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Women in the Church of God

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Revised June 2005

 

BOOKS/DISSERTATIONS/THESES

 

Book of General Instructions for the Ministry and Membership, Cleveland, TN:  Church of God Publishing House, 1927. Church Vault Box 13

 

Conn, Charles.  Like a Mighty Army: A History of the Church of God. Cleveland, TN:  Pathway Press, 1998. Church BX7032.C66 1998

 

Crews, Mickey.  The Church of God: A Social History.  University of Tennessee Press, 1990.

Church BX7032.C72

 

Culpepper, J. B. Some women I have known Louisville, Ky.: Pentecostal Pub. Co., c1902.

            Church BV4527 .C8

 

Dirksen, Carolyn Rowland.  "Let Your Women Keep Silence."  In The Promise and the Power, pp. 165-196. Ed. Donald N. Bowdle. Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 1980.

Church BX7033.A47 P76

 

Froese, Lauries G. Women in ministry: an experiential and biblical study along with an evaluation

            of the program at International Bible College. Cleveland, Tenn., Church of God School of

            Theology, January 1988. Church Thesis Froese

 

Griffith, Wanda. Gifts of grace in women of faith. Cleveland, Tenn.: Pathway Press, c2000.

Church BV4527 .G75 2000

 

Haynes, Mrs. E. Bible Questions with Bible Answers. Cleveland, TN: Church of God Publishing House, 1922. Church BS612.B5

 

LeRoy, Douglas. Pearl Stark Wilson. Missionary Hero Series. Cleveland, TN:  Pathway Press, n.d. Church BX7034.Z8 S8

 

Myers, W. L. Does God Call Women to Preach?  Rockmart, GA: W. L.Myers, 1948.

Church BV676.M9

 

Roebuck, David G. “Limiting liberty: the Church of God and women ministers 1986-1996,”

            Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate School of Vanderbilt University, 1997.

            Church BX7034.R62

 

Sanders, Kathy.  The Call to Womanhood. Cleveland, TN: Church of God Department of Ladies Ministries, 1995. Church BV4527.S24

 

Barnhill, Dorothy Lee. Female missionaries and the Church of God in the South Pacific, Cleveland,             Tenn., Church of God School of Theology, May 1986. Church Thesis

 

Scarborough, Peggy Humphrey.  Maria Atkinson:  No Doubts Here.  Missionary Series.  Cleveland,

            TN: Pathway Press, 1967. Church BX7034.Z8 S32

 

Stansky, Beatrice.  I Married a Hebrew and Won Him to Christ. N.p., n.d.

Church BX7034.Z8 S7            

 

Webb, Emma Sue.  "The Limitations on Women Ministers in the Church of God."  M.A. Thesis, California Graduate School of Theology, 1981. Church BV676.W4

 

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 ARTICLES

                                                   

Ayers, Helen.  "The Birth of a Brush Arbor Church:  Part One, Uncle Ted Comes to Visit."  Reflections Upon Church of God Heritage.2:3 (Winter 1993): 6.

 

________.  "The Birth of a Brush Arbor Church:  Part Two, Beginning a Revival."  Reflections Upon Church of God Heritage 2:4 (Spring 1993): 5.

 

________.  "The Birth of a Brush Arbor Church:  Part Three, Tying Up Loose Ends."  Reflections Upon Church of God Heritage 3:1 (Summer 1993): 6-7.

 

Bundy, David “Jennie Brinson-Rushin: Pioneer China Missionary” Church of God History and Heritage (summer/fall 1999), 5

 

Dirksen, Carolyn.  "Women in the History of the Church of God." The Pentecostal Minister 4:4 (Winter 1984): 50-55.

 

Gorbacheva, Tatiana, “Nora Chambers-Educational Pioneer” Church of God History and Heritage (fall 1997), 3

 

Hunter, Harold D.  "Making History: Voting Rights Extended to Women." Reflections Upon Church of God Heritage 2:4 (Spring1993): 6-7.

 

Johns, Cheryl Bridges. "Women in Ministry."  The Pentecostal Minister 5:2 (Summer 1985): 29-33.

