{"id":3396,"date":"2019-02-05T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2019-02-05T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:19:35","slug":"iphc-minister-celebrates-102nd-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2019\/02\/05\/iphc-minister-celebrates-102nd-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"IPHC Minister Celebrates 102nd Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

IPHC minister Rev. F.M. Spargo celebrates his 102nd\u00a0<\/sup>birthday today. An ordained minister in the Cornerstone Conference, to our knowledge Rev. Spargo is the oldest living IPHC minister. His pastor, Dr. Danny Penny, from the Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church, shares this tribute to Rev. Spargo.<\/p>\n

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Rev. Spargo and Katherine were married April 27, 1940, and they faithfully served God together for 64 years. They met at the Stanley P.H.\u00a0Church\u00a0when Katherine visited with her church and pastor for a special service. The acquaintance turned into a life\u2011long commitment of love and service. Katherine went home to be with the Lord in 2004.<\/p>\n

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Rev. and Mrs. F.M. Spargo<\/p><\/div>\n

Rev. Spargo was born February 5, 1917, and grew up in Stanley, North Carolina, in the house which his father built. He had five brothers and ten sisters. His father worked hard as a mechanic, house carpenter, and farmer. His mother made their home a haven for the whole family and took care of them with a multitude of things that come with a large family.<\/p>\n

Rev. Spargo grew up in the years surrounding the Great Depression and jobs were hard to find. After high school, his uncle helped him secure a job in the textile factory and he worked there until joining the Navy. Spargo served the United States in the Second World War (1943-1945) and was part of the armed forces fighting at Okinawa at the close of the war. He served aboard the USS Keokuk<\/em>as, a 2nd\u00a0<\/sup>Class Naval Petty Officer.<\/p>\n

After his service in the Navy, Rev. Spargo entered Holmes College of the Bible in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied there from 1946-1949, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology. During his final year at Holmes, he pastored the Asheville and Pisgah View churches. He preached the morning service in Asheville, North Carolina, then traveled to the Pisgah View church to preach and minister in the afternoon, and then back to Asheville to preach in the evening service. At the end of the day, he would travel back to Holmes College of the Bible to be ready for classes the next day. Later, Rev. Spargo continued his studies at King\u2019s Business College and blessed the churches he served with solid business principles and practices.<\/p>\n

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Rev. F.M. Spargo<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1939, he joined the Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church, four years after it was chartered. He remembers serving the Stanley PHC in multiple capacities including trustee, teacher,\u00a0and\u00a0deacon. He has always loved the church, its people, its ministry, and most of all, our Lord.<\/p>\n

Rev. Spargo was licensed as a minister in May 1947 and ordained in May 1949. He served the following churches: Asheville, and Pisgah View, Charlotte, Kannapolis, Stanley, Hurt, South Henderson, Gastonia, High Point, and both East Marion and West Marion as interim. During his years pastoring, Rev. Spargo took one year off to serve as a full\u2011time evangelist–sometimes holding revivals that lasted as much as eight weeks in length. He has served the Lord as a pastor for more than 30 years and has served as interim pastor many times for churches in the conference.<\/p>\n

