue
Darrington-Cascade at Commercial
Fern Prairie-Route 1, Camas
Kelso-1008 Walnut Street
Kennewick-718 South Gum Street
Kirkland-8727 128th, Northeast
Pasco-114 1 Sylvester
Retsil-403 Maple Street
Seattle-67th at 23d, Northwest
Sedro Woolley-503 Fidalgo
Spokane-811 West Shannon
Tacoma-11102 South Yakima
Vancouver-3214 "N" Street
White Salmon-Route 2
Yakima-904 Walker Street
WEST VIRGINIA
Blue Creek
Blue&#6684777;eld-Redmans Hall
Bozoo-Route 12
Chapmanville-Downtown
Charleston-4916 Venable Avenue,
Southeast
Clarksburg-Wilsonville Addition
Clear Creek
Corrine
Davis-Ida Mae Mines Road,
Worthington
Deepwater-Main Highway
Dry Creek
Elkins-Route 2
Ethel-Route 119
Dingess-Above Postoffice
Fairmont-418 Hall Street
Farmington-North Main Street
Giles
Koons Run-Route 1, Fairmont
Lanark-Route 19, Beckley
Laurel Creek-3 miles from Seth
Lockwood-Route 39
Logan-Pine Street South
Metz-Route 250
Notomine-Route 2
North Matewan
Page-Near Railroad Depot
Patterson Creek
Pea Ridge-Route 1, South
Point Pleasant-2221 North Main St.
Pond Gap-Laurel Fork
Ravencliff
Sylvester-North City Limits
Stouts Mill-Across river bridge
Twilight-Route 79
Ward
Winona
WISCONSIN
Beloit-1523 Liberty Avenue
Big Flats-Highway C
Grand Marsh-654 Main Street
Janesville-571 North Pine Street
Kenosha-6412 22nd Avenue
Milwaukee-239 Hadley Street
Milwaukee-408 South 68th Street
Racine-516 Rosland Avenue
Wisconsin Rapids-631 Hill Street
WYOMING
Casper-Salt Creek Highway
Cody-1825 Rumsey
Gillette-211 Brooks Avenue
Greybull-425 South Fifth
Guernsey-310 South Dakota
Lusk-314 West &#5505128;ird
Powell-305 South Evarts
Sheridan-352 West Whitney
Thermopolis-318 Nor&#7602280; Eigh&#7602280;
Street

180 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
List of Ministers
Abrams, Kenneth A.
Abreu, Theodore
Adams, Reuben A.
Adkins, James G.
Adorno, Juan Pastrana
Aites, J. F.
Akers, J. L.
Akers, William
Allaway, Frank G.
Allen, James E.
Allen, Marvin R., Sr.
Allen, R. Wayne
Ammons, Edwin L.
Anderson, Albert S.
Anderson, Harvin H.
Anderson, Stafford B.
Aschav+&#6029463;Joe H., Sr.
Asher, Dan
Ashford, B. Roosevelt
Atkins, George E.
Axley, Richard L.
Ayers, Robey W.
Baggett, Daniel O.
Barnes, Bonnie
Barnes, M. Russell
Barnett, Murphy E.
Bates, Walter C.
Battles, Sherman S.
Baxter, Everett L.
Beasley, Pearlie A.
Beasley, Robert D.
Beck, Grover C.
Beckwith, J. B.
Bennett, G. Julian
Bennett, Ira S.
Best, Rupert
Bias, Ernest J.
Biggers, Henry M.
Bivens, L. Milton
Black, Eugene P.
Bland, Charles S.
Blumenthal, Hugo H., Jr.
Bolton, 0. B.
Bonds, Vernie W.
Bonham, Amzia W.
Bonham, Floyd H.
Bowser, Hulbert B.
Brackett, Bobby E.
Brackett, C. Samuel
Bradley, Robert H.
Bradley, Thomas W.
Bradley, Trosia E.
BISHOPS
Braland, Orvie A.
Brantley, Lucian Alvin
Brewer, Joseph
Brisson, James E.
Brisson, Marvin C.
Brock, M. Ear 1
Brooks, William H.
Brooks, William R.
Brown, Joseph M.
Brown, Lebert A.
Brown, Marvin
Bryant, Jack
Bryant, Ralph E.
Bryson, Wilbert S.
Buckner, Carl R.
Buckner, Claude W.
Bunce, Lawrence 0.
Burdette, Marvin A., Jr.
Burt, Marvin M.
Burton, Dock C.
Butts, Huey Lee
Caa&#6029463;Santos A.
Cagle, Jesse C.
Caine, Sigismund A.
Caldwell, D. Talmadge
Caldwell, E. Glaidwell
Caldwell, Mack
Callahan, Aaron A.
Cameron, John N.
Campbell, James T.
Cantrell, Ralph G.
Cardwell, J. E.
Carroll, Frank G.
Carter, Jack 0.
Caudill, Hubert
Chapman, J. W.
Chastain, Mathie
Chatham, Jesse F.
Clayton, Clyde T.
Cleaver, A. Doewer
Clemens, Theodore L.
Coalter, Ambrose J.
Cobb, E. Vernell
Coker, Bryce H.
Colley, James F.
Collins, Clarence W.
Collins, Harold 0.
Colon, Carlos de Leon
Conner, Henry Lewis
Connor, George
Connor, Henry L.
Cook, David C.

MINOF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cook, Thomas A.
Cooke, Cyril S.
Cooke, Luther L.
Cooley, Donald S.
Cooley, Kenneth F.
Cooley, Sidney A.
Cooper, James R.
Cooper, Mitchell
Costas, Paul P.
Cotnam, Truman P.
Couch, Aaron
Cousins, Nathan L.
Covey, Rudolph 0.
Cox, Hudon R.
Cox, Leviticus H.
Cox, Wesley Grady
Cox, William H.
Crader, Leman
Craig, Alpheus U.
Creasy, Donald D.
Creel, Amos J.
Creel, Chester V.
Cretier, Willem, Sr.
Crews, Joe C.
Cross&#6684777;eld, Edward A.
Crow, Samuel F.
Crowder, James H.
Cunningham, Cecil J.
Curry, Maurice S.
Curtis, Emmanuel
Curtis, Henry
Cusic, Daniel Thomas, Jr.
Cypret, Cecil A.
Dalton, George
Daugherty, John F.
Davidson, Charles T.
Davis, Anderson H.
Davis, Andrew 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, Bobby L.
Dean, Guy H.
Dean, Hermon E.
Dean, Lucius E.
Dean, Thomas E.
Decker, G. C.
Decker, Jack C.
Deleveaux, Wilbur
Demeritte, Arnold
Denard, George M.
Dennard, W. Cobb
Dennis, Henry H.
Dewberry, Archie T.
Dixon, Jack V.
Dorsett, Curtis R.
Doss, James C.
Douglas, Isaac
Douglas, R. Gene
Duggan, Noley A.
Dykes, William A.
Earp, John M.
Emerson, Oscar W.
Emmett, Verlie E.
Endecott, Clayton E.
&#4522094;decott, James L.
England, Herbert
Eskew, Jimmy
Estep, Granville
Estes, George N.
Estes, William W.
EunFCyril S.
Evans, Henry
Ferguson, Alfred E.
Ferguson, Herbert A.
Finlayson, Rufus B., Jr.
Fisher, Fred S.
Fiveash, Olen C.
Fleming, Carroll P.
Flemmer, Adolph
Forbes, Eustace T.
Foster, G. Dewey
Fowler, E. T.
Fox, William Jerald
France, Owen W.
Francis, Cassel A.
Francis, Marvin L.
Freeman, Ashby 0.
Freeman, Lonnie
Fritts, Lawrence A.
Fuller, Floyd F.
Funderburk, B. 0.
Funk, Carl D.
Garcia, Victor E.
Gardner, Harvey A.
Gardner, Howard T.
Garner, Morris D.
Gass, Arthur C.
Gates, Willard D.
Gaylor, Ora L.
Gibson, Oscar
Gilbert, Elmer
Gilbert, R. M.
Gillum, Perry E.
Giordoni, Emilio
Goins, Thomas W.
181

182 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Golden, Alvin
Gonia, A. Winston
Goodman, Ernest D.
Goss, Cleveland T.
Graham, Percival N.
Graham, Theophilus L.
Grant, Bernard B.
Grant, William A.
Gray, Delvert
Gray, Edward A.
Green, Richard A.
Gregory, Constantine L.
Griffin, George H.
Griffin, Jesse A.
Griffis, James I. J.
Griffith, Eddie H.
Grimes, Harry W.
Grubbs, Calvin W.
Gumbs, Alfred W.
Hagood, Freddie W.
Hall, James T.
Hall, Robert J.
Hall, Valentine E.
Hampton, Ira H.
Haney, Adril D.
Hanna, Charles E.
Harbor, James
Hardin, William G.
Harper, Lalas, Jr.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, Cletties
Harris, Jack M.
Harris, Reginald A.
Hart, Benny
Hart, Tom D.
Hartley, Melvin L.
Hartman, Edsel
Harts&#6684777;eld, Herman Neil
Harvey, Walter L.
Hawkins, Charles G.
Heckert, Lawrence D.
Henderson, Jessie R.
Henderson, Willard C.
Henry, James A.
Herne, J. Vital
Higdon, Everett L.
Hires, J. H.
Hix, Grady H.
Hogan, Oluf Robb
Holcombe, William C.
Holland, W. T.
Hollaway, Theodore R.
Holstein, Corbett D.
Howard, William A.
Howe, Burmah E.
Hughes, Dewey M.
Hulett, Eschol
Humes, Herman
Hunt, Howard J.
Hunter, E. Roy
Hunter, Harper, Jr.
Hutchinson, Jonathan G.
Hyatt, Clifton E.
Ibrahim, Ghaly
Ion, Paul J.
Irwin, Murvil L.
Jack, Robert S. F.
James, Bennie F.
James, Ivory J.
Jared, Clive E.
Jared, Howard E.
Jared, T. J., Jr.
Jeffrey, Nathaniel R.
Jimenez, Jose Amando
Johnson, Buford M.
Johnson, E.Eugene
Johnson, James A.
Johnson, James V.
Johnson, Michael
Johnson, Virgil 0.
Johnson, Wiley A.
Johnson, William R.
Jolly, William E., Sr.
Jones, Arthur C.
Jones, Edward L.
Jones, L. V.
Jones, Mikey C ..
Jones, Ray C.
Jones, T. Edwin
Jose, Gilbert M.
Joseph, Beniah E.
Jubisson, Thermon&#6684777;ls
Judd, John M.
Ketchum, B. B.
Kinder, Charles M.
Kirkland, J&#2555950; D.
Kirton, Michael G.
Knight, Johnie W.
Knights, Stanley E.
Knowles, Charlie A.
Knowles, Joseph W.
Kounnas, M. K.
Ladoo, Joseph H.
Lamb, Henry J.
Land, David F., Jr.
Lane, J. W.
Lane, L. Russell
Lanter, Charles C.
LaRue, Clarence R.
Lawrence, Benjamin J., Jr.
Lawrence, John H.
Lawrence, Leroy A.
Lawrence, 0. N.
Lawson, Omer C.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Lawson, Raymond D.
Lawson, Samuel H.
Lawson, Vernon M.
Ledford, Millard Lee
Lee, William M.
Lennon, Peter E.
Linkous, Malcolm T.
Linville, Albert J.
Linville, Kendrick
Logan, Arthur E.
Lolley, Dewie T.
Long, James A., Sr.
Lord, Cleason D.
Louk, Vern E.
Love, Clyde A.
Lowe, T. J.
Lowe, Theodore J.
Lusch, William G.
Lyle, Joseph E.
Mackey, Charles I.
Maddox, &#5505128;omas Roy
Magaha, Joseph A.
Manley, MarvinC.
Manning, Chesley E.
Manus, James E.
Martin, Joseph
Martin, William E.
Mathis, Bill
Mathis, Buck
Matthews, D. Elwood
Mayhall, Grady
McCalla, Samuel A.
McDaniel, James I.
McDermott, Salbert C.
McDill, James W.
McDonald, E. A.
McGee, Damous E.
McGee, Sebastian
McGehee, Ada
McGlothlin, Joh&#7209070;ie
McGreger, Aaron I.
McKeown, A. C.
McKoy, L. N.
McLeod, Kenneth B.
McMillan, Milan F.
Meador, Joe Alton
Melvin, Archie
Miller, Charles G.
Mi&#7077996;er, E&#7077993;as A.
Miller, Joseph J.
Miller, Willie F.
Minter, Bobby N.
Minter, Gerald H.
Minter, Sherman H.
Mitchell, Arthur L.
Mixon, James W.
Montgomery, Alma E.
Montgomery, Avery G.
Montgomery, F. Eugene
Montgomery, James F.
Montijo, Gabriel, Jr.
Moore, George W.
Moore, Harry Lee
Morris, Luther R.
Morris, Orville L. T.
Morrison, Aston R.
Moss, Alvin S.
Moss, Samuel B.
Moxley, H. M.
Moxley, L.A.
Mudd, Cicero
Murray, Billy D.
Musselwhite, Wilton E.
Myles, Charles M.
Nabors, Harvey E.
Nelson, Nathan C.
Newdiger, Oscar, Jr.
Newsom, Johnie D., Jr.
Newsom, W. A.
Nobles, James W.
Noe, Asa Earl
Nunnery, William R.
Odom, Joseph E.
Oliver, George D.
Oost, Reubin C.
Orr, Troy E.
Ortiz, Frank
Ortiz, Hector
Ottley, James A.
Owen, Ralph W.
Pace, Charlie A.
Palmer, James C.
Palmore, Charles P., Jr.
Parker, George
Parker, Thomas C.
Parton, L. Lamar
Patterson, Robert W., Jr.
Payne, C.R.
Payne, Connie Lee
Payne, Ray P.
Peninger, Lee Roy
Pennington, Charles S.
Pettyjohn, William T.
Phillips, Ralph R.
Phillips, Walter
Phipps, Roy H.
Pittman, Oscar
Pittman, S. Melvin
Poloski, Frank
Potts, Allen
Powell, James 0.
Powell, Norris A.
&#5242994;att, Samuel A.
Pressley, Peter
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Preston, Daniel D.
Pritchard, Liston D.
Pruitt, Elmer C.
Pruitt, Jess F.
Pruitt, Raymond M.
Puckett, Richard Lee
Pulliam, E. R.
Quails, James I., Sr.
Queener, Dorlan H.
Radford, Robert L.
Rains, M. Claud
Rawls, William J.
Reese, Bradley A.
Reeves, James W., Sr.
Reeves, Roy
Reid, Hezekiah
Reid, W. Oma
Reynolds, Arnold F.
Reynolds, Jerome D.
Rhodes, L. S.
Rhorer, Henry R.
Richardson, Eugene B.
Rickard, Joe A.
Riggs, Leon
Riley, Jonathan A.
Rinehammer, N. Ales
Rochester, Rupert S.
Rodman, Shannon T.
Roney, Warren E.
Rountree, William A.
Rowland, Delmar F.
Roy, Dewey
Ruano P., Ramon
Runnels, W. Edgar
Rye, Homer
Samuels, Lloyd W.
Sartin, Clarence H.
Saucier, Arthur Joseph
Saunders, Alaric W. U.
Savage, Stewart S.
Saxon, Tallie S.
Schwandt, Roy E.
Scott, David
Scotton, Ralph
Shean, Charles E.
Shelton, James G.
Sherrill, Clayton C.
Sherrill, V. R.
Shipley, William S.
Shroyer, Orlies F.
Shroyer, Owen E.
Shults, D. M.
Shupe, Posey A.
Sikes, Lodie B.
Silvers, L. E.
Singleterry, James E.
Sloan, Gladios C.
MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Smith, Floyd W. B.
Smith, George P.
Smith, Hubert R.
Smith, Noah B.
Smith, Obie D.
Smith, R. C.
Smith, Sampson
Smith, William B.
Smith, William J.
Smither, Charles T.
Snodgrass, Kenneth R.
Snow, Hobert Lee
Spence, J. Corbett
Spencer, Garland H.
Spurling, Delmar L.
Stafford, Virdel B.
Staggs, James
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, Roy Ancle
Suggs, William P.
Sullivan, Avery L.
Sullivan, Evan G.
Sullivan, John L.
Summerall, Clifton L.
Swain, Frank R.
Sweat, Milton 0.
Sweatt, Charles, Jr.
Sweeney, William O.
Talbott, Charles R.
Talbott, Richard P.
Taylor, Jennings S.
Taylor, Nathaniel
Taylor, Norman C.
Taylor, Windell L.
Thomas, Don Burton
Thomas, Howard W.
Thomas, James A.
Thomas, J. Roy
Thompson, Arthur
Thompson, J. T.
Thompson, Paul H.
Thompson, Ronald G.
Thorn, James A.
Thorn, Wayne
Thornton, Boyd W.
Tomlinson, M. A.
Trammell, James C.
Tranthem, R. Eugene

