Apostolic Bible School in Tulsa

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by commonsense

I 'm not sure of the dates, but they had a high school also. My uncle was a teacher at the high school in the early 50's.

He used my dad's CCC trunk (1930's) and it has decals from the Tulsa school.

My aunt often spoke of the Williams.


(I'm now the keeper of the trunk )

Can you post some pics if the decals?

[commonsense]

I'll try to take a couple pictures but my pix posting talents are very limited

[Sam]

Originally Posted by edjen01

didn't Brother Norris also write a book about how the rapture/2nd coming/whatever he called it...would take place in 1987?

I don't know. I've never heard that.

I did hear he had an article or tract out showing that Benito Mussolini was the Antichrist. After Mussolini's death, Bro. Frank Curts kidded him and said, "Well, they just killed your Antichrist and dragged him through the streets." Bro. Norris said, "I wish I had that tract back." Bro. Curts told me this story.

[Consapostolic1]

Originally Posted by BHILL

My parents went to school there in the late 50's and as a kid CP Williams was my Pastor for a while before his son took over.CP Williams pulled the church out of the UPC in a dispute with the local UPC officials somewhere around 1958 and after that the college gradually lost enrollment and they closed it down. Alot of well known ministers went to school there-Kilgore,Jonathan Urshan,and others.
Mary Williams was a wonderful person and a great teacher.

What became of that church? Didn't they also have a daughter church in another part of Tulsa?

[BHILL]

Originally Posted by crakjak

Mark Hanby's (1st)wife, Gloria was a Williams. When he first came to Texas he was super duper UC, so that fits with him finding a wife in Tulsa.

That's not correct. Mark Hamby married Gloria Pyles-no relation to the Williams'. John D Williams married Faith Hamby ,Mark Hamby's sister.

[BHILL]

Originally Posted by Consapostolic1

What became of that church? Didn't they also have a daughter church in another part of Tulsa?

They had 2 churches in Tulsa, about 1968 they combined their congregations and John D Williams became the pastor of the church. In 1981 the church split and Gary Howard became the pastor of the group that split off. That church is doing very well and runs somewhere around 500 people ,but the original church has struggled since the split. Jeff Dykes became the pastor of the original First Apostolic church around 1994 and I believe it runs around a 100.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by BHILL

That's not correct. Mark Hamby married Gloria Pyles-no relation to the Williams'. John D Williams married Faith Hamby ,Mark Hamby's sister.

Is this just before we was contacted by George Lucas to compose some uplifting music for a certain space opera he was developing at the time?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by SOUNWORTHY

Sam, I didn't remember about the Dr. Pepper thing. Bro.Williams told the women "if you want people to know you are married, get some kids to follow you around".
........

Now why couldn't I have been around to meet him? Oh the conversations that we could have engaged in!

"So young lady, when does the father of your children plan on doing the right thing and marry you and place you under proper authority???"

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by BHILL

That's not correct. Mark Hamby married Gloria Pyles-no relation to the Williams'. John D Williams married Faith Hamby ,Mark Hamby's sister.

I stand corrected, I thought that John was Gloria's brother, my mistake. BTW: it is Hanby.

[Consapostolic1]

Originally Posted by BHILL

They had 2 churches in Tulsa, about 1968 they combined their congregations and John D Williams became the pastor of the church. In 1981 the church split and Gary Howard became the pastor of the group that split off. That church is doing very well and runs somewhere around 500 people ,but the original church has struggled since the split. Jeff Dykes became the pastor of the original First Apostolic church around 1994 and I believe it runs around a 100.

Thank you BHILL for providing that information!