IPHC
Historic Timeline 1911-Present 1911Fire
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. 1917Pentecostal 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 194510th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK 1946 Southwestern College founded in Oklahoma City; R.O. Corvin president. 1947Oral 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) 194911th 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 196114th General Conference, Richmond, VA 196515th General Conference, Greensboro, NC 1967 Affiliation signed with Pentecostal Methodist Church of Chile. 196916th General Conference, Memphis, TN 197317th General Conference, Roanoke, VA 1974International 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 197718th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK 198119th General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK 1983Target 2000 adopted
by General Board of Administration Affiliation signed with Wesleyan Methodist Church of Brazil 198520th General Conference, Richmond, VA 1989 21st General Conference, Oklahoma City, OK 1990First World Conference of PH Churches met in Jerusalem 199322nd 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. 1996First 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. 2000IPHC 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. |