3/6/10
THE LIBRARY IN PENTECOSTALISM: PART 1
THE LIBRARY IN PENTECOSTALISM: TWO OKLAHOMA INSTITUTIONS, PART 1. MARILYN A. HUDSON, MLIS.
(2009)
(2009)
The Christian School Movement was instrumental in providing a model and impetus for the development of library collections in private educational institutions by the late nineteenth and early 
twentieth centuries. In broad strokes the usual progress of academic libraries, including those in the Bible School movement, progressed through five basic phases: The Reference Shelf, The Doctrine Center, The Warehouse, The Resource Center, and the Information Center.
twentieth centuries. In broad strokes the usual progress of academic libraries, including those in the Bible School movement, progressed through five basic phases: The Reference Shelf, The Doctrine Center, The Warehouse, The Resource Center, and the Information Center. In the Reference Shelf phase, the focus is on the study of the Bible as primary text and a life in pastoral, missionary, or other Christian service work. In this stage of development the institution saw themselves largely as a people of the book – one book, the Bible. Classes were often limited to the Bible text and lecture notes. The required library resources were limited to dictionaries, atlases, histories, commentaries, or language studies supporting that more narrow focus. The “library” might be a shelf in a common room, an office, or the hallway of a dorm. The chief goal of this stage was praxis oriented. Spiritual workers were crucially needed, so people must be equipped, and sent out in mission to reach the world. This was an acquisition of a minimum set of skills for one specific purpose and seldom included a broad educational experience. Most Pentecostals viewed education as too close to the ‘cold’ formalized churches out of which many early Pentecostals had come. Few Pentecostal groups, notes author Grant Wacker, even required any education for recognition as a minister until after the first twenty years.
In the next phase, Doctrine Center, the development of the library often focused on limiting materials to a particular doctrinal viewpoint, publishing house, or set of authors for the reinforcement of the guiding philosophy or theology of the school as ministry vocational centers. In this stage the school, and Its library, establishes a place in its world. Similar institutions are looked at, comparisons made, and need for higher quality education recognized to better fulfill its mission.
Many of the schools were seeking after religious, state, or national accreditation to expand or enhance their influence in the Warehouse Phase. Collection develop was ‘by the pound’ with book drives, donation emphasis, and other open door gifting policies. During this time period, for example, the North Central Accreditation process focused more on the quantity of materials in a library as opposed to the quality of the collection and this allowed growth by book counts to guide the development of some libraries. In this phase, general education courses became more important as schools broadened to include junior college offerings. The library has assumed the form of a library, sometimes with professionally trained staff, policies, and services. In this phase, non-librarians made many of the administrative decisions, with faculty or committees sometimes exercising more control as to collection development or budget than the “librarian" Lingering from the Doctrinal phase is often an emphasis on control of the information, views or ideas presented.
Expanding programs and new technologies converged to create new mediums of learning and information storage in the technology boom of the 1960’s. Nationally, this phase occurred as science-fiction became fact with the increased use of books on tape, televised instruction, films, overhead projectors, tape recorders, microfilm readers, and main frame computers such as the IBM 357 and the IBM 1401. This heady introduction of technology, where some even envisioned instruction without classrooms, created the “Resource”, “Media” or “Learning Center” phase.
Books were, it was believed ,old fashioned, outmoded, and soon to be obsolete in the bright Utopia of a technologically rich future. A “library” was musty, old books in dark gothic library ivory towers of knowledge and its tradition as a ‘book-based’ warehouse had no place in the modern age. The future was student-directed, automated, and on demand and this trend would emerge again with the rise of personal computers and forecasts of a book and paperless future. This phase did produce a false dichotomy based on format and threatened to curtail the influence of the library as a vital part of the learning environment.
Technology advanced at an accelerated pace, challenging everyone to keep up with changes in methods, philosophies, concepts, practices, and functions. The computer moved from the large storeroom where it had shuffled raw statistics and records onto the desktop. The library reasserted itself as an “information center” incorporating a variety of new and emerging formats and as much an idea as a physical place. The library was an integral part of a serious academic institution and one crucial to the primary goal of an education program. The library was a frontrunner in the access, delivery, use, and preservation of information in a world where paradigms shifted daily and innovation left educators breathless.
In this phase libraries identified the need for ‘information literacy’ to replace the old standby of ‘bibliographic instruction’. It was no longer sufficient to show students where the ‘tools’ of information were but to also instruct them in the effective and ethical use of the data once it was found. The ongoing challenges of microcomputers, instant messengers, digitization, and a myriad of emerging technologies insure the role of information managers to broker access, retrieval, organization and use of information in the future while holding to the timeless values of the written word and personal interaction.
THE LIBRARY IN PENTECOSTALISM: PART 2
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The Library in Pentecostalism: Two Oklahoma Institutions. By Marilyn A. Hudson, M.L.I.S. (2009)
[in process]
The British journalist, Holbrook Jackson, once wrote, “Your library is your portrait” and those words are indeed true. The place of the library in education is a strong barometer of the character and ability of a group to not merely exist but thrive.
As early as 1906, the Pentecostal movement had educational efforts in Oklahoma. In Beulah, Beckham County, Emmanuel Bible College was established as holiness school but became Pentecostal after 1907 and until the school closed in 1910. The annual conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church met at the Delmar Gardens in Oklahoma in 1913 and from that, the Stratford Pentecostal Holiness School was established. The school in southern Oklahoma opened in 1914 but after a severe storm in 1915, the school closed soon due to a storm that destroyed the building. A school in Wagoner, near Seminole soon followed but also closed. In 1924, in Checotah Kings College opened, soon moved to Kingfisher, and closed in 1935 . Although, most of the institutions were elementary and high school in scope, they provide the foundation upon which later institutions would build.
Southwestern Pentecostal Holiness College/ Southwestern Christian University
Despite Oklahoma being one of the strongest centers of the Pentecostal doctrine west of the Mississippi, higher education for ministry meant several years in Georgia where the only denominational school existed. Several young Pentecostal men, including Oral Roberts, R.O.Corvin, C.H. Williams, Sam Greene, C.E. Neukirchner, Paul Finchum, L.E. Turpin, and many others, had a dream of a school in Oklahoma. These men had strong ties to Oklahoma and shared an entrepreneurial streak. They were representative of a new and younger brand of leadership emerging in the movement and in society.
