North Dakota Pentecostal Church Collection, 1914-2004

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Assemblies of God

The first series contains Assemblies of God material.  This series is filed chronologically by district and includes: Constitution and By-laws of the North Dakota District Council of the Assemblies of God (1997 revised edition); periodicals published by the North Central District; minutes from the Assembly of the State Convention for North Dakota (1933-1936); minutes of the North Dakota District Council and District Presbyter meetings (1936-1944); True Conversions: Living Testimonies, by students of the North Central Bible Institute, Minneapolis, Minn. [1932]; a collection of papers on women ministers in North Dakota; periodicals published by both the North Dakota District Council and the German Branch; and articles from Assemblies of God Heritage concerning North Dakota.

Box 1

Folder 1: Constitution and By-laws of the North Dakota District Council of the Assemblies of God (1997 revised edition)

Folder 2: Gospel Herald (Minneapolis, Minn.) Jan. 1927, May-Aug. 1929

Folder 3: Full Gospel Broadcast (Sherburn, Minn.) Nov. 1929

Folder 4: Gospel Broadcast (Sherburn, Minn.) Nov. 1929 - Dec. 1930

Folder 5: Gospel Broadcast (Sherburn, Minn.) Jan. 1931 - Sept. 1932 Gospel Broadcast (Minneapolis, Minn.) Oct. 1932 - Jul. 1933

Folder 6: Minutes from the Assembly of the State Convention for North Dakota (1933-1936) and from the North Dakota District Council and District Presbyterian meetings (1936-1944)

Folder 7: True Conversions: Living Testimonies by students of the North Central Bible Institute, Minneapolis, Minn. [1932]. Includes table of contents by Joyce Lee

Folder 8: Papers on women Pentecostal ministers in North Dakota. Includes applications for ordination and missionary appointment, biographies, and flyers. Women include: Florence Elvina Hildegard Anderson; Blanche Elizabeth Brittain; Adele Francis Carmichael; Mary Elizabeth Chase; Susan A. Covel; Sarah Caroline Doty; Florence S. A. Engstrand; Christine Gottwald; Christine Doris Johnson; Hulda R. Kuppe; Irene Esther H. Larson; Rose Monogian; Helen H. Olsen; Olga V. Olsson; Ettie Elizabeth Reckley; Ida W. Sande; Mrs. Wycliffe M. Smith; Mary C. Sorg; Mabel E. Stake; and Lillian Steffens

Folder 9: The Prairie Fire: The North Dakota District of the Assemblies of God, 1938 (Official organ of the North Dakota District Council of the Assemblies of God)

Folder 10: North Dakota District Echoes (Williston, N.D.), 1938-1939 (Continuation of Prairie Fire)

Folder 11: North Dakota District Echoes (Williston, N.D.), Jan. 1940 - Sept. 1941 North Dakota District Echoes (Hettinger, N.D.), Nov. 1941 - Dec. 1941

Folder 12: North Dakota District Echoes (Hettinger, N.D.), 1942

Folder 13: North Dakota District Echoes (Hettinger, N.D.), 1943-1944

Folder 14: North Dakota District Echoes (Hettinger, N.D.), Jan. 1945 ? June 1946 North Dakota District Echoes (Powers Lake, N.D.), Sept. 1946 North Dakota District Echoes (Grenora, N.D.), Oct. 1946

Folder 15: North Dakota District Echoes (Grenora, N.D.), Jan. 1947-Aug. 1947 North Dakota District Echoes and Ambassador (Grenora, N.D.), Sept. 1947-Dec. 1947 North Dakota District Echoes and Ambassador (Devils Lake, N.D.), Sept. 1948-Oct. 1948

Folder 16: North Dakota District Echoes and Ambassador (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1949-1950

Folder 17: North Dakota District Echoes and Ambassador (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1951-1952

Folder 18: North Dakota District Echoes and Ambassador (Devils Lake, N.D.), Jan. 1953 - June 1953 North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), July 1953 - Dec. 1954

Folder 19: North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1955 - 1956

Folder 20: North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1957 - 1958

Folder 21: North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1959 - 1960

Folder 22: North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1961 - 1962

Folder 23: North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1963 - 1964

Folder 24: North Dakota District Echoes (Devils Lake, N.D.), 1965 North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1965 - 1966

Folder 25: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1967 - 1968

Folder 26: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1969 - 1970

Folder 27: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1971 - 1972

Box 2

Folder 1: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1973 - 1974

Folder 2: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1975 - 1976

Folder 3: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1977 - 1978

Folder 4: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1979 - 1980

Folder 5: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1981 - 1982

Folder 6: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), 1983 - 1984

Folder 7: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), Jan. 1985 - Nov. 1986

Folder 8: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), Dec. 1986 - Nov. 1989 (v. 50 - 52)

Folder 9: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), Dec. 1989 - Nov. 1992 (v. 53 - 55)

Folder 10: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), Dec. 1992 - Nov. 1995 (v. 56 - 58)

Folder 11: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), Dec. 1995 - Nov. 1998 (v. 59 - 61)

Folder 12: North Dakota District Echoes (Bismarck, N.D.), Dec. 1998 (v. 62-63)

Folder 13: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1942 (Official organ of the German Branch of the Assemblies of God, including information on German-language congregations in North Dakota. Published in German.)