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Trogdon, Barney, Jr.
Trump, Orville W.
Vernon, Horace E.
Vicars, Hubert J.
Vijayaratnam, Kadmiyalu
Vines, Willie
Wagar, Ashel T.
Waggett, Aaron R.
Wake&#6684777;eld, J. Leon
Wallen, Kemp W.
Wallor, George A.
Washington, Loyal C.
Watson, Egbert A.
Weakley, Eugene
Weathers, Joseph T., Jr.
Weaver, Phillip T.
Webb, Arwood
Webb, Cordell C.
Welch, Bobby G.
Weldon, Woodrow W.
Wells, Donald W.
West, Aaron W.
White, Isaac E.
White, James L.
Whitt, Johnie L.
Whittington, Ray
Wilkerson, Ruben Neil
Wilkinson, James M.
Wilkinson, Samuel L.
Akins, James
Albin, Charlie V.
Alderson, W. Arlie
Alexander, Levi A.
Allen, Daniel
Allen, Doyle Ray
Allen, Marvin R., Jr.
Ammons, Harold F.
Anderson, Eric B.
Anderson, Robert S.
Anderson, Rufus A.
Arnold, Frederick 0.
Ashworth, Charles E.
Aucoin, Russell J.
Austin, CharHe C.
Averett, Charles E.
Ayers, Claude K.
Ayers, William F.
Baccas, James
Bain, Alfred R.
Bain, Hartley L.
Baird, Ray E.
Baker, Fred 0.
Baker, Hubert H.
Williams, Cecil U.
Williams, Don
Williams, James C.
Williams, Johnnie
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.
Windham, Riley H.
Winters, Louie J.
Wix, Richard O.
Wood, John C.
Woodruff, Arthur B.
Woods, Roy D.
Wright, Clifford
Wright, James B.
Wright, Posey J.
Wright, Robert W.
Wynn, Oral T.
Wy&#7209070;, &#5374049;y C.
Wynns, Isaiah J.
Yohn, George Edward
Young, Zilvon R.
DEACONS
Baldwin, Frank E.
Baldwin, William A.
Baptiste, Viline Jn
Barnes, Eric
Barnes, Worth
Barnette, J. Oland
Barnwell, Mitchell
Barrett, Orlander
Barrett, Richard M.
Bartram, Raymond C.
Bates, Rethus Roy
Baxter, John L.
Beach, John W.
Beauchamp, Dewey L.
Bennett, Cleveland A.
Bennett, Harold Reginald
Benson, George W.
Berry, Cyril A.
Bethel, Daniel
Biggs, Caleb S.
Bing, Jethro
Bird, Fred P.
Black, Curtis
Blake, Phillip
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186 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Blumenthal, Marvin E.
Bodie, Granville
Borowiak, Louis A.
Bowling, Fred E.
Boxe, Cyril
Bradshaw, Lloyd J.
Brinkley, Lun
Brisson, Preston L.
Brock, Raymond G.
Brooks, William C.
Brown, Dexton
Brown, Harvey E.
Brown, Leon Andy
Brown, Luther C.
Brown, Luther E.
Brown, McKinley J.
Brown, Whit
Brown, Wilbert S.
Bryan, E. Heyward
Bryant,Alexander
Bryant, George, Jr.
Buchanan, Augustus A.
Buford, Fred W., Jr.
Bumgardner, Clarence A.
Bunk, Roland A.
Burns, Chester 0.
Burton, James F.
Butler, Alfred
Butler, Henry A.
Butler, Jeremiah
Butler, Johnie E.
Byrd, Clarence J.
Cabler, John Will
Calfee, Willard
Cameron, William
Carden, Leonard W.
Cargill, Henry T.
Carr, Donald P.
Carr, Forrest E.
Carter, Cliate F.
Case, Roy Elvis
Cassell, Madison W.
Caudill, Bryan
Chaddock, Daniel D.
Charles, John M.
Charles, Letoir Jean
Chase, Everett J.
Chastain, George D.
Clements, S. Grady
Clements, William H.
Cobb, C. E.
Cobb, James R.
Coble, Archibald
Codrington, Wilfred H.
Coker, James W.
Cole, Asher M.
Colvin, Ray
Conrad, Harry
Cooper, John H.
Coquillo, Louis
Cordell, Eugene
Corn, Wesley H.
Couch, Rufus C.
Covey, Rome Ben
Cox, Amos A.
Cox, Leon H.
Crawford, John
Crawford, Lee
Cross, Ever�tt A.
Croy, Grady
Culmer, M. R.
Cunningham, Joe Edgar
Cunningham, William A.
Daley, Allan H.
Darius, Bruno
Davis, George R.
Davis, John T., Jr.
Davis, Omer F.
Davis, Rufus 0.
Davis, Thomas L.
Dawkins, Hezekiah
Daxon, William Albert
Day, Richard Leon
Deadrick, Lawrence D.
Delancy, Felix 0.
DeLay, Ralph C.
Dennis, Cassell A.
DeVore, Robert C.
Dial, Ben F.
Dinkel, Aubrey Lee
Dixon, Ralphus A.
Dobson, Morris K.
Dodson, Henry H., Sr.
Douglas, Ear 1
Douglas, Leonard
Dozier, James S.
Drawdy, Horace L.
Duncan, Clarence E.
Duncan, John Thomas
Dupre, LeRoyal J.
Dutkewich, Paul A.
Duty, Robert
Easter, Paul E.
Edgecomb, George C.
Edie, Calvin A.
Edwards, Hugh R.
Elias, George Joseph
&#4522092;ston, Conner J.
Emens, Lionel R.
Englebert, George W.
Evans, Frank R.
Evans, Hurlie A.
Falk, Ervin A.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Fearon, Cyril A.
Fendley, William C.
Ferguson, Laban Harley
Fisher, Wilfred W.
Fitts, Fred
Fitts, H. Paul
Fleming, Ernest L.
Fleming, Frederic P.
Fontaine, Phoenix
Francis, Asca
Francis, Nathaniel
Franklin, Herbert F.
Franklin, Wilburn T.
Frederick, Grover C.
Freeland, Charles
Freeman, William R.
Frey, Albert E., Jr.
Gardner, M. Gray
Garner, Claude A.
Gaylor, Walter L.
Gibbons, Sterlin E.
Gibson, Austin R.
Gillette, George R.
Gillum, Delbert E.
Gilmer, James R.
Goff, David P.
Goode, Eddy A.
Graham, Gustavus V.
Graham, Lesmon R.
Gray, T. E. Kerr
Green, Bondie H.
Green, Chester Lee
Green, Earl Cleveland
Green, Vernice
Gribbens, Eugene
Griffitts, Walter M.
Grimes, Donald
Groom, Gerald B.
Hadden, John Henry
Haddock, James H.
Hall, Emerson G.
Hall, Wilson B.
Hamilton, Charlie H.
Hamilton, Howard
Hamilton, Lester
Hannah, William E.
Hanson, Israel E.
Harmon, Homer
Harris, Taft M.
Hatton, Melvin
Hawk, Henry M., Jr.
Hawkins, John J.
Hayes, Gordon E.
Hayes, Jimmie D.
Head, James E.
Hedrick, Ollie H.
Helms, Chesley B.
Henry, Uriah
Henry, Willday G.
Hepburn, John A.
Hill, Joe H.
Hodges, William E.
Holland, Victor A.
Horton, Donevon K.
Howard, Frank E.
Howard, Jimmie
Hughes, Bert W.
Hughes, Huntley H.
Humes, Nathaniel
Hunt, Eddie Ray
Hutchinson, Louis A.
Jackson, James I.
Jackson, Loyd, Jr.
Jackson, Morris C.
Jackson, Woodrow W.
James, George W.
Janes, Fred A.
Johns, Henry Ellis
Johnson, Alphonse
Johnson, Fred M.
Johnson, Herbert E.
Johnson, Kedrick L.
Jones, Grover W.
Jure, Raphael
Keeney, C. B.
Kelley, Haley J.
Keown, Amos A.
Kinard, Erie E.
King, Albert Paul
King, Carl R.
King, George
King, George S.
King, J. H.
King, Roy Lee
Knowles, Kenneth S.
Knowles, William
Knowles, Wyburn N.
Kublick, William
Lacks, Benny L.
Lafleur, Cyrius
Lamb, Earl E.
Lane, Franklin
Lanter, Robert, Jr.
Lassiter, Robert L.
Lavender, Walter E.
Lawless, Irvin E.
Ledford, Robert H.
Lesley, Charles E.
Letu, E'arl H.
Levy, Nehemiah
Lewis, Eldon J.
Lewis, Joe W.
Lewis, John S.
Lindsay, Sydney E.
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Lindsey, I. J.
Littleton, Paul J.
Loftin, Carl
Love, Henry Ed, Jr.
Lovelace, Herbert H.
Lundy, Charles
Lyle, Earl M.
Lyle, W. Troy
Lyles, S. D.
Lynn, Lloyd H.
Mackens, Norman C.
Malone, Roy
Mantilla, Augustin A.
Marsh, Vernal V.
Martin, Hiram T.
Massengill, Frank
McAlpin, Otis A.
McArthur, Harry G.
McBean, Herbert A.
McConnell, Finis L.
McCorkle, James A.
Mccrary, Thomas E.
McElrath, John H.
McGovern, Henry E.
McGriff, Clinton E.
McKen, Samuel A.
McKenzie, James A.
McKenzie, Luke E.
McLain, Floyd Lee
McLean, Robert S.
McLean, Stanley S.
McLeod, Allie B.
McMahan, Claude R.
Meek, Daniel L.
Messer, Roy
Miller, Orley G.
Miller, Robert C.
Miller, Winston R.
Minns, Herbert L.
Minter, Byron E.
Mitchell, Virgil M.
Moore, Ernest
Morgan, Linford T.
Morris, Daniel A.
Morris, Egbert
Mosier, George E.
Moss, Herschel
Moss, John W.
Moss, Wilfred G.
Mullins, Henry R.
Murphy, Thomas H.
Murray, Gerald G.
Murray, Henry E.
Muse, Andy G.
Muse, Clyde C.
Nabors, Clymer H.
Nelson, Meridan H.
MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Newsom, Frank Perry
Newsom, Glenn E.
Newton, William L.
Nichols, Roy E.
Nolen, Elvin H.
Norris, Justin
Ogle, M. Cecil
O'Neal, R. Carlton
Ostby, Henry W.
Owens, Bunk
Owens, Edgar
Palmer, Gilbert 0. G.
Parker, Bill
Parker, Earl D.
Parker, Raymond R.
Parkerson, Johnnie C.
Parks, William B.
Parritt, Isaac F.
Paschall, Ollie
Pate, J.B.
Peachey, Walter W.
Pearce, James Stephen
Peavy, Elvie A.
Pereyra, Manuel Valle
Perkins, Clyde V.
Petty, Joel
Pharr, Samuel D.
Phelps, Albert
Phillips, Chester R.
Phillips, Henry K.
Ponder, Raymond E.
Ponder, Raymond E., Jr.
Pope, Gene P.
Pope, Kenneth B.
Possinger, Blaine L.
Powell, Calvin H.
Powell, W. Lowry
Power, C. Hugh
Pratt, Ernest W.
Pratt, Jeremiah
Preston, Samuel B.
Price, Maxie Lee
Puckett, Norman
Puckett, Oliver Windal
Purchase, Henry C.
Rahming, Cecil
Rainwater, Allen C.
Ramsay, Edward J.
Ray, G. Scott
Ray, W. Hansel
Reddish, Joe C.
Reed, Tony
Reid, Egbert H.
Reid, Ferdinand R.
Revolus, Fortune
Richards, Jim R.
Rickard, Ora Lee

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Riley, Balrin
Roberts, Stephen
Robinson, David
Robinson, Leonard M.
Rodney, Ira L.
Rodney, Vincent M.
Rodriges, Jesus Lopes
Roll, Leonard C., Jr.
Rose, Clyde G.
Ross, John N.
Rowell, Barney W.
Royal, George
Russell, Calvin D.
Russell, Earl Ray
Russell, Leslie
Saltzman, Loren Z.
Sanders, Lee
Sanford, David H.
Satchell, Webster J.
Saunders, Roland G.
Scheurer, Gideon
Scheurer, Ruben
Scoggins, Billy E.
Scott, Robert A.
Scotton, Norman J.
Sculthorp, Curtis Donald
Semexant, Charite
Seratt, Jesse D.
Sharrar, Robert C.
Shaw, James H.
Shedd, Emmett
Shenk, Kenneth L.
Shirey, John W.
Sigler, &#5505128;omas G.
Slay, Sheldon M.
Small, Aubrey Victor
Smith, Archie H.
Smith, Charles W.
Smith, Isaac
Smith, John C.
Smith, Joseph Allen
Smith, Ralph
Smith, Thomas H.
Snowden, Jack D.
Spooner, Arthur
Squires, Gladstone G.
Stahlman, Ralph L.
Stanley, Horace B.
St. Clair, Carmen E.
Story, Frank E.
Sykes, Lee A.
Taylor, Edward F.
Tenney, John H.
Theriot, Junius J.
Thigpen, Preston E.
Thomas, Cecil G.
Thomas, David
Thomas, Ralph E.
Thompson, Clifford M.
Thompson, John A.
Thompson, Oscar
Thompson, Scott S.
Thompson, Wilbur B.
Thorn, Clarence S,
Thorn, William C.
Tomlinson, Hobert M.
Tranquille, Emmanuel
Trimble, John F.
Trusty, Leslie A.
Tubbs, Everitt A.
Turin, Celestin
Turner, Henry J.
Ulysse, Florian
Upperman, William
Vaughan, Semar, Jr.
Waden, Fletcher
Wagner, Artimus L.
Walker, Stephen G.
Wallace, Millard T.
Walters, Donald E.
Walters, Joseph A.
Wall, Virgil P., Sr.
Wamsley, Wilbur J.
Wariner, Sam L.
Washburn, Cecil L.
Washington, Nathaniel
Waugh, Emanuel
Weakley, M. E.
Weaver, Charles E.
Weaver, Roy T.
Weill, Thomas D.
West, Thomas W.
Whitaker, John R.
Whitaker, Lester H.
White, Rufus L.
Whittick, Sydney 0.
Whittington, Lantis R.
Whylly, Wilbert
Wier, Robert F.
Wilcox, Clarence
Wiley, Charlie E:.
Wilkins, Mortimer I.
Wilkinson, John David, Jr.
Williams, Clarence E.
Williams, Emerson
Williams, Frank E.
Williams, Henry
Williams, Hollis R.
Williams, Hylton M.
Willis, Frank R.
Willis, Jack R.
Wilson, Hughie L.
Wilson, J. Howard
Wilson, Joseph C.
189