The original Southwestern Pentecostal Holiness College opened in 1946 in Oklahoma City with a library of some eight hundred books, mostly from the private collection of the president.
For a time the books were located in a corner of the remodeled barn known affectionately as ‘McGrew Hall.” The first librarian was also the campus counselor, Noami Watts, but Marie Ellis (Mrs. Clayton Ellis) soon joined her. Mrs. Ellis would serve the campus longer than anyone else associated with the library.
As the college experienced rapid growth in the early 1950’s, the meager collection and space were sorely taxed. In 1953, Oral Roberts, evangelist, Southwestern College Board Member, occasional faculty, and one of the co-founders of the institution, arranged the donation of $70,000 for construction of a combined library and administration building.
Growth continued as the school pushed toward its original mandated target of becoming a junior college to service the denomination. Local community clubs hosted book drives and the collection grew in volumes if not in content. In 1966, following a donation of $50,000 from Mrs. Zula Light of Rolla, Kansas, the doors of the new Light Library opened. The New facility the Irwin Learning Resources Center added 15,000 square feet to create a multi-media resource center (with studio, private learning rooms, and distant learning equipment) and the much expanded library.
As early as 1906, the Pentecostal movement had educational efforts in Oklahoma. In Beulah, Beckham County, Emmanuel Bible College was established as holiness school but became Pentecostal after 1907 and until the school closed in 1910. The annual conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church met at the Delmar Gardens in Oklahoma in 1913 and from that, the Stratford Pentecostal Holiness School was established. The school in southern Oklahoma opened in 1914 but after a severe storm in 1915, the school closed soon due to a storm that destroyed the building. A school in Wagoner, near Seminole soon followed but also closed. In 1924, in Checotah Kings College opened, soon moved to Kingfisher, and closed in 1935 . Although, most of the institutions were elementary and high school in scope, they provide the foundation upon which later institutions would build.
Southwestern Pentecostal Holiness College/ Southwestern Christian University
Despite Oklahoma being one of the strongest centers of the Pentecostal doctrine west of the Mississippi, higher education for ministry meant several years in Georgia where the only denominational school existed. Several young Pentecostal men, including Oral Roberts, R.O.Corvin, C.H. Williams, Sam Greene, C.E. Neukirchner, Paul Finchum, L.E. Turpin, and many others, had a dream of a school in Oklahoma. These men had strong ties to Oklahoma and shared an entrepreneurial streak. They were representative of a new and younger brand of leadership emerging in the movement and in society.
The original Southwestern Pentecostal Holiness College opened in 1946 in Oklahoma City with a library of some eight hundred books, mostly from the private collection of the president.
For a time the books were located in a corner of the remodeled barn known affectionately as ‘McGrew Hall.” The first librarian was also the campus counselor, Noami Watts, but Marie Ellis (Mrs. Clayton Ellis) soon joined her. Mrs. Ellis would serve the campus longer than anyone else associated with the library.
As the college experienced rapid growth in the early 1950’s, the meager collection and space were sorely taxed. In 1953, Oral Roberts, evangelist, Southwestern College Board Member, occasional faculty, and one of the co-founders of the institution, arranged the donation of $70,000 for construction of a combined library and administration building.
Growth continued as the school pushed toward its original mandated target of becoming a junior college to service the denomination. Local community clubs hosted book drives and the collection grew in volumes if not in content. In 1966, following a donation of $50,000 from Mrs. Zula Light of Rolla, Kansas, the doors of the new Light Library opened. The New facility the Irwin Learning Resources Center added 15,000 square feet to create a multi-media resource center (with studio, private learning rooms, and distant learning equipment) and the much expanded library.
Oral Roberts University
The Library of ORU opened September 1965 with some 60,000 volumes and plans to add as many as 500,000. In addition, the facility would be home to a unique special collection devoted to works from around the world on the Holy Spirit. Although largely known at the time as an evangelist with his own large ministry, Oral Roberts was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church until he joined the Methodist Church in 1968. In 1966, the Pentecostal Holiness Church even named the ORU Graduate School of Theology as the official Pentecostal Holiness seminary, however, when Roberts left the denomination this was revoked.
At the time of its opening and first few years, the school and its library were firmly in a Pentecostal perspective. ORU was an example of planned development with results that were truly a showcase of that day and today. Implementing many innovations of the time, in both library services and education, it was a noteworthy development.
The library, reflecting a new view, was imbedded in a larger learning resources center. That concept included specialized areas for using the latest technology to assist learning. As was common at the time resources, were viewed and arranged by their format. As a result, a library held only books and could therefore not hold the new technologies. A new term was needed, one that would better reflect the new, space-age, modern, and progressive developments. When ORU opened it touted an emphasis on the new “Programmed Learning” approach and included on demand film, audio, electronic tutoring. Discussion or study groups, in addition to the traditional book based library resources, made the library a mode. This would change in the subsequent information revolution as the library redefined itself but the ill-defined ‘learning resources’ concept would linger on.
They are the books, the arts, the academes,
That show, contain and nourish all the world.
- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
Sources:
Holbrook, Jackson, http://thinkexist.com/quotation/your_library_is_your_portrait/208916.html,
Hudson, et all. One Nightclub and a Mule Barn: The First Sixty Years of Southwestern Christian University. Tate, 2005.
Hudson, et al. One Nightclub and A Mule Barn: The First Sixty Years of Southwestern Christian University. Tate, 2005.
Yearbooks, Southwestern College and Oklahoma City Southwestern College, SCU Archives, 1946 to 1976.
“School Launches $1 Million Program of Advancement.” The Oklahoman (Jan. 8, 1963)12.
“College Gets $50,000 Gift.” The Oklahoman (March 24, 1966):29; “City College to Dedicate New Library.” The Oklahoman (Nov. 17, 1966):52. Oral Roberts University Outreach (2:2, Spring 1965): 8.
The Library of ORU opened September 1965 with some 60,000 volumes and plans to add as many as 500,000. In addition, the facility would be home to a unique special collection devoted to works from around the world on the Holy Spirit. Although largely known at the time as an evangelist with his own large ministry, Oral Roberts was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church until he joined the Methodist Church in 1968. In 1966, the Pentecostal Holiness Church even named the ORU Graduate School of Theology as the official Pentecostal Holiness seminary, however, when Roberts left the denomination this was revoked.