Folder 14: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1943

Folder 15: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1944

Folder 16: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1945

Folder 17: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1946

Folder 18: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1947

Folder 19: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1948

Folder 20: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1949

Folder 21: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1950

Folder 22: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1951

Folder 23: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1952

Box 3

Folder 1: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1953

Folder 2: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1954

Folder 3: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1955

Folder 4: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1956

Folder 5: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1957

Folder 6: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1958

Folder 7: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1959

Folder 8: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1960

Folder 9: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1961

Folder 10: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1962

Folder 11: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1963

Folder 12: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1964

Folder 13: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1965

Folder 14: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1966

Folder 15: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1967

Folder 16: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), 1968

Folder 17: Licht und Leben (Cleveland, Oh.), Jan. 1969 - Sept. 1969 Licht und Leben (East Detroit, Mich.), Oct. 1969 - Dec. 1969

Folder 18: Licht und Leben (East Detroit, Mich.), 1970

Folder 19: Licht und Leben (East Detroit, Mich.), 1971

Folder 20: The C.A. Witness (Scottsbluff, Neb.), 1944 - 1945 (Official organ of the Christ's Ambassadors [youth organization] of the German Branch of the Assemblies of God, including information on German-language congregations in North Dakota. Published in English.)

Folder 21: Articles concerning North Dakota from Assemblies of God Heritage, the quarterly historical journal of the Assemblies of God Archives (Springfield, Mo.). G. Raymond Carlson, “When Pentecost Came to the Upper Midwest” (Spring 1984). Fred G. Frank, “A Revival that Closed the Country Schools” (Spring 1988). Concerns the 1921 revival in Regan and Wilton, North Dakota. Glenn Gohr, “A Harvest in Minnesota: The Story of A/G Pioneer Frank J. Lindquist” (Spring 1990). Lindquist pastored the Minot (N.D.) Assembly of God in 1923, founded North Central Bible Institute in 1930, and served as District Superintendent of the North Central District from 1923 - 1945. Fannie Mae Hall, “G. Raymond Carlson: The Early Years in the Upper Midwest”(Summer 1993). Carlson (1918 - 1999) , a native of Crosby, N.D., served as General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God (1986 - 1993). Darrin J. Rodgers, “German is Food for the Soul: George Rueb, German-American Pentecostal Pioneer” (Fall-Winter 1999-2000). Rueb was a leader in the German language District of the Assemblies of God

Series 2: Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

The second series regards the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee.  The materials are filed chronologically and include: periodicals published by the Church of God regional office for North Dakota and South Dakota; Baptism with the Holy Ghost and the Evidence by Paul Haven Walker; and biographical materials on Paul Haven Walker.

Box 3

Folder 22: Church of God Informer, Aug. 10, 1938 (Official organ of the Church of God State Office for North and South Dakota)

Folder 23: Church of God Promoter of the Dakotas (Mobridge, S.D.), March 1946 Church of God Promoter of the Dakotas (Lemmon, S.D.), Nov. 1948 (Official organ of the Church of God State Office for North and South Dakota)

Folder 24: Dakota News (Minot, N.D.), 1956 - 1969 (Official organ of the Church of God State Office for North and South Dakota)

Folder 25: Paul Haven Walker, Baptism with the Holy Ghost and the Evidence (Cleveland, Tenn.: Church of God Publishing House, n.d.)

Folder 26: Biographical materials on Paul Haven Walker.

Series 3: Miscellaneous

The third and final series includes testimonies of early Pentecostalism in North Dakota, as well as various articles written by Darrin J. Rodgers.

Box 3

Folder 27: Testimonies of early Pentecostalism in North Dakota.

Folder 28: Darrin J. Rodgers, “Pentecostal Conversion in a North Dakota Church of the Brethren Community.” Concerns the Church of the Brethren and Assembly of God congregations in Cando and Egeland, North Dakota.

Folder 29: Darrin J. Rodgers, “North Dakotan Pentecostal Churches: Chronologies with Ministerial Lists and Bibliographic References.”

Folder 30: Rediscovering Our Diverse Roots: Pentecostal Origins in Scandinavian Pietism in Minnesota and the Dakotas," by Darrin J. Rodgers, 33^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, March 2004