190 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Wilson, Wavie C.
Wood, Claud
Woods, Clifford E.
Wooten, Chester L.
Word, Timothy
Worrell, William
Worsham, James R.
Wossilek, George
Wright, Cecil
Wright, Hushel Lee
Wright, Wib
Wyant, James S.
Wyant, Ray M.
Yielding, Edward P.
Young, Joe
Zurfluh, Karl
MALE EVANGELISTS
Abad C., Geraldo
Adams, Charles E.
Adams, Drue S.
Adams, Sherman
Adderley, Henry
Adderly, Boston
Adkins, Glen E.
Adkins, Harold T.
Adkins, K. Johnny
Adkison, Alcus R.
Agee, George E.
Agreda, Basilio Martinez
Aquilar, Felipe Dominguez
Aiken, Johnie E.
Aites, E. Carl
Akers, Floyd Franklin
Akers, William J.
Akins, R. Z., Jr.
Alcaide, Adrian
Allen, Arthur
Allen, Jessie Roger
Allen, Lyndon S.
Allen, Samuel N.
Allison, William H.
Almond, Alfred D.
Alvarez, Luis Lazaro
Alyse, Arnold
Ammons, Roger
Anandam, Neethipudi
Anders, Clarence F.
Anders, Newton
Anderson, Denver
Anderson, Frank Edward
Anderson, Kenneth 0.
Anderson, Maurice H.
Anderson, Victor R.
Angervil, Saint Eugene
Antoine, Questiome
Aravena, Manuel Luis
Ard, Herman D.
Arellano, Longino Morales
Arilus, Alexis
Arnao, Juan Salinas
Arnold, R. B.
Arnold, William
Arreola, Francisco A.
Aschbacker, Tommy C.
Asirvadam, Godi
Asirvadam, S.
Athis, Davidson
Aucoin, Russell F.
Axley, William L.
Ayala, Heliodoro Gonzalez
Ayers, Oscar R.
B., Moises Giron
Bafford, Joe Lean
Baggett, L. B.
Bagley, Clarence E.
Bailes, Douglas E.
Bailey, James W.
Bailey, Jimmie D.
Bailey, L. Dean
Bailey, Larry V.
Bailey, Ottis P.
Bailey, Wilbert Joseph, Jr.
Baker, Delmar
Baker, Eugene
Baker, Gerald
Baker, Jewell F.
Baker, Jimmy D.
Baldozier, Clark H.
Baldwin, Arch J.
Banks, Maynard
Banton, Ben T.
Baptiste, Louineus
Baptiste, Michel Jean
Barbes, Rockland A.
Barbour, W. Charlie
Barclay, Henry A.
Barker, Curtis D.
Barker, Doyle D.
Barker, James C., Jr.
Barker, Ward A.
Barnes, Caleb M.
Barnes, Charles E.
Barnes, Virgil E.
Barnett, Theophilus
Barnette, Grady W.
Barnhart, Thomas W.
Barrios, Jose Augusto Gonzalez

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Barritt, William E.
Bartee, George D.
Barton, William G.
Baxter, Jerald E.
Bazelais, Ludovic
Bazzrea, Cleve A.
Bear, Richard W.
Beckles, George
Beckwith, Theodore R.
Beecham, George W.
Beecham, James S.
Beecham, Kenneth R.
Bell. Blanton C.
Bell, Calvin
Bell, H. Foster
Bell, Herman W.
Bell, L. Joe
Bell, Larry C.
Bell, Lloyd C.
Bell, Walter W.
Bell, Z. V.
Bell, Zebedee
Bellis, Walter S., III
Beneby, George M.
Beneby, Israel
Beneby, Nathaniel
Bennett, James
Benson, Billy
Bentley, John D.
Berardi, Alfred T.
Bertin, David
Bertin, Joseph Benjamin
Beshears, M. Monroe
Bhooshanam, Aradala
Bines, Franklin
Bird, James F.
Bird, Walter Lee
Bishop, Sherlin
Bishop, Terrell P.
Black, Lloyd
Black, Owen
Black, Vennis M.
Blackmon, John D.
Blair, Walter Ronald
Blakley, Foster F.
Blaniar, Charles
Blumenthal, Clifford
Blyden, Anton
Bock, Albert A.
Boeckel, Melvin D.
Boling, Roy
Bolton, Arthur H., Jr.
Bonavita, Prospero F.
Boone, James 0., Jr.
Boone, Willie Roy
Boothe, Claude S.
Boozer, Dellmar
Borgelin, Elisme
Bosler, David T.
Bostick, Marvis V.
Bounds, James W.
Bourne, Frank M.
Bowen, Donald D.
Bowman, James C.
Bowman, Thomas W.
Bowmer, Jerry M.
Bowser, George B.
Bowser, Robert H.
Boyette, John C.
Brackett, John
Braddam, Robert Lee
Bradford, Lee Roy
Bragg, Johnny H.
Braham, Cyril H.
Braham, Levi
Branch, Paul W.
Branscum, Thurman E.
Brashear, John F.
Brashear, Richard L.
Bravo, Cirpriano
Breedy, John C.
Brekeen, John C.
Brevil, Zavier
Brewster, Floyd H.
Brickey, Wiley J.
Briner, Robert Allen
Brinson, Dan J.
Brittingham, Clifford R.
Broach, Oscar R.
Brooks, Atlee N.
Brooks, Carl D.
Brooks, Kenneth W.
Brooks, Richard L.
Brooks, Royce Dee
Brower, Jerry Leon
Brown, Albert M.
Brown, Basil C.
Brown, Charles S.
Brown, Gaines W.
Brown, Hilton N.
Brown, James Cleo
Brown, James R.
Brown, L. W.
Brown, Leon
Brown, Robert W.
Brown, Will H.
Brown, Willesley
Browning, Charles E.
Browning, Charlie M.
Browning, Douglas
Bryan, James A.
Bryant, Buster
Bryant, J. D.
Bryant, Jerry E.
191

192 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Bubb, Wilby Roy
Buckles, Paul C.
Buckner, Harless L.
Bumgarner, David S.
Burgess, George W.
Burin, Kesnel
Burke, Austin A.
Burns, David E.
Burns, H. Pierce
Burrese, William E.
Burrows, Bobby Gene
Busby, Loyd M.
Bush, Willie D.
Butler, Alfred D.
Butler, Carl C.
Butler, John A.
Butler, Livingston
Butler, Marion S.
Butterfield, Thomas N.
Butts, Harold J.
By&#6684777;eld, Roy E.
Byrd, Vivian E.
Ca,FJames
Calcano, Feldinando
Caldwell, Paul A.
Caldwell, Sam W.
Caley, Wilbur S.
Calfee, B. B.
Calixte, Pierre
Callahan, Arlen W.
Callis, Henry 0.
Camacho, Federico
Cambridge, Oswald T.
Cambronne, Pierre
Cameron, Wilbur
Cameron, Willie L.
Camilus, Anaise
Camp, Floyd M.
Campbe&#7077996;, Howard B.
Campbell, Noel
Campbell, William B.
Cannon, N. Fritz
Cantrell, Roy Harold
Caraway, Wilbur C.
CarFLeonidez Garcia
Carcamo, Rafael Ernesto
Cardet, Hiram Concepcion
Cardet, Vincente Concepcion
Carey, Samuel L.
Carlyle, Paul W.
Carpenter, Eugene L.
Carpenter, Raymond A.
Carr, Jimmy 0.
Carr, Joseph G.
Carr, Oscar O.
Carrasco, Por&#6684777;rio
Carroll, Lee C., Jr.
Carter, Calvin
Carter, Dennis
Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Roy W.
Carty, Albert E.
Carty, Amos W.
Caruthers, Marion T.
Casasola, Lauro
Casseus, Phanilus
Castaneda, Victor
Castillo, Oscar Najera
Casto, Jake
Castruita, Antonio C.
Cazil, Elvelus Jh
Ceresoli, John M.
Chance, James A.
Chance, Monroe
Chancey, James D.
Chandler, Louis C.
Chapman, Herbert Clyde
Chapman, Kenneth R.
Chapman, Millard A.
Chapman, Paul J.
Chapman, William H.
Charles Dieuseul
Charles, Elvius Jean
Charles, Exavier Louis
Charles, Merius
Chavan, Peter B.
Chavis, Freeman L.
Childers, Marvin Ed
Christian, Luther K.
Christian, Paul E.
Christmas, Jessie E.
Cinens, Andre
Ciramagua, Adrian
Clark, Clarence W.
Clark, Clifford 0.
Clark, Clyde H.
Clark, E. Luther
Clark, Lyman Edward
Clark, William L.
Clawson, Clare L.
Clayton, Sherman J.
Clayton, Sherman J., Jr.
Cleaver, Autie E.
Clegg, John Wayne
Clemens, Charles
Clement, Bartlett H.
Clements, Sammie N.
Clements, William S.
Cline, James Madison
Cockrum, John H.
Coffee, Ernest J.
Cogburn, James F.
Coile, William L.
Coker, Emmett L.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cole, Robert H.
Colinet, Letellier
Colley, Aaron T.
Collie, Alfred L.
Collie, Ezekiel
Collie, Luther
Collie, Phalmon L.
Collins, Andrew
Collins, Charles E.
Collins, Elmer N., Jr.
Colon, Carlos
Colter, John D.
Colvard, Donald E.
Comer, W. J. Bryan, Sr.
Connell, James W.
Conner, Perry E.
Constantin, Delva
Cook, Talmage Claxton
Cooley, Donald Ray
Cooley, Richard Leon
Cooper, Carl C.
Cooper, Charles E.
Cooper, Erie P.
Corbitt, John Franklin
Cordon, Leocadio
Cornwall, Enoch S.
Co&#7471214;well, John C.
Correa, Arturo Hernandez
Correa, Domingo Hernandez
Correa, Salomon Hernandez
Corum, Buford T.
Couch, Steve
Cowen, Leo
Cox, Clarence
Cox, Dudley
Cox, James A.
Cox, James R.
Cox, Joel
Cox, Julias
Cox, Kenneth 0.
Cox, Marvin E., Sr.
Cox,Ray
Cox, Theodore
Cox, W. Carey
Crabbe, Howard
Crabtree, Vernon, Jr.
Cran&#6684777;eld, David P.
Craver, Edgar L.
Cravey, Kaiser
Crawford, James L.
Creasy, Donald W.
Creasy, Robert C.
Creek, Mark A.
Crenshaw, C. Louis
Creque, Nathaniel G.
Cress, William F.
Cretier, Willem, Jr.
Criddle, Clayton E.
Criswell, Burris E.
Crosby, Jimmy W.
Crowder, Hasful Clyde
Crowder, John S.
Crowder, Joseph A.
Crowe, Alfred E.
Crowe, William C.
Croyle, George C.
Culbertson, Warn R.
Cummings, Luther
Cunningham, Leonard E.
Curry, Eddie
Curry, James S.
Curry, Leroy
Curry, Mervin
Curtis, Cloyd B.
Curtis, Earl L.
Curtis, Homer N.
Curtis, Wilburn J.
Cuzmenco, Vladimir
Daley, Charles A.
Dames, Cleveland W.
Daphnis, Lavictorie
Das, Gali Maria
Daugherty, Jules E.
Daugherty, W. Delvin
David, Carl H.
David, Carmelo
Davis, Albert E.
Davis, Alfred B.
Davis, Alva L.
Davis, Clarence R.
Davis, David H.
Davis, Elza 0.
Davis, H. Lee
Davis, Herman L.
Davis, James E.
Davis, Marvin
Davis, Raymond E. L.
Davis, Richard E.
Davis, Samuel I.
Daw, Walter Lee
Dawkins, Louis C.
Daxon, David
Day, Hobert
Deal, Billy Joe
Decker, Lester T.
Dees, Kenneth Dale
DeLeon, Robert, Sr.
Deleveaux, Reuben J.
Dely, Augustin
Demorizi, Hermogene
Demosthene, Raoul
Denard, Almon G.
Dennis, William E.
Denny, Hilton 0.
193

194 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Denson, Charley E.
Deristil, Laurenti!
Derkach, Edward
Desir, Cadous
Desouza, Isaac H.
Devadanam, Kanikelli
Devadas, Bavana
Devadas, Tadipudi
Deyton, John F., Jr.
Dezormean, Aspenard
Dickens, Van M.
Dickerson, Dempsey
Dillon, Clyde T.
Din&#6750325;s, Hady
Dirlam, Roscoe V.
Dishman, James O.
Dixon, Caulie W.
Dobbs, Artis Dean
Dobson, Austin Leonard
Donahue, Aubrey W.
Donahue, Malcolm
Donahue, V. Samuel
Dooling, Loy E.
Dorcely, Augustin
Dorival, Gedeon
Doroshuk, John
Dorvil, Charles
Dorvilier, Saiddel
Dotson, Lamar
Dotson, William D.
Douglas, Charles M.
Douglas, Lionel A.
Douglas, Samuel F.
Douglas, Thomas J.
Douyon, Gabriel
Dover, Charles R.
Drake, Howard E.
Drapeau, Metelan
Drapeau, Tranquillus
Drew, Alfrado C.
Drew, George B.
Droze, Lewis N.
Drury, Homer C.
Duckworth, Clifton G.
Duclair, Pascal
Dudding, James A.
Dudding, 0. A.
Duggins, Calvin L.
Dumorey, Carmelean
Dunbar, Gilbert W.
Duncan, Thomas M.
Duncan, Wade Lee
Dunford, Fred R.
Dunn, Billy G.
DuPris, Edward R.
Durham, Odus
Durr, Charles W.
Duvall, Raymond E.
Earp, James C.
Eastburn, Charles G.
Ebron, Milton D.
Eddings, Edward D.
Eddy, Cecil F.
Edgil, Thomas Jessie
Edmondson, Donald K.
Edwards, Alvin A.
Edwards, Freddie M.
Edwards, Homer Buford
Edwards, Homer F.
Elder, Eudy C.
Eliason, Allan M.
Eliya, Chokka
Elliott, Elmer W.
Elliott, Julius E.
Ellis, Everett R.
Ellis, James 0.
Ellis, Stephen
Ellis, Tom S.
Elmore, Loyd E.
Elmore, Ray E.
Eloff, David
Elrod, Guyton M.
Elston, Robert W.
Emmanuel, Thota
Endecott, Donald L.
Engle, James M.
Englebert, James A.
Enrique, Roberto Lam
Entzminger, E. G.
Epps, Alva D.
Escue, Jessie H.
Eskew, Lexie B.
Espinoza, Philip
Esquivel, Teodoro Antonio
Esteban, Luis Aleman
Estira, Pierre
Estrada G., Eliazar
Estrada, Erudulfo
Estrada, Vincente Ramirez
Etienne, Claude
Eustache, Ttilien
Evans, Horace E.
Evans, William J.
Everett, James A. L.
Ewing, Sam
Exil, Donaiis
Faircloth, James M.
Farless, J. D.
Farmer, J. Glenn
Feltman, Raymond E.
Feltman, Thomas M., Jr.
Felts, Erbie H.
Fenderson, Walter
Ferguson, Cephas

