Cleveland, TN–Today, August 19, is the birthday of the Church of God. On this day in 1886, a small group gathered at a gristmill along Barney Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee—not far from the Coker Creek stop on the well-traveled Unicoi Turnpike. According to Dr. David Roebuck, director of the Pentecostal Research Center and Church […]

Cleveland, TN–“Pillars of Pentecost: Church of God History – Our First Fifty Years” is now open to the public at the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center on the campus of Lee University. Under the leadership of Chairman James E. Cossey, the Church of God Historical Commission and the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center produced and unveiled “Pillars […]

By Dallas Bogan (Reprinted with Permission. This article was published in the LaFollette Press) While many churches in the South had already established their existence and their doctrines, an invitation went forward to those who wanted to fully establish the readings and beliefs of the Bible as it was written. With this request a small […]

Hurricane Erin lashes Caribbean with damaging wind as US faces life-threatening coastal conditions this week Hurricane Erin is likely to restrengthen again as it passes east of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas on Monday after lashing the Caribbean with damaging winds and flooding rain. Eventually, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said […]

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