The Month of March in Pentecostal History!

OneAccord · #1 03-08-2009, 07:47 AM

The Month of March in Pentecostal History!

http://oldlandmark.wordpress.com/this-month-in-pentecostal-history/

18 March 1870—John G. Lake, Trinitarian Pentecostal missionary and evangelist, was born in Ontario, Canada.

2 March 1907—William Durham, influential Chicago Pentecostal pastor and champion of the “Finished Work at Calvary” doctrine, received baptism of the Holy Ghost at Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles.

9 March 1907—John Alexander Dowie died in Zion, Illinois, site of his failed utopian community.

25 March 1912–General Assembly of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World was held in Los Angeles. J.J. Frazee was elected General Superintendent.

28 March 1928—Jack E. Yonts, Sr., former General Home Missions Director of the United Pentecostal Church International, was born in Herrin, Illinois.

March 1932—Howard A. Goss resigned as General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance to devote himself to his pastorate in Toronto, Canada.

9 March 1932–A remnant of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World dissatisfied with the merger of the Apostolic Churches of Jesus Christ and the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World to form the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ reincorporated as the Pentecostla Assemblies of the World. Bishop A. William Lews, a caucasian, was appointed chairman of the organization, which was predmoninantly black.

9 March 1934—Harry E. Scism, former United Pentecostal Church General Foreign Missions Director and missionary, was born in Oakland, California.

28-31 March 1942—First national convention of the Pentecostal Young People’s Association, under the auspices of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

20 March 1945—The second meeting of representatives from the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ and Pentecostal Church Incorporated was held in St. Louis, Missouri to facilitate organizational merger.

1 March 1954—United Pentecostal Church headquarters moved to a new location on South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri, following a destructive fire at the former location in October 1952.

5 March 1961–First broadcast of Harvestime, the national radio program of the United Pentecostal Church, aired on 33 stations.

March 1969–United Pentecostal Church begins publishing Forward, a magazine for UPC minister. J.R. Ensey was appointed editor.

Sam · #2 03-08-2009, 12:50 PM

28 March 1955 James Ellis born again in Union Grove, WI

pelathais · #3 03-08-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam

28 March 1955 James Ellis born again in Union Grove, WI

Now, when you were "born again" did you count the first time you were born as being "of the water" (John 3:5) and this occasion on March 28, 1955, as being the "second birth" and thus "of the spirit?" Or did you conglomerate the references in John 3:5, into a single "new birth" thus denying the fact that a first birth had ever taken place at all?

Sam · #4 03-08-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pelathais

Now, when you were "born again" did you count the first time you were born as being "of the water" (John 3:5) and this occasion on March 28, 1955, as being the "second birth" and thus "of the spirit?" Or did you conglomerate the references in John 3:5, into a single "new birth" thus denying the fact that a first birth had ever taken place at all?

OK,
let's not turn this thread into a debate.

In my opinion,

I was born of water on December 6, 1937 at St. Theresa's Hospital in Waukegan, IL.

I was born of the Spirit March 25, 1955 after attending a service at the Union Grove Baptist Church in Union Grove, WI

I was baptized in the Spirit on Pentecost Sunday May 20, 1956 at Bethel Tabernacle UPC in Racine, WI

As I said, let's not turn this thread into a debate but the way I've outlined my experiences above is in line with the older and historical Apostolic/Pentecostal teaching.

pelathais · #5 03-08-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam

OK,
let's not turn this thread into a debate...

I'm sorry Sam. I'm at work and eager to get out of here so I was picking on you. We of course have the same understanding of the new birth and I very much appreciate the way in which you articulate things and your exemplary spirit.