Lee, F. J. (Flavius Josephus), 1875–1928
Person
Dates
- Existence: July 18, 1875 - October 28, 1928
Biography
Flavius Josephus Lee was born July 18, 1875 in Polk County, Tennessee. In 1896 he married Nora Geneva Million and they had two children. Nora passed away in 1912. The next year Lee married Eva Townsend of Lithia, Florida and they had one child together.
A Baptist lay leader, he attended the 1908 revival in Cleveland, Tennessee where he was baptized in the Holy Spirit and joined the Church of God. He was ordained for ministry the next year. He served as pastor in Cleveland and state overseer in Tennessee and Florida before becoming the superintendent of Bible Training School (which was later renamed after him) in 1922 and as the second general overseer of the Church of God in 1923. He died on October 28, 1928 while still in office.
Gender
- male
Occupations
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Council of Elders Meeting Minutes, October 12, 1925 – October 16, 1925
Item
Abstract
Major subjects of the 1925 meeting:
Quorum among the elders
Licensing of exhorters, with example
Reception of other Pentecostal bodies
Evangelists performing marriage ceremonies
Ministerial tithes
Ministerial reporting
Sale of assembly minutes
Pastoral...
Dates:
October 12, 1925 – October 16, 1925
Found in:
Hal Bernard Dixon Jr. Pentecostal Research Center
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CG0006, Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) General Ministries collection
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Series 7: Minutes of the Elders, Supreme, Executive, and General Council Meetings
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Minutes of the Elders, Supreme, Executive, and General Council Meetings, Binder 1