 

McCall, Frances.  "Avis Swiger: Influencing a Generation of Leaders."  Reflections Upon Church of God Heritage 2:2 (Fall1992): 5.

 

Morgan, Louis F., “Clara Allison Priest: Overcome by the Spirit.” Church of God Evangel (April 2001), 31

 

________. “Sallie Shepherd: Performing Exploits for God.” Church of God Evangel (August 2001), 31

 

Philips, Wade H, “A Forgotten Mother of Israel.”  Church of God Evangel (December 2001), 29

 

________. “”Those Hands- Those Beautiful Hands’’” Church of God Evangel (October 2002), 15

 

Roebuck, David G. “A Day in the Life of Rebecca Barr: Our First Black Woman Evangelist” Church of God Evangel (May 1999), 9

 

________."Pentecostal Women in Ministry:  A Review of Selected Documents."  Perspectives in Religious Studies 16:1(Spring 1989): 29-44.

 

________.  “‘Go and Tell My Brothers?’:  The Waning of Women's Voices in American Pentecostalism." Paper presented to the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Dallas, Texas, November, 1990.

 

________. “Perfect Liberty to Preach the Gospel: Women Ministers in the Church of God.” Pneuma 17:1 (Spring 1995):  25-32.

 

________. “Women in God’s Army” Church of God History and Heritage (Fall 1997) 1

 

Roebuck, David G. and Karen Carrol Mundy, “Women, Culture and Post World War Two Pentecostalism” The Spirit and the Mind; Informed Pentecostalism (2000), 191

 

Wall, Ray.  "Oral History Project: `Women in Ministry'."  Reflections Upon Church of God Heritage 2:1 (Summer 1992): 5-7.

  

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CHURCH OF GOD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY SENIOR PROJECT PAPERS

 

Alvarez, Mireya.  "A Woman Responds to God." 1986

 

Barnhill, Dorothy Lee.  "Female Missionaries and the Church of God in the South Pacific." 1986

 

Borcuta, Lidia.  "The Role of Women in the Bible." 1987

 

Cordova, Sonia, "Women and the Ministry of Reconciliation." 1988

 

Egbulonu, Kimberly Marcelle, “Perfectly Free in Every Respect: A synopsis of the Church of God Colored Work.” 2000                                   

Froese, Lauria G.  "Women in Ministry." 1988

 

Gaines, Margaret.  "Reflection on Margaret Gaines' Ministry in Tunisia, France and Israel." 1987

 

Hagan, Kathy.  “The Lion’s Roar: Daughters and an End-Time Prophecy.” 1994

 

Kent, Sandra L. "Ministering Outside the Cathedral: A Female View of Jail, Prison, and Other Outreach Ministries." 1992

 

Moder, Denise. “Women of Worth: Called and Ordained.” 1997

 

Pittman, Deborah F.  "A Woman's Development in Ministry."  1989

 

Thompson, Deana, “Keepsakes for the Kingdom.” 1994

 

Tyner, Gloria, “Transformed Affections: A Story of Holiness within the Context of the Church of God.” 2000

 

Vondey, Michelle Rolens, “Self Identity: Ministry and Womanhood.” 1999

 

Warren, Keena, “Caring and Giving: A Paradigm for Women Ministers.” 1999

 

Warren, Wanda L. “Ministering to Refugees (as a woman minister)” 2001

 

Whitten, Faye “Grace! Grace! Grace! Integrated in a Life, a Calling, and a College.” 1982

 

Wisdom, Sonia Rebecca.  "Identity: A Female Perspective."  1988

 

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INFORMATION FILES

 

Women Clergy

 

Women--Religious Life

 

Women’s Aglow Fellowship

 

Women’s Gospel Mission, Inc.

 

Church of God (Cleveland, TN)--Biography (A-Z)

 

Church of God (Cleveland, TN)--Department of Ladies Ministries

 

Ayers, George and Helen

 

Beach, Lois

 

Black, Ulna

 

Brown, Zoe

 

Bryant, Anita

 

Chambers, Dixie Denton

 

Chambers, Nora J.

