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By Dr. Harold D. Hunter
\nDirector of the IPHC Archives & Research Center<\/p>\n

Although some secondary sources portray the International Pentecostal Holiness Church presence in the West as a southern transplant, previously lost original sources tell a quite different story. This is aptly illustrated in the rapid ascent of B.H. Irwin on the national stage chronicled in The Way of Faith<\/em>, The Christian Witness and Advocate of Bible Holiness<\/em>, and like papers.<\/p>\n

Evangelistic work for the Wesleyan Methodist Church brought Irwin to Enid, Oklahoma Territory, where in 1895 he reports his \u201cbaptism with fire\u201d. Irwin\u2019s tantalizing account in Live Coals of Fire<\/em> starts with \u201ca cross of pure transparent fire\u201d which is followed two days later by a physical sensation of heat.<\/p>\n

Irwin spreads the fire-message to states in the West and South but the first Fire-Baptized Holiness state association was organized September 1896\/7 in Olmitz, Iowa. Next would be Mound Valley, Kansas then Oklahoma Territory and Texas, all in 1897. The FBH hymnal Blood and Fire Songs<\/em> put together by C.T. Stevens was published in Missouri about the same time. The hymnal includes songs written by Irwin himself.<\/p>\n

Miss Mattie Mallory, a FBHA devotee, commenced work in Oklahoma City in 1897 and the next year launched a periodical called The Guide<\/em>. Miss Mallory moved from Beulah Heights in 1907 and with C.B. Jernigan shaped the town charter of Bethany. Her work in time would evolve and be seen as the start of Southern Nazarene University and the Children\u2019s Center. In 1975, the IPHC would locate their headquarters in Bethany.<\/p>\n

FBHA state associations took shape first in the West then the South and Canada so Irwin brought them together at Anderson, South Carolina in the summer of 1898 for the First General Council of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Association. Ruling Elders appointed by General Overseer B.H. Irwin included: Oklahoma \u2013 J.M. Henson; Kansas \u2013 J.L. Wolford; Texas \u2013 Allen Hodges; Iowa \u2013 Oliver Fluke; Ontario \u2013 A.E. Robinson. Within a year, Ruling Elders would be in place at Arkansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and Nebraska.<\/p>\n

In October 1899, the first issue of Live Coals of Fire<\/em> came off the FBHA presses in Lincoln, Nebraska. Called the first FBHA missionary by Irwin, John Dull, who joined the Iowa FBHA state association in 1896\/7 and successfully advanced the cause there, published plans in Live Coals of Fire<\/em> to reach Havana, Cuba by January 12, 1900. L.H. Wentz wrote in a 1909 issue of The Apostolic Evangel<\/em> that he opened a FBHA local church in his home in Lamont, Oklahoma 10 years earlier. Three years later they erected a proper church building then a two-room parsonage. Wentz learned about the FBHA by reading The Way of Faith<\/em> then attending a FBHA camp meeting 62 miles from his home.<\/p>\n

J.H. King was chosen General Overseer at the 1900 FBHA General Council in Olmitz, Iowa. King had been serving as FBHA Ruling Elder of Ontario and pastor in Toronto. The Ruling Elders were male and female, black and white. As late as June, the final issue of Live Coals of Fire<\/em> showed 140 full time evangelists scattered over twenty-three states or territories and in two Canadian provinces.<\/p>\n

\"Original<\/a>

Original Location of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church on the corner of Linn and Washington in Lamont, Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Fourth General Council of Fire-Baptized Holiness Association was held at Lamont, Oklahoma in October 1902. Reflecting a development in ecclesiology, the name was changed from the Fire-Baptized Holiness Association to Fire-Baptized Holiness Church. FBHC General Overseen King visited a group in Snyder, Oklahoma in 1905 after which the town was virtually leveled by a tornado. Oliver Fluke is named in the initial FBHC charter of the same year with an address in Kiowa County, Oklahoma Territory.<\/p>\n

In December 1906, Glenn Cook brought the Azusa St. Revival message to the FBH congregation in Lamont, Oklahoma. This was the first such event for Oklahoma. According to The Apostolic Faith<\/em>, B.H. Irwin spoke in tongues at a mission in Salem, Oregon. That same year, Emmanuel\u2019s Bible School was established in Beulah Home, Doxey, Oklahoma where Daniel Awrey would serve as principal. This school produced early leaders for the IPHC in Oklahoma. While in Ohio, Awrey had first spoken in tongues in 1890 and previously served as FBHA Ruling Elder in Tennessee. Awrey made his mark at the Azusa St. Mission in Los Angeles and was featured at the Pentecostal world conference convened by Vicar Alexander Boddy at Sunderland, England. In 1910\/11, Awrey was in India with Azusa St. pioneer Frank Bartleman but by 1913 was overcome by malaria in Liberia.<\/p>\n

