Global Parely Lined Up Here

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Preachers and lay delegates of the Penecostal Holiness church will come for five continents to attend the denomination's quadrennial general conference in Oklahoma City next month. This marks the third time the denomination has selected Oklahoma City as a meeting site for the general session. A total of 249 voting delegates and several hundred observers are expected to be on hand. Nightly worship services are part of the conference program, and will be conducted in the women's exhibit building at the state fairgrounds....The 13th general conference opens at 9 a.m., October 17, and will be presided over by the denomination's two general superintendents, Bishop J. A. Synan, Honeywll Va., the presiding bishop, and bishop Oscar Moore, Shawnee......Its members include the two bishops, associate general superintedent T. A. Metton of North Carolina, general treasurer W. W. Carter of Roanoke, Va., and general secretary Dr. R. O. Corvin, president of Southwestern Bible college here. Dr. Corvin, one of the denomination's top leaders, is officialhost for the gathering, which will continue for seven days.