Council of Twelve Meeting Minutes, August 8, 1944 – August ,1944

–Kannapolis Orphanage

–Councillors Expenses

–Discussion of the purchase of a Masonic Temple in Los Angeles

–Orphanage in Canada

–Discussion of the purchase of a builiding in Moose Jaw

–Order of Ministry

–Discussion of department reports

–Loan to Penn.

–Dormitory for boys in the Bible School of the Northwest

–Absence of B.L. Hicks

–New Birth

–National Incorporation of the Church of God

–Chartering of the Church of God in Each state

–Disfellowshipped members

–Adultery and fornication

–Tithing

–Church transfer

–Tobacco

–General Assembly specifications

–Backsliding Ministers

–Ministerial tithes

–Ministerial financial aid requirements

–Retirement age of ministers

–Ministerial payment

–Ministers wives and the Holy Ghost

–Officer selection protocol

–District pastor responsibilites

–Local pastoral voting

–Preachers joking about church swapping

–Strengthening weak churches

–Evangelistic parties in each state to open new churches

–Overseers of large states

–Educational requirements for minsiterial application

–Surplus tithes

–New Birth Proposition Committee Report

–Regular Sunday School Board

–National Evangelism Report

–National Radio Report

–Report on National Service Pastors

–Order of Ministry Proposition

–Ordained Evangelists

–Report of the Committee Districting the United States

–Division of the States

–Committee order business and election arrangements

–Division of surplus tithes

–Discussion of a national Sunday School and Y.P.E President

–Finances of the Orphanage and Missions

–Formula for Water Baptism

–Bible School in Sevierville

–Wedding bands

–Bible Training School dress requirements to apply to Church of God members

–Democracy in the local church and representation of the laity

–Support for the schools to be gathered from the Publishing House income

–Procedures for expulsion from the Bible Training School

–Ministerial consequences for criticisms of the Bible Training School

–Procedures for students attempting to reenter the school

–Procedures for ministerial applicants who have graduated from the Bible Training School

–W.H. Black

–Tenure of office for General Officials

–Appointing Board

–Local church committees

–Initial evidence

–Salary of the Editor and Publisher

–Assistance for church construction in Sevierville

–Discussion of a Sunday School National Supervisor

–Items sold by the Church of God

–Revision of minutes

–Radio broadcasting

–General Schools and State Schools

–Willing Workers' band

–Wedding bands

–National Evangelistic parties

–Educational training for bishops

–Discussion of incorporating all Church of God State Bible Schools as branches of the general Sevierville Bible Training School.

–Tracts

–Cradle Roll

–Junior church membership roll

–Jockeying for Churches

–L.W. Waters

–Radio Station Propostion

–Prescribed course study for the Eldership

–Orphanage report by F.R. Harawood

–Discussion of Orphanage management

–Pictures of former General Overseers

–Report from the Bible Training School and College

–Missions Report

–Creation of Constitution Committees

–Alvin Thompson

–Aged Ministers

–Sick Ministers

–Widows

–Special Appropriations

–Refused applications for financial assistance

–Quartets and singers at Assemblies

–Discussion of sending Elder and Aged Minsters to Assembly

–Discussion of increasing pension brackets

–B.L. Hicks

–Licensing those for ministry with past marital difficulties

–Promotion of W.L. Jones to the office of Bishop

–Ordination of Brother Bronson

–Request for donation for the Church in New York City

–Discussion of the time of appointment for the Overseer of Colored Work

–Incorporation of new churches

–General Overseers expenses and Salary

–Sunday School and Youth Literature Editor in Chief's salary and housing

–Transfer from emergency fund to the School Fund for building purposes

–Loan request to purchase the Pentecostal Assemblies Church building in Moosejaw, Sask.

–Loan request from the State of Montana

–Bible Training School College President's salary

–Brother Coleman

–Service Men's department

–Financial request from J.L. Doroman

–S.W. Hamilton

–Duties and authority of the Bible Training School Board

–Duties and authority of the Bible Training School President

–Duties of the Business Manager of the Bible Training School

–Church of God representation in the 1945 NAE convention

–Work of radio recording and transcriptions

–Post war mission fund drive

–Morris Lee

–Brother Gibson

–C.L. Griffiths

–D.P. Barnett

–Starling Smith

–G.S. Scott

–Committee work on securing IV D Classification for Ministry Students

–Auditing Committee report

–Tomlinson Church

–Bishops pay

–Help to the Colored Overseer

–Committee IV D Classification

–H.E. Ramsey

–Brother Padgett

–G.F. Crank

–Division of States

–F.J. Dake

–Carl Godwin

–C.L. Griffiths

–W.F. Bryant

–S.W. Hamilton

–C.C. Cox