At United House Of Ptayer For AU People
Holy Convocation Begins Sunday
By Audrey C. Lodato
Port Staff Writer
The 99th Annual Holy
Convocation of the United
House of Prayer For AD
People opens this Sunday
with introductory services
by Apostle C.B. Gibson.
Apostle Gibson is pastor
of the Motherhouse of the
United House of Prayer at
2321 Beatties Ford Road.
Monthly through Friday,
September 30 through
October 4, the church's
General Council convenes
at 11 a m. There will be
programs and preaching
nightly.
Next weekend features a
softball game and band
exhibition. On Saturday
October 3, the McCullough
Scholarship Softball Game
will be played at 2 p.m. at
West Charlotte High
School.
A Baptismal service will
be held Sunday morning,
October 6, at H. That af
ternoon at 2, a band exhi
bition will take place for
the crowd’s enjoyment on
th^ church grounds.
rne purpose of the Con
vocation, according to
spokesman Alfred Cloud, is
- to “highlight the year with
the Holy Week. The church
year ends at the Convoca
tion and starts over into a
new year.”
The General Council,
made up of pastors and
chairmen from the various
states, meets to settle mat
ters of church business.
The Honorable W.
McCollough, who will pre
side over the convocation,
is celebrating his 2Sth year
as Bishop of the United '
House of Prayer For All
People.
The House of Prayer has
churches throughout the
country. The Motherhouse
oversees the smaller
churches, known as mis
sions, throughout the
state.
Bishop Walter “Daddy” McCoDough
-JbnonMe Leader
The Charlotte metropo
litan area is divided into;
two districts. In the Char
lotte district are Apostle C
Taylor, Charlotte No. 2;
Elder R. White, BiddleviBe
Mission; Apostle C. Bailey,
North Charlotte; Apostle
R. Belton, First Ward;
Apostle H. Williams, Third
Ward; Apostle N. Rhynes
Jr., Matthews; Apostle J.
Taylor Concord; and
Apostle S. Ford, Derite.
The Huntersville district
has Apostle D. C. Truee
dale, Huntersville; Apostle
R. Patton, Gastonia;
Apostle g, Webb, Mallard
Creek; Apostle J. C.
Crawford, Mooresville;
Elder W. Baxter, States
ville; Elder N. Goode,
Hickory; Apostle F.
Barringer, Dallas; aad.
Apostle J. Henderson,
Lancaster, S.C.
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State chairman and as
sistant chairman are
Apostles C.B. Gibson and
C. Taylor, respectively.
Apostle H. Cloud is district
chairman of Greensboro.
District chairman of Hunt
ersville is Apostle D.C.
Truesdale.
Hie House of Prayer was
founded by Bishop Charles
Emmanuel Grace who,
according to records, came
to America from a Por
tuguese island in 1903. His
church, begun in Massa
chusetts, was incorporat
ed in 1921.
During the period 1923
24, Bishop Grace, known to
his followers as “Sweet
Daddy Grace,” traveled to
the Holy Land and spent
time in Jerusalem in pur
suit of the Gospel. Upon his
return to the United States,
he began preaching from
city to city.
In 1926, Bishop Grace
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came to Charlotte and
pitched a tent at Third and
Caldwell. From those be
ginnings, the church first
moved to Long Street and
then to McDowell. During
the redevelopment'of the
Brooklyn area in 1969, the
temple was tom down. The
present Motherhouse on
Beatties Ford Rd. was
completed in 1970
After establishing his
church in Charlotte, the
Bishop traveled to other
part? of the South. Ac
cording to a church spokes
man, the church remains
strongest in those locations
Bishop Grace visited in the
early years.
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