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Rev. Elston Page (1930-2019)<\/p><\/div>\n

Elston Caruth Page was born on his grandfather\u2019s farm near Roseboro, North Carolina, on May 9, 1930, to Roosevelt and Lucile Page. Though his father never finished high school, Elston graduated from Clement High School then continued his education by attending Holmes Bible College in Greenville, South Carolina, and earning a Bachelor of Arts from Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n

The decision to study at Holmes proved to be one that helped establish Elston firmly on a path of Christian ministry that lasted throughout his life. Even though he had given his heart to Christ in June of 1944, while chopping cotton in a North Carolina cotton field, it was at Holmes that he heard God\u2019s call and surrendered his life to preach the gospel. When a revival \u201cbroke out\u201d in the Bible class at the college, it spread quickly throughout the campus. The outpouring continued for an entire week, during which time several students, including Elston Page, received their mandates from God. Elton believed his specific call was to missionary service.<\/p>\n

It was also at Holmes that Elston met his future bride, Elsie Moody from Lumberton, North Carolina. They were married in Lumberton on August 23, 1953. To that union was added two sons, Phillip (Caroline) of Wichita, Kansas, and Craig (Patricia Ann) of Scottsdale, Arizona; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Following their graduation from Holmes, Elston and Elsie applied with the Pentecostal Holiness World Missions Board to go to India; but since the Indian government was restricting all missionary activity at the time, the Board declined their request with the assurance that they would be assigned when a field became available. So, in the meantime, the Pages accepted the pastorate of the Fuqua Springs Church in the North Carolina Conference, where they pastored for two and a half years (1953-1955).<\/p>\n

In 1956, Elston and Elsie accepted an offer from the Missions Board to go to Alaska (1956-1968). When Alaska achieved statehood in 1959, the status of the work in the territory shifted from World Missions to Home Missions, whereupon the Pages accepted the pastorate of a church in Anchorage. They stayed there for eight years before returning to North Carolina in 1969. A year later, they received a call to pastor the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Wichita, Kansas. They served that congregation for the next 12 years (1969-1981).<\/p>\n

In 1981, the Kansas Conference (now known as the Harvest Conference), elected Elston as its superintendent. During his 12 years in that role, he also served concurrently on the General World Missions Board. He was elected to a four-year term as a member of the IPHC General Executive Board.<\/p>\n

Elston retired from public ministry in 1994. Ten years later, in 2004, Elsie went to be with the Lord. She and Elston had been married 50 years. In 2005, Elston married Lois Robinson. \u201cThe Lord has blessed me in so many ways,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

On December 12, 2019, Rev. Page went to be with the Lord. IPHC General Superintendent Doug Beacham shares his memories of Rev. Page, “For nearly thirty years, I was nourished by the life of Rev. Elston Page. His kindness, generous spirit, and heart for Jesus was an inspiration to me and the IPHC. As a younger minister, I had the privilege of serving with him on a denominational task force. His wisdom, openness to new ideas, and his encouragement for younger ministers continue to impact my life. Our prayers are with his dear family.\u201d<\/p>\n

