Centennial Notes

Year: 1900
Joseph Hillary King chosen as general overseer of Fire-Baptized Holiness Association.

In 1900 the news broke that Irwin had been leading a double life. J.H. King, then Ruling Elder of Ontario and pastor of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Association local church in Toronto, came to Lincoln for the purpose of assuming the editorship of Live Coals of Fire. Irwin voluntarily gave up and disappeared from FBH ranks. He later emerged as an active Pentecostal, presumably with a second wife while his first wife was still living.⁽⁴⁷⁾

King called for a meeting of the general council which convened in Olmitz, Iowa, June 30 through July 2, 1900. King at age 31 was chosen as General Overseer. As in the prior case of Irwin, the appointment was made "during good behavior, i.e. for life."⁽⁴⁸⁾