"Founding Fathers" of PB Church (1st generation) And Their Belief On Means
1. Elder Daniel Parker (never denied means and affirmed that faith in Christ was necessary for salvation)
2. Elder Gilbert Beebe (taught regeneration without means but new birth or conversion by means)
3. Elder Samuel Trott (same as Beebe)
4. Elder John Watson (taught means in regeneration or new birth)
5. Elder James Osbourn (taught means in regeneration or new birth)
6. Elder John Clark (taught means in regeneration or new birth)
7. Elder Joshua Lawrence (taught means in regeneration or new birth)
8. Elder Mark Bennett (taught means in regeneration or new birth)
9. Elder C. B. Hassell (taught means in regeneration or new birth)
10. Elder Wilson Thompson (same as Beebe)
11. Elder Grigg Thompson (same as Beebe)
12. Elder Stephen Gard (same as Beebe)
13. Elder William Conrad (same as Beebe)
14. Elder John Leland (never denied means and affirmed that faith in Christ was necessary for salvation)
15. Elder John Taylor (never denied means and affirmed that faith in Christ was necessary for salvation)
16. Elder Lawrence Greatrake (never denied means and affirmed that faith in Christ was necessary for salvation)
17. Elder Joel Hume (never denied means and affirmed that faith in Christ was necessary for salvation)
18. Elder Hosea Preslar (same as Watson)
19. Elder Richard M. Newport (never denied means and affirmed that faith in Christ was necessary for salvation)
20. Elder R. W. Fain (Same as Watson and Clark)
21. Elder J. B. Stephens (Same as Watson and Clark)
22. Elder W. T. Pence (Same as Watson and Clark)
23. Elder E. H. Burnam (Same as Watson and Clark)
24. Elder William Conrad (same as Beebe)
25. Elder William Mitchell (same as Beebe)
26. Elder J. R. Respass (same as Beebe
27. Elder Daniel Jewett (believed in means)
Second Generation Leaders Who Espoused Means
1. Elder J. H. Purifoy (Same as Watson and Clark at the first and then changed)
2. Elder P. D. Gold (same as Beebe)
3. Elder Moses Denman (Same as Watson and Clark)
4. Elder Paul Yates (Same as Watson and Clark)
5. Elder T.S. Dalton (Same as Watson and Clark at the first and then changed)
6. Elder J. M. Thompson (same as Beebe)
7. Elder J. V. Kirkland (believed in means - went to Missionaries)
8. Elder R. S. Kirkland (believed in means - went to Missionaries)
9. Elder Benjamin Lampton (same as Beebe)
10. Elder W. T. Pence (believed in means)
11. Elder E. H. Burnam (believed in means)
12. Elder J. C. Denton (believed in means)
13. Elder John Rowe (believed in means)
14 Elder J. G. Webb (believed in means)
15. Elder W. L. Beebe (same as father Gilbert)
Second Generation Leaders Who Denied Means
1. Elder S. F. Cayce
2. Elder Sylvester Hassell (but seemed to incline to Beebe's view)
3. Elder Charles Waters
4. Elder Walter Cash
5. Elder C. H. Cayce
6. Elder J. H. Oliphant
7. Elder Silas Durand
8. Elder Lee Hanks
9. Elder P. G. Lester
10. Elder John R. Daily
11. Elder Lemuel Potter
12. Elder S.A. Paine
Third Generation Leaders Who Denied Means
1. Elder W. S. Craig
2. Elder J. S. Newman
3. Elder J. R. Redford
4. Elder W. C. Arnold
5. Elder W.H. Crouse
6. Elder R. H. Pittman
7. Nearly All the Rest
Now, can one not discern from this that those PBs who today deny the preaching of the gospel to be God's ordained means of calling his elect to salvation hold not to the primitive or original view?
How come I knew very little or nothing at all about the first 39 men on this list when I was with the PBs myself? Or how come I was never told?
ReplyDeleteCause to be angry?
For many PB leaders, they simply either lied about their history, or hid such facts from their members. Is this not a cult tactic? Keep the members in the dark about their history! Give them instead a fairy tale history! Few if any will want to research the matter for themselves. Many, when learning this information, go to work to deal with the dissonance. Most, sadly, in the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteI am still adding a few names to the list. Some kind of cross lines between being in the first or second generation category. Those who began their ministry prior to the Civil War are generally in the first generation.
ReplyDeleteAlso, all the names mentioned represent the results of my having read the writings of these men and their associates.
Stephen