A memorial service for Rev. Page will be conducted by Old Mission Mortuary<\/a> and held on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at 10 am at the Old Mission Mortuary Chapel, 3424 E 21st Street N, Wichita, KS 67208.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4396,"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":[1],"tags":[749,340,437,912,911],"class_list":{"0":"post-4395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-biography-and-memoir","9":"tag-harvest-conference","10":"tag-in-memory","11":"tag-kansas-conference","12":"tag-rev-elston-page","13":"entry"},"title_es":"La IPHC recuerda a Rev. Elston Page","content_es":"Elston Caruth Page naci\u00f3 en la granja de su abuelo cerca de Roseboro, Carolina del Norte, el 9 de mayo de 1930, hijo de Roosevelt y Lucile Page. Aunque su padre nunca termin\u00f3 la escuela secundaria, Elston se gradu\u00f3 de la Escuela Secundaria Clement y luego continu\u00f3 su educaci\u00f3n asistiendo a Holmes Bible College en Greenville, Carolina del Sur, y obtuvo una Licenciatura en Artes de Lynchburg College en Lynchburg, Virginia. La decisi\u00f3n de estudiar en Holmes result\u00f3 ser una que ayud\u00f3 a establecer a Elston firmemente en el camino del ministerio cristiano que dur\u00f3 toda su vida. Aunque hab\u00eda entregado su coraz\u00f3n a Cristo en junio de 1944, mientras cortaba algod\u00f3n en un campo de algod\u00f3n de Carolina del Norte, fue en Holmes donde escuch\u00f3 el llamado de Dios y entreg\u00f3 su vida para predicar el evangelio. Cuando un avivamiento \"estall\u00f3\" en la clase de Biblia en la universidad, se extendi\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente por todo el campus. La efusi\u00f3n continu\u00f3 durante una semana entera, durante la cual varios estudiantes, incluido Elston Page, recibieron sus mandatos de Dios. Elton cre\u00eda que su llamado espec\u00edfico era al servicio misional. Tambi\u00e9n fue en Holmes que Elston conoci\u00f3 a su futura novia, Elsie Moody de Lumberton, Carolina del Norte. Se casaron en Lumberton el 23 de agosto de 1953. A esa uni\u00f3n se agregaron dos hijos, Phillip (Caroline) de Wichita, Kansas, y Craig (Patricia Ann) de Scottsdale, Arizona; cuatro nietos y tres bisnietos. Despu\u00e9s de su graduaci\u00f3n de Holmes, Elston y Elsie presentaron una solicitud con la Junta de Misiones Mundiales de Santidad Pentecostal para ir a la India; pero dado que el gobierno indio estaba restringiendo toda actividad misionera en ese momento, la Junta rechaz\u00f3 su solicitud con la seguridad de que ser\u00edan asignados cuando un campo estuviera disponible. Mientras tanto, las P\u00e1ginas aceptaron el pastorado de la Iglesia Fuqua Springs en la Conferencia de Carolina del Norte, donde pastorearon durante dos a\u00f1os y medio (1953-1955). En 1956, Elston y Elsie aceptaron una oferta de la Junta de Misiones para ir a Alaska (1956-1968). Cuando Alaska alcanz\u00f3 la condici\u00f3n de Estado en 1959, el estado del trabajo en el territorio cambi\u00f3 de Misiones Mundiales a Misiones Dom\u00e9sticas, con lo cual las P\u00e1ginas aceptaron el pastorado de una iglesia en Anchorage. Permanecieron all\u00ed durante ocho a\u00f1os antes de regresar a Carolina del Norte en 1969. Un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s, recibieron un llamado para pastorear la Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal en Wichita, Kansas. Sirvieron a esa congregaci\u00f3n durante los siguientes 12 a\u00f1os (1969-1981). En 1981, la Conferencia de Kansas (ahora conocida como la Conferencia de la Cosecha), eligi\u00f3 a Elston como su superintendente. Durante sus 12 a\u00f1os en ese papel, tambi\u00e9n sirvi\u00f3 simult\u00e1neamente en la Junta General de Misiones Mundiales. Fue elegido para un mandato de cuatro a\u00f1os como miembro de la Junta Ejecutiva General de IPHC. Elston se retir\u00f3 del ministerio p\u00fablico en 1994. Diez a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, en 2004, Elsie fue a estar con el Se\u00f1or. Ella y Elston hab\u00edan estado casados 50 a\u00f1os. En 2005, Elston se cas\u00f3 con Lois Robinson. \"El Se\u00f1or me ha bendecido de muchas maneras\", dice. Old Mission Mortuary<\/a> llevar\u00e1 a cabo un servicio conmemorativo para Rev. 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