{"id":4492,"date":"2020-04-13T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=4492"},"modified":"2022-05-24T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:46:10","slug":"early-iphc-and-classical-pentecostalism-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2020\/04\/13\/early-iphc-and-classical-pentecostalism-in-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Early IPHC and Classical Pentecostalism in \u2018Oklahoma\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing about a spiritual encounter in 1895, B.H. Irwin\u2014founder of early IPHC known as the Fire-Baptized Holiness Association\u2014said, \u201cI was out in Oklahoma in a sod house about 10 or 11 o\u2019clock\u201d and \u201cPraise God forever and ever,\u201d I got the \u201creal experience of the baptism of fire\u201d because I felt \u201cthat I was literally on fire.\u201d \u201cFor five hours I felt that I should certainly be consumed.\u201d \u201cMy fingertips were even hot and seemed to burn in the manifest presence of the in-working Diety.\u201d \u201cIt makes me feel good when I think that the Spirit has free access to my soul, bless His name forever and ever!\u201d Eager to tell others about this, Irwin published a tract titled “Red Hot Holiness”!<\/p>\n

Irwin returned to Indian Territory in 1897 and organized a Fire-Baptized Holiness Association in El Reno. While in Oklahoma Territory, he wrote:<\/p>\n

Oh the fire, the blessed fire!<\/p>\n

How it blazes, burns and glows,<\/p>\n

Leaping, dashing, rising higher,<\/p>\n

The more severe the north wind blows.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Irwin was followed in leadership in 1900 by J.H. King, a graduate of the U.S. Grant University School of Theology in Chattanooga, Tennessee. King\u2019s first trip to Oklahoma was to Lamont in 1902 when the FBHA held their national meeting and changed their name to the Fire Baptized Holiness Church. In 1905, King conducted a revival in Snyder, Oklahoma Territory. Not long after he left, a large section of the town was blown away in a tornado.<\/p>\n

The first Pentecostal meeting held in Oklahoma Territory was hosted by the FBHC in Lamont, OK late in 1906 with Glenn Cook from the Azusa St. Revival. [See below \u201cPentecost in Lamont, Okla\u201d by Glenn Cook, The Apostolic Faith<\/em> 1:5 (January 1907)]<\/span>. A larger meeting was held in Lamont the next year under the leadership of J.H. King that included Glenn Cook and GB Cashwell. Lamont at this time was a thriving community with a hotel thanks in no little part to the Railroad.<\/p>\n

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LH Wentz published an article in the Apostolic Evangel<\/em> 1:18 (11\/1\/1909, p. 5) where he explained that the FBHA church in Lamont started in his home in 1899. By 1902, the Lamont FBHC had a church and a parsonage. Wentz had traveled 62 miles to hear the FBH message after reading about BH Irwin in The Way of Faith<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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In 1909 Henry P. Lott\u2014who had a house on Westlawn Street in downtown Oklahoma City\u2014was appointed FBHC Ruling Elder for Oklahoma and the next year he organized the Blue Front Saloon Mission into the First FBHC of Oklahoma City. He had already opened a Rescue Home in downtown Oklahoma City. About this same time, FBHC leader Daniel Awrey took charge of the Emmanuel Bible School in Beulah, OK which produced many members for what is now IPHC. In 1911, Agnes Ozman LaBerge, designated by some USA historians as the first ‘Pentecostal’ of the 20th Century joined the FBHC in Oklahoma centering her ministry in Perry, OK.<\/p>\n

Miss Mattie Mallory, an 1889 graduate of Baker University, accepted briefly in 1897 the superintendency of a Fire-Baptized Mission in Winnipeg. Having changed trains in Oklahoma City while enroute to the Canadian assignment and sensing a call to minister to homeless children there, she quickly responded in August to an invitation from Reuben E. Hershey to conduct a school for orphans and children of evangelists in conjunction with the mission and home he recently had opened on Reno Street in downtown Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