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Ferguson, Daniel
Ferguson, Herbert E.
Ferguson, James Randolph
Ferguson, James Russell
Ferguson, Laban J.
Ferguson, Orie J.
Ferguson, Pembroke E.
Ferguson, Philip D.
Ferguson, Thomas
Fidele, Nelcius
Fils, Chery Dennean
Finch, Robert Lee
Finlayson, Rufus
Finley, Rallie J.
Fisher, Ramon Luna
Fitts, Hubert Lee
Fitzgerald, James D.
Fleming, John W., Sr.
Fleurantin, Paulin
Fleurimond, Paul
Flick, Harry R.
Flippo, Edward Earl
Flippo, George C.
Flores, Abraham
Flores, Jorge Mendoza
Flores, Leocadia Lubices
Flores, Moises Vazquez
Flowers, Allord S.
Flowers, Grady G.
Flowers, Thomas E.
Fogarty, Grover C.
Foley, William R.
Folks, Irvin Vincent
Forbes, Charles R.
Forbes, Clyde W.
Ford, Billy R.
Ford, Charles H.
Ford, William T.
Forsythe, Woodrow
Foster, Cecil A. L.
Foster, Clarence F.
Foster, Hillard E.
Foster, Olon A.
Foster, Robert J.
Fouts, Blair M.
Fox, Edward E.
Fox, James E., Sr.
Foxx, Jimmy E.
Fragoza, Ramon Rendon
Francis, Norman
Franco, Juan Antonio Ramos
Francois, Espazier
Frazier, Robert C.
Freeman, Hubert E.
Frost, Marion C.
Fuchu, Federico
Fuentes, Eugenio Morena
Fulcher, Frank Edwin J.
Fuller, Calvin L.
Fulmer, Everett L.
Furber, Caroles C.
Gabriel, Ulrick
Gaddis, J.C.
Gaddis, Millard E.
Gaddis, William L.
Gaddy, Willie
Gainey, Russell D.
Gaites, Norwood A.
Gai&#7602280;er, Grover C.
Galaviz, Antonio
Gama, Victor Liberato
Gamaliel, Barrey
Gandia, Mario
Garcia, Felix R.
Garcia, Manuel
Gardiner, Joshua V.
Gardner, William T.
Garner, James L.
Garren, William F.
Garvey, Furnie Lee
Gary, Charles M.
Gastelum, Santos Fontes
Gauthier, Vildoir
Gay, Pierce N.
Gaylor, Hank V.
Geneus, Rezius
Georges, Reginald C.
Ghalriel, Sameer Shaker
Giad, Tiaz Tounan
Gibbs, Joseph E.
Gibson, W. K.
Gibson, Wilbur A.
Gillenwater, Lawrence C.
Gillenwater, Wayne
Gilmore, Clarence L.
Giraud, Ozias
Glass, Eddie J.
Glover, John D.
Goin, Cecil L.
Goins, Gerald D.
Goins, James
Goins, Lloyd P.
Goins, Paul D.
Goins, Richard D.
Goins, William L.
Golden, William F.
Gonzalez, Feliciano Ixpata
Gonzalez, Jose Flores
Gonzalez, Luis B.
Gonzalez, Senen
Gonzalez, William
Goodman, Louis R.
Goodnight, Sam J.
Goodwin, Bennie F.
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Gordon, Robert
Goss, Douglas A.
Gossett, Thomas G.
Graham, Abraham
Graham, Benjamin A.
Graham, James Hardy
Graham, James W.
Graham, Oliver W.
Grant, Leslie D.
Grant, Willie R.
Graves, Oather B.
Gray, &#4522081;rl B.
Gray, James H.
Gray, Johnnie
Gray, Willie
Green, Ben M.
Green, Charles S.
Green, Curtis
Green, Everett
Green, Everett E.
Green, Gerald W.
Green, J.B.
Green, James H.
Green, James W.
Green, Stephen A.
Green, Walter 0.
Greenaway, William D.
Greene, Arthur
Grey, Gerald C.
Grier, E'arl T.
Griffin, Bluford B.
Griffin, Curtis T.
Grimsley, Carlisle
Grissom, David Z.
Grissom, G. C.
Guerissaint, Okes
Guerrero, Toby J.
Guerrier, Louis J.
Guillen L., Salvador
Guillermo, Crisanto
Guire, Willard F.
Gunay, Misak
Gunn, James G.
Gunn, Rayford
Gunter, Simeon W.
Gustove, Joseph
Guy, Morris L.
Guzman, Refugio
Gwin, Joseph R.
Haas, Johnnie B.
Hackler, Wendell L.
Haire, Henry M.
Haire, Lester H.
Hale, Milton B.
Hale, Thomas F., Jr.
Hall, A. John
Hall, Asa St. John
MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Hall, Donald R.
Hall, Emanuel 0.
Hall, Granville A.
Hall, Hoyte Wayne
Hall, Jacob A.
Hall, James P.
Hall, Lee Earl
Hall, Leland E'.
Hall, Lester R.
Hall, Martin T.
Hall, Reuben H.
Hall, William A.
Hamby, Curtis D.
Hamilton, Alvin T.
Hamilton, James M.
Hamilton, Vernon F.
Hamm, Leonard B.
Hamm, Leonard Ronald
Hammond, Oliver L.
Hand&#6684777;eld, Jeffrey
Hand&#6684777;eld, Shadville E.
Haney, Clifford A.
Hanks, Edward J.
Hanna, Arnold R.
Hanners, Talmadge
Hardin, Thomas 0.
Hardy, Earl H.
Hardy, Earnest
Harewood, Kenrick D.
Harkey, Ellison C.
Harper, Arnold F.
Harper, John
Harris, Eugene
Harris, Everett Lee, Jr.
Harris, Floyd J.
Harris, George L.
Harris, Grady W.
Harris, Jack D.
Harris, Lee Roy
Hartley, David H.
Hartley, Prince A.
Hartness, Tyrone
Harts&#6684777;eld, Mark T.
Harvey, Loyd J.
Haselden, Alonza H.
Haughey, James W.
Hawkins, H. Lavell
Hawkins, John S.
Hawkins, Richard M.
Haynes, Albert
Heacox, Robert P.
Headen, David
Hebert, Henry J.
Heckert, William D.
Heltcel, R. B.
Hembree, Walter D.
Henderson, Fred

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Hendrix, Harry D.
Henry, Younis W.
Henson, Wi&#7077996;i&#6357101; E.
Hepburn, Joseph
Hepburn, Steve A.
Herald, Charles F.
Heredia, Carlos
Herman, Charles T.
Hernandez, Pasqual
Hernandez M., Erasto
Herring, Charles G.
Hersey, Gerald H.
Hester, Thurman L.
Hibbert, Bernard S.
Higgs, Franklyn V.
Hiles, Dudley H.
Hill, Claudell A.
Hill, Harms H.
Hill, Wesley H.
Hockenberry, Clarence L., Sr.
Hodge, James D.
Hodge, Joseph
Hodges, Eugene
Holbert, W. C.
Holcomb, J. Willie
Holden, Elisha A.
Holden, Jesse S.
Holesapple, Dewey
Holland, Cecil R.
Holland, John F.
Holland, Mack
Hollis, Willard A.
Homan, Clifford A.
Homer, Thomas A.
Hooker, Eugene R.
Hooper, Billy L.
Ho&#7471214;buckle, A. E.
Horne, Albert B.
Horne, Clarence L.
Horner, Grady V.
Horton, Thomas G.
Horton, William H., Jr.
Hoskins, Eddie M.
Howard, William E.
Howell, Roland E.
Howton, Lewis C.
Hudgins, Curtis B.
Hudson, Mathew B.
Huff, Earl D.
Huff, Harold F.
Hughes, Alton J.
Hughes, David H.
Hughes, Frank
Hughes, Herbert A.
Hughes, Howard E.
Hughes, Joseph J.
Hughes, Moses R.
Humes, Samuel J.
Hunt, Julius R.
Hunter, Brian J.
Hunter, Ormand E.
Hust, James W.
Hutch, Raymond, Jr.
Hutchens, Willie
Hutchinson, George V.
Hutchison, Anderson U.
Hutchison, Robert W.
Hutson, Frank E.
Hutto, John R.
Hyatt, James
Ibarra, Fidel Hernandez
Ibarra, Genara Mejia
!en, Seymour M.
Infante, Manuel Estrada
Inman, Louis D.
Innocent, Diennapal
Irwin, Earl L.
Isaacs, Donald M.
Isbell, Corbie C.
Isma, Eristal
Israel, S.
Ivins, Daniel
Ivins, Harvey J.
Jackson, Bobby D.
Jackson, Carson M.
Jackson, &#4522092;lis V.
Jacobs, Edgar W.
Jacques, Andre
James, Ralph
J ammes, Thomas E.
Jarrett, Rashbert G.
Jean, Alcine
Jean, Pompilus
Jeanty, Oreus
Jefferson, Monroe
Jenkins, Charley
Jenkins, Floyd T.
Jenkins, Harvey E.
Jenkins, Jack 0.
Je&#7471214;igan, Allen M.
Je&#7471214;igan, Jesse W.
J eudi, Arouleine
Jeune, Ramean
Jimenez, Elias
Jimenez, Josue Cano
Jobe, Allen R.
Johns, Edmon W.
Johns, La&#7471218;y D.
Johnson, Bill
Johnson, Bobby, Jr.
Johnson, Claude S.
Johnson, Clevey H.
Johnson, Dolly L.
Johnson, Fred M.
197

198 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Johnson, Henry L.
Johnson, Hinton C.
Johnson, Hubert N.
Johnson, Jacobo
Johnson, James R.
Johnson, J osclyn
Johnson, Laureston B.
Johnson, Luther 0.
Johnson, Michael Lee
Johnson, Nelson W.
Johnson, Paul E.
Johnson, Uhijah
Jones, Alvin M., Jr.
Jones, Billy Ray
Jones, Calvin S.
Jones, Clarence E.
Jones, Collis
Jones, David E.
Jones, George L.
Jones, Grover C.
Jones, Harold L., Sr.
Jones, J. Thurmon
Jones, John Roy
Jones, Lewis J.
Jones, M. Corbie
Jones, Marceline N.
Jones, Oscar
Jones, Richard L.
Jones, William C.
Jones; William F.
Jordan, John
Jordan, Leslie S.
Josa, Cledor
Joseph, Cenatus
Joseph, Chery
Joseph, Dormisil
Joseph, &#7143602;anuel
Joseph, Prudent
Josleyn, Ernest E.
Josleyn, William H.
Jovial, Jacob A.
Judd, Emmett 0.
Judd, Henry M.
Juillet, Primelien
Karas, Girgis
Katrissosis, Demetrios P.
Kay, John Lemuel
Keele, Garry L.
Keenan, Allan S.
Kell, Hershel Lee
Keller, Edgar C.
Kelley, William H.
Kelly, Brazil
Kemp, Onnie M.
Kemp, Thomas J.
Kendrick, Leonard F.
Keown, Fred L.
Kephart, E. Carmack
Keys, Charles T.
Kidd, Willie S., Jr.,
Killingsworth, J. K.
Kimsey, Don
Kinard, Harold J.
Kinard, John H.
Kinder, Raymond C.
King, Cephas E.
King, Lacy T.
King, Leslie
Kirby, Marshall D.
Kitchens, Hubert L.
Kitchens, Roger Dale
Klapp, Guy F.
Klapp, Harold D.
Knight, Edmond A.
Knight, Steadman
Knowles, Curtis M.
Knowles, George H.
Knowles, Samuel V.
Kola, Nick
Kolwyck, Charles E.
Kroon, John A.
Kruckenberg, Larry K.
Krupanandam, Gannavarapu
Labosky, Philip William
Lafleur, Ephraim
Lafosse, Hermann
Laguerre, Civilus
Lahen, Antonine
Lamartine, Gerard
Lamb, Carrol D.
Lamb, William L.
Lambert, Arthur H.
Lambert, Don W.
Lambert, Glen C.
Lambert, Willie B.
Lamy, Mercilus
Lance, Ralph W.
Lane, Elmer G.
Lane, Wallace C.
Lang, Jose S.
Lang, John Henry
Laporte, Armand
Lara, Juan Francisco Garcia
Larmond, Dudley N.
Larson, Mervin N.
Larson, Verlin E.
Lashley, George
Lashley, Junior 0.
Lasure, Clifford A.
Lavigne, Robert B.
Lawley, Grady C.
Lawrence, Paul
Laws, Billy G.
Lawson, James L.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Lawson, Philip A.
Lawson, R. Dell, Jr.
Laxton, Arnold
Ledbetter, John L.
Ledford, Robert D.
Lee, Albert E.
Lee, Buster 0.
Lee, Fred A.
Lee, Wade C.
Leges, Mirabean
LeGrand, Ralph
Lemacks, Walter E.
Levy, Charles A.
Lewellyn, William
Lewis, Franklin R.
Lewis, Michael S.
Lewis, Shadrach, Sr.
Lewis, Vanuel E.
Leyva, Fortunato Munoz
Lindner, Clifford C.
Little, Robert Wayne
Litton, Wilce
Littreal, William S.
Llaneza, George S.
Lofton, Millard T.
Logan, James C.
Long, Paul M.
Longin, Septimus A.
Longstreth, David C,
Lopez, Charles G.
Lopez, Emilio Tamchez
Lopez, James K.
Lopez, Miguel Meseta
Lopez, Pedro Ruben Vazquez
Lopez, Rejiaaldo Frias
Lopez, Tereso de Jesus Aragon
Lorini, Augusto Ruano
Lorini, Rene Guano
Louis, Cedanor Pierre
Louis, Holdman Pierre
Louis, Jules Jean
Louis, Maxi D.
Louis, Oldman Pierre
Louis, Saintilhomme
Lowe, J. Wendell
Lowe, Orman E.
Lowery, Wade C.
Lowman, J. Dudley
Lowman, W. Elroy
Loyed, Jim Oscar
Lubin, Augustin
Lucas, Gilet C.
Lucero, Victor Diaz
Lucien, Luckner
Lucien, Paul
Lucien, Pierre
Lucien, T'derock
Luna, Ignacio R.
Lusch, Stephen A.
Lux X., Tomas
Lycans, P. Chalmer
Lyles, John C.
Lynn, Raymond A.
M., Oswaldo Alfonso
Madison, Bobby G.
Maerz, Marlin M.
Mahaffy, Fredrick P.
Majors, Robert Hermon
Makar, Andrew A.
Maksymchuk, Victor
Malcolm, John C.
Malec, Stanley
Mancil, Leon
Mandrusiak, Nick
Manes, Cecil W.
Mangrum, Roosevelt
Mannon, Oscar L.
Man&#3211323;1on, Tilford
Maples, James R.
Maranatharao, K.
Marcellus, Fanor
Marlow, Donald Ray
Marlowe, Herbert L.
Marticorena, Benjamin Centeno
Martin, Gladdus
Martin, Herbert D.
Martin, Herbert L.
Martin, Johnie
Martin, Krameon T.
Martin, Leonard J.
Martinez, Marcelino
Martinez, Marcos
Mason, Billy Ray
Masoud, Yousef
Massena, Eliazar
Massengale, Earl L.
Massey, George H.
Massey, Larry Joe
Massingale, Franklin R.
Massingale, William D.
Mathews, Gerald S.
Mathurin, Tvoise
Matthews, Maxwell E.
Matthews, Rudolph J., Jr.
Mattis, Stanley B.
Maxwell, Bernard
May, Clarence Edwin, Jr.
Maynard, Claude R.
Mayorga, Maximiliano Lobos
Mays, Clyde A.
McBridge, William B.
McCalla, Theophilus
Mccarley, William R.
199

