G. W. Lane collection

Collection

Identifier: M0035

Staff Only

92-Forward in Faith speaker 300dpi, digital image

Scope and Contents

This collection is made up of the personal information as well as ministerial information of Lane. There are files that contain copies of sermons that were mailed periodically to ministers as a sermon resource.

Dates

1949–2012, with significant number of undated materials

Conditions Governing Use

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use any digitized or otherwise copied material from our holdings for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

Biographical / Historical

G.W. Lane July 29, 1912 – November 15, 1982 Ministerial File # 3855

G.W. Lane was born July 29, 1912, to David Albert and Clara Robert (Stanley) Lane in Electra, Texas. Lane’s father was a Church of God minister. In 1933, he was married to Nellie Labitt Bowan in Electra, Texas. To their marriage, a daughter, Peggy Jean Green Rundell was born October 4, 1934.

Lane was converted in 1927. He received his first evangelist’s credential with the Church of God on January 25, 1935, and was ordained on May 25, 1939. He pastored churches in Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Florida. He served under denomination appointment as state youth director in Texas; state overseer in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Indiana, Delmarva, West Virginia, Alabama; General Secretary/Treasurer; and Forward in Faith Radio Minister. He also a member of denominational boards; the Church of God Executive Council, and National Music and Evangelism board. Lane also served as a member of National Association of Evangelicals and was a speaker at the Tenth Pentecostal World Conference in 1973.

He was the author of several books of sermon outlines, such as, Doctrines of the New Testament, Program and Purpose, Sermon Nuggets, The Voice of Calvary, Lane Lines, and But This Man.

Lane was living in Cleveland, Tennessee when he passed away in 1982. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens

Note: His initials G and W are not abbreviations for a full name. They are his complete name.