The heritage of my local COG, McMinnville, Tennessee, reaches back to 1915 and one of the pastors appointed from Cleveland, Tennessee was E.J. Boehmer. Brother Boehmer had ties with Azusa Street in California and was instrumental in the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit there. He left there and traveled across the country preaching and […]

gonna violate the forum rules by posting this – I can’t resist. I am one of the admins. SEATTLE, WA—As star worship leader Eddie “Dimebag” Johnson was preparing for church Sunday morning, the skilled guitarist and vocalist spilled nearly his entire mugful of freshly pressed artisan coffee all over his prized pair of skinny jeans, […]

143 SAVED, 42 BAPTIZED WITH HOLY GHOST – April 19, 1930 – Dillon, S, C. – ” A wonderful meeting closed at Dillon, The Lord blessed all the way through. I never have seen the Lord work so wonderfully as He did in this meeting. One hundred and forty-three were saved, sixty-seven sanctified, forty-two baptized […]

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Got to thinking about our heritage and realized that we have come through some tough times since 1884. The south had not healed from the civil war, when the church was born and the south was still being punished by the northern victors. Then came WW I and many thought it was the end of […]

If He Gave Her a Nosering and Earrings, Should She Have Worn Them? 12 And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. […]

Church of God Preacher Wears Clerical Collar I’d seen other Charismatics doing this in Indonesia years ago, but apparently, COG pastors have started wearing them, too.