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.”

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5 comments

Earl Ray Stinson says:

November 5, 2016 at 10:18 pm

To bad!!!!

Larry Oliver says:

November 5, 2016 at 10:55 pm

No one calls us that these days. Are we still holy?

Scotty Searan says:

November 6, 2016 at 4:10 am

Has anyone seen anybody roll in the Spirit?

Cleston Walton says:

November 8, 2016 at 12:25 pm

I am a mere 52 years of age, yet when I was but a young lad up to 10 or so, I witnessed men worshippers running at incredible speeds and often found rolling in the wood shavings of various tent revivals! Women often shouted in motion stationary and hair pins were strown everywhere. As a very young child it was my chore to pick up and sort by shades and shapes those pins. But “holy rollers” was gladly received and worn as a badge of honor respectively! And ‘proud’ or more ‘reserved’ and somewhat more ‘dignified’ men would often testify after the fact that they had vowed to themselves before God that they would ‘never’ do that – but miraculously did just that! At age eight I was baptized locally in the Scoggins pond by the late Rev. TL Phillips. Young evangelists, namely Rev. Buddy Brewer, Rev. Sammy Hughes and Brother Woodrow Morgan preached and officiated these tent meetings throughout Bradley county and hundreds of whole families were converted and baptized in that same old country pond! We were never mindful nor ashamed of the ‘operation’ of sincere worship and its various expressions thereof. On occasion some ‘mistakenly’ wore their best clothes – sometimes a suit yet without notice or premeditation fell to the floor speaking in tongues and rolling in the saw dust! These are cherished childhood memories. Thanks for bringing them to mind and letting me share them. Proud of my heritage. God knows how to save to the uttermost! Expressions and demonstrations of worship will invariably change but Jesus is the same and His Spirit causes worshipers to love one another! Spirit born – Truth nature worship is all that matters! For we have been made partakers of His holiness and divine nature whereby we love everybody! Selah 777

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Earl Ray Stinson says:

November 5, 2016 at 10:18 pm

To bad!!!!

Larry Oliver says:

November 5, 2016 at 10:55 pm

No one calls us that these days. Are we still holy?

Scotty Searan says:

November 6, 2016 at 4:10 am

Has anyone seen anybody roll in the Spirit?

Cleston Walton says:

November 8, 2016 at 12:25 pm

I am a mere 52 years of age, yet when I was but a young lad up to 10 or so, I witnessed men worshippers running at incredible speeds and often found rolling in the wood shavings of various tent revivals! Women often shouted in motion stationary and hair pins were strown everywhere. As a very young child it was my chore to pick up and sort by shades and shapes those pins. But “holy rollers” was gladly received and worn as a badge of honor respectively! And ‘proud’ or more ‘reserved’ and somewhat more ‘dignified’ men would often testify after the fact that they had vowed to themselves before God that they would ‘never’ do that – but miraculously did just that! At age eight I was baptized locally in the Scoggins pond by the late Rev. TL Phillips. Young evangelists, namely Rev. Buddy Brewer, Rev. Sammy Hughes and Brother Woodrow Morgan preached and officiated these tent meetings throughout Bradley county and hundreds of whole families were converted and baptized in that same old country pond! We were never mindful nor ashamed of the ‘operation’ of sincere worship and its various expressions thereof. On occasion some ‘mistakenly’ wore their best clothes – sometimes a suit yet without notice or premeditation fell to the floor speaking in tongues and rolling in the saw dust! These are cherished childhood memories. Thanks for bringing them to mind and letting me share them. Proud of my heritage. God knows how to save to the uttermost! Expressions and demonstrations of worship will invariably change but Jesus is the same and His Spirit causes worshipers to love one another! Spirit born – Truth nature worship is all that matters! For we have been made partakers of His holiness and divine nature whereby we love everybody! Selah 777

Minutes of the 1915 Church of God General Assembly record… #ourCOG – ourcog says:

May 17, 2023 at 3:18 pm

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