Academic & Archival Resources
Archive and Academic Resources
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Finding Aids; Publications; How To Write a Local Church History; Oral History Project - Academic; Theses and Term Papers; Notes on Pentecostal History; Historical Lists of PAOC International Offices; Superintendents, Women's Ministries Directors, and General Conference Cities and Dates - 1919 to Present.
Finding Aids
The finding aids are divided into 81 groups called "fonds" in archives terminology. Each fonds represents a distinct record-producing unit in the Fellowship such as a District, a Bible College, a national office (General Superintendent) and even some prominent individuals for whom we have a significant quantity of records. The finding aids provide an administrative history of the record-producing body and a scope and content note describing the types of records on file for that fonds. The Administrative History entries constitute the most complete, up-to-date and authoritative summary of all the functional units of the PAOC ever created.
To view the finding aid, go to:
http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/bsearch.html
Enter "Pentecostal Assemblies" in the Search bar then go to the "Using" menu and select "the exact phrase" and hit the "Submit Search" button. You will find 81 record summaries each with a link called: "View full record" which takes you to the full finding aid for that fonds or collection.
The project was made possible with financial assistance from the Federal Government through the Heritage ministry and the Canadian Council of Archives.
Publications and Testimony CD's
Testimony CD's are available for sale: 12-set searchable CDs of every issue of the Testimony from December 1920 to December 2001. These CDs are invaluable for researchers who are wanting a "bird's eye view" of what was happening in the PAOC during those years. Contact the Archives for information and to order a set at $149.00 plus shipping and handling. Special pricing for Colleges and church libraries.
Years 2002-2010 are in process of being made available as a searchable resource.
Canadian Pentecostal Testimony - Dec. 1920
Pentecostal Testimony - Feb. 1921
Pentecostal Testimony - Jan. 1921
Pentecostal Testimony - Mar. 1921
How To Write a Local Church History
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How to Write a Local Church History by Roy Fortune
- More and more of our churches are nearing a historical point of interest in their existance. More and more the churches are asking for ways to preserve thir history.
- This helpful essay is designed to assist those who wish to write a history of their local church. It has been prepared by Roy Fortune, a ventral PAOC historian of the Ottawa Valley.
- /upload/files2/docs/Down Loads Publication Writing Local Church History.doc
Oral History Project - Academic
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Copyright Assignment
James D. Craig
Description and Guidelines
James D. Craig
Instructions to Professor
James D. Craig
Interviewer Contract
James D. Craig
Narrator Release Form
James D. Craig
Recording Instructions
James D. Craig
Sample Interview Questions
James D. Craig
Transcript Format Guidelines
James D. Craig
Theses and Term Papers
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A Paradigmatic Analysis of Authority Within Pentecostalism
Dr. Randall Holm
In resuscitating the charismatic experience of the primitive Christian community the Pentecostal church has experienced a remarkable growth over the last one hundred years, despite being the object of much suspicion. As a popular expression of Christianity, Pentecostalism defies the traditional modes of regulating the Christian faith by proposing a new equilibrium between the authority of Scripture (Written Word), the authority of the Christian community (Spoken Word) and the authority of the official discourse (Institutional Word).
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze, the operation of authority within the contemporary Pentecostal movement, in particular the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC). The study is in part theological, historical and sociological. The corpus studied will essentially be comprised of Pentecostal writings characteristic of each of the time periods considered and the results of a survey distributed to 200 Pentecostal pastors across Canada.
Our hypothesis will be that the regulation of faith has evolved successively through three different paradigms (an apocalyptic/intuitive model nourished by orthanpathy, an accommodational model guided by a preoccupation with orthodoxy, and a techno-efficacious model expressed through a voluntary orthopraxy) and that pragmatism has played a determining role which becomes more explicit with the evolving of each paradigm.
Our study consists of two parts. The first part is interested in the theoretical foundation for the regulation of the faith. First and foremost we will seek to identify the understanding and the weight Pentecostals accord the Bible (Written Word), the testimony of the local church community (Spoken Word) and the official discourse (Institutional Word). The second part will examine the same question from a factual standpoint. It consists of verifying how authority within the contemporary Pentecostal movement synthesizes this triple "Word" within a doctrinal (Baptism in the Holy Spirit) ethical (divorce and remarriage) and juridical (ordination of women) issue.
We conclude that Pentecostalism is committed to the primacy of a dynamic Scripture. Directed by the Spirit, Pentecostals believe that the World must be proclaimed. As for any official discourse, always suspect, it is unable to impose itself except through the voice of pragmatism.
(For more information, please visit http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~rfholm/contents.html)
James Eustice Purdy thesis
James D. Craig
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 - BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
- Early Life (1880-1901)
- Wycliffe College (1902-1907)
- Anglican Ministry (1907-1925)
- CHAPTER 2 - PURDIE'S SIGNIFICANCE
- Historiographical Background
- Purdie's Acceptance and Impact
- "No creed nor form can stand the storm"
- Purdie's Anglicanism
- Purdie's Uniqueness
- CHAPTER 3 - THE EVANGELICAL ANGLICAN CONTEXT
- CHAPTER 4 - THE EARLY PENTECOSTAL CONTEXT
- CHAPTER 5 - THE "PENTECOSTAL PIETY" OF JAMES EUSTACE PURDIE
- Articulating Spiritual Experiences
- Priorities for the Christian Life
- Practices of Ministry
- CONCLUSION
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- /upload/files2/docs/jdcraig-thesis Purdie Thesis Term Paper.pdf
Notes on Pentecostal History
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Current Approaches to Pentecostal Historiography
James D. Craig
Historiography and PAOC Historians
James D. Craig
Post-Reformation Revivals
James D. Craig
The Canadian Context
James D. Craig
The Legacy of the Reformation
James D. Craig
Historical Lists
PAOC Head Office Locations of the PAOC
Since 1922 the head offices of the PAOC have been in six locations all in the Toronto area. To see photos and stories of each location, click on the Photo Gallery link to the left of the page.
