Minutes of the 1915 Church of God General Assembly record…

Minutes of the 1915 Church of God General Assembly record the following action on the morning of November 5:

“Whereas, The Church of God is suffering undue reproach by the slanderous title ‘Holy Rollers’ that is in common use before the public in referring to its members and work,

Be it known to all men everywhere and unto all nations that we, the Churches of God assembled in this eleventh annual assembly, at Cleveland, Tenn., Nov. 1-7, do hereby and hereafter disclaim and repudiate the title ‘Holy Rollers’ in reference to the Church of God.

In consequence to this decision we herewith give general notice to the public that all reference to the Church of God by the use of the above title ‘Holy Rollers’ by the public press or otherwise will be considered and treated as a slanderous and malignant offence.

This was accepted in full and it was advised by the Assembly that it be published in the ‘Evangel’ and other papers so as to give it a wide circulation.”