200 MINUT&#4522067; OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
McClaughlin, Jess D.
McClure, Kermit
McComb, Claude H.
McCormack, Lloyd L.
McCoy, Albert
McCoy, Robert C.
McCree, Donald
McDaniel, Clarence
McDaniel, Joseph R.
McDaniel, Richard T.
McDaniel, William A.
McDaniel, Willie P.
McDonald, John W.
McDowell, Robert W.
McFall, Charles
McFarland, Lawrence L.
McGill, Neal K.
McGuffin, Herman, Jr.
McIntosh, David A.
Mclver, Floyd
McKey, Clifton E.
McLish,Frederick A.
McMillan, Odias
McNabb, Jeff D.
McTaggart, Thomas E.
Meade, Kingsley C. L.
Meade, William R.
Meadow, Orman R.
Medina, Angel
Medina, Juan Estrada
Medina, Julian Estrada
Mejia, Cornelio Monzon
Melvin, Leonard W. A., Jr.
Menard, Emmanuel
Mendez, Antonio
Mendez, Aucencio Reyes
Mendez, Espectacion. Mendez y
Mercer, Leslie L.
Merck, David Eugene
Messenger, Stanley G.
Messer, James H.
Mezidor, Sineus
Mezquita, Rogelio Antonio
Michaelson, Roger E.
Michel, Altimon
Michel, St. Aubert
Miles, Kenneth A.
Miller, Wendell H.
Miller, William M.
Millet, Donald
Millett, Canut
Mills, James W.
Minter, Doyle F.
Miskelley, James O.
Missick, Emmanuel
Missick, Hilton C.
Mixon, Roy D.
Monace, Jules
Monplaisir, Denoiis
Montague, David A.
Montero, Benigno Echi@@
Monterrosa, Guillermo S.
Montijo, Jacob
Mooney, Albert R.
Moore, Alvin
Moore, Donald E.
Moore, Earl C.
Moore, Herbert Doyle
Moore, Herman B.
Moore, James C.
Moore, James Clyde
Moore, John T., Jr.
Moore, Ralph D.
Moore, WilliamL.
Morales, Telesforo
Moreland, Charles B.
Morgan, James L.
Morgan, W. Earl
Morrell, James C.
Morris, Frederick C.
Morris, James .V.
Morris, James W.
Morris, Robert T.
Morris, Willie M.
Morrison, John W.
Morrison, King D.
Morvan, Elitesse.
Morvan, J olice
Moss, Arthur C.
Moss, Audie Gene
Moss, Clayton A.
Moss, James R.
Moss, James W.
Mounce, J. Eddie
Mounts, Donald L.
Mulkey, Truman W.
Mulkey, Willis A.
Mullins, George
Murphy, Donald L.
Murphy, Harold
Murphy, John B.
Murphy, Kenneth P.
Murray, Arthur C.
Murray, Clyde H.
Murray, Elbert L.
Murray, Thomas LeRoy
Murray, William J.
Muscadin, Julien
Muse, Joe Riley
Musial, Martin
Myers, H. Tobey
Myers, Richard G.
Myers, Vaughn E.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Myers, Walter S.
Nacius, Fervius N.
Nagel, Arthur E.
Nagel, Frederick H.
Napoleon, Marcel Jean
Navas, Juan Jose Rodriguez
Nazaire, Supertiem
Neal, Albert M.
Neal, Bert
Neal, James W.
Neal, Leonard M.
Neal, Quentin
N ehemia, Satyala
Nelson, Destin
Nembhard, Joscelyn A.
Nestor, Fenelon
Neumans, Clarence H.
New, Paul S.
Newberry, Aaron B.
Newbold, Zach J.
N ewdiger, Oscar
Newkirt, John C.
Newton, Walter
Nichols, Earl F.
Nichols, James 0., Jr.
Nicholas, Nelzil
Niles, John F.
Nixon, &#4522098;nest C.
Nobles, Jimmie L.
Noe, Pearl B.
Noe, R. Eugene
Nope, Kenneth Lee
Normon, Thomas M.
North, Reed M.
Norton, Thomas D.
Notice, St. Remy
O'Conner, Gilmore A.
O'Dell, David W.
Odom, Ronald E.
Offe, Donald E.
Oliver, Donald Zane
Oliver, James
Olmsted, Guy 0.
Oppert, Lawrence R.
Orona, Elias R.
Orr, Donald W.
Ortega M., Javier
Orvilus, Anastal
Osbou&#7471214;e, John W.
Overstreet, Judson E.
Owens, Harold J.
Owens, Odell L. (Johnny)
Pace, Billy Joe
Padilla, Edward
Page, Alton M.
Panter, Arthur T., Jr.
Pap-ite, Antoine
Paradesi, Remulla
Parke, Headley
Parker, Allard
Parker, Elbert L.
Parker, Elton B.
Parker, Harold W.
Parker, J.M.
Parker, Lafoy E.
Parr, Alston E.
Parris, Daniel F.
Parris, Floyd A.
Parton, William V.
Passmore, Wi&#7077997;on R.
Pate, Donald Louis
Pa&#7602290;ick, John Bain
Patterson, A. Jack
Patterson, Billy
Patterson, Bobby Ray
Patterson, Daryl W.
Patterson, John W.
Patterson, Oliver
Patton, James
Paul, Sadhu
Payne, Willard L.
Paynter, Willie T.
Peacock, Frank G.
Peacock, Willie, Jr.
Peak, Leroy
Pearce, James S.
Peavy, Leumoin A.
Peck, LeRoy 0.
Peek, Henry K.
Peek, Wayne
Pendergrass, Joseph C.
Peninger, A. Frank
Penn, Joseph B.
Pennel, George
Pennington, Loyd I.
Pense, Vernon
Pentecost, Charles T.
Pentecost, James D.
Perdomo, Pablo Pavon
Perez, Antonio Baltodano
Perez, Carlos Ramirez
Perez, Juan Cortez
Perez, Pedro Ramirez
Perez, Ramon
Perkins, Andrew
Perry, Charles M.
Perry, Robert P.
Peters, William E.
Peterson, Charles R.
Petty, A. Joe
Petty, Elmer Houston
Pettyjohn, Woodrow W.
Peyton, Sam H.
Phibbs, Hurley H.
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Philippe, Mauralu
Philippe, Philockes
Phillips, Joseph E.
Phillips, George W.
Phillips, J. Frank
Picard, Armand
Pierce, Troy W.
Pierre, Anastil
Pierre, Lerand Louis
Pierre, Lexius
Pierre, Michel
Pierre, Michel
Pierre-Louis, Yoassena
Pino, Jase Hernandez
Pittman, Horace
Pittman, J. K.
Pittman, Leonard J.
Pittman, Tony 0.
Pitts, John B.
Pitts, Ralph W.
Pless, Perry J.
Plumley, Bernie, Jr.
Plummer, Everett L.
Poinson, Antonio
Polete, Herman E.
Pollard, L. Lewis
Polycarpe, Oirgot
Ponce, Edilberto Zagal
Poole, Aubrey L.
Poorman, Thomas F.
Pope, Arthur C.
Pope, Willie Dee
Porter, Leslie E.
Porter, Loren M.
Porter, Monte V.
Porter, William R.
Poulakis, George
Powell, B. H.
Powell, Jesse Lee
Powell, John C.
Powell, Joseph N.
Powell, Leland Leo
Powers, Raymond L.
Prakasam, Kolati
Prasadarao, M. D.
Pratt, Emanuel
Pratt, Harold D.
Pratt, Lloyd George
Prescott, Basil
Presnell, Clifford
Prewitt, Billy R.
Price, Harrison E.
Price, Harry W.
Priester, Michael C., Jr.
Prince, Clarence A.
Prince, Joseph C.
Pruitt, Jack R.
MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Pruitt, Robert J.
Pugh, Leonard
Pulido, Martiniano Cuebas
Purdham, Harry Lee, Jr.
Pursell, Henry
Purvis, Samuel S.
Puryear, Cecil H.
Pyburn, Leslie E.
Pyles, Leonard
Queener, Glendale
Queener, Willard M.
Quick, William Alonzo
Quintera, Raul Arrollo
Quisenberry, Charles M.
R., Gustavo Rosales
Rabsatt, William E.
Raburn, Nelson W. D.
Ragan, Howell W.
Rahming, George
Ramey, W. Harry
Ramirez, Jose Fernandez
Ramirez, Leopoldo Eugenio
Ramirez, Pedro J.
Ramirez A., Lino
Ramsey, Francis M.
Raney, Sam E:.
Rao, Adidala Sundara
Rao, Mogalapu Ananda
Rao, Murla Gnana Sundara
Rao, T. R. Mohana
Rao, Vara Sundara
Rasor, Kenneth G.
Rawlins, Walker W.
Rayburn, Andrew W.
Reece, Leonard
Reed, Elvis
Reed, Harold D.
Reid, Clyde W.
Reid, David J.
Reid, Marshall T.
Reitler, Wayne
Rejouis, Wilson
Rener, George C.
Renew, John L.
Reyes, Jose Antonio
Reyes, Jose &#5505138;ejo
Reynolds, C. F.
Reynolds, James H.
Reynolds, Marshall L.
Reynolds, Robert J.
Reynolds, William R.
Rhoads, 0. Burk
Rice, Paul, Jr.
Richard, Carius
Richard, Theogane
Richards, Cecil
Richards, Leeland A.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Richardson, Basil W.
Richardson, Sherman C.
Richerson, Joe
Richmond, Earnest Carl
Ricks, James R.
Rider, Albert H.
Ridlespurge, Wesley
Riggs, Billy M.
Risch, David F.
Risner, C. W.
Roach, Obadiah
Roache, Joseph S.
Roberts, Estes M.
Roberts, Morris W.
Roberts, Richard M.
Roberts, "Virgil L.
Robertson, Stanford
Robinson, Alfred
Robinson, Cleaver U.
Robinson, Frank A.
Robinson, Guy T.
Robinson, Jack
Robinson, Monroe
Robinson, Morris
Robinson, Otto
Robinson, Otto, Jr.
Robinson, William B.
Roddy, B. Douglas
Rodriguez, Joe A.
Rodriguez, Pedro Moreno
Roe, Tannie T.
Rogers, Charles L.
Rogers, David W.
Rogers, J. Davis
Rogers, Donald Lee
Rogers, Rufus R.
Rojas, Rigoberto de Jesus
Rolle, Harry W.
Rolle, Hartman L.
Rolle, James
Rolle, Joseph W.
Rolle, Samuel J.
Romero, Alejandro Lopez
Romilus, Oxygene
Roosevelt, Shantray Jacob
Rosier, Exancer
Ross, Edgar E.
Ross, Jeremiah N.
Rowsey, Leslie A.
Ruff, Bergan C.
Russell, Charles W.
Russell, David S.
Russell, Early Keith
Russell, Walter B.
Rutherford, Arvol A.
Rutherford, Edward L.
Rymer, S. Reuben
Sabo, Georg
Sadler, George W.
Sadler, Harold D.
Safian, N asef
Saint Cyr, Hercule
Saint Hubert, Bocius
Saint-Victor, Vil
Saint Vil, Sainvilus
Sakelaris, Peter J.
Salcedo, Confesor
Salinas, Cecilio Gomez
Salmon, Willie L.
Sam, Robert L.
Sample, T. Franklin
Samuel, Bathina
Samuel, Kudelli
Samuel, S.
Samuels, Joseph L.
Samuels, Middleton H.
Sanders, Sanford S.
Sanders, Simpson
Sandoval, Roberto Ernesto
Sands, John M.
Sanner, G. A.
Santiago, Luis
Sargunam, Vietor M.
Satter&#6684777;eld, Curry
Saylor, Edward Lee
Schneider, Leon
Scott, Cecil
Scott, Lawrence D.
Scotton, H. Frank
Scotton, Lee Roy
Scotton, Marvin T.
Scotton, Willie T.
Scroggins, William E.
Seale, Charles D.
Sedwick, Dale F.
Sedwick, Wilbert J.
Segura, Matilde Hernandes
Seme, Joseph
Seratt, Otis A.
Servellon, Jose Ambrocio
Shaffer, Daryl L.
Shaw, Ronnie E.
Sheely, Floyd E.
Shelton, Curtis F.
Shelton, George R.
Shelton, Lee F.
Shepard, Jose
Shepherd, Willie M.
Shiakallis, Christos C.
Shiell, Cornelius
Shinn, Alva H.
Shipley, Claud A.
Sholar, Gene A.
Shook, Robert E.
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Shroyer, Pleonard G.
Shultz, Walter E.
Sidebottom, Warner F.
Sides, Vernil H.
Siler, Billy J.
Siley, Fitz Albert
Silver, David Ray
Silver, John K.
Simmons, Errol J.
Simmons, Jesse David
Simmons, Ottis Ray
Simpson, C. S.
Simpson, John Paul
Sincerise, Sincima
Singh, Balram
Singleton, Joe
Skaggs, Vernon L.
Skipper, Horace M.
Slayton, Colum Odell
Sloan, J. Y.
Slone, Ray
Sluder, Charlie
Smith, Cedric
Smith, Clarence G.
Smith, D. Eugene
Smith, Frank W.
Smith, Gilbert L.
Smith, H. E., Jr.
Smith, Howard L.
Smith, James F.
Smith, Jerry P.
Smith, Jesse C.
Smith, Lawrence G.
Smith, Lorvise A.
Smith, Mark D.
Smith, Marvin M.
Smith, Phillip David
Smith, Robert D.
Smith, Robert F.
Smith, Sam Allen
Smith, Sandy
Smi&#7602280;, Vernon
Smith, W. Marion
Smith, Walter S.
Smitherman, Robert L.
Snell, Walter Lee
Snow, Bobby R.
Snyder, Clarence S.
Solomon, Nalli P.
Sorel, Anylus
Soria, Santiago Soria
Soriano, Rizales
Soto, Antonio Ledezma
Sparks, Roger Dale
Speed, Steve D.
Speed, Thomas S.
Spiers, John Paterson
MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Spell, Lowron M.
Spence, Joseph ·J.
Spooner, Gregory
Spurock, J. Leslie
Spurlock, Virgil Ray
Stacy, M. Lawson
Stafford, Samuel H.
Staggs, Kennith
Standford, Malcom F.
Stanley, Charles W.
Stanley, Mosko R.
Stanton, Earl C.
Stephen, Edward D.
Stephens, Levi
Stephens, W. Walter
Sterling, David
Stevens, Adolpha
Stevens, John L.
Stewart, Carl H.
Stewart, Jack C.
Stewart, James E.
Stewart, William A.
Stone, Dallas R.
Stone, Elby Ray
Stone, James E.
Stone, Julian L.
Stoneburner, Clarence W., Jr.
Stonell, John Willie
Strachan, Joel I.
Strawn, James T.
Strecheniuk, Sergie U.
Street, William B.
Strickland, James W.
Strickland, Loyd W.
Strilec, John E.
Studdard, Leland
Stump, Robert L.
Sturgeon, James D., Sr.
Sudarsanam, Padavala
Suganharatnam, Mekala
Sullivan, J. P.
Sullivan, J. Russell
Sullivan, Lee J.
Summey, Gordon
Sutton, E. Earl
Swann, Joseph M.
Sweat, James W.
Switzer, Wilbur F.
Sykes, James T.
Sykes, Virgil J.
Syllia, Alcin
Tabor, Nolan P.
Tackett, Floyd V.
Tackett, Virgil E.
Talbert, Charlie P.
Talbott, Darel Lee
Tanner, Edward