At the time of its opening and first few years, the school and its library were firmly in a Pentecostal perspective. ORU was an example of planned development with results that were truly a showcase of that day and today. Implementing many innovations of the time, in both library services and education, it was a noteworthy development.
The library, reflecting a new view, was imbedded in a larger learning resources center. That concept included specialized areas for using the latest technology to assist learning. As was common at the time resources, were viewed and arranged by their format. As a result, a library held only books and could therefore not hold the new technologies. A new term was needed, one that would better reflect the new, space-age, modern, and progressive developments. When ORU opened it touted an emphasis on the new “Programmed Learning” approach and included on demand film, audio, electronic tutoring. Discussion or study groups, in addition to the traditional book based library resources, made the library a mode. This would change in the subsequent information revolution as the library redefined itself but the ill-defined ‘learning resources’ concept would linger on.
They are the books, the arts, the academes,
That show, contain and nourish all the world.
- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
Sources:
Holbrook, Jackson, http://thinkexist.com/quotation/your_library_is_your_portrait/208916.html,
Hudson, et all. One Nightclub and a Mule Barn: The First Sixty Years of Southwestern Christian University. Tate, 2005.
Hudson, et al. One Nightclub and A Mule Barn: The First Sixty Years of Southwestern Christian University. Tate, 2005.
Yearbooks, Southwestern College and Oklahoma City Southwestern College, SCU Archives, 1946 to 1976.
“School Launches $1 Million Program of Advancement.” The Oklahoman (Jan. 8, 1963)12.
“College Gets $50,000 Gift.” The Oklahoman (March 24, 1966):29; “City College to Dedicate New Library.” The Oklahoman (Nov. 17, 1966):52. Oral Roberts University Outreach (2:2, Spring 1965): 8.
12/7/09
HIS EYE IS ONE THE SPARROW
DEC. 2008 / HEADLINES FROM HISTORY
“HIS EYE IS ONE THE SPARROW”
K.E.M. SPOONER was born Jan.8, 1884 in Barbados to an Anglican family. He died in the Rustenburg Hospital in Africa 28 February 1937.
He was in NYC in 1906 when God impressed on him the message, ”I want you to go to Africa.” This had not been in his plans but a woman he had meet sought him out and said she felt God was calling him to Africa. He promised to pray about it but still not convinced he attended services at the Gospel Tabernacle and an elderly woman came to him and told “Young man God wants you to go to Africa.” “It shocked me so, I could not reply. I went home praying and presenting my inabilities to God….I asked…He should let me know through some one else.”
The next day an elderly man and repeated the words of the women, “Young man , God wants you to go to Africa.” Within days, someone had moved on his behalf to arrange schooling to train him for service. Although, eager to go to Africa now, the time was not right and he admitted that he needed the lessons. “Had I gone to Africa without this most valuable training, I would have been an absolute failure.”
A series of miracles helped the Spooners to clear their debts and pay for the trip to Africa. His wife Geraldine Malista had said echoing the Bible: “Where you go I go.” The day they sailed a woman laid a bundle of bills. ‘All things are possible to him that believeth!” he said in praise as they boarded. “And do it was that,” he recounted, “on December 11, 1914, we left New York for England on our way to Africa.” He arrived in Africa in January of 1915
In1922 he, along with Mr. Rhodes, and native workers organized the South Africa Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was elected Assist, Superintendant and served from that time until his death.
In his obituary in the “Rustenburg Herald” he was called a “mediator between two races….a good citizen who was held in esteem by Europeans…and loved and respected by all natives who knew him.” His favorite hymn was “His Eye Is On The Sparrow.” His life as a pioneer Pentecostal of African descent, as pioneer Pentecostal Holiness Missionary, and as a man with a heart for God gave witness that, indeed, God’s eye was on the sparrow because, “he watches over me.”
SOURCES:
“HIS EYE IS ONE THE SPARROW”
K.E.M. SPOONER was born Jan.8, 1884 in Barbados to an Anglican family. He died in the Rustenburg Hospital in Africa 28 February 1937.
He was in NYC in 1906 when God impressed on him the message, ”I want you to go to Africa.” This had not been in his plans but a woman he had meet sought him out and said she felt God was calling him to Africa. He promised to pray about it but still not convinced he attended services at the Gospel Tabernacle and an elderly woman came to him and told “Young man God wants you to go to Africa.” “It shocked me so, I could not reply. I went home praying and presenting my inabilities to God….I asked…He should let me know through some one else.”
The next day an elderly man and repeated the words of the women, “Young man , God wants you to go to Africa.” Within days, someone had moved on his behalf to arrange schooling to train him for service. Although, eager to go to Africa now, the time was not right and he admitted that he needed the lessons. “Had I gone to Africa without this most valuable training, I would have been an absolute failure.”
A series of miracles helped the Spooners to clear their debts and pay for the trip to Africa. His wife Geraldine Malista had said echoing the Bible: “Where you go I go.” The day they sailed a woman laid a bundle of bills. ‘All things are possible to him that believeth!” he said in praise as they boarded. “And do it was that,” he recounted, “on December 11, 1914, we left New York for England on our way to Africa.” He arrived in Africa in January of 1915
In1922 he, along with Mr. Rhodes, and native workers organized the South Africa Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was elected Assist, Superintendant and served from that time until his death.
In his obituary in the “Rustenburg Herald” he was called a “mediator between two races….a good citizen who was held in esteem by Europeans…and loved and respected by all natives who knew him.” His favorite hymn was “His Eye Is On The Sparrow.” His life as a pioneer Pentecostal of African descent, as pioneer Pentecostal Holiness Missionary, and as a man with a heart for God gave witness that, indeed, God’s eye was on the sparrow because, “he watches over me.”
SOURCES:
Spooner, Kenneth E.M. A Sketch of Native Life in South Africa.
Spooner, Geraldine M. (Mrs. Kenneth),A.E. Robinson, and P.F. Beacham. Sketches of the Life of K.E.M. Spooner, Missionary, South Africa.
Spooner, Geraldine M. (Mrs. Kenneth),A.E. Robinson, and P.F. Beacham. Sketches of the Life of K.E.M. Spooner, Missionary, South Africa.
9/10/09
8/15/09
W.H. Turner, IPHC Missionary, Pastor, Evangelist
An overview of one of his small books:
Turner, W.H. 2,000 Years of Pentecost. Franklin Springs, Ga: W.H. Turner and the Publishing House of the P.H. Church, 1947.
