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Originally Posted by Margies3
Is Bro Ragon the man who did the 'chalk talks'? If so, his son pastors the church that I used to go to here in Toledo.
I think I remember Bro Stewart from Ohio Camp back in the late 60's, early 70's. I didn't know he was passed.
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The Church that Bro. Ragon pastored had been previously pastored by Bro. Grant. There was some kind of irregularity in how it was organized/set up and after Bro. Ragon took over as pastor there was some kind of problem with taxes being due. I think maybe the church had been set up as a sole proprietorship business and not an a non-profit corporation.
The Church Bro. Stewart pastored was on Light Street. I think the address was 39 Light Street. That street was only a block or two long. The words "Jesus Only" made of brass (or something) were embedded in the sidewalk out in front of the church. I think it was previously pastored by Bro. Martin who was Bro. Stewart's father-in-law. I think the deed to the church building was held by Sis. Stewart personally. There was a grandson named Mike Hamrick (spelling?) who used to preach there.
The Church that Bro. Coleman pastored is now pastored by his son, Ron Coleman. Bro. William Coleman, the Dad, was affiliated with the ALJC and was the editor of the official AMF magazine. I haven't been there since some time in the nineteen seventies when they were in the old building and Bro. William Coleman was alive.
I used to be the sectional youth leader for the ALJC for a few years in the nineteen seventies and we used to have monthly youth rallies at
Carthage Apostolic Church, Cincinnati, OH Bro. Sizemore, pastor
Jesus Name Pentecostal Church, Dayton, Bro. William Coleman, pastor
Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, Tipp City, Bro. Burkhart (spelling?)pastor
Dayton Christ Temple (?) Bro. Stewart, Pastor
Xenia Christ Temple, Xenia, OH, Bro. Richard Frum, pastor
Apostolic Temple, Piqua, OH, Dorsey Simmons, pastor
a church in Sidney, OH (don't remember the name) Bob Fries, pastor
Western Hills Apostolic Church (just once) Cincinnati, Eugene Price, pastor
Yes. Bro. Ragon was the man who did the chalk talks. He was a character. He did a chalk talk at one of our ALJC youth rallies in Tipp City. The pastor there, Jim Burkhart (spelling?) was from Bro. Ragan's church. I don't know if Bro. Burkhart was ALJC or not. That was not a requirement to host a youth rally. At one time before i was youth leader, there was a youth rally at a church in Fairborn, OH. I don't know what organization (if any) that church was. It later split over the Branham doctrine.