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Jack Moore at Kansas City in 1948. Reverend Jack Moore (June 24, 1905 – November 18, 1975) was an American minister and home builder from Shreveport, Louisiana.He was the founding pastor of Life Tabernacle Church, as well as a Director and key supporter to Full Gospel Business Men’s International.
Stephen F. Olford (March 29, 1918 – August 29, 2004) [1] was an American evangelical leader. [2] Billy Graham called him "the man who most influenced my ministry." [3] Olford was also a friend to pastors Charles Stanley and Adrian Rogers, as well as being influential in the life of Jim Elliot. [4]
The Memphis School of Preaching (MSOP) is a two-year collegiate institution devoted to the training of gospel preachers within the Church of Christ branch of Christian theology. It is overseen by the elders of the Forest Hill Church of Christ in Germantown , a suburb of Memphis , in the U.S. state of Tennessee .
Nicholas Brodie Hardeman (May 18, 1874 – November 6, 1965) was an educator, debater, and a gospel preacher in the Churches of Christ.Along with Arvy G. Freed, Hardeman in 1907 co-founded what became Freed-Hardeman University, first known as the National Teachers Normal and Business College, or NTN&BC, in Henderson, Tennessee.
He became a Christian in May 1951 at age 11 at Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis, where his father was the pastor. At that time, a revival was being held by Elder Johnny Brown. In May 1952, the Patterson family moved to Detroit, Michigan .
The Black Church in the African American Experience. Duke University Press: Raleigh, 1990; Official Manual with the Doctrines and Discipline of the Church of God in Christ. Memphis, Tennessee: Church of God in Christ Publishing House, 1973. Owens, Robert R. Never Forget! The Dark Years of COGIC History. Xulon Press: Fairfax, 2002.
Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.75% in 2014. According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Tennesseans self-identified most closely with the LDS Church. [3] The LDS Church is the 10th largest denomination in Tennessee. [4]
Mason Temple was founded by Charles Harrison Mason (1864-1961). This church's denomination, Church of God in Christ, also known as C.O.G.I.C, grew fast in Memphis, Tennessee and eventually spread to other parts of the world such as Latin America and Asia. [1]