In the “foreward” (sic), Turner states a hope that similar small books will become a useful literature tool for Pentecostal evangelism.
This brief book, one of many written by Turner, was about sixty-two pages. The topics covered were surprisingly broad and the coverage quite inclusive. The chapters were “Pentecost in the Promises”, “Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles”, all cover the basic New Testament verses dealing with the birth of the Church and the arrival of the promised “Comforter” who provided motivation to the disciples in the book of Acts. “Pentecost in the Post-Apostolic Age”, covers several notable instances of deeper spiritual experiences among the Early Church Fathers and other leaders. “Pentecost in the Middle Ages”, examines the spiritual experiences of the Waldenese and the Albigenese, the Medicant Friars, the Quakers, and the Methodists. “Pentecost in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”, continues by looking at Thomas Walsh, Martin Luther, Vincent Ferrer, Edward Irving and the MacDonalds. “Pentecost in Modern Times”, explores the Holiness roots of the Pentecostal movement and the early Tennessee, Kansas, and California origins. It also touches on leaders in other cultures, including Pandita Ramabi of India. While “Pentecost in the Region Beyond” details the work across the globe.
A photo of the Turners, who served as missionaries of the IPHC to China for many years, is found at the IPHC website < http://www.pctii.org/arc/images.html>. They were interred for almost 2 years by the Japanese in WW2.
Other titles listed in the back of the book include:
Pioneering in China
Pentecost and Tongues
The Relationship of the Pastor to Foreign Missions
Six Thousand Years of Tithing
I was a Prisoner of the Japanese
Pentecostal Manifestations
Why Are You Not Healed?
and many others
Turner, W.H. 2,000 Years of Pentecost. Franklin Springs, Ga: W.H. Turner and the Publishing House of the P.H. Church, 1947.
In the “foreward” (sic), Turner states a hope that similar small books will become a useful literature tool for Pentecostal evangelism.
This brief book, one of many written by Turner, was about sixty-two pages. The topics covered were surprisingly broad and the coverage quite inclusive. The chapters were “Pentecost in the Promises”, “Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles”, all cover the basic New Testament verses dealing with the birth of the Church and the arrival of the promised “Comforter” who provided motivation to the disciples in the book of Acts. “Pentecost in the Post-Apostolic Age”, covers several notable instances of deeper spiritual experiences among the Early Church Fathers and other leaders. “Pentecost in the Middle Ages”, examines the spiritual experiences of the Waldenese and the Albigenese, the Medicant Friars, the Quakers, and the Methodists. “Pentecost in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”, continues by looking at Thomas Walsh, Martin Luther, Vincent Ferrer, Edward Irving and the MacDonalds. “Pentecost in Modern Times”, explores the Holiness roots of the Pentecostal movement and the early Tennessee, Kansas, and California origins. It also touches on leaders in other cultures, including Pandita Ramabi of India. While “Pentecost in the Region Beyond” details the work across the globe.
A photo of the Turners, who served as missionaries of the IPHC to China for many years, is found at the IPHC website < http://www.pctii.org/arc/images.html>. They were interred for almost 2 years by the Japanese in WW2.
Other titles listed in the back of the book include:
Pioneering in China
Pentecost and Tongues
The Relationship of the Pastor to Foreign Missions
Six Thousand Years of Tithing
I was a Prisoner of the Japanese
Pentecostal Manifestations
Why Are You Not Healed?
and many others
10/18/08
NORA WRIGHT BROOKS
THE NOEL BROOKS COLLECTION /SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
BROOKS, NORA WRIGHT (CA. 1912 - )
Manuscripts
“To Be A Pastor’s Wife”, with epilogue of her last days by Noel Brooks.
Description: folder with typed papers, and hand written corrections.
Books, Pamphlet, Etc.
The Priceless Bloom & other themes. [England” n.d.]
A collection of articles originally appearing in The Messenger (Bristol Baptist Church ), IPHC The Advocate, and Truth in Love (Holmes College of the Bible).
Obituaries, Eulogies, Etc.
Funeral address by Kenneth Benson.
Funeral address by James Eby.
BROOKS, NORA WRIGHT (CA. 1912 - )
Manuscripts
“To Be A Pastor’s Wife”, with epilogue of her last days by Noel Brooks.
Description: folder with typed papers, and hand written corrections.
Books, Pamphlet, Etc.
The Priceless Bloom & other themes. [England” n.d.]
A collection of articles originally appearing in The Messenger (Bristol Baptist Church ), IPHC The Advocate, and Truth in Love (Holmes College of the Bible).
Obituaries, Eulogies, Etc.
Funeral address by Kenneth Benson.
Funeral address by James Eby.
10/9/08
NOEL BROOKS BIBLIOGRAPHY (1914-2006)
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Brooks, Noel, 1914-2006
THE NOEL BROOKS COLLECTION
SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Books and Pamphlets:
Alcoholic Beverages in the Bible: A comprehensive survey of the main terms in the Hebrew and Septuagint Greek Old Testament, and in the Greek New Testament, for Alcoholic Beverages. [Bristol: Western Temperance League, n.d.; 2nd ed. Holmes College of the Bible, 1996].Bible validation for sanctification. [Holmes Bible College, 1981].
THE NOEL BROOKS COLLECTION
SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Books and Pamphlets:
Alcoholic Beverages in the Bible: A comprehensive survey of the main terms in the Hebrew and Septuagint Greek Old Testament, and in the Greek New Testament, for Alcoholic Beverages. [Bristol: Western Temperance League, n.d.; 2nd ed. Holmes College of the Bible, 1996].Bible validation for sanctification. [Holmes Bible College, 1981].
Biblical basis for missions. [Advocate, 1976].
Charismatic ministries in the New Testament. [Holmes Memorial Church, 1988].
Church Reform or Personal Holiness? [Palm Branch Booklets, 9pg., ca. 1960]
Corner Stones of Christian Truth [ Radford, Nottingham, England, 20 pg., ca. 1960]
Ephesians: outlined and unfolded. [Advocate Press, 1984].
Fight for faith and freedom: George Jeffreys, revivalist and reformer. [The Pattern Bookroom, c1950-60]
Fingertip holiness. [Advocate Press, 1975]
Imitators of God [Palm Branch Booklets, Bristol, 12 pg., ca. 1960]
Let there be life. [Advocate Press, 1975]
Out of the horrible pit: a family memoir. [N. Brooks, 1971].
