IPHC Historic Timeline 1911-2000

1911 Fire Baptized Holiness and Pentecostal Holiness Church merged in Falcon, NC; S.D. Page elected first general superintendent
1913 2nd General Convention, Toccoa, GA
1915
Tabernacle Pentecostal Church, under leadership of N.J. Holmes, consolidated with PHC in Canon, GA.
1917 Pentecostal Holiness Advocate launched; G.F. Taylor served as editor until 1934, except for 1925-1929; Advocate served as official voice of church until 1997

3rd General Conference, Abbeville, SC
1919
G.F. Taylor founded Franklin Springs Institute (name changed to Emmanuel College in 1939)
1921 4th General Conference, Roanoke, VA
1925
King's College operated in Oklahoma from 1925 until 1932.
5th General Conference, Franklin Springs, GA
1929
6th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
1931 First Hispanic conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church was organized in March, 1931.
1933 7th General Conference, Marion, NC
1937
8th General Conference, Roanoke, VA
1941 9th General Conference, Franklin Springs, GA
1943 National Association of Evangelicals organized, with PHC as a charter member
1945 10th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
1946
Southwestern College founded in Oklahoma City; R.O. Corvin president.
1947 Oral Roberts launched a healing ministry with his first city-wide campaign in Enid, Oklahoma.
1948
Eight groups, including PHC, formed Pentecostal Fellowship of North America (PFNA)
1949 11th General Conference, Jacksonville, FL

Carmen Home for aged citizens opened in Carmen, OK.
1953 12th General Conference, Memphis, TN
1957
13th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
1961 14th General Conference, Richmond, VA
1965 15th General Conference, Greensboro, NC
1967
Affiliation signed with Pentecostal Methodist Church of Chile.
1969 16th General Conference, Memphis, TN
1973 17th General Conference, Roanoke, VA
1974 International Headquarters moved from Franklin Springs, GA to Oklahoma City, OK where the denomination has more congregations than any other city in the world.
1975
General Executive Board added word International to name
1977 18th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
1981 19th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
1983 Target 2000 adopted by General Board of Administration

Affiliation signed with Wesleyan Methodist Church of Brazil
1985 20th General Conference, Richmond, VA
1989
21st General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
1990 First World Conference of PH Churches met in Jerusalem
1993 22nd General Conference, Jacksonville, FL
1994
PFNA dissolved. Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA) emerged as a racially inclusive organization.
Name of International Headquarters changed to Resource Development Center.
1996 First Solemn Assembly held in Fayetteville, NC (August) to repent of the sins of Spiritual Pride, Judgementalism, Controlling Spirit, Racism, Male Domination, Elder-Brother Syndrome and Greed.
Sieze the Future Summit satellite broadcast beamed to 38 points of presence in the US.
1997
23rd General Conference convenes in Kansas City, MO. James D. Leggett elected General Superintendent.
Mission 21, established at the 23rd General Conference, implemented an aggressive evangelism initiative called Reach 3 - Plant 3. Reach 3 - Plant 3 challenged each member to reach at least three persons for Christ and each church to plant at least three congregations; one like itself, one cross-culturally, and one trans-nationally.
1998 The IPHC celebrated its centennial anniversary with the release of a centennial history, a promotional video, and special services in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
1999
First Hispanic Pastors Conference held in Austin, Tx in August.
2000 IPHC General Executive Board and World Pentecostal Holiness Fellowship (WPHF) adopted its first constitution; San Jose, Costa Rica. WPHF members include Bishop James D. Leggett, chairman, Donavan Ng (Asia), Gordon McDonald (Canada), Reggie Thomas (Africa), Teodor Bulzan (Europe), Jose Angel Salas Miranda (Latin America); affiliate members include Bishop Javier Vasquez (Methodist Pentecostal Church of Chile) and Bishop Elisiario Alves dos Santos (Wesleyan Methodist Church of Brazil).
2001 24th General Conference convened in Cincinnatti, OH. James D. Leggett re-elected General Superintendent.
2003
Third IPHC World Conference met in San Jose, Costa Rica, on February 13-18, 2003
2005 25th General Conference convened in Oklahoma City, July 26-29, 2005. James D. Leggett re-elected to a rare third term as General Superintendent.

Last update on 8/1/07
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