Pentecostal Research Center Preserves Pentecostal Preaching
As part of its mission to preserve Church of God heritage, the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center has a continuing project focused on preserving preaching.
The Church of God has been blessed with many great pulpiteers who have had enormously important ministries and preached many powerfully anointed sermons,” said Dr. David Roebuck, director of the Pentecostal Research Center in Cleveland, Tennessee. “Their sermons are being preserved so that their voices will not be lost, and their messages will continue to edify and challenge the Church of God.’
The goal of the project is to collect and make available sermons and other related ministry material. Among the notable preachers included are such as Wade H. Horton, James Cross, John Jernigan, Charles W. Conn, G.W. Lane, Paul L. Walker, and Ray H. Hughes. Many others are being collected as well. The project emphasizes both written and recorded sermons so that present and future generations can continue to benefit from their wisdom.
According to Roebuck, “This project is enormous, but we are being blessed with the help of a large number of donors and volunteers. In 2008 Dr. Bill Sheeks solicited donations from churches to initiate the project. With those funds we purchased archival quality holders and boxes for about 4,000 cassette tapes. Volunteers such as Melissa Roebuck and Sanford Hopkins are creating an inventory. The families of G.W. Lane, Ray H. Hughes and others are providing sermons and ministry related materials. David Robinson and his Spring Creek Productions have digitized hundreds of sermons including many early Forward in Faith radio programs. Our primary focus at the moment is to collect, inventory, and preserve these materials. We are trusting that the Lord will provide funds so that we can catalog and digitize additional sermons.”
Anyone wanting to contribute materials or funding can contact the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center at 423-614-8576; dixon_research@leeuniversity.edu; or 270 11th Street NE, Cleveland TN 37311.