\"Outside<\/a>

Outside of what is thought to be the building that housed the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church congregation in Lamont, Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Apostolic Evangel<\/em> advertised meetings in Lamont for May 10 to 30, 1907,<\/p>\n

featuring Glenn Cook, J.H. King and G.B. Cashwell. Glen Cook is identified as having been baptized in the Holy Spirit in the Los Angeles Revival and adds that he \u201cspeaks in different languages as the Spirit gives utterance\u201d. The proposed themes included baptism with the Holy Ghost, evidenced by speaking with tongues as on the day of Pentecost. Also emphasized was \u201chealing of the body as in the Apostolic Church\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a>

Inside of what is thought to be the building that housed the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church congregation in Lamont, Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1908, both The Apostolic Evangel<\/em> and Bridegroom\u2019s Messenger<\/em> carry appeals by Harry Lott seeking support for his rescue mission for women in Oklahoma City. The following year F.M. Britton formally reorganized the FBHC in Oklahoma with only one local church, Lamont. Harry Lott was appointed Ruling Elder and the next month Lott\u2019s Blue Front Saloon Mission became the first FBHC local church in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A 1929 Plat map, warranty deeds from July 8, 1901 and May 24, 1910, and a book entitled “A Place Called Home: The History of Lamont, Oklahoma” that helped verify the location of the FBHC in Lamont. These items were located in Medford, Oklahoma at the Grant County Assessor’s office, the Medford Public Library, and the Grant County Abstract Office.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Harry Lott was part of the merger on January 31, 1911 in Falcon, North Carolina and was named in the amended charter submitted in March. Official minutes of the newly merged Pentecostal Holiness Church reported 25 churches in Oklahoma. These same minutes from 1911, list Agnes Ozman LeBerge serving as an evangelist for the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Oklahoma. She was the first person to speak in tongues in 1901 at Charles Fox Parham\u2019s fabled Bethel Bible College in Topeka, Kansas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"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":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news-from-archives","7":"entry"},"title_es":"Titulares de Occidente","content_es":"Por el Dr. Harold D. Hunter director del Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Archivos IISP Aunque algunas fuentes secundarias retratan la presencia de la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal en Occidente como un trasplante sur, previamente perdieron fuentes originales cuentan una historia muy diferente. Esto se ilustra acertadamente en el r\u00e1pido ascenso de BH Irwin en el escenario nacional cr\u00f3nica en el camino de la fe,<\/em> el testigo cristiano y Abogado de la Biblia Santidad,<\/em> y documentos similares. la obra de evangelizaci\u00f3n para la Iglesia Metodista Wesleyana llev\u00f3 a Irwin Territorio Enid, Oklahoma, donde en 1895 se informa de su \"bautismo de fuego\". Tentadora cuenta de Irwin en brasas de fuego<\/em> comienza con \"un cruce de fuego puro y transparente\" que es seguido dos d\u00edas despu\u00e9s por una sensaci\u00f3n f\u00edsica de calor. Irwin se propaga el mensaje de fuego a los estados en el oeste y el sur, pero la primera asociaci\u00f3n estatal Santidad Bautizada el fuego fue organizado en septiembre 1896\/7 Olmitz, Iowa. A continuaci\u00f3n ser\u00eda valle del mont\u00f3n, Kansas entonces territorio de Oklahoma y Texas, todos en 1897. Las canciones<\/em> FBH hymnal sangre y fuego<\/em> juntos por CT Stevens se public\u00f3 en Missouri casi al mismo tiempo. El himnario incluye canciones escritas por \u00e9l mismo Irwin. La se\u00f1orita Mattie Mallory, un devoto FBHA, comenz\u00f3 a trabajar en Oklahoma City en 1897 y al a\u00f1o siguiente puso en marcha un peri\u00f3dico llamado La Gu\u00eda.