 

Dirksen, Murl and Carolyn

 

Echols, Evaline

 

Harrison, Alda B.

 

Jones, Nora

 

Lam, Nora

 

Miller, Amanda


Morgan, Mary Geneva

 

Myers, Dora P.

 

O'Bannon, Nancy

 

Perry, Mattie Elmira

 

Phillips, Lois

 

Planter, Josephine

 

Priest, James Thomas and Clara Allison

 

Pyle, Marjorie

 

Spurling, Georgia C.

 

Stark, Pearl

 

Tomlinson, Halcy

 

Ursery, Victoria

 

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AUDIO TAPES

 

May, F. J.  Ministry of Women 1 Timothy 2:9-15. Cleveland, Tenn.: North Cleveland Church of

            Cleveland, Tenn.: North Cleveland Church of God, 1982. Church Tape 10-5219

 

Watson, Annette, Women Responding to the Call. Cleveland, TN.: National Enrichment Seminar for

            Women, 1980. Church Tape 36-0008

 

Together in Discipleship: God's Men and Women Commissioned for Discipleship in the '90s

            Church of God School of Theology, 1990. Church Tape 19-002

 

Women in Missions Discussion Group-1989 Seminar on Ministry. Cleveland TN.: Church of God School of Theology, 1989.  Church Tape 19-0064

 

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VIDEO TAPES

 

"WOMEN IN THE HARVEST," Church of God School of Theology,

October 30-31, 1991 (4 Videos)

 

“Interview with Mamie Parker Williams,” Morgantown, Mississippi, Church of God by Louis F.

Morgan, August 1996.

 

"Interview with Gladys Allison Stringfield, daughter of Clara Allison Priest," Morgantown,

Mississippi, Church of God by Louis F. Morgan, June 30 1997.

 

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VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH DAVID ROEBUCK:

 

Frances Baker

 

Zoe Brown

 

Dixie Chambers

 

Mary Graves

 

Kanola Hightower

 

Pauline Lambert

 

Amanda Miller

 

Odine Morse

 

Dorothy Murphy

 

Ruth Baldwin Staples

 

Lucille Turner

 

Lucille Walker

 

Bernice Woodard

 

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VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH DR. CHARLES CONN:

 

Lorraine Alton

 

Virginia Green Beaty

 

Elsie Boatwright

 

Ethel Ray Brummett

 

Mildred Blackwell Case

 

Mary Lauster DeLong

 

Carolyn Rowland Dirksen

 

Deneva Presley Dorman

 

Evaline Gore Echols

 

Cleotha Williams Ford

 

Ellen Brown French

 

Margaret Gaines

 

Mary Graves

 

Vera Lockemy Hodges

 

Gladys Johnson Lemons

 

Sandra Weatherby Livingston

 

Marian Maye

 

Frances Baker McCall

 

Enetha McClung

 

Shelia McLaughlin

 

Merle Ressor McLuhan

 

Mabel Day Morehead

 

Odine Morse

 

Carmen Holdman Perez

 

Celestine Tynes Poitier

 

Mildred Poitier Roberts

 

Xenobia Poitier-Anderson

 

Kay Seyda

 

Doris Parrish Shoupe

 

Julia M. Solomon

 

Marion Spellman

 

Blanche Jinkerson Walker

 

Lucille Settle Walker

 

Lula Caldwell Watson

 

Thelma Parris Wynn

 

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VAULT COLLECTIONS:

 

Zoe Brown, Vault Box 240

 

Dixie Greenwood Chambers, Vault Box 260, 277

 

Church of God Ladies Ministries Department, Vault Box 197

 

Alda B. Harrison, Vault Box 50

 

Mrs. E. Haynes, Vault Box 240

 

Caroline Kipp, Vault Box 194

 

Ione Self, Vault Box 194

 

Lourenna Moreland Smith, Vault Box 269

 

Beatrice Stansky, Vault Box 194

 

Halcy Tomlinson, Vault Box 69

 

Louise Werner, "Life Incidents and Experiences," 1920, Vault Box 221

 

NAMED COLLECTIONS

 

Dora P. Myers

 

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