Pardon, purity, and pardon: The threefold ministry of the Holy Spirit. [Advocate Press, 1969].
Pardon, purity, and pardon: Progammed study guide [Advocate Press, 1970]
The place of faith in sickness and health. [n.d.; Bristol, England; 45 pg]
Scriptural holiness. [Advocate Press, 1967].
Sickness, health, and God. [Advocate Press, 1965].
Who prays lives: the art of private prayer. [Somerest, England: n.d.; 10 pgs.]
British Magazine articles:
“Cave Experiences”. The Christian (Nov. 18,1955): 10.
British Magazine articles:
“Cave Experiences”. The Christian (Nov. 18,1955): 10.
"Initial Evidence Under Fire: A Reply." The Flame: A bi-monthly for the spread of full salvation. (July/August 1985, 4:51):16-17.
“Music and Dancing: A Detail of the Prodigal’s Return.” N.d.: n.p.
“The Six Million Dollar Man”. The Proclaimer. (ca. 1975).
North American Magazine articles:
“Edward Irving Green Light or Red?” IPHC Advocate (July 1985).
“Life Abundant in Argentina.” World-A-Rama (1977?): 4.
“The Tithe is the Lord’s.”
Articles (Geographic Source Still to be Identified) :
“The A.B.C. of the Christian Life.” Bristol PHC paper.
“Coping with the Introspection Syndrone”[sic]. Truth in Love. N.d., pg. 22f.
“The Idea of Perfection in the Holy Scriptures.” IPHC Advocate ( Feb.9, 1963): 12.
“Miracle Ministry with a Difference.” The Flame ( September-October 1996):14.
“Operation of Spiritual Gifts by Unsanctified People: A reply to Harold Horton by Noel Brooks (broadside?).
“Pentecost and Fanaticism.”
“The Presence of God.” The Evangelical Christian Witness. (December 1934):187.
“Reflections on the Congo Sufferings.” World Wide (World Wide Evangelism Crusade (May 1965):7.
Ibid. IPHC Advocate (Jan. 9, 1965): 6-7.
“Seventh World Pentecostal Conference: A Report.” IPHC Advocate (Sept. 5, 1964):3. Note includes carbon typed mss, copy of printed article and response in “Pentecost” A Quarterly Review of World-Wide Pentecostal Activity.” (Dec. 1964-to February 1965): 2. Edited by Donald Gee.
“Why Atheistic Communism is Doomed to Fail!” ibid.
‘What is Knocking the Greatness Out of Britain?” ibid.
“What is Pentecostal Holiness? Ibid.
Lecture Notes:
“Colossians”
“The Church” [notebook]
“Ephesians” [notebook]
‘The Holy Spirit Diamond: The Work of the Holy Spirit in Sinners and Saints. [The Maynard James Memorial Lecture, 1993]
“The Holy Spirit & His Gifts” [notebook]
“Methods Of Bible Study” [undated & typed]
“Methods of Bible Study “ [notebook -2]
“The Manifestation of the Spirit”. [Silver Spring, MD: Mid-Atlantic and Eastern Virginia Bble Conference, 1973; Transcription, brochure].
“N.T. Greek” [notebook]
“Salvation” [notebook]
“Spiritual Gifts: A Fresh Evaluation” [c1994, Holmes Memorial Church/Founders Week]
“Various themes” [notebook]
ADVOCATE PRESS,BOUND ADULT BIBLE STUDY
1968-1972
1974-1978
1981-1989
Typed Manuscripts:
Brooks, Noel.
“The A-B-C of the Christian Life”
“The Birthplace of Jesus: Guest-room or Inn? Comments on a recent radio statement (1984).
“Charismatic Christianity”
“Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by H. Wayne House, compared with the Doctrines of the Pentecostal Holiness Church as analized [sic] by Noel Brooks.”
“Church History: The Growth of the Roman Catholic Church.”
‘Church History: The Reformation in Europe.”
“Comments on Dr.Vinson Synan’s Article on Pentecostal Worship “(in Witness, May 1984).
“Demonization – How Real?”
“The Doctrine of Predestination”
“Facts About the British Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.”
“The First Fifty Days” The Regeneration, Sanctification, and Empowering of Christ’s First Disciples.”
“The Gifts of the Spirit from the Wesleyan Perspective.”
“How to Grow the Fruit of the Spirit”
“The Meaning of Matthew 16:18”
“The Ministry of Women in the Church.”
“Pentecost and Fanaticism.”
‘The Potential of Pentecost.”
“Power from on High”
“The Prosperity Gospel: An Evaluation of a recent sermon on a video tape by an American preacher.”
“Quotes from My Bible Fly-Leaves”. [n.d.] Author’s note reveals issues of books, reading, literacy, and influences of the author.
“Self, One’s Self”.
“Some Wiles of the Devil”
“The Spirit of God.”
“Thou Shalt Not Mix!”
Songs:
Brooks, Noel. Lord, Make My Life. [n.d.]
Brooks, Noel & Eric Insall. Wonderful, Wonderful Day! [n.d.]
Brooks, Noel, & Beethoven. Praise to You. [n.d.] Tune: Come, Thy Fount..
Insall, Eric & Noel Brooks. Wonderful Lamb of God. 1971.
Ibid. His Name is Jesus
Poems:
Contra Bryon. 1997
The Emmaus Road.
How Long? 1936
Lord Make My Life.
Sovereign Love. 1938
A Sweet Savour of Christ. Elim Evangel. 1938
To My Friend. 1938
When There’s Love at Home. 1938
Winter is Past. 1938
History of the British Church
Facts about the British Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. N.d.
Eric’s 90th Birthday, 23 August 1995 [Eric Insall].
Delivered on the Occasion of Eric’s funeral, 25 January 1997.
Mr. Hutchings (Senior). [Eric Hutchings, Evangelist]
Canadian Break-Through Christianview Bible College.
A British Charter Member Goes Home [Winifred A. Jones]
Misc.
Evangelical Evening Classes for the Lay Preachers and Sunday School Teachers. 1960, Bristol.
The British Bible College of the Pentecostal Holiness Church: Prospectus. (With enrollment form).
The British News-Letter of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.” 1955-1958.
NOEL BROOKS COLLECTION
Advocate Bible School
Book A.
Volume 1. Through the Bible., Book by Book [three ring binder; typed and/or handwritten]
Volume 2. Christian doctrine.
