The issue of racism and the KKK in early Pentecostalism is a widely discussed topic in Pentecostal scholarship. While researching this topic in the Consortium of Pentecostal Archives, I found the 1925 Pentecostal Holiness Church General Conference report. In this conference, there was a session in which the General Board members, one by one, reported to the … Continue reading “Klan Negative”: The 1925 Pentecostal Holiness General Conference Report on the KKK in their Ranks
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Pentecost and the End of the KKK in Bixby
When my family moved to Bixby, Oklahoma in 1985, it was a tiny town of only 5,000 people and didn't have a single fast food restaurant. Today it is over 20,000 people and it is hard to tell where Bixby ends and Tulsa begins. But in the early years, it was a small town on … Continue reading Pentecost and the End of the KKK in Bixby
Reclaiming Racial Spaces in Tulsa: Oral Roberts and Beno Hall
In the aftermath of the 1921 Race Massacre in Tulsa, many of the residential areas surrounding the Greenwood District were still in ruins. Into one of those spaces, the Tulsa KKK built a giant white building in 1923 at 501 N Main called Beno Hall. The new building that housed the 3,000 member klavern served … Continue reading Reclaiming Racial Spaces in Tulsa: Oral Roberts and Beno Hall
Daniel D. Isgrigg 