Box CHOG 176

Firsthand biographical accounts of early Church of God pastors, evangelists, missionaries, etc., received by C.E. Brown in 1949-1950 while researching his book When The Trumpet Sounded, a history of the Church of God movement.

Firsthand biographical accounts of early Church of God pastors, evangelists, missionaries, etc., received by C.E. Brown in 1949-1950 while researching his book When The Trumpet Sounded, a history of the Church of God movement.

CHOG was being outgrown in Sidney so a new one was started in the home of R. W. Ward on North Gotdon St. The church building was completed summer 1940 and a new addition was being built in 1949.

Includes a cover letter about the difficulty of establishing churches and W. O. Moon's entry into ministry. The letter details the development of churches in FL and Moon's influence as well as the revivals held. Eary evangelists worked under severe hardships but many answered the call from other states to pastor in FL.

No creater given. Sunday school was started by L. S. Mowery in October of 1934. Church building property purchaseed April of 1936. W. O. Moon, also known as Christian Father in FL, was born in FL 1890.

Also known as First CHOG. The first meeting was held by L. S. Mowery on 9/22/1941. Sunday school was started by Sam Hutchenson on 1/4/1942. The church building was constructed and held its first servuce Dec 1945 and was free of debt.

The author is unknown. G.H. Colton started recieving the Gospel Trumpet in Sand Lake, FL in 1897. He requested to Gospel Trumpet Co. for a minister to come and preach tthere. A. J. Poulson and wife and L. V. Strickland answered the call in 1898. Their work started in Pool Branch.

C. E. Brown was commissioned to write an upcoming book and needed information about the history of CHOG in FL. At the bottom, the response is attached but the attachment is not found.