MINUTES OF THE 61ST &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY
Tanner, Ewing E.
Tarin, Pablo G.
Tasker, Vernard
Taylor, David J.
Taylor, Earl F.
Taylor, Floyd C.
Taylor, J. W.
Taylor, John E.
Taylor, Mager M.
Taylor, Martin J.
Taylor, Melvin C.
Taylor, Segismund A.
Teems, George W.
Tellado, Domingo Ramos
Tellez, Guillermo Nunez
Templeton, George A.
Terrell, Donald
Thabor, Raphael Benigue
Thebaud, Paul
Thedor, Kurry
Theobrun, Extravius
Thomas, Egbert A.
Thomas, Henry
Thomas, Ollie C.
Thompson, Arthur F.
Thompson, Brice H.
Thompson, Denver
Thompson, Joseph D.
Thompson, Luther M.
Thorn, Cecil C.
Thornhill, Arthur M.
Tice, Thomas F.
Tijera, Ulises
Tilias, Clervius
Tillas, Tilien
Tillman, Raymond V.
Timothee, Faustin
Tittsworth, C. Allen
Tobin, Clarence R.
Todman, Ocarlo
Todman, Theophilus
Tolbert, Johnny R.
Tollison, David J.
Torres, Jose Garcia
Toussaint, Isaiah E.
Toussaint, &#4980837;on
Townsend, Kenneth R.
Townsend, Lo&#7209070;ie
Tra&#6684777;canto, Frank J.
Trammell, William H.
Tribble, Arule
Trogdon, Robert L.
Trotter, Charles P.
Tubbs, Ira W. D.
Tuesta, Milecio
Turner, Clifford Gene
Turner, Garland L.
Turner, Larry D.
Turner, Linford A.
Turner, Willie L.
Urias, Melchor Agundez
Urseth, Loren H.
V., Maximiliano Castaneda
Valasquez, Benito Ramirez
Valentin, Thercilon
Valenzuela R., Isabel
Valera, Juan Basora
Vandever, Wesley
Van Hoose, Ronald D.
Vanover, Morton Y.
Vargas P., Felipe
Varnadore, Homer G.
Vassel, Cecil A.
Vaughn, Gerry G.
Vaughn, Wayne M.
Velazquez, Anacleto
Vil, Faustin
Vilcin, Olinma
Vinson, Floyd S.
Vinson, R. Hardy
Wadlington, David B.
Wagar, Philip A.
Wagner, Leonard E.
Wakeman, George H.
Wakeman, John M.
Walker, Charles T.
Walker, Edward Jim
Walker, Elmer G.
Walker, Frederick U.
Wallace, Carl A.
Wallace, Raymond
Wallace, S. Raeford
Waller, Melvin
Walraven, Wallace
Walters, Henry L.
Walters, Larry M.
Ward, Lee Pope
Ward, Lynton
Washburn, Fred E.
Washington, William C.
Waters, Melvin Lee
Watson, James C.
Watts, Albert C.
Watts, Grayer H.
Watts, Lewis D.
Waugh, Robert L.
Weatherford, Jadean
Weathers, Joseph T.
Webb, Francis J.
Webb, Samuel E.
Webb, Wiseman W.
Webbe, James N.
Webster, Davis Keith
Weetly, Laws
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Welch, Charles E.
Welch, D. L.
Weldon, Andrew J.
Wells, Lamar A.
Wells, Ralph V.
Wentz, James H.
Wesley, John
Wesley, Jovis E.
West, Earl C.
West, Furman F.
West, John Henry
Westberg, David E.
Westberry, Lois Daniel
White, Billy Joe
White, Henry L.
White, Hubert
White, Joe Thomas
White, Olen
White, William E.
Whitener, Glen W.
Whitney, Wallace C.
Whittaker, James D.
Whitten, Frank Ray
Whittington, Jessie R.
Wickline, C. Russell
Widener, Loy W.
Wiggins, Everette H.
Wilda, John Jerry
Wiley, Jackie D.
Wilkerson, Delbert M.
Wilkins, Kenneth C.
Williams, Alexander, Jr.
Williams, Alphaeus
Williams, Alton T.
Williams, Arnold F.
Williams, Chester A.
Williams, Cleveland T.
Williams, Ephraim H.
Williams, Ethor T.
Williams, Everett C.
Williams, Franklyn R.
Williams, Fred D.
Williams, Isaiah
Williams, John R.
Williams, Raymond E.
Williams, Rennie L.
Williams, Sydney W.
Williams, T. Homer
Williams, Tharapatla
Williams, Timothy
Williamson, Toxie L.
Willingham, Wallace E.
Willis, Clifford
Willis, Eldredge
Willis, J. Lee
Willis, James F.
Wills, William C.
Wilson, Arthur L.
Wilson, C. C.
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, E&#7471162;vin T.
Wilson, Joseph R.
Wilson, Leonard P.
Wilson, Wendell C.
Wimpey, Dewey C.
Winchester, Charles C., Jr.
Winkles, Albert L.
Wisdom, Alfred
Wiseman, Gary D.
Witt, Warren S.
Witter, Easton M.
Wolfe, George Donald, Sr.
Wolf gong, Lester J.
Womack, Clayton E.
Woods, Robert Lee
W ossilek, Joseph
Wright, Stanley A.
Wyant, Nelson E.
Yarborough, Ingram M.
Yoder, Eli
York, Isaac H.
York, Nathan
Young, Charles H.
Young, David E.
Young, Joseph E.
Youssef, Dawoud
Zabaleta, Alberto Ortiz
Zamor, Laheus
Zidor, Josa
Zornes, Richard L.
FEMALE EVANGELISTS
Abernathy, Miss Anzella
Ables, Mrs. Florene E.
Abrams, &#5046386;s. Mildred
Adams, Mrs. Doris A.
Adams, Mrs. Opal D.
Adderly, Mrs. Edith D.
Adkins, Mrs. Katie Lee
Aites, Mrs. Margaret L.
Akin, Mrs. Irene O.
Alderette, Mrs. Sue K.
Allen, Miss E. Lucile
Allen, Miss Frances
Allen, Mrs. Janettie M.
Allen, Mrs. Josephine A.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa L.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa Mae

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 207
Allen, Mrs. Silla
Amaya, Miss Clara Dias
Ammons, Mrs. Dorothy C.
Anderson, Miss Delephine
Anderson, Mrs. Gladys
Anderson, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Anderson, Miss Julia M.
Anderson, Mrs. Thelma C.
Andrews, Mrs. Esther A.
Aprazin, Miss Cecile
Ard, Mrs. Doris E.
A&#7471214;old, 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. Rose A.
Bailey, Mrs. Clara Mae
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.
Banker, Mrs. Dovie D.
Banks, Mrs. Nellie
Barbee, Mrs. Mary E.
Barker, Miss Evelyn R.
Barnett, Mrs. Johnnie Kate
Barnett, Mrs. Lorena
Barrett, Mrs. Jenna Lee
Barrett, &#5046386;s. Pearlene A.
Bartley, Mrs. Dona
Batchelor, Miss Amy
Bates, Mrs. Maxine L.
Bates, Mrs. Patricia L.
Baxter, Mrs. Marie E.
Baxter, Mrs. Velma M.
Bazelais, Mrs. Ludovic
Beach, Mrs. Veronica
Beard, Mrs. Amanda Irene
Beasley, Mrs. Judith M.
Beck, Mrs. Rowena M.
Beecham, Mrs. Lottie B.
Beers, Mrs. Goldie G.
Bell, Mrs. Esther
Bell, Mrs. Lillian M.
Bell, Mrs. Yvonia J.
Bellis, Mrs. Margel J.
Beneby, Mrs. Dorinda
Benedyk, Mrs. G. Imogene
Bennett, Miss Ana May
Bennett, Mrs. &#5046377;ldred C.
Best, Mrs. Victoria
Bethel, Mrs. Evelyn
Betterson, Mrs. Emma Lee
Bird, Mrs. Gwynneth F.
Bivens, Mrs. WilmaP.
Blackerby, &#5046386;s. Ida S.
Blanchard, Mrs. Mary A.
Bland, Mrs. Wilma
Bliss, Mrs. Gladys R.
Bogle, Mrs. Iris
Bolton, Mrs. Lillian
Bonham, Mrs. Elizabeth Irene
Bougle, Mrs. Emeline A.
Bounds, Mrs. E. Pauline
Bowden, Mrs. Euna
Bowerman, Mrs. Galathia R.
Boyles, Miss Willard H.
Brackett, Mrs. Damie M.
Brackett, Mrs. Elsie L.
Bradburn, Mrs. Alice E.
Bradford, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradley, Mrs. Evelyn
Bradley, Mrs. V. Irene
Bradshaw, Mrs. Louie V.
Brady, Mrs. Ruby
Brewster, Adelia Keturah
Britt, Mrs. Lora M.
Brock, Mrs. Amy Chloe
Brock, Mrs. Ruby L.
Brockington, Mrs. Rosa Lee
Brooks, Mrs. Hattie L.
Brooks, Mrs. Nellie C.
Brown, Miss Beryl
Brown, Mrs. Doris May
Brown, Mrs. Enid E.
Brown, Mrs. Kathryn J.
Brown, Mrs. Leatha L.
Brown, Miss Linette
Brown, Mrs. Ruby 0.
Brown, Mrs. So&#6684777;ra V.
Brumley, Mrs. Estrianna
Bryan, Mrs. Cynthia M.
Buchanan, Mrs. Willie B.
Buchanan, Mrs. Miriam S.
Buie, Mrs. M. Kate
Burchett, Mrs. Leona
Burton, Mrs. Dorothy L.
Butler, Mrs. Estelle L.
Butter&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Aurelia B.
Butts, &#5046386;s. Louise
Cabler, Mrs. Lessie
Cabrera, Mrs. Rosa Capellano de
Caldwell, Mrs. Adelle Mae
Calfee, Mrs. Margueretta
Callahan, Mrs. Polly G.
Cambridge, Mrs. Malinda N.
Camden, Mrs. Pearl
Camink, Miss Verda

208 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Camp, Mrs. Mae Ellen
Campbell, Mrs. Vera Nell
Carden, Mrs. Pauline 0.
Carroll, Mrs. Nettie R.
Carter, Mrs. Artiller
Carter, Mrs. Willie D.
Carty, Miss Madeline A.
Carver, Mrs. Eva
Case, Mrs. Nora Grace
Cason, Mrs. Mamie
Cates, Mrs. Pearl
Caudill, Mrs. Eileen
Chain, Mrs. Elizabeth R.
Champion, Mrs. Zilphia
Chapman, Mrs. Gladys
Charles, Mrs. Andre Jn.
Chatham, Mrs. Amanda
Chatham, Mrs. Dean
Chellayamma, Mrs. Mundru
Childers, Mrs. Gladys
Clapham, Mrs. M. Bernice
Clark, Mrs. Allie
Clark, Mrs. Anna Belle
Clark, Mrs. Bertha
Clark, Mrs. Geneva B.
Clark, Mrs. Roberta
Clark, Mrs. Sylvia
Clark, Mrs. Veda M.
Clarke, Mrs. Jane A.
Clay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Cleaver, Mrs. Beulah D.
Cleland, Mrs. Beulah J.
Clemens, &#5046386;s. Eleanor
Clemens, Miss Audrey
Cline, Mrs. Joanne
Cobb, Mrs. Frances E.
Cochran, Miss Neita Fay
Codrington, Miss Jane
Cole, Mrs. Bessie B.
Coleman, Mrs. Melita
Collie, Mrs. Drusilla L.
Collins, Mrs. Bettie Lee
Colvin, Mrs. Stella Ruth
Concepcion, Mrs. Coral Cardet
Connor, Mrs. Elvira M.
Cooke, Mrs. Ena V.
Cooley, Mrs. Eula M.
Cooley, Mrs. Louise
Cooper, Mrs. Flora B.
Corlew, Mrs. Bessie E.
Corlew, Mrs. Mattie
Corn, Mrs. Linda C.
Corniffe, Mrs. Lureen M.
Costa, Mrs. Gwendolen A. de
Costas, Mrs. Jenny P.
Couch, Mrs. Mary E.
Cowart, Mrs. Mary Lou
Cox, Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Cox, Mrs. F. Avonelle
Cox, Mrs. Mary
Craig, Mrs. Marion M.
Craven, Mrs. Lena C.
Craver, Mrs. Bernice I.
Craver, Mrs. Era Bee
Crenshaw, Mrs. Nell M.
Criswell, Mrs. Audrey C.
Crook, Mrs. C. Adelle
Crooks, Mrs. Inah
Cross, Mrs. Estella
Cross&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Rose B.
Culbertson, Mrs. Beulah
Culmer, Mrs. Rosanna
Cupit, Mrs. Mable
Currithers, Mrs. Louise A.
Curry, Mrs. Elsie
Curry, Mrs. Lois
Curry, Mrs. Mollie B.
Curtis, &#5046386;s. Dolores G.
Curtis, Mrs. Dorris Rolle
Curtis, Mrs. Letha
Curtis, Mrs. Verlee
Daley, Miss Florence M.
Darnell, Mrs. Eula Mae
Darnell, Mrs. Louise A.
Davenport, Mrs. Zillie Mae
Davidson, Miss Kathleen
Davidson, Mrs. Luella
Davis, Mrs. Audra
Davis, Mrs. C. Evelyn
Davis, Mrs. Daisy
Davis, Mrs. Ludie
Davis, Mrs. Maisy
Davis, Mrs. Nannie
Davis, Mrs. Rachel E.
Davis, Mrs. Sarah
Daxon, Mrs. Ophelia E.
Day, Mrs. Ethel Mae
Deadrick, Mrs. Dorothy
Dean, Mrs. Catherine M.
Dean, Mrs. !vis G.
Decker, Mrs. Maxine
Delancy, Mrs. F. Corene
Dely, Miss Mezina
Denegal, Mrs. Mary
Deveaux, Mrs. Tereseta
Dickey, Mrs. Lois M.
Dickinson, Mrs. Dessie F.
Dillon, Mrs. Doris E.
Dingler, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Dinkel, &#5046386;s. Mina Mae
Dishman, Mrs. Leva
Dison, Miss Mabel
Dobbs, Mrs. Catherine L.
Dodson, Mrs. Dorothy

