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David S. Bishop collection

 Collection
Identifier: M0057
Bishop, David WCBC Supt 300dpi, digital image

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains personal papers including licenses and advertisements. Series 2 contains correspondence pertaining to leadership positions and letters of appreciation. Series 3 contains sermon materials such as outlines, slides, and overhead transparencies. Series 4 contains correspondence, minutes, manuals, and notes pertaining to various boards, councils, and committees. Series 5 contains photographic slides depicting his family and some ministerial roles. Series 6 contains recognition plaques for his service on the Executive Council.

Dates

  • 1933–2002

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

David Stewart Bishop was born on May 13, 1933 to Joel Lewis and Grace Miriam Peterson. He was licensed by the Church of God in 1953 and ordained in 1960. He married Shirley Orndorff in 1959 and had two daughters, Sheryl and Mellanie. Following Shirley's accidental death, he married Sandra Alyn Reasy in 1967 and had a daughter, Shannon, and a son, David II. He received undergraduate diplomas and degrees at Northwest Bible and Music Academy, Lee College, and Birmingham Southern College. He did graduate work at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Fresno State College, and received his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. He served as an instructor, High School Principal, Dean of College and Superintendent at West Coast Bible College, a pastor at Church of God congregations in North Hollywood, California, Yakima, Washington, and Westmore Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, and a member of various State Councils, Evangelism Boards, and Mission Boards in California, Washington, the Pacific/Northwest and Tennessee. He also served on the West Coast Christian College Board of Directors, Church of God Board of Trustees, Church of God Theological Seminary Board of Directors, and General Executive Council of the Church of God. He authored various chapters in Church of God publications, two books of his own, contributed artwork to the Church of God Evangel, and hosted a daily radio broadcast, Alive Through the Word, and a weekly television program, Alive in the Spirit. He died on March 13, 2012.

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet (10 containers)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Separated Materials

Opening the Windows of Heaven, B. G. Hamon

The Golden State News Vol. 10, no. 7; Vol. 11, nos. 4 and 12

Church of God Evangel August 29, 1960

The Lighted Pathway September 1963 and June 1964

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1986

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1987

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1987

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1987

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1988

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1988

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1988

Church of God Executive COuncil Committee Minutes January 1989

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1989

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1989

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1990

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1990

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1992

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1993

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1993

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1993

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1994

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1994

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1994

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1995

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes May 1995

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1995

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1996

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes April 1996

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1998

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 1999

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes April 1999

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 1999

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 2000

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes April 2000

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 2000

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 2001

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes April 2001

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes September 2001

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes January 2002

Church of God Executive Council Committee Minutes April 2002

Church of God Financial Summary August 31, 1999

Church of God Proposed Budgets September 1999-August 2000

Northwest Bible College Properties Report to Executive Council September 25-27

Blueprint for the Future Response Forum Booklet Spring 1999

Title
David S. Bishop Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Wessel
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Hal Bernard Dixon Jr. Pentecostal Research Center Repository

Contact:
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