Book B.
Volume 3. Families of the Bible
Volume 4. The Sermon on the Mount
Volume 5. The Christian Doctrine of Salvation.
Book C
Volume 6: Ephesians
Volume 7: The Prayer Life of Bible Characters
Topical Bible Studies
Book D
Volume 1. Bible Survey [Sept. 3, 1978- ]
Volume 2. Bible Survey [ - Feb 25, 1979]
Book E
Volume 3. Biblical Doctrines [March 4, 1969 - ]
Volume 4. Biblical Themes [ - Nov. 25, 1984]
Book F
Volume 5. The Holy Spirit [ June 1, 1983 - ]
Volume 6. The Christian Family [ - July23, 1989]
Book G
Volume 7: Moral Issues & Social problems [ June 1, 1986 - ]
Volume 8: Living in the Modern World [ - Aug. 28, 1988]
Expository Helps For Bible Class Leaders
Book H – New Testament
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Volume 4.
Volume 5.
Volume 6.
Volume 8.
Expository Helps for Bible Class Leaders
Book G
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Volume 4.
Volume 5.
Studies in Genesis [delivered at Christianview College, Toronto, handwritten notes, 149 pgs.]
Studies in the Acts of the Apostles, [ibid, 181 pgs.]
Ethics of the Kingdom, Sermon on the Mount, Advocate
Notes on Colossians – [looseleaf; file; 75 pgs.]
What Does it Mean to be Saved? [Advocate pages]
Holiness Through the Fingertips [ ]
Ephesians [ ]
Prayer Life [ ]
Principles of Christian Service [ British Bible College, Bristol; 3 ring notebook]
[For biographical information see earlier entry; image is from ca 1940.]
“Music and Dancing: A Detail of the Prodigal’s Return.” N.d.: n.p.
“The Six Million Dollar Man”. The Proclaimer. (ca. 1975).
North American Magazine articles:
“Edward Irving Green Light or Red?” IPHC Advocate (July 1985).
“Life Abundant in Argentina.” World-A-Rama (1977?): 4.
“The Tithe is the Lord’s.”
Articles (Geographic Source Still to be Identified) :
“The A.B.C. of the Christian Life.” Bristol PHC paper.
“Coping with the Introspection Syndrone”[sic]. Truth in Love. N.d., pg. 22f.
“The Idea of Perfection in the Holy Scriptures.” IPHC Advocate ( Feb.9, 1963): 12.
“Miracle Ministry with a Difference.” The Flame ( September-October 1996):14.
“Operation of Spiritual Gifts by Unsanctified People: A reply to Harold Horton by Noel Brooks (broadside?).
“Pentecost and Fanaticism.”
“The Presence of God.” The Evangelical Christian Witness. (December 1934):187.
“Reflections on the Congo Sufferings.” World Wide (World Wide Evangelism Crusade (May 1965):7.
Ibid. IPHC Advocate (Jan. 9, 1965): 6-7.
“Seventh World Pentecostal Conference: A Report.” IPHC Advocate (Sept. 5, 1964):3. Note includes carbon typed mss, copy of printed article and response in “Pentecost” A Quarterly Review of World-Wide Pentecostal Activity.” (Dec. 1964-to February 1965): 2. Edited by Donald Gee.
“Why Atheistic Communism is Doomed to Fail!” ibid.
‘What is Knocking the Greatness Out of Britain?” ibid.
“What is Pentecostal Holiness? Ibid.
Lecture Notes:
“Colossians”
“The Church” [notebook]
“Ephesians” [notebook]
‘The Holy Spirit Diamond: The Work of the Holy Spirit in Sinners and Saints. [The Maynard James Memorial Lecture, 1993]
“The Holy Spirit & His Gifts” [notebook]
“Methods Of Bible Study” [undated & typed]
“Methods of Bible Study “ [notebook -2]
“The Manifestation of the Spirit”. [Silver Spring, MD: Mid-Atlantic and Eastern Virginia Bble Conference, 1973; Transcription, brochure].
“N.T. Greek” [notebook]
“Salvation” [notebook]
“Spiritual Gifts: A Fresh Evaluation” [c1994, Holmes Memorial Church/Founders Week]
“Various themes” [notebook]
ADVOCATE PRESS,BOUND ADULT BIBLE STUDY
1968-1972
1974-1978
1981-1989
Typed Manuscripts:
Brooks, Noel.
“The A-B-C of the Christian Life”
“The Birthplace of Jesus: Guest-room or Inn? Comments on a recent radio statement (1984).
“Charismatic Christianity”
“Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by H. Wayne House, compared with the Doctrines of the Pentecostal Holiness Church as analized [sic] by Noel Brooks.”
“Church History: The Growth of the Roman Catholic Church.”
‘Church History: The Reformation in Europe.”
“Comments on Dr.Vinson Synan’s Article on Pentecostal Worship “(in Witness, May 1984).
“Demonization – How Real?”
“The Doctrine of Predestination”
“Facts About the British Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.”
“The First Fifty Days” The Regeneration, Sanctification, and Empowering of Christ’s First Disciples.”
“The Gifts of the Spirit from the Wesleyan Perspective.”
“How to Grow the Fruit of the Spirit”
“The Meaning of Matthew 16:18”
“The Ministry of Women in the Church.”
“Pentecost and Fanaticism.”
‘The Potential of Pentecost.”
“Power from on High”
“The Prosperity Gospel: An Evaluation of a recent sermon on a video tape by an American preacher.”
“Quotes from My Bible Fly-Leaves”. [n.d.] Author’s note reveals issues of books, reading, literacy, and influences of the author.
“Self, One’s Self”.
“Some Wiles of the Devil”
“The Spirit of God.”
“Thou Shalt Not Mix!”
Songs:
Brooks, Noel. Lord, Make My Life. [n.d.]
Brooks, Noel & Eric Insall. Wonderful, Wonderful Day! [n.d.]
Brooks, Noel, & Beethoven. Praise to You. [n.d.] Tune: Come, Thy Fount..
Insall, Eric & Noel Brooks. Wonderful Lamb of God. 1971.
Ibid. His Name is Jesus
Poems:
Contra Bryon. 1997
The Emmaus Road.
How Long? 1936
Lord Make My Life.