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Donaldson, Mrs. Beatrice N.
Donna&#6684777;eld, Mrs. JoAnn
Dorsett, Mrs. Cora L.
Douglas, Mrs. Blaselma
Douglas, Mrs. Ella Mae
Douglas, Mrs. L. Christine
Driedger, Mrs. Susan
Dubique, Mrs. Anesta
Duckett, Mrs. Lucille
Duncan, &#5046386;s. Jane E.
Dunning, Mrs. Ima L.
Duvall, Mrs. Gladys K.
Duvoll, Mrs. L. Della
Dwire, Mrs. Bessie C.
Dyer, Mrs. Hazel L.
Edra&#7077993;n, Mrs. Dorothy E.
Edward, Mrs. Zelenna
Elder, Mrs. Jessie M.
Eldridge, Mrs. Opal Jean
Elliott, Mrs. Ruth E.
Ellis, Mrs. Ova L.
Ellis, Mrs. Rosetta L.
Emerson, &#5046386;s. Earlean
Emery, Mrs. Stella
Endecott, Mrs. Edythe
Endecott, Mrs. Ruth A.
English, Mrs. Ruby
Estes, Mrs. Amer V.
Estira, Mrs. Oremise
Evans, Mrs. L. Inez
Evans, Mrs. Marie
Ezell, Mrs. Ada L.
Faircloth, Mrs. D. Maxine
Farris, Miss Mabel W.
Ferguson, Mrs. Addie A.
Ferguson, Mrs. Lillie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Marrie E.
Ferro, Mrs. Maria 0. de
Fields, Mrs. Pearl
Finch, Mrs. H. Romaine
Finch, Mrs. N. Evelyn
Fitts, Mrs. 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
Florence, Mrs. Tarapatla
Foltz, Mrs. Lena E.
Forbes, Mrs. Lallye Lee
Forbes, Mrs. Semmie D.
Forbes, Mrs. Whitleen M.
Foreman, Mrs. Thelma L.
Forrester, Mrs. Annie Bell
Foshee, Mrs. E. Elvena
Foster, Mrs. Ella Mae
Fouts, Miss Lettie L.
Fox, Mrs. Medora M.
Fox, Mrs. Nettie M.
Fox, Mrs. Treva Lee
Foxx, Mrs. Virginia
Francis, Mrs. Bernice
Francis, Mrs. Enid L.
Francis, Mrs. Julia D.
Francis, Mrs. Marrian A.
Francis, Mrs. Pearlyn M.
Franklin, Mrs. Erma L.
Freeland, Mrs. M .. Laverne
Freeman, Mrs. V. Marie
Fritts, Mrs. Edna Mae
Fulcher, Mrs. Lillian A.
Furber, Mrs. Chloe M.
Gardner, Mrs. Aldyth
Gardner, Mrs. Lillian E.
Gardner, Mrs. Lucy
Garner, Miss Beverly
Garrett, Mrs. Adelaide
Gary, Mrs. K. Elizabeth
Gay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Gaylor, Mrs. Mildred L.
Gentry, Mrs. Pearl M.
Gerome, Mrs. Richard
Gibson, Mrs. Althea E.
Gibson, Mrs. Clara W.
Gibson, Mrs. Emily P.
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.
Gladney, Mrs. Clemmie P.
Gladwell, Mrs. Marie M.
Glasgow, Mrs. Isalene B.
Glaviano, Mrs. Bettye M.
Godfrey, Mrs. Daphne
Godfrey, Mrs. Matilda
Goin, Mrs. Mary M.
Goldsmith, Mrs. Martha
Gomez, Mrs. Raquel Lopez de
Gonzalez, Mrs. Maria F. de
Goodnight, Mrs. Rebecca J.
Goodwin, Mrs. Neta Pearl
Gosnell, Mrs. Bertie Pauline
Gossett, Mrs. May
Graham, Mrs. Flora
Graham, Mrs. Lydia M.
Graham, Mrs. Repha Leata
Grant, Miss Bernice A.
Grant, Miss Gladys A.
Grant, Mrs. Sarah
Grant, Miss Vashti E.
209

210 MINUTES OF THE 61ST A&#5111886;UAL ASSEMBLY
Grantham, Mrs. Stella
Grassi, Miss Ruby M.
Gray, Mrs. Christene B.
Green, Mrs. Julia E.
Green, Mrs. Marie
Green, Mrs. Rosa M.
Gregg, Mrs. Julia J.
Grier, Mrs. Edith R.
Groom, Mrs. Grace E.
Grubbs, Mrs. Lillian D.
Guire, Mrs. Hazel G.
Guire, Mrs. Lois
Gusman, Mrs. Marie R.
Hadden, Mrs. Lillie J.
Hagood, Mrs. M. Kathleen
Haley, Mrs. Irene M.
Hall, Mrs. Babe
Hall, Mrs. Dolly L.
Hall, Mrs. Madlin E.
Hall, Mrs. Olive F.
Hall, Mrs. Sadie Mae
Halpain, Mrs. Shirley L.
Hamby, Mrs. Arnetter
Hamilton, Mrs. Mary E.
Hamilton, Miss Thomazina
Hamm, Mrs. Mary Lois
Hampton, Mrs. Estella Cheek
Hampton, Mrs. Mary Lou
Hancock, Mrs. Nellie Rae
Hand&#6684788;eld, Mrs. Ethel R.
Hand&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Evelyn
Hand&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Josephine
Haney, Mrs. Ionee L.
Hanna, Mrs. Gertrude E.
Hannah, Mrs. Bessie E.
Hansel, &#5046386;s. D. Geneva
Hardin, Mrs. Dora Maye
Hardin, Mrs. Sylvia
Hardy, Mrs. Betty Ruth
Harmon, Mrs. Alice P.
Harmon, Mrs. Sara K.
Harper, Mrs. Marjorie G.
Harriett, Mrs. Bertha
Harris, Mrs. Etta Belle
Harris, Mrs. Ila Lee
Harris, Mrs. Susie L.
Harvey, Mrs. Bessie Rae
Haselden, Mrs. Eunice
Haughton, Miss Emeline
Hawkins, Mrs. Clara M.
Hawkins, Mrs. Shirley E.
Headden, Miss Carolyn
Headen, Mrs. Pecolia C.
Heath, Miss Minnie M.
Hebb, Mrs. Mona
Heieie, Mrs. Eunice G.
Helms, Mrs. Ruth
Helms, Mrs. Verla M.
Henderson, Mrs. Barbara J.
Henderson, &#5046386;s. Willie
Henry, Mrs. Gladys
Henry, Mrs. Maud
Hensley, Mrs. Vivian
Henson, Mrs. Patricia A.
Herne, Miss Amelie Vital
Herne, Miss Ninon Vital
Herne, Mrs. Surina
Herring, Mrs. Elizabeth
Herring, Mrs. Vera W.
Hester, Mrs. Sarah Ellen
Hibbitts, Mrs. Cora
Higdon, Mrs. Grace
Higgins, Mrs. Ketureh
Hill, Mrs. Orpha
Hill, Mrs. Patricia
Hill, Mrs. Princie Ella
Hindman, Mrs. Gladys G.
Hines, Mrs. Mary Jane
Hodge, Miss Carmelia
Hodge, Mrs. Elvira R. L.
Hodge, Mrs. Nettie Mae
Hodge, Mrs. Rosetta E.
Hodges, Mrs. Magdalene
Holcomb, Mrs. Annie
Holden, Mrs. Missouri Mae
Holland, Mrs. Berta V.
Holley, Mrs. Estefania F.
Hollingswor&#7602280;, &#5046386;s. Ella
Holman, Mrs. Willie Menia
Hopper, Mrs. Lydia
Horton, Mrs. Evadna H.
House, Mrs. Ruth M.
Howard, Mrs. A valeen
Howard, Mrs. Elva
Hudson, Mrs. Floy A.
Hudson, Mrs. Susie
Hughes, Mrs. Annie Maria
Hughes, Mrs. Clyde M.
Hughes, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes, Mrs. Lorene
Hughes, Mrs. Ruby
Humes, Mrs. Eliza J.
Hunt, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Hunter, Mrs. Letitia
Huskins, Mrs. Rosie L.
Ibrahim, Mrs. Julia
Ingraham, Mrs. Nora G.
Inman, Mrs. Mary E.
Istoris, Mrs. Ru&#6684777;na C.
Ivins, Mrs. Bertha
Jackson, Mrs. Jannie
Jackson, Mrs. Sula
Jacobs, Mrs. Beulah
Jacobs, Mrs. Clarice D.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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, &#5046386;s. Florence M.
Johnson, Mrs. Gealeta
Johnson, Mrs. Geneva M.
Johnson, Mrs. Gwendolyn V.
Johnson, Mrs. Mamie
Johnson, Mrs. Maria J. 0. de
Johnson, Mrs. Mary H.
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Mirtella
Johnson, Mrs. Nannie Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Pauline
Johnson, Mrs. Ramona Faye
Johnson, Mrs. Sarah E.
Jones, Mrs. A. Irene
Jones, Mrs. Berniece
Jones, Miss Elsie
Jones, Mrs. Frances L.
Jones, Mrs. Hannah
Jones, Mrs. Lizzie M.
Jones, Mrs. Mildred F.
Jones, Mrs. Omega R.
Jones, Mrs. Princess C.
Jones, Mrs. Treava
Jones, Mrs. Wilma K.
Jordan, Mrs. Jennie L.
Jordan, Mrs. Lena Mae
Jordan, Mrs. Virginia
Jose, Mrs. Frieda K.
Josephs, Mrs. Hilda
Joyce, Mrs. Victoria
Jubuisson, Mrs. Thermon&#6684777;ls
Karunamma, Mrs. Doddi
Karunamma, Mrs. Padavala
Keadle, Mrs. Cora M.
Keeling, Mrs. Eileen M.
Keen, Mrs. Maud H.
Kemp, Mrs. Mae&#6684777;eld
Kempuratnamma, Mrs. M.
Kennedy, Mrs. Lola P.
Key, Mrs. Pauline
Kinard, Mrs. Myrtle
King, Mrs. Lucy
King, Mrs. Mary M. •
Knight, Miss Margaret
Kuffler, Mrs. Alice I.
Kumari, Mrs. Vinuthi
Ladoo, Mrs. Mariana J.
Lake, Miss Edna E.
Lambert, Mrs. Mildred A.
Lampley, Mrs. Euna M.
Lance, Mrs. Daisy D.
Lane, Mrs. Maisie &#5177458;leta
Laney, Miss Joyce C.
Lang, Mrs. Clara M.
Lanter, Mrs. Ann Louise
Lavender, Mrs. Bobbie Lee
Lawrence, Mrs. Malvina
Lawrence, Mrs. Hattie B.
Lawrence, Mrs. Thelma
Lawson, Miss Ruth H.
Lawton, Mrs . &#3014730;eannette W.
Lay, Mrs. Ina A.
Layman, Mrs. Carrie Mae
Lazenby, Mrs. Ellen
Lear, Mrs. Ada E.
Ledford, Mrs. Carrie L.
Lee, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Lee, Mrs. Nettie R.
Leeper, Mrs. DeLila Z.
Lefler, Mrs. Ellen P.
Lesniak, Mrs. B. Clara
Lester, Mrs. Goldia
Lewin, Mrs. Amy Elizabeth
Lewis, Mrs. Essie B.
Lightener, Mrs. Ivy Norvella
Ling, Mrs. Eunice
Linville, Mrs. Cleo
Lobban, Mrs. Daisy Maye
Logsdon, Mrs. Mae
Long, Mrs. Veneda T.
Lord, Miss Barbara Joan
Louis, Mrs. Holdman Pierre
Louk, Mrs. Anna
Love, Mrs. Anna Lois
Love, Mrs. Betty Lou
Lovell, Miss Jimmye E.
Lovill, Mrs. Katherine L.
Lowe, Mrs. Lela
Lowman, Mrs. Euna
Luck, &#5046386;s. Rettie E.
Lunan, Miss Mavis
Lunn, Mrs. Susan
Maddox, Mrs. Robertine
Malone, Mrs. Margaret F.
Mandrusiak, Mrs. Mildred
Maney, Mrs. Sava&#7209070;ah G.
Manning, Mrs. Norma L.
March, Mrs. Princess A.
Mariamma, Mrs. Dara
Marique, Mrs. Mary
Martin, Mrs. Ceola
Martin, Mrs. Fannie L.
Martin, Mrs. Maude
Martinez, &#5046377;ss M. Eusebia
211

