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Someone in-boxed a FB message to me and I am sharing it anonymously. This is not a COG person so from that perspective I thought it was interesting. “I went to a service last evening. Dr Tim Hill sang a(nd) preached. He’s a very good singer, and even better preacher. Very good message and delivery. […]

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I remember when the arguments began about who first spoke in tongues at the turn of the century. It began as an on-going debate about where modern Pentecostalism began. Was it in the Cherokee mountains in Carolina/Tennessee or was it at Azusa Street, California? I never was taken in by the Azusa Street stories. I […]

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I have lived for over 28 years in the Memphis, Tennessee area. My observation is that it could be the most segregated Christian community in America. I’m sure that can be disputed. Racial separation cannot be more apparent than Bellevue Baptist with one of the early pastors R. G. Lee (Payday Someday) and later Adrian […]

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Interesting Church of God history. This is Lillie Drugger who became A. J. Tomlinson’s personal secretary in Cleveland. She was originally from Harriman, Tennessee and when A J Tomlinson left Cleveland in 1923 she went with him to Harriman where he started up a new magazine and the COG of Prophecy was formed.

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