Sovereign Love. 1938
A Sweet Savour of Christ. Elim Evangel. 1938
To My Friend. 1938
When There’s Love at Home. 1938
Winter is Past. 1938
History of the British Church
Facts about the British Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. N.d.
Eric’s 90th Birthday, 23 August 1995 [Eric Insall].
Delivered on the Occasion of Eric’s funeral, 25 January 1997.
Mr. Hutchings (Senior). [Eric Hutchings, Evangelist]
Canadian Break-Through Christianview Bible College.
A British Charter Member Goes Home [Winifred A. Jones]
Misc.
Evangelical Evening Classes for the Lay Preachers and Sunday School Teachers. 1960, Bristol.
The British Bible College of the Pentecostal Holiness Church: Prospectus. (With enrollment form).
The British News-Letter of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.” 1955-1958.
NOEL BROOKS COLLECTION
Advocate Bible School
Book A.
Volume 1. Through the Bible., Book by Book [three ring binder; typed and/or handwritten]
Volume 2. Christian doctrine.
Book B.
Volume 3. Families of the Bible
Volume 4. The Sermon on the Mount
Volume 5. The Christian Doctrine of Salvation.
Book C
Volume 6: Ephesians
Volume 7: The Prayer Life of Bible Characters
Topical Bible Studies
Book D
Volume 1. Bible Survey [Sept. 3, 1978- ]
Volume 2. Bible Survey [ - Feb 25, 1979]
Book E
Volume 3. Biblical Doctrines [March 4, 1969 - ]
Volume 4. Biblical Themes [ - Nov. 25, 1984]
Book F
Volume 5. The Holy Spirit [ June 1, 1983 - ]
Volume 6. The Christian Family [ - July23, 1989]
Book G
Volume 7: Moral Issues & Social problems [ June 1, 1986 - ]
Volume 8: Living in the Modern World [ - Aug. 28, 1988]
Expository Helps For Bible Class Leaders
Book H – New Testament
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Volume 4.
Volume 5.
Volume 6.
Volume 8.
Expository Helps for Bible Class Leaders
Book G
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Volume 4.
Volume 5.
Studies in Genesis [delivered at Christianview College, Toronto, handwritten notes, 149 pgs.]
Studies in the Acts of the Apostles, [ibid, 181 pgs.]
Ethics of the Kingdom, Sermon on the Mount, Advocate
Notes on Colossians – [looseleaf; file; 75 pgs.]
What Does it Mean to be Saved? [Advocate pages]
Holiness Through the Fingertips [ ]
Ephesians [ ]
Prayer Life [ ]
Principles of Christian Service [ British Bible College, Bristol; 3 ring notebook]
[For biographical information see earlier entry; image is from ca 1940.]
5/23/08
WOMEN IPHC CLERGY, 1929-1939
FOOTNOTES OF PENTECOSTAL HISTORY: SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
“REPORT ACCEPTED AND CHARACTER PASSED”:
Some Ordained and Licensed Women from the years 1929 - 1939 in the Kansas and Oklahoma Conferences of the Pentecostal Holiness Church
Compiled By Marilyn A. Hudson, with Alicia Hutson
Southwestern Christian University,
The year was 1965 in Wellington , Kansas , in the home of the pastor of the local Pentecostal Holiness Church
Sitting at the parsonage piano, a sturdy black upright, she is surrounded by the daughters of the pastor and a friend of theirs who often came to visit. The visitor entertains them playing snappy standards from the forties and crooning tunes from the fifties. She responded to the news that the oldest girl was taking business courses by encouraging her to keep her chin up and not let the men bully her. She recounted with great hilarity a time when an employer had tried to bull her and all laughed at the impossibility the image presented.
To all of those gathered around the piano that afternoon she shared her love of God, her courage, her experience, and her sense of fun. To each and every one there she encouraged them to “press on” in their faith and to get a good education[1].
“Report Accepted....Character Passed....”
The Holiness and Pentecostal movements were unique episodes of American religious history but shared a common thread in a willingness to accept women as instruments of ministry[2]. From the earliest days in both movements women responded to God with a desire to preach the gospel with as much enthusiasm as their male counterparts. As some elements of both merged to form the Pentecostal movement, the invigorating dynamic of a life that sought to live in the fullest relationship with God was not one that would accept limitations easily.[3]
An examination of the official registers of membership for the Oklahoma and Kansas Conferences of the Pentecostal Holiness Church
The title stems from a reoccurring statement recorded in the 1929 year book. As the conference business would progress the ministers present would offer their reports (how many sermons preached, miles traveled, etc.) and at the conclusion there would be a motion of “report accepted and character passed.” It is a fitting testimony to the role of these women and their unique place in the history of the American church and the Pentecostal tradition that without question each one was accepted.
Description of the Project
A brief survey of records contained in the “Year Book of the Pentecostal Holiness Church
History
The Pentecostal movement of the 20th century is generally considered to have begun in1901. Agnes Ozman is believed to be the first person to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. She was a student in Charles Parham’s school in Topeka , Kansas Los Angeles Azusa Street
From its inception the movement seemed to epitomize an equality of persons that was unique for the time period. Service to God and blessings of the Holy Spirit (“the anointing”) became the litmus test of value over issues of gender or even race.[4]
Pauline writings that for the Christian community existing as one in Christ there was to be no longer “male or female” or “slave and free” (Galatians 3: 28-29), now took on liberating meanings as leadership in the new Pentecostal movement featured both women and persons of color.[5] The dynamic nature of the experience, and the resulting sense of urgency in proclaiming the gospel, convinced many that indeed the time of the Biblical “latter rains” had come. Citing the prophet Joel in the Old Testament , “Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh, your sons and daughters will prophesy...” (Joel 2:29-32), few in the movement felt they could place limitations on who ministered.[6]
The following women were identified from the rolls of those who served as formally recognized ministers. With some exceptions, most had been admitted to the conference within the same decade. Most were assigned a local church; some assisted their husbands in the work, while some served as evangelists. On a administrative level, although they were frequently serving on conference committees of the more traditional women’s areas such as “Memoirs” ( a record of those who had died the preceding year) and “Public Morals”, they were also in leadership roles dealing with issues of publication, missions, and resolutions (i.e., 1939 in Kansas Mary E. Ford served on the Committee on Resolutions and later would be conference secretary-treasurer[8]). Some would in coming years be in key leadership roles on state levels and at least one went on to be published in the national publication, The Pentecostal Holiness Advocate.[9]
Attempts to identify the earliest women licensed or ordained in these regions is challenging due to the fact that the records from that time period are incomplete or are not clear as to gender. From information located, however, there are several women who were ordained within a few years of Oklahoma Oklahoma
Barnes, Emma
Beal, Estella
Brownback, Nellie
Carmack, Annie E.
