The Free to Serve group is initiating a Wiki to honor women who have ministered or are currently serving in ministry in the Church of God (Cleveland). The purpose of this post is to solicit the names of women in the Church of God who in the past or are currently serving as outstanding ministers of the gospel. Who would you nominate to be listed as the top 100 women to impact the COG from within? These are women who should be included in our upcoming online encyclopedia. Please enter their names in the comments section below.
From the top of my head, my personal list would include:
Nora Chambers
Maria Atkinson
Dora P. Myers
Alda B, Harrison
Zoe Brown
Mary Graves
Loida Camacho
Loida Camacho
Margaret Gaines
Lois Beach
Ellen French
Ellen French
Lucille Walker
Mary Ruth Stone
Jacqueline Smith
Jacqueline Smith
Carolyn Dirkson
Cheryl Johns
Dorothy Qualls
Faye Whitten
Waneda Brownlow
Dorothy Qualls
Faye Whitten
Waneda Brownlow
Dale Harmeson recommends Odeen Morris & Inez McCullough
ReplyDeleteJorge L Giron recommends Amada Mendez de Giron who with her husband established more than 400 churches among the Mayans in Guatemala!
ReplyDeleteJeanette Chesser
ReplyDeleteI reviewed the list of "Heroes of the Faith" (Heroines?). I have gone through some different resources to pull the names of women listed but I have limited reference on whether most should be included on the list or not. Following are the names and brief notes - you or others may look through it and determine which names would be appropriate for the Heroes list.
ReplyDelete1. Estrelda Y Alexander ; Kim Alexander suggestion
2. Rebecca Barr; Licensed evangelist 1909, 1st African American woman licensed by Church of God, She & husband, Edmond, 1st CoG Foreign Missionaries, source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
3. Emma Boyd, started Church of God in Dahlonega, GA, source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
4. Waneda Brownlow; Missionary to Latin America, Africa - Children's Education, Evangel - September 2013
5. Clyde Cotton, prophetic ministry; source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
6. Ella Frye, started Church of God in Dahlonega, GA; source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
7. Carrie Furman, helped plant the COG in Guatemala (along with her husband), source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
8. Elizabeth Giron; Kim Alexander suggestion
9. Silvinia Gonzalez; Kim Alexander suggestion
10. Terry Goodin, Missionary to Native Americans, source: personal knowledge; Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership"
11. Sallie Jeffreys, Pastor to Dr. Robert E. Fisher; source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
12. Lula Jones; preached Florida Camp Meeting; planted 9 churches in FL; source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
13. Sallie O. Lee; Preached 8th Assembly 1913, source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
14. Mattie Perry , source: Kim Alexander suggestion
15. Ava Swiger; Kim Alexander suggestion
16. Lillian Trasher; founded Egypt orphanage, known as "Nile Mother"; source: Alexander & Gause "Women in Leadership
17. Gloria Tyner Bun; 1st woman military chaplain; Kim Alexander suggestion
18. Annette Watson, Kim Alexander suggestion
19. Beverly Coker, LCSW, psychotherapist, Ordained minister at Rehoboth CoG Bloomfield, CT; source: Evangel Mar 2013
20. Gail Clark Lemmert; Minister of Spiritual Formation; Westmore Church of God; source: Evangel September 2013
21. Joan Conn; Missionary; Executive Director RFF; Haiti; source: Evangel Dec 2013
22. Kathy (Watson) Swift; missionary: Africa,Europe, founded Freedom House Ministries; source: Evangel Dec 2013
David Roebuck recently entered comments on our FB page regarding
ReplyDeleteFlorence Pringle Simmons