Sammy H. Bozeman

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Letter documents that CHOG began in Laurel, Mississippi in 1908 in a tent meeting. The first church building was West of Laurel, known as "The Pond." The location moved to newly purchased land in 1928, where the church was still meeting at the time of the letter (1949). Letter also mentions L.V. Strickland and his documtnation of CHOG in Mississippi.

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Letter describes the history of CHOG doctrine was introduced to Mississippi in 1888 with the first meeting of the D. S. Warner group taking place near Dixon, MS. The group faced mass persecution with D. S. Warner responding with a hymn he wrote titled "Who will Suffer with the Savior." Despite persecution, D. S. Warner was able to establish a church in every community he conducted a gospel meeting with the State Camp location at Dixon, MS.

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Includes the beginnings of the church and the lives of the influential persons as well as the buildings used and a list of pastors served. References the neck tie controversy and the black congregation.

Scope and Contents Letter talks about D. S. Warner and B. E. Warren among others going to Spring Hill, a town near Meridian, MS, in 1889. There, the gospel group was threatened by a mob. However, some of the mob attending services with CHOG and ended up converted. W. B. Moffet is a name listed as a converted mob member, along with his family. The Moffet family became the "foundation" of the Shady Grove Church. After the Warner group left, prayer meetings were held in private homes, and three churches were...

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An eleven page letter about the life and ministry work of J. E. Forrest.

Scope and Contents Letter provides background information about CHOG in Mississippi. W. W. Bradley and Sammy Bozeman preach to the Spring Hill Community near Meridian. Members of a Protestant church were "ordered out" if they believed in holiness. These members built a building on borrowed land to worship there instead. Eventually, the letter mentions that the land owner took back the land (and with it the building), so the congregation moved to Pine Grove, remaining there for seveal years until a more...