Downing, Annie M.
Filbert, Estella
Eslin, Lavonia
Ford, Mary E.
Hall, Alline
Hoel, Olive
Kaminska, Lucinda
Orr, Lizzie
Pinkston, Mrs. J.P.
Roth, Berthe
Shannon, Mary Katherine Butterfield Davis (1916)[11]
Spotts, Ruby
Sprogue, Mrs. E.H.
Thiele, Hellen
Taylor, Beulah
Trader, Marietta
Ward, Linna (later Rogers)
Wassom, Della
Wedeking, Nettie
Adair, Gertrude
Allen, Reba
Anderson, Mrs Lillian
Atchley, Mrs. Sarah
Barger, Rosa (1927)
Beall, Estella
Bell, Eva
Bennett, Maggie
Bland or Blond, Vella Cleta
Booking, Viola
Brandstandt, Mrs. N.C
Brooks, Mrs. Eva.
Brown, Irene
Buchanan, Stella
Bullard, Beulah
Byus, Hazel
Campbell, Mrs. J.A. (1913)
Caldwell, Juanita
Carmack, Annie
Carter, Carrie
Chilcoat,Fae or Eula
Clarke, Neva (1925)
Classen, Clara
Coley, Beatrice
Cooper, Nora
Cothran, Mrs. L.V.
Darrow, Mrs. C.L. (Smith)
Dooley, Mrs. Ed
Fowler, Mrs. S.S.
Frantz, Edna
Gaither, Mrs. S.E.
Glenn, Evelyn
Haley, Inez
Hallam, Mrs. Urchie
Hamilton, Naomi
Hampton, Mrs. H.W.
Hatfield, Mittie
Hargis, Lucile
Hill, Mrs. O.M.
Hope, Grace
Housdon, Minnie
Hurt, Mrs. Margarett
Hutto, Amana
Iley, Mrs. J.H.
Isbell, Mrs. Ruth
Jones, Margaret (1925)
Keener, Mrs. Lillie
King, Sadie
Landers, Essie D. (1926)
Laymon, Elsie
Lily, Mrs. L.V.
Little, Mrs. N.W.
Kern, Anna
Manning, Opal V.
Martin, Mrs. L.B. (1929)
McCully, Gladys
McGraw, Mrs. D.
Meeks, Mrytle
Mitchusson, Minnie
Moore, Ruth
Muse, Mrs. Dan T.
Nance, Bertha
Pierce, Mrs. Idell
Peters, Mrs. L.A. (1919)
Pinkston, Mrs. Anna
Pool, Mrs. T.W.
Poteet, Vera
Price, Miss Chessie
Revell, Mrs. Emma
Roberson or Robertson, Mrs. J.W.
Roberts, Pearl Mrs.
Rooms, Mrs. Myrtle
Rose, Martha
Ross, Mrs. Melvin
Scaggs, Chessie
Schockly, Mrs. Tinnie
Short, Willa
Smith, Mrs. C.L.(Maggie?) (1913)
Sparks, Mrs. E. W.
Spence, Mrs. H.N.
Stamphill, Myrtle
Stone, Myrtle
Steele, Edith
Stephens, Viola
Stratton, Laura
Sutton, Anna
Taylor, Emma
Taylor, Ellen
Thornton, Margaret
Townsend, Elsie
VanBrunt, Mrs. Dorothy
Varec, Iva
Wassom, Mrs. Della
Watt, Linnie
Weaver, Mrs. C.M (1929)
Wedel, Ello Lous
Wicks, Mildred
Wilbourn, Leeta
Williams, Mrs. W.A. (1913)
Wilkerson, Lucy.
Wilson, Clara (1929)
Wilson, Alice
Wright, Mrs. L.E.
York, Mrs. W.C.
A survey of the conference rolls for the regions of
The survey also raises many questions worthy of additional consideration and research. For example, how does the central region compare to the more populated areas of the south, home base of the Pentecostal Holiness Church
The Authors[1] The first pastor of the author was the Rev. Sallie Mae Flippin, Wellington Pentecostal Holiness Church , Kansas Wellington
[2]Lee, Joyce and Glenn Gohr. “Women in the Pentecostal Movement” Women in Ministry, Assembly of God U.S.A.
[3]Benvenuti, Sheri R. “Pentecostal Women in Ministry: Where Do We Go From Here?” Cyberjournal for Pentecostal Charsimatic Research. Accessed at http:www.pctii.org/cyberj/cyberj1/ben.html on 4/18/2006.
[4]Blumhofer, Edith, The Assemblies of God: A Popular History (Springfield: Gospel Publishing House, 1985) 137.
[5] Hudson, Marilyn A., “In Christ: An Exploration of the Egalitarianism of Galations”, unpublished paper, Southwestern College of Christian Ministries, 1989.
[6]Charles H. Barfoot and Gerald T. Sheppard, “Prophetic vs. Priestly Religion: The Changing Role of Women Clergy in Classical Pentecostal Churches, “ Review of Religious Research, 22:1 (September)4.
[7] Year Book of the Annual Conferences of the Pentecostal Holiness Church Franklin Springs , Georgia : Publishing House of the P.H.C.; Year Book of the Pentecostal Holiness Church Franklin Springs , Georgia : Publishing House of the Pentecostal Holiness Church
[8] Pentecostal Holiness Advocate, Sept, 12, 1946, cover photo shows her with a group of Kansas Conference leaders hading a check to Oral Roberts for new Southwestern School in Oklahoma
[9] Wilson, Alice
[10] Year Book of the Annual Conference..., the 1930 issue reads for O.C. Wilkins “1909", but the next and all subsequent years read “1910".
[11] “Sister A.I. Shannon, Pioneer Holiness Preacher Passes ”, East Oklahoma Conference News, ( March 1944) 8 and the Kansas
[12] Some clues emerge early, G.H. Montgomery writing in the Advocate artle “Do We Need A Seminary?”said “Who is going to be in charge of this seminary? ...These men (and they will have to be men, or I am through with the whole idea right now;” (Feb.15, 1945)2. [emphasis in the original].
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