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The 47th Annual Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) and 53rd Annual Wesleyan Theological Society conference met March 8-10, 2018, in Cleveland, Tennessee. For 20 years now, the two societies have held joint conferences every five years. Host for the 2018 conference was the Pentecostal Theological Seminary (PTS), a Church of God (Cleveland, TN) institution. Some sessions were held at Lee University and the North Cleveland Church of God. The Church of God seminary first hosted SPS in 1983. At that time Dr. Harold D. Hunter was the SPS program chair and a member of the host seminary faculty.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns with SPS Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Dr. Dale Coulter, president of the Society of Pentecostal Studies.<\/p><\/div>\n

The group photo taken in the lobby of the Hollis Gause building at PTS shows all the IPHC participants except for Dr. Paul Oxley and Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns. Dr. Oxley presented a paper during the conference and chaired a session. Dr. Bridges Johns, a professor at PTS and former president of SPS, was honored with the SPS Lifetime Achievement Award. Professor Hollis Gause, founder of PTS, never forgot his IPHC roots. Dr. Vinson Synan presented a paper to the conference and served on a panel. Dr. Synan, scholar in residence at Oral Roberts University, is the only surviving founder of the four scholars who launched SPS at the 1970 Pentecostal World Conference in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n

An SPS panel convened to discuss Dr. Tony Moon\u2019s massive biography of Bishop J.H. King. Dr. Moon has served on the faculty of Emmanuel College for many years. Southwestern Christian University was represented by Dr. Adrian Hinkle, vice president for Academic Affairs, who presented a paper and Dr. Rebecca Webster, director of Graduate Studies, who chaired a session. Boston University Ph.D. student Alex Mayfield chaired a session and presented a paper on the famous IPHC missionary Anna M. Deane. Mayfield\u2019s graduate studies are focused on the IPHC early years in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Harold D. Hunter and Mrs. Karen Lucas with the SPS archivists and librarians.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mrs. Karen Lucas, IPHC North Carolina Conference archivist, took an active role in various parts of the conference in particular, the lunch that brought together a wide range Pentecostal archivists and librarians. Dr. Harold D. Hunter presented a paper on the impact of the early IPHC (Fire-Baptized Holiness Association of America) on the emerging Church of God (Cleveland, TN). A past President of SPS, Dr. Hunter served an additional term on the SPS Executive Committee and has twice moderated the SPS archivists and librarians group.<\/p>\n

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By Dr. Harold D. Hunter
\n<\/strong>Director, IPHC Archives & Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nGroup photo in the lobby of the Pentecostal Theological Seminary:
\n<\/strong>Pictured L to R: Dr. Tony Moon, Dr. Adrian Hinkle, Dr. Rebecca Webster, Mrs. Carol Synan, Dr. Vinson Synan, Dr. Harold D. Hunter, Rev. 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Sociedad Anual de Estudios Pentecostales (SPS) y la 53\u00aa Conferencia Anual de la Sociedad Teol\u00f3gica Wesleyana se reunieron del 8 al 10 de marzo de 2018 en Cleveland, Tennessee. Durante 20 a\u00f1os, las dos sociedades han celebrado conferencias conjuntas cada cinco a\u00f1os. El anfitri\u00f3n de la conferencia 2018 fue el Seminario Teol\u00f3gico Pentecostal (PTS), una instituci\u00f3n de la Iglesia de Dios (Cleveland, TN). Algunas sesiones se llevaron a cabo en Lee University y North Cleveland Church of God. El seminario de la Iglesia de Dios organiz\u00f3 SPS por primera vez en 1983. En ese momento, el Dr. Harold D. Hunter era el presidente del programa SPS y miembro de la facultad del seminario anfitri\u00f3n. La foto grupal tomada en el lobby del edificio Hollis Gause en PTS muestra a todos los participantes de IPHC a excepci\u00f3n del Dr. Paul Oxley y la Dra. Cheryl Bridges Johns. El Dr. Oxley present\u00f3 un documento durante la conferencia y presidi\u00f3 una sesi\u00f3n. El Dr. Bridges Johns, profesor de PTS y ex presidente de SPS, fue honrado con el premio SPS Lifetime Achievement Award. El profesor Hollis Gause, fundador de PTS, nunca olvid\u00f3 sus ra\u00edces de IPHC. El Dr. Vinson Synan present\u00f3 un trabajo en la conferencia y particip\u00f3 en un panel. El Dr. Synan, erudito residente en la Universidad Oral Roberts, es el \u00fanico superviviente de los cuatro eruditos que lanzaron SPS en la Conferencia Mundial Pentecostal de 1970 en Dallas, Texas. Un panel de SPS se reuni\u00f3 para discutir la biograf\u00eda masiva del Dr. Tony Moon sobre el Obispo JH King. El Dr. Moon ha servido en la facultad de Emmanuel College por muchos a\u00f1os. La Universidad Cristiana Southwestern estuvo representada por el Dr. Adrian Hinkle, vicepresidente de Asuntos Acad\u00e9micos, quien present\u00f3 un trabajo y la Dra. Rebecca Webster, directora de Estudios de Posgrado, quien presidi\u00f3 una sesi\u00f3n. Boston University Ph.D. el estudiante Alex Mayfield presidi\u00f3 una sesi\u00f3n y present\u00f3 un trabajo sobre la famosa misionera de IPHC Anna M. Deane. Los estudios de postgrado de Mayfield se centran en los primeros a\u00f1os de IPHC en Hong Kong. La Sra. Karen Lucas, archivista de la Conferencia IPHC de Carolina del Norte, tom\u00f3 un papel activo en varias partes de la conferencia en particular, el almuerzo que reuni\u00f3 a una amplia gama de archivistas y bibliotecarios pentecostales. El Dr. Harold D. Hunter present\u00f3 un documento sobre el impacto de la temprana IPHC (Asociaci\u00f3n de Santidad Bautizada por el Fuego de Am\u00e9rica) sobre la emergente Iglesia de Dios (Cleveland, TN). Un ex presidente de SPS, el Dr. Hunter sirvi\u00f3 un t\u00e9rmino adicional en el Comit\u00e9 Ejecutivo de SPS y ha moderado dos veces el grupo de archivistas y bibliotecarios de SPS. 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