- 1922 - 1932 740 Queens, London, ON (Home of General Secretary, Robert E. McAlister)
- 1933 - 1946 362 Danforth Ave., Toronto, ON (Above Full Gospel Publishing House store)
- 1947 - 1964 50 Euston Avenue, Toronto, ON
- 1965 – 1990 10 Overlea Blvd., Toronto, ON
- 1990 – 2000 6745 Century Avenue, Mississauga, ON
- 2000 – Present 2450 Milltower Court, Mississauga, ON
PAOC General Superintendents
To see photos and stories of each location, click on the Photo Gallery link to the left of the page to read stories of these individuals.
- 1919 – 1934 George Chambers
- 1935 – 1936 James Swanson
- 1937 – 1944 Daniel Newton Buntain
- 1945 – 1952 Campbell Bannerman (C.B.)Smith
- 1953 – 1962 Walter E. McAlister
- 1963 – 1968 Tom Johnstone
- 1969 – 1982 Robert W. Taitinger
- 1983 – 1996 James M. MacKnight
- 1997 – 2008 William D. Morrow
- 2008 to Present - David E. Wells
PAOC WM Directors
To see photos and stories of each person, click on the Photo Gallery link to the left of the page.
- 1944 - 1956 Mrs. Ethel Jamieson
- 1957 - 1965 Miss Gladys Lemmon
- 1966 - 1974 Mrs. Marion Parkinson
- 1975 – 1977 Mrs. Jean (Emmons) Holmes
- 1978– 1983 Elma Scratch
- 1984 – 1996 Mrs. Eileen Stewart-Rhude
- 1997 – 1999 Mrs. Shirley Taitinger
- 1999 - Present Mrs. Sandra Gill
PAOC General Conferences Dates and Locations
- 1919 Kitchener, ON November 25-28
- 1920 Montreal, PQ November 23-25
- 1921 London, ON October 25-28
- 1922 Kitchener, ON October 9-14
- 1923 Arnprior, ON (Eastern District August 27-31
- (General Conference August 29-31)
- 1924 Toronto, ON July 29-August 1 Eastern Conference
- 1925 London, ON (Eastern District August 4-9)
- Winnipeg, MB (Western Conference August 12-16)
- 1926 Ottawa, ON (Eastern Conference September 14-19)
- North Battleford, SK (Western Conference June 27-July 1)
- 1927 London, ON Eastern District July 19-24
- Saskatoon, SK Western Conference July 30-Aug 5
- 1929 Winnipeg, MB October 2
- 1931 London, ON September 21
- 1932 London, ON August 30
- 1934 Winnipeg, MB September 25
- 1935 Toronto, ON October 30-31-November 1 (Bethel)
- 1936 Hamilton, ON September 8-13
- 1937 Toronto, ON October 12-14
- 1938 Calgary, AB September 13-16
- 1940 Toronto, ON October 5-6 (Evangel Temple)
- 1942 Saskatoon, SK September 9-11
- 1944 Hamilton, ON September 19-22
- 1946 Winnipeg, MB September 19-24 (Calvary Temple)
- 1948 Hamilton, ON September 8-11
- 1950 Saskatoon, SK September 14-19
- 1952 Montreal, PQ September 11-16
- 1954 Winnipeg, MB September 17-21 (Calvary Temple)
- 1956 Windsor, ON September 27-October 2
- 1958 Vancouver, BC May 23-27
- 1950 London, ON September 22-27
- 1962 Edmonton, AB September 13-18
- 1964 Montreal, PQ September 17-22
- 1966 Winnipeg, MB August 25-30
- 1968 Windsor, ON August 22-27
- 1970 Victoria, BC August 20-25
- 1972 Halifax, NS August 24-29
- 1974 Regina, SK August 22-27
- 1976 Ottawa, ON August 19-24
- 35th 1978 Calgary, AB August 24-29
- 36th 1980 Hamilton, ON August 21-26
- 37th 1982 Winnipeg, MB August 26-31
- 38th 1984 Saint John, NB August 23-28
- 37th 1986 Edmonton, AB August 21-26
- 38th 1988 Hamilton, ON August 25-30
- 39th 1990 Winnipeg, MB August 23-28
- 40th 1992 Ottawa, ON August 19-23
- 41st 1994 Calgary, AB August 12-18
- 42nd 1996 Toronto, ON August 20-25
- 43rd 1998 Saskatoon, SK August 13-18
- 44th 2000 Hull, PQ August 17-22
- 45th 2002 Victoria, BC April 29-May 3
- 46th 2004 Saint John, NB April 19-13
- 47th 2006 Winnipeg, MB May 8-12, 2006
- 48th 2008 Toronto, ON May, 2008
- 49th 2010 Edmonton, AB May 10-13, 2010