General Council Meeting Minutes, August 17, 1954 – August 21, 1954

–John C. Jernigan

–Vote Taken for General Overseer

–1952 Minutes Amended:Page 2, Para 2., caption "Female"

–1952 Minutes Amended: Page 221, Para 3., caption "Applicants for Pension"

–1952 Minutes Amended: Page 229, last paragraph, "Selection, Duties, and Authorities of the Missions Board"

–1952 Minutes Amended: Page 218, Para 2., caption "Disorderly Ministers"

–Vote for General Overseer

–Overseers of missions territories not affected by four–year limitations

–Zeno C. Tharp elected General Overseer

–Tuesday, August 17 2:00PM

–Ministers Monthly Report

–Inactive membership list in local churches

–Outline of Procedure for receiving members into the Church

–Houston R. Morehead elected as Assistant General Overseer

–Limitations of General Elected Offices

–Second Assistant General Overseer

–Associate Membership

–Churches be listed as "Church of God" in Phone Directories and Newspapers

–Votes taken for Second Assistant General Overseer

–Recommendation concerning deleting of modifying doctrines

–Limitations be removed from offices of General Secretary and Editor–in–Chief

–Recommendations concnerning selection of State Overseers

–Amendment to Ministers' Aged Ministers Pension

–Vote taken for General Secretary and Treasurer

–Exhorters' Certificates

–Members' Voting at polls

–Divorce and remarriage

–Selection, Duties, and Authorities of the Council of 12, and Supreme Council

–Financial System re:Pastor Allotment

–Financial System re:Surplus Tithes

–Allotment for State Overseers

–H.D. Williams elected General Secretary and Treasurer

–Ballots distributed for Editor–in–Chief

–Financial System re:Churches

–Charles Conn elected as the Editor–in–Chief

–Financial System

–Ray Hughes elected National Youth Director

–Surplus tithes in local churches

–State Overseers' Allotments

–Election of Supreme Council

–American Bible Society

–Publishing House Report

–Amendment on Financial System, para 3., page 214, 1952 Minutes

–Amendment of Para. 2, Page 213, 1952 Minutes under "Financial System"

–Amendment to para., page 214, 1952 "Financial System"

–Elelction of Supreme Council Members

–Last 3 members of the Supreme Council selected

–Amendment of page 213, 1952 Minutes, Financial system in regards to pastors

–Report of Committee on ten percent tithes

–Limitation of General Elected Officals

–State Overseers' Assembly Expense

–Voting majorities

–Amendment of Paragraph 5, 1952 Minutes, concerning ministers applicants

–Amendment of Page 208, article 26

–Wedding bands

–Selection and duties of the Editor–in–Chief

–Selection and duties of the Editor–in–Chief of the Lighted Pathway

–Selection and duties of the Editor–in–Chief of Sunday School Literature

–The Pilot

–Selection and duties of the Business Manager

–Selection and duties of the Music Editor

–Selection and duties of Sales, Promotion, and Credit Manager

–Para. 2 and 3, page 204, concerning LWWB amended

–Orphanage to be changed to Home for Children

–Bobbed hair

–Conference

–General Council

–Changing General to "National" Youth Director

–Building and savings loan fund

–Amendment concerning voting etc. General Assembly

–Selection of Pastors

–Resolution concerning John C. Jernigan and H.L. Chesser

–Ministers Paying Tithes

–Qualifications for State Overseers

–Membership of Pastors

–Church's Stand on Healing

–Assistant Youth Director

–Assembly Agenda

–Amendment in Minutes, para 2. page 226, Selection, Duties, Authorities of the Council of 12