Epley, Sam, Scott, others help me out

Esaias · #1 05-07-2015, 12:27 AM

I am looking for the following information:

1. Who were founding or early influential preachers in the PAJC and the PCI? I need their names, dates, and locations.

2. What is Frank Ewart's history? What connection did he have with either the PCI or PAJC?

3. Did RE McAlester (sp?) have any connections with William Durham (of Chicago fame)?*EDIT: I just found some of that info. Apparently the two worked together at times, and McAlester organized a convention in 1912 in Canada which Durham oversaw.

4. Who was John Scheppe and what happened to him after Arroyo Seco 1913?

5. Who in the early PCI and PAJC were "three steppers" (so called) and who were "one steppers" (so called)? I mean which prominent preachers of each group held to which view?

More questions as I think of them. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: 6. Who was "Dr Sykes" of Arroyo Seco fame? I found a testimony from 1911 or 1912 that a Sykes had been healed in a meeting with Frank Ewart in Los Angeles... wondering if they are the same guy?

Esaias · #2 05-07-2015, 12:42 AM

BTW, I just stumbled across proof that PRIOR TO 1913 there were Pentecostals teaching that Holy Ghost baptism is synonymous with being saved, and that there were Pentecostals teaching and preaching Jesus' name baptism. I'll post my sources later but this is all highly fascinating.

Sister Alvear · #3 05-07-2015, 03:27 AM

I think Brother Epley will know these answers he is a whiz in Pentecostal history. Hope he sees this.

Esaias · #4 05-07-2015, 05:04 AM

According to this: http://www.greateremmanuelchurch.com...th/haywood.htm G. T. Haywood was preaching Acts 2:38 and John 3:5 in 1922. The water/spirit new birth was being preached 9 years after Arroyo Seco.

Was Haywood taught by Ewart, or Glenn Cook?

Esaias · #5 05-07-2015, 05:11 AM

Ah, so Haywood learned from Cook. Who else in those early days linked Acts 2:38 with John 3:5?

Esaias · #6 05-07-2015, 05:39 AM

The Word and Witness, Oct 1915 contains E N Bell's explanation of why he got baptized in Jesus' name. He includes a repudiation of identifying Acts 2:38 with John 3:5, proving that the "water and spirit" view of the new birth was being contested in 1915.

That is only 2 years after Arroyo Seco.

Esaias · #7 05-07-2015, 05:50 AM

That same issue has a letter signed by E N Bell, H A Goss, M M Pinson, DCO Opperman, and a couple others, repudiating the teaching that the baptism with the Spirit is spiritual regeneration, that Jesus is the Father, and that Christ is the Holy Ghost, and a couple other issues.

randyabrown · #8 05-07-2015, 06:40 AM

This site has a lot of articles on history:

https://oldlandmark.wordpress.com/

Scott Pitta · #9 05-07-2015, 06:59 AM

I do not have any data about John Scheppe.

Frank Ewart pastored in Los Angeles until his death in 1947. He did preach for Harry Morse a few times. Morse preached the funeral for Ewart. The church Ewart founded still exixts, it is located in Pasadena. Ewart pubished his own magazine for a few years. It was called Word and Witness, I think. He also published 2 books.

Those Azuza Street folks, as a rule, did not stay in one church "denomination" for very long. Some never joined any church. Bartleman never did. Morse was in several in his lifetime. I think Ewart was in the UPC at the time of his death.

Michael The Disciple · #10 05-07-2015, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esaias

That same issue has a letter signed by E N Bell, H A Goss, M M Pinson, DCO Opperman, and a couple others, repudiating the teaching that the baptism with the Spirit is spiritual regeneration, that Jesus is the Father, and that Christ is the Holy Ghost, and a couple other issues.

These "issues" are quite sound imo.