By 1909 Miss Mallory moved her orphanage and rescue home from Beulah Heights to Bethany, OK which is also the present location of the IPHC headquarters. She was joined in this effort by C.B. Jernigan who shaped the new town\u2019s charter that sought to achieve holiness ideas of moral and civic righteousness.<\/p>\n

Miss Mallory had 200 acres designed to use agricultural enterprises to enable the orphanage to be self-sustaining. Her efforts at starting a school evolved into what is now Southern Nazarene University<\/a>, which occupies land dialogically across 39th Expressway. In 1975, the Children\u2019s Convalescent Center of Bethany, successor to the Oklahoma Orphanage, was placed under the custody of the IPHC. In an act of resolute generosity, the IPHC released the Children\u2019s Center<\/a> and granted it sovereignty in 1990s.<\/p>\n

The recent photos below were taken by David Parker from a 2016 visit to Lamont, OK, with Jesse Heath and myself that shows the original FBHC building that is now used by civic organizations. The photos of Lamont from the era depicted in this article were taken from Ardis Gautier, A Place Called Home: The History of Lamont, Oklahoma: 1893 to 1993<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here is an 2016 article I wrote about early IPHC in the West: https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2016\/02\/22\/headlines-from-the-west\/?fbclid=IwAR3UcFitWAujyI-cCNmTm6flq0olD3UmTRlKFqeV7v_my1UUecE9F3h_A28<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Harold D. Hunter
\nDirector
\nIPHC Archives & Research Center<\/p>\n