<\/em> La se\u00f1orita Mallory se movi\u00f3 de Beulah Heights en 1907 y con el CB Jernigan dio forma a la carta de la ciudad de Betania. Su trabajo en el tiempo podr\u00eda evolucionar y ser visto como el inicio de la Universidad Nazarena del Sur y Centro Infantil. En 1975, la IISP localizar\u00eda su sede en Betania. asociaciones estatales FBHA tom\u00f3 forma por primera vez en Occidente, entonces el Sur y Canad\u00e1, as\u00ed Irwin los uni\u00f3 en Anderson, Carolina del Sur en el verano de 1898 para el primer Consejo General de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Santidad Bautizada en Fuego. Ancianos gobernantes designados por Supervisor General BH Irwin incluido: Oklahoma - JM Henson; Kansas - JL Wolford; Tejas - Allen Hodges; Iowa - Oliver Fluke; Ontario - AE Robinson. Dentro de un a\u00f1o, Ancianos Gobernantes ser\u00eda en su lugar en Arkansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri y Nebraska. En octubre de 1899, el primer n\u00famero de brasas de fuego<\/em> sali\u00f3 de las prensas FBHA en Lincoln, Nebraska. Llamado el primer misionero FBHA por Irwin, John Dull, que se uni\u00f3 a la asociaci\u00f3n estatal de Iowa FBHA en 1896\/7 y avanz\u00f3 con \u00e9xito la causa all\u00ed, public\u00f3 los planes de brasas de fuego<\/em> para llegar a La Habana, Cuba el 12 de enero de 1900. LH Wentz escribi\u00f3 en una edici\u00f3n de 1909 de El Evangelio Apost\u00f3lico<\/em> que abri\u00f3 una iglesia local FBHA en su casa de Lamont, Oklahoma 10 a\u00f1os antes. Tres a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde se construy\u00f3 un edificio de iglesia apropiada a continuaci\u00f3n, una casa parroquial de dos habitaciones. Wentz aprendi\u00f3 acerca de la FBHA mediante la lectura de El camino de la fe<\/em> luego de asistir a una reuni\u00f3n de campo FBHA 62 millas de su casa. JH Rey fue elegido Supervisor General en el 1900 FBHA Consejo General en Olmitz, Iowa. King hab\u00eda estado sirviendo como Elder FBHA Resoluci\u00f3n de Ontario y pastor en Toronto. Los ancianos gobernantes eran de sexo masculino y femenino, negro y blanco. Todav\u00eda en junio, el n\u00famero final de las brasas de fuego<\/em> mostr\u00f3 140 evangelistas a tiempo completo dispersas en veintitr\u00e9s estados o territorios y en las dos provincias de Canad\u00e1. El Cuarto Consejo General de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Santidad Bautizada en Fuego se celebr\u00f3 en Lamont, Oklahoma en octubre de 1902. Como reflejo de un desarrollo en eclesiolog\u00eda, se cambi\u00f3 el nombre de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Santidad Bautizada en Fuego a Bautizada en Fuego Iglesia Santidad. FBHC general supervisado Rey visit\u00f3 a un grupo en Snyder, Oklahoma en 1905 despu\u00e9s de lo cual la ciudad fue pr\u00e1cticamente arrasada por un tornado. Oliver Fluke es nombrado en la carta FBHC inicial del mismo a\u00f1o con una direcci\u00f3n en el condado de Kiowa, el territorio de Oklahoma. En diciembre de 1906, Glen Cook trajo el mensaje Azusa San renacimiento a la congregaci\u00f3n FBH en Lamont, Oklahoma. Este fue el primero de estos eventos para Oklahoma. De acuerdo con La Fe Apost\u00f3lica,<\/em> BH Irwin habl\u00f3 en lenguas en una misi\u00f3n en Salem, Oreg\u00f3n. Ese mismo a\u00f1o, la Escuela B\u00edblica de Emmanuel fue establecida en Beulah Inicio, Doxey, Oklahoma, donde Daniel Awrey servir\u00eda como director. Esta escuela produjo los primeros l\u00edderes de la IISP en Oklahoma. Mientras que en Ohio, Awrey hab\u00eda hablado por primera vez en la lengua en 1890 y anteriormente se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como FBHA Anciano Gobernante en Tennessee. Awrey dej\u00f3 su marca en el St. Misi\u00f3n Azusa en Los \u00c1ngeles y fue presentado en la Conferencia Mundial Pentecostal convocado por Vicario Alexander Boddy en el Sunderland, Inglaterra. En 1910-1911, Awrey estaba en la India con Azusa San pionero Frank Bartleman, pero en 1913 fue superada por la malaria en Liberia. El Evangelio Apost\u00f3lico<\/em> anuncian reuniones en Lamont para el 10 al 30 de mayo de 1907, que ofrece Glen Cook, JH Rey y GB Cashwell. Glen Cook es identificado como habiendo sido bautizados en el Esp\u00edritu Santo en el renacimiento de Los \u00c1ngeles y a\u00f1ade que \"habla en diferentes idiomas como el Esp\u00edritu dirija a la persona\". Los temas propuestos incluyen el bautismo con el Esp\u00edritu Santo, evidenciado por el hablar en lenguas como el d\u00eda de Pentecost\u00e9s. Igualmente, destac\u00f3 \"la curaci\u00f3n del cuerpo como en la Iglesia Apost\u00f3lica\". En 1908, tanto el Evangelio Apost\u00f3lico<\/em> y de Bridegroom mensajero<\/em> carry apelaciones de Harry Lott en busca de apoyo para su misi\u00f3n de rescate para las mujeres en Oklahoma City. Al a\u00f1o siguiente FM Britton reorganiz\u00f3 formalmente la FBHC en Oklahoma con una sola iglesia local, Lamont. Harry Lott fue nombrado Anciano Gobernante y al mes siguiente Misi\u00f3n Sal\u00f3n Frente Azul de Lott se convirti\u00f3 en la primera iglesia local FBHC en Oklahoma City. Harry Lott fue parte de la fusi\u00f3n el 31 de enero de 1911 en Falcon, Carolina del Norte y fue nombrado en la Carta modificada presentada en marzo. acta oficial de la Iglesia Santidad Pentecostal reci\u00e9n fusionada reportaron 25 iglesias en Oklahoma. Estos mismos minutos de 1911, la lista Agnes Ozman LeBerge que act\u00faa como un evangelista de la Iglesia Santidad Pentecostal en Oklahoma. 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