Rev. F.M. Spargo retired in 1979 but has continued to serve his Lord and the church. As a former pastor (1953-1956), he added to the life and vitality of Stanley PHC, adding new Sunday School rooms, as well as members to the congregation. He was also very active in the community and positioned the church to bless the entire city and surrounding area. We honor him as a treasure both to our nation and to the Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[520,1],"tags":[647,521,119,649,648,646],"class_list":{"0":"post-3396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allgenerations","8":"category-general","9":"tag-102nd-birthday","10":"tag-all-generations","11":"tag-cornerstone-conference","12":"tag-dr-danny-penny","13":"tag-iphc-minister","14":"tag-rev-f-m-spargo","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Ministro de IPHC celebra 102 cumplea\u00f1os","content_es":"Ministro de la IISP, Rev. FM Spargo celebra su 102\u00ba<\/sup> cumplea\u00f1os hoy. Un ministro ordenado en la Conferencia Cornerstone, y que nosotros sepamos, el Reverendo Spargo es el ministro con vida m\u00e1s antiguo de la IPHC. Su pastor, el Dr. Danny Penny, de la Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal Stanley, comparte este homenaje al Reverendo Spargo. El Reverendo Spargo y Katherine se casaron el 27 de abril de 1940 y sirvieron fielmente a Dios juntos durante 64 a\u00f1os. Se reunieron en la Iglesia Stanley PH cuando Katherine visit\u00f3 a su iglesia y al pastor para un servicio especial. El conocido se convirti\u00f3 en un compromiso de amor y servicio de por vida. Katherine fue a su casa para estar con el Se\u00f1or en 2004. El Reverendo Spargo naci\u00f3 el 5 de febrero de 1917 y creci\u00f3 en Stanley, Carolina del Norte, en la casa que construy\u00f3 su padre. Tuvo cinco hermanos y diez hermanas. Su padre trabaj\u00f3 duro como mec\u00e1nico, carpintero y agricultor. Su madre hizo de su hogar un refugio para toda la familia y los cuid\u00f3 con una multitud de cosas que vienen con una gran familia. El Reverendo Spargo creci\u00f3 en los a\u00f1os que rodearon la Gran Depresi\u00f3n y los trabajos fueron dif\u00edciles de encontrar. Despu\u00e9s de la secundaria, su t\u00edo lo ayud\u00f3 a conseguir un empleo en la f\u00e1brica textil y trabaj\u00f3 all\u00ed hasta que se uni\u00f3 a la Marina. Spargo sirvi\u00f3 a los Estados Unidos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1943-1945) y form\u00f3 parte de las fuerzas armadas que luchaban en Okinawa al final de la guerra. Sirvi\u00f3 a bordo del USS Keokuk<\/em> como, un peque\u00f1o oficial naval de segunda<\/sup> clase. Despu\u00e9s de su servicio en la Marina, el Reverendo Spargo ingres\u00f3 en el Holmes College of the Bible en la Universidad de Greenville, Carolina del Sur, y estudi\u00f3 all\u00ed de 1946 a 1949, donde se gradu\u00f3 con una Licenciatura en Teolog\u00eda. Durante su \u00faltimo a\u00f1o en Holmes, fue pastor de las iglesias de Asheville y Pisgah View. Predic\u00f3 el servicio matutino en Asheville, Carolina del Norte, luego viaj\u00f3 a la iglesia Pisgah View para predicar y ministrar por la tarde, y luego regres\u00f3 a Asheville para predicar en el servicio vespertino. Al final del d\u00eda, regresar\u00eda al Holmes College of the Bible para estar listo para las clases al d\u00eda siguiente. M\u00e1s tarde, el Reverendo Spargo continu\u00f3 sus estudios en King's Business College y bendijo a las iglesias que serv\u00eda con principios y pr\u00e1cticas comerciales s\u00f3lidos. En 1939, se uni\u00f3 a la Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal Stanley, cuatro a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de su constituci\u00f3n. Recuerda que sirvi\u00f3 a Stanley PHC en m\u00faltiples capacidades, incluidos el fideicomisario, el maestro y el di\u00e1cono. \u00c9l siempre ha amado a la iglesia, a su gente, a su ministerio y, sobre todo, a nuestro Se\u00f1or. El Reverendo Spargo fue licenciado como ministro en mayo de 1947 y ordenado en mayo de 1949. Sirvi\u00f3 en las siguientes iglesias: Asheville y Pisgah View, Charlotte, Kannapolis, Stanley, Hurt, South Henderson, Gastonia, High Point y East Marion y West Marion como interino. Durante sus a\u00f1os de pastoreo, el Reverendo Spargo se tom\u00f3 un a\u00f1o para servir como evangelista de tiempo completo, a veces con avivamientos que duraron hasta ocho semanas. \u00c9l ha servido al Se\u00f1or como pastor por m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os y ha servido como pastor interino muchas veces para las iglesias en la conferencia. El Reverendo FM Spargo se retir\u00f3 en 1979, pero ha continuado sirviendo a su Se\u00f1or y a la iglesia. Como ex pastor (1953-1956), se sum\u00f3 a la vida y vitalidad de Stanley PHC, agregando nuevos salones de la Escuela Dominical, as\u00ed como miembros de la congregaci\u00f3n. Tambi\u00e9n fue muy activo en la comunidad y posicion\u00f3 a la iglesia para bendecir a toda la ciudad y al \u00e1rea circundante. Lo honramos como un tesoro tanto para nuestra naci\u00f3n como para la Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal Stanley.","author_name":"Dr. Danny Penny","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/1-Rev.-F.M.-Spargo-100th-Birthday-Stanley-PHC-Sunday-February-5-2017.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-SM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}