Do you know of any Church of God pastors who have “armorbearers”. Let me hear from you about this! I know of a couple of pastors who seem to have armor bearers and I wonder about the reasoning or Biblical basis.

Small churches make up about 70 % of the COG and it is these churches that I am most interested in. How can they have a rich church family experience? How can they feel like they are whole and complete just as they are? How can the pastor and the lay leaders keep them from […]

John Jernigan was our pastor in my hometown in 1925. It was a tumultuous time for the church and he served as district pastor, literally keeping all the churches going. He got his start in Campaign COG and quickly moved on to be state overseer in Tennessee. The Sparta area is a rugged area and […]

Wade Horton preaching!

Years ago, I pitched a 40×60 revival tent up on the fairgrounds in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Rev. William Morgan, pastor of the Sidney, Ohio Church of God back the revival with workers, singers, musicians and prayer. We had a great tent revival. About 200 in attendance. The newspaper came one night and took the pictures, which […]

Every COG pastor has probably pastored a people that have gone through what J.D. Vance calls; ” the hillbilly school of hard knocks.” That means your challenge as a pastor is harder and more frustrating than most. Going through the school of hard knocks means that they have been * yelled at, humiliated, cussed at […]

While in Florida some years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet a former General Overseer of the Church of God, the Rev. Zeno C. Tharp. What a honor it was to me. He gave me several of his books. He liked the way someone wrote his name, so he made a name stamp […]