212 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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
McCay, Mrs. Pansy
McClure, Mrs. Margaret
McClure, Mrs. Verna Joyce
McCoy, Mrs. Nellie Sue
McCoy, Mrs. Sallie J.
Mccutchen, Mrs. Alma L.
McGaha, Mrs. Lillie
McGehee, Mrs. Missie M.
McGlothlin, Mrs. Onaway
McGreger, Mrs. Leona
McIntosh, &#5046386;s. _Rosa L_ee
Mciver, Mrs. Minnie
McLain, Mrs. Iris.G.
McLarine, Mrs. Louise
McLaughlin, Mrs. Lottie
McLean, Mrs. Avis
McLean, Mrs. Julia
McLean, Mrs. Rosetta May
McLeggan, Mrs. Elmera
McLeod, Mrs. Maria B.
McNeill, Mrs. Lucile
McTaggart, Mrs. Lottie C.
Mendoza, Mrs. Guadalupe C.
Metcalf, Mrs. Edna A.
Mighty, Mrs. Louise
Miller, Mrs. Girthree B.
Miller, Mrs. Marianne
Millet, Mrs. Albertha D.
Miner, Mrs. Iva
Minter, Mrs. Minnie Lee
Miracle, Mrs. Helen A.
Miskelly, Mrs. H. Christine
Mitchell, Mrs. Miriam M.
Mixon, Mrs. Dorotha V.
Molina, Mrs. Iva Isbell Kelman de
Montgomery, Mrs. Mary
Montgomery, Mrs. Maxine
Montgomery, Mrs. Wanda
Moore, Mrs. Carmen R.
Moore, Mrs. Dorothy L. V.
Moore, Mrs. Ethel
Moore, Mrs. Helen Jolene
Moore, Mrs. Idellie
Moore, Mrs. M. Maxine
Morgan, Mrs. Jerusha
Morris, Mrs. Alice E.
Morris, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mortimer, Miss Alicia R.
Moss, Mrs. Annie W.
Moss, Mrs. Cecilia
Moss, Mrs. Fannie R.
Moss, Mrs. Lenetta B.
Motes, Mrs. Avvis
Mount, Mrs. Clara T.
Mowatt, Mrs. Clementina
Moxley, Mrs. Alice V.
Mullenax, Miss Mary L.
Mullings, Mrs. Mandeleto By&#6684777;eld
Mullins, Mrs. Ila L.
Mullins, Mrs. Sophia
Murray, Mrs. E. Marie
Murray, Mrs. Isis
Murray, Mrs. Mary
Murray, Mrs. Oma Lee
Nageswaramma, Mrs. Munduri
Neal, Mrs. Lenora
Neal, Mrs. Sybil S.
Neblett, Mrs. Lily Bell
Nesmith, Mrs. Mary L.
Newbold, Mrs. Leanna
Newdiger, Mrs. Mary Z.
Newsome, Mrs. Opal
Nichols, Mrs. Ethel L.
Nichols, Mrs. LaVera
Nichols, Mrs. Merline G.
Nicholson, Mrs. Josephine
Nielly, Mrs. Gladys
Nobles, Mrs. Dorothy F.
Noe, Mrs. Dorothy L.
Norris, Mrs. Sarah K.
Nunez, Mrs. Maria de Jesus de
Nunnery, Mrs. Flora
Octella, Miss Rosette
Odom, Mrs. Phenia T.
Odom, Mrs. Rena K.
Oldham, Mrs. Della Mai
Olbrice, Mrs. Sauveur
Olson, Mrs. Nora L.
O'Neal, Mrs. Mildred
Orosco, Mrs. Natalia
Overstreet, Mrs. Laura
Owen, Mrs. Villar
Paden, Mrs. Muriel L.
Padgett, Mrs. Pearline
Palmer, Miss Eva Mae
Palmer, Miss Mary C.
Palmer, Mrs. Maxine
Palmore, Mrs. Jersey Bell
Paquinett, Miss Josie B.
Parker, Mrs. Eunice Faye
Parton, Mrs. Bettye June
Paschall, Mrs. Susie
Pate, Mrs. Faith Ellen
Patterson, Mrs. Nettie

MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 213
Paul, Mrs. Salome A.
Payne, Mrs. · Mamie E.
Payne, Mrs. Velma L.
Pearce,. Mrs. Zipporah
Peavy, Mrs. Katharine I.
Pebworth, Miss Lois Jean
Peeler, Mrs. Ozell
Pentecost, Mrs. Helen L.
Perez, Mrs. Belen C.
Perez, Mrs. Paz de
Perry, Mrs. Ruby P.
Persinger, Mrs. N. Elizabe&#7602280;
Phelps, Mrs. Pauline
Phillips, Mrs. Effie M.
Phillips, Mrs. Myrtle I.
Picard, Mrs. Armand
Pickering, Miss Irene
Pickersgill, Miss Sylvia A.
Pierresaint, Mrs. Olibrum
Pittman, Mrs. &#4522093;ma E.
Pittman, Mrs. Geraldine
Pittman, Mrs. Macy
Pollard, Mrs. Vera A.
Pope, Mrs. Margaret Mae
Pope, Mrs. Sharon M.
Porter, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Possinger, Mrs. Helen M.
Potter, Mrs. Alice E.
Potts, Mrs. Vadie
Powell, Mrs. Alberga
Powell, Mrs. Clarice E.
Powell, Mrs. Madge
Pratt, Mrs. Rebecca
Pratt, Mrs. Rosetta Maycock
Pressgrove, Mrs. Martha Mae
Pressley, Mrs. Rebecca
Price, Mrs. Alma J.
Price, Mrs. Freda
Price, Mrs. Martha
Pulliam, Mrs. Mamie
Pyles, Mrs. Jessie M.
Qualls, Mrs. Dicie E.
Quarles, Mrs. Doris
Qui, Mrs. Doris J.
Ramirez, Mrs. &#5505138;inidad H. de
Ramsey, Mrs. Mary
Randall, Mrs. Cora L.
Randall, Miss Laura Allene
Randolph, Mrs. Nola K.
Rappe, Mrs. Goldie B.
Rawls, Mrs. Veral
Rawlins, Mrs. Jettie L.
Ray, Mrs. Eva
Reed, Mrs. Edna E.
Reese, Mrs. Vera
Reid, Mrs. Luvenia
Reid, Mrs. Myrtis
Rejouis, Mrs. Wilson
Reynolds, Mrs. Hattie E.
Richards, Mrs. Juanita
Richmond, Mrs. Nellie
Ricks, Mrs. Sophia
Riggs, Mrs. Alma Lorene
Rinehammer, Mrs. Nora O.
Risch, Mrs. Margaret A.
Rivers, Mrs. Nettie L.
Roberts, Mrs. Bonnie F.
Roberts, Mrs. Mysterious D.
Robertson, Miss &#4259950;na Louise
Robertson, Mrs. Thelma Louise
Robinson, Mrs. Esmada
Robinson, Miss Hazel C.
Robinson, Miss Mabel
Robles, Mrs. Petra C.
Rochester, Mrs. Freda I.
Roden, Mrs. Mildred M.
Rodney, Mrs. Vera Pearl
Rodriguez, Mrs. Josefa R.
Rodriguez, Mrs. Sara Valle
Rogue, Mrs. Amada Leal Linda de
Roman, Mrs. Alfonsina S.
Romer, Mrs. Margaret
Romero, Miss Enedina Lascurain
Roodamma, Mrs. Bavana
Roosevelt, Mrs. Pushpa S.
Rosales, Mrs. Delia Corina de
Rosales, Mrs. Francisca M. V. de
Rose, Mrs. A. Dorthalene
Rountree, Mrs. Ione
Ruano, Mrs. Micaela Lorini
Rubidoix, Mrs. Bella
Rubio, Mrs. Clara Luz
Rude, Mrs. Sharon K.
Rye, Mrs. Edna
Sahai, Mrs. Ivy H.
Saint Cyr, Mrs. Bovil
Sampathamma, Mrs. K.
Sample, Mrs. Rebecca L.
Samples, Mrs. Maggie
Sanders, Mrs. Hazel Irene
Sanford, Mrs. Faye
Schaad, &#5046386;s. Lessie
Schneider, Miss Alice M.
Scott, Mrs. Lina
Scott, Mrs. Willie Mae
Scotton, Mrs. Marie F.
Seale, Mrs. Henrietta
Searcy, Mrs. Addie
Senior, Mrs. Hilda M.
Seymour, Mrs. Orelia
Shankle, Mrs. Lola Mae
Shaw, Mrs. Letitia
Shelor, Mrs. Alice M.
Shelton, Mrs. Sarah Ann

214 MINUTES OF THE 61ST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Shepherd, Mrs. Guida F.
Sheridan, Mrs. Gladys M.
Sherriff, Mrs. Ruth
Shewmaker, Mrs. Gerdia Mae
Shirley, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shreves, Mrs. Hazel P.
Shupe, Mrs. Bertha L.
Sigler, Mrs. Clara E.
Sigmon, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Silencieux, Mrs. Joseph
Siler, Mrs. Marie
Simmons, Mrs. Rinda
Simmons, Mrs. Sunie E ..
Simon, Mrs. Lillie B.
Simpson, Mrs. Hattie G.
Sisco, Mrs. Rebecca
Skaggs, Mrs. Mary
Slay, Mrs. Lela Ruth
Sloan, Mrs. Mary Lura
Slowby, Mrs. Iona
Smith, Mrs. Anabel H.
Smith, Mrs. Anna Laura
Smith, Mrs. Autney L.
Smith, Mrs. Chlora M.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth
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. Rea D.
Smithie, Mrs. Esther
Smothers, Mrs. Ida Mai
Snow, Mrs. Lillian H.
Snyder, Mrs. Violet F.
Solomon, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Solomon, Mrs. M. Frances
Sonntag, Mrs. Joan Mae
South, Mrs. T. Lois
Sowell, Mrs. Carrie Belle
Spears, Mrs. Elsie Mae
Spencer, Mrs. Arlene M.
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.
Sterling, Mrs. Lois
Stevens, Miss Bertha L.
Steward, Mrs. Delta Ray
Stewart, Mrs. Dora Lee
Stokes, Mrs. Eva L.
Stone, Mrs. Juanita
Stone, Mrs. Sultana
Story, Mrs. Flossie E.
Stout, Mrs. Alma
Stover, Mrs. Cora
Strickland, Mrs. Jean
Stultz, Mrs. Ilorene
Suggs, Mrs. May Bell
Sullivan, Mrs. Augustine
Suryakanthamma, Mrs.Kalagapudi
Suryakanthamma, Mrs. Seelam
Sutherland, Mrs. Ormie M.
Sutton, Mrs. Donnie L.
Swain, Mrs. Doris G.
Swenney, Mrs. Orene
Sykes, Mrs. Ruth V.
Sylvain, Mrs. Therese
Talley, Mrs. Rosa
Tanner, Miss Anita
Tarleton, Mrs. Lillie
Tate, Mrs. H. Adele
Taylor, Mrs. Carrie
Taylor, Mrs. Dorothy
Taylor, Mrs. Ella R.
Taylor, Mrs. Eunice L.
Taylor, Mrs. Joyce G.
Taylor, Mrs. Susie
Taylor, Mrs. Valerine M.
Taylor, Mrs. Victoria
Taylor, Mrs. Virgie Lee
Tejeda, Mrs. Celia Vigo de
Terrell, Mrs. Louvenia
Thomas, Mrs. Ardell
Thomas, Mrs. Kathleen
Thomas, Mrs. Mary
Thomason, Mrs. A. Georgia
Thomason, Mrs. Jessie Mae
Thompson, Mrs. Edna M.
Thompson, Mrs. Flonnie
Thompson, Mrs. Gladys
Thompson, Mrs. Grace
Thompson, Mrs. Gwendoline
Thompson, Mrs. Jessie
Thompson, Mrs. Lillie M.
Thompson, Mrs. Marie Louise
Thompson, Mrs. Mary H.
Thompson, Mrs. Percie
Thompson, Mrs. Virgie
Thornburg, Mrs. Beverly Ann
Tilley, Mrs. Lila G.
Tillman, Miss M. Ernestine
Tinsley, Mrs. Edna S.

MINUTES OF THE 61ST &#4259918;NUAL ASSEMBLY
Todd, Mrs. Lillian 0.
Todd, Mrs. Luna Mae
Todman, Miss Inis
Todman, Miss Violet
Trogdon, Mrs. Lolar P.
Tucker, Mrs. Ethel Mae
Tucker, Mrs. Katie I.
Tu&#7471214;er, Miss Teslin A.
Tweete, Mrs. Irene
Valentine, Miss Gladys
Valentine, Mrs. Trudie
Vanderhorst, Miss Emma
Vandever, Mrs. Oleta C.
Vanterpool, Mrs. Virginia A.
Varlack, Miss Rena Doloris
Varnadore, Mrs. Pearl
Varnedore, Mrs. Mary Lee
Vaughan, Leila Mae
Vaughn, Mrs. Cordie Lee
Velasco, Mrs. Juana
Venkatramaiah, Mrs. Tarabai
Vicars, Mrs. Betty June
Vick, Mrs. Cora C.
Villard, Mrs. Voltair
Vollers, Mrs. Clara
Volmar, Mrs. Phanie
Wade, Mrs. Rosilda E.
Waden, Mrs. Rosie
Waden, Mrs. Sally
Wadley, Mrs. Myrtle A.
Waggett, Mrs. Betty J.
Wagner, Mrs. Maggie
Wallace, Mrs. Jannie Lee
Walser, Mrs. Mary H.
Walters, Miss Charlotte
Washington, Mrs. Lula
Watkins, Mrs. Pearl
Weathers, Mrs. Mamie V.
Webb, Mrs. E. Pauline
Webb, Mrs. Lena Lee
Wells, Mrs. E:dna L.
Wells, Mrs. Helen L.
Wells, Mrs. Vera L.
West, Mrs. Jeanetta J.
Westbrook, Mrs. Geneva
White, Mrs. Beatrice
White, Mrs. Petrona E.
Whitehouse, Mrs. Katherine P.
Whitten, Miss W. Irene
Wilkerson, Mrs. Bonnie
Wilkinson, Mrs. Cassie J.
Williams, Mrs. Adelaide
Williams, Mrs. A&#7209070;ie Be&#7077996;
Williams, Mrs. Audrey A.
Williams, Mrs. Bessie L.
Williams, Mrs. Ethel 0.
Williams, &#5046386;s. Francena Hill
Williams, Mrs. Ivy Mae
Williams, Mrs. Jane
Williams, Mrs. Marie H. G.
Williams, Mrs. Mattie L.
Williams, Mrs. Mertilla
Williams, Mrs. Monteal D.
Williamson, Mrs. Verbileene G.
Willing, Mrs. Ora Mae
Willis, Mrs. Dorothy L.
Wilson, Mrs. Bessie A.
Wilson, Mrs. L. Eleanor
Wilson, Mrs. Naomi R.
Wilmer, Miss Ethel M.
Winters, Mrs. Gertrude
Winters, Mrs. Wanda F.
Wise, Mrs. Rose E.
Witherspoon, Mrs. Mazie
Wolfe, Mrs. Agnis L.
Wolfgang, Mrs. E. Rose
Wood, Mrs. Florence G.
Wood, Mrs. Jewell
Woodard, Mrs. Eula
Woods, Mrs. Willean A.
Word, Mrs. Christine E.
Word, Mrs. Vina M.
Wright, Mrs. Beryle
Wright, Mrs. K Marie
Wright, Mrs. Effie Nancy
Wright, Mrs. Eliza
Wright, Mrs. Ella Mae
Wright, Mrs. Etega
Wright, Mrs. Eva Mae
Wright, Mrs. Lurline R.
Wright, Mrs. Viola M.
Wyant, Mrs. Effie
Wynns, Mrs. Esther A.
Yates, Mrs. Edith N.
Yates, Miss Flossie
Yoak, Mrs. Mary A.
Yocum, Mrs. Ola A.
Young, Mrs. Bertha Lois
Young, Mrs. Vallie I.
Zayas, Miss Belkis Lopez
Zoes, Mrs. Evia Jane
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