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Irwin regres\u00f3 al territorio indio en 1897 y organiz\u00f3 una Asociaci\u00f3n de santidad bautizada en fuego en El Reno. Mientras estaba en el territorio de Oklahoma, escribi\u00f3: \u00a1Oh, el fuego, el fuego bendito! C\u00f3mo arde, arde y resplandece, Salta, corre y sube m\u00e1s alto. Cuanto m\u00e1s severo sopla el viento del norte. A Irwin le sigui\u00f3 el liderazgo en 1900 JH King, un graduado de la Escuela de Teolog\u00eda de la Universidad Grant de EE. UU. En Chattanooga, Tennessee. El primer viaje de King a Oklahoma fue a Lamont en 1902 cuando la FBHA celebr\u00f3 su reuni\u00f3n nacional y cambi\u00f3 su nombre a la Iglesia de Santidad Bautizada por el Fuego. En 1905, King realiz\u00f3 un avivamiento en Snyder, territorio de Oklahoma. No mucho despu\u00e9s de que se fue, una gran parte de la ciudad fue arrastrada por un tornado. La primera reuni\u00f3n pentecostal celebrada en el territorio de Oklahoma fue organizada por el FBHC en Lamont, OK a finales de 1906 con Glenn Cook del Azusa St. Revival. [Ver abajo \"Pentecost\u00e9s en Lamont, Okla\" por Glenn Cook, The Apostolic Faith<\/em> 1: 5 (enero de 2007)]<\/span> . Una reuni\u00f3n m\u00e1s grande se llev\u00f3 a cabo en Lamont al a\u00f1o siguiente bajo el liderazgo de JH King que incluy\u00f3 a Glenn Cook y GB Cashwell. Lamont en este momento era una comunidad pr\u00f3spera con un hotel gracias en gran parte al Ferrocarril. LH Wentz public\u00f3 un art\u00edculo en Apostolic Evangel<\/em> 1:18 (11\/1\/1909, p. 5) donde explic\u00f3 que la iglesia de la FBHA en Lamont comenz\u00f3 en su hogar en 1899. En 1902, la FBHC de Lamont ten\u00eda una iglesia y un casa parroquial. Wentz hab\u00eda viajado 62 millas para escuchar el mensaje de FBH despu\u00e9s de leer sobre BH Irwin en The Way of Faith<\/em> . En 1909, Henry P. Lott, que ten\u00eda una casa en Westlawn Street en el centro de la ciudad de Oklahoma, fue nombrado Anciano Gobernante de FBHC para Oklahoma y al a\u00f1o siguiente organiz\u00f3 la Misi\u00f3n Blue Front Saloon en el Primer FBHC de Oklahoma City. Ya hab\u00eda abierto una casa de rescate en el centro de la ciudad de Oklahoma. Casi al mismo tiempo, el l\u00edder del FBHC, Daniel Awrey, se hizo cargo de la Escuela B\u00edblica Emmanuel en Beulah, OK, que produjo muchos miembros para lo que ahora es IPHC. En 1911, Agnes Ozman LaBerge, designada por algunos historiadores estadounidenses como la primera 'pentecostal' del siglo XX, se uni\u00f3 al FBHC en Oklahoma centrando su ministerio en Perry, OK. La se\u00f1orita Mattie Mallory, graduada en 1889 de la Universidad Baker, acept\u00f3 brevemente en 1897 la superintendencia de una misi\u00f3n bautizada en fuego en Winnipeg. Tras cambiar de tren en Oklahoma City mientras se dirig\u00eda a la misi\u00f3n canadiense y percibiendo un llamado para ministrar a ni\u00f1os sin hogar, respondi\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente en agosto a una invitaci\u00f3n de Reuben E. Hershey para dirigir una escuela para hu\u00e9rfanos e hijos de evangelistas junto con el misi\u00f3n y hogar que hab\u00eda abierto recientemente en la calle Reno en el centro de la ciudad de Oklahoma. En 1909, la se\u00f1orita Mallory traslad\u00f3 su orfanato y su hogar de rescate de Beulah Heights a Bethany, OK, que tambi\u00e9n es la ubicaci\u00f3n actual de la sede de IPHC. En este esfuerzo, se uni\u00f3 CB Jernigan, quien dio forma a los estatutos de la nueva ciudad que buscaba lograr ideas de santidad de justicia moral y c\u00edvica. Agregue enlaces en la parte superior de las referencias al Centro de Ni\u00f1os SNU +<\/strong> http:\/\/snu.edu\/<\/a> https:\/\/www.miracleshappenhere.org\/<\/a> Miss Mallory ten\u00eda 200 acres dise\u00f1ados para usar empresas agr\u00edcolas para permitir que el orfanato sea autosuficiente. Sus esfuerzos para comenzar una escuela se convirtieron en lo que ahora es la Universidad Nazarena del Sur, que ocupa tierra dial\u00f3gicamente a trav\u00e9s de la autopista 39. En 1975, el Centro de Convalecencia Infantil de Bethany, sucesor del Orfanato de Oklahoma, fue puesto bajo la custodia del IPHC. En un acto de generosidad resuelta, el IPHC lanz\u00f3 el Centro de Ni\u00f1os y le otorg\u00f3 soberan\u00eda en la d\u00e9cada de 1990. Las fotos recientes a continuaci\u00f3n fueron tomadas por David Parker de una visita de 2016 a Lamont, OK, con Jesse Heath y yo, que muestra el edificio original de FBHC que ahora usan las organizaciones c\u00edvicas. Las fotos de Lamont de la \u00e9poca descrita en este art\u00edculo fueron tomadas de Ardis Gautier, Un lugar llamado hogar: La historia de Lamont, Oklahoma: 1893 a 1993<\/em> . Jesse: \u00bfDeber\u00edamos colocar las fotos m\u00e1s antiguas en la parte superior del art\u00edculo?<\/strong><\/span> Aqu\u00ed hay un art\u00edculo de 2016 que escrib\u00ed sobre IPHC temprano en Occidente: https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2016\/02\/22\/headlines-from-the-west\/?fbclid=IwAR3UcFitWAujyI-cCNmTm6flq0olD3UmTRlKFqeV7v_my1UUecE9F3h_A28<\/a> Dr.9old3. 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