Administration .281910.E2.80.932008.29 World Gospel Mission

1 administration (1910–2008)

1.1 officers
1.2 headquarters
1.3 name changes

administration (1910–2008)

at instigation of mrs iva may durham vennard (1871–1945), methodist evangelist , later founder , first president of chicago evangelistic institute (now vennard college), , support of holiness association president, rev charles j. fowler, missionary department of national association promotion of holiness established @ university park, iowa on 10 june 1910, specific purpose of spreading scriptural holiness ends of earth. rev. cecil warren troxel , wife, ellen armour troxel (born 1875), , rev. woodford taylor , wife, mrs. harriet armour taylor, members of free methodist church of north america, became first missionaries in china missionary department of national association promotion of holiness, directly under christian holiness association (now christian holiness partnership).

officers

in november 1910 mrs beatrice c. mother beezley selected secretary of china bureau missionary department, briefcase office. in 1929 dr james bishop (died 12 may 1970), former missionary china, became chief executive. in 1934 replaced rev. george r. warner (died 1 june 1974), former missionary china. appointed general secretary, title changed president. upon warner s resignation in 1967, directorate established, included dr hollis f. abbott (administration), dr harold (business), , dr burnis bushong (homeland). abbott elected chief executive officer (later president) in october 1969. in 1979 dr thomas h. hermiz appointed president of wgm. current president hubert p. harriman. dr. e. daniel schafer elected succeed hubert harriman, effective july 1, 2016.

headquarters

by 1919 headquarters located @ 825 woodbine avenue, oak park, illinois. in 1925 organization s homeland headquarters moved mrs. beezley s briefcase room in kletzing building @ chicago evangelistic institute (now vennard college) @ 1804 washington boulevard, chicago, illinois. [1] in 1939 headquarters relocated 5 rooms @ 219 north parkside, chibago, illinois. in 1942 permanent headquarters established in sixteen-room c. w. ruth memorial building @ 733 north parkside in chicago. ten years later, headquarters again relocated new offices in former ymca building @ fifth , boots streets in marion, indiana adjoining marion hotel. in 1975 headquarters moved downtown marion east of town new george r. warner missionary center, located @ 3783 state road 18 east. warner center officially dedicated @ international celebration of missions in july 1976.

name changes

initially founded entity within national holiness association, wgm established missionary department of national association promotion of holiness on 10 june 1910 @ university park, iowa. in 1926 mission became incorporated in illinois separate legal entity , renamed missionary society promotion of holiness, though remained under administrative control of national holiness association. organization s name changed again in 1937 national holiness missionary society. in 1954 name changed world gospel mission.