Council of Elders Meeting Minutes, September 17, 1936 – September 28, 1936

Major subjects of the September 1936 meeting:

–Absolution of Brother Clark from the rumors

–Loan request from Brother Dorman

–Loan request from E.B. Culpepper

–Advice to the General Overseer on granting bishop's licenses to M.S. Haynes and M.S. Lemons

–Question of single men's eligibility for the office of bishop

–Donation to W.R. Sanders and G.C. Smith from the Tithe Fund

–Payment send to Brothers W.D. Childers and Charles H. Bowen

–Question of an Assembly building

–Loan to brother J.P. Hughes

–Loan to Brother Carl Milligan for the camp ground in Maryland

–Loan to Brother S.J. Wood

–Financial aid request from Brother F.A. Hubble

–Financial gift sent to H.N. Scoggins

–Appointments to the following committees: Young People's Endeavor (YPE) Organization, Determination of the Duties of the Board of Education

–Recommendation for a subcommittee of the Elders' committee to investigate the orphanage and Publishing House

–Appointment of the following committees: financial systems, Women's national organization, investigation of the disbursements of Tithe Fund, correction of the Minutes' supplement

–General indebtedness

–Doctrine of sanctification

–Suggestions for general officers for the Young People's Endeavor (YPE)

–Mandate that all publications that are sold by the Publishing House but not ratified by the General Assembly bear no imprint or endorsement of the Publishing House or general official

–Recommendation the Sunday School literature bear no individual's name

–Official position on the wearing of jewelery

–Reqest presented to mandate no pastor or State Overseer serve for more than four years in the same state or church

–Protocol for charges at the state level

–Duties of the Board of Education

–Local church officials and annual reports

–Decision to furnish the State Overseers with a copy of the Assembly Minutes directly after the conclusion of the Assembly

–Decision to create a Bible training school in South Carolina

–Decision to continue the existing Bible training schools in North Carolina, Texas, and Illinois

–Distribution procedures of annual report forms

–Postage to be distributed from the General Secretary for the mailing of licenses

–Creation of a committee to draft a recommendation concerning tobacco and present to the council

–Bishops remuneration

–The question of bottled drinks

–Ministerial qualifications

–Remuneration for District Overseers

–Regulations for selecting pastors at state conventions

–Tithes received from non–members

–Letter from H.W. Poteat petitioning for a doctrinal investigation of Paul Walker

–Contact of members who do not have a listed address

–Acceptance of Bishops from other organizations into the church and leadership

–State papers in connection to the Evangel

–Creation of a Ladies Willing Worker Band in each local congregation

–Recommendation for pastoral salaries

–Salary of the Editor, Publisher, and General Overseer

–Repeal of the 1935 decision regarding the location of the General Assembly

–Mandate for employees of the Bible Training School, Orphanage, and Church of God to pay tithes of their wages

–Decision from the committee on tobacco and membership

–A decision to keep the evangel and state papers seperate and allowance of each of the states to publish their own papers

–Resolution of misunderstanding in the authority of the Chief of Printer

–Improvement to the boy's farm

–Additional financial aid to those receiving funds from the Aged Ministers' fund during the Assembly

–Appointment of a committee to pass on loans and donations made to ministers during the Assembly

–Office of Deacon as a ministerial rank in-between licensed Evangelists and Ordained Bishop

–Promotion of eligible licenced Evangelist to the rank of Ordained Deacon–minister

–Correction of minutes

–Pastoral appointment procedure change

–Decision of the name of the church in foreign countries to be decidied by the Mission Board

–Increase for financial aid from the Aged Ministers Fund

–Decision to place the Assistant General Overseer and Superintendent of Education on the State Overseer Appointing Board with the General Overseer, General Secretary, Editor, and Publisher

–Publishing House earnings to be used for the Bible Training School

–Mandate for a minimum of twenty–five percent of the tithe of tithes be utilized to establish churches in new fields

–Additional financial aid to the Bible training school in North Dakota

–Investigation of General Overseer

–Plans to build an Assembly building

–Repeal of mandate for the general officials to pay tithes

–Ministerial examination before the state board

–Decision on Paul Walker

–Mandate for those inquiring of the General Secretary's files to have permission