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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Bishop Travis B. Sipuel: A Pentecostal Survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
During my research on the history of the Pentecostal movement in Tulsa, I discovered the story of a Church of God in Christ pastor, Bishop Travis B. Sipuel, who survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. His story we know because of his daughter Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, the famous Oklahoma Civil Rights leader. This is … Continue reading Bishop Travis B. Sipuel: A Pentecostal Survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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 