Howard A. Goss was the first general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC).
Howard Goss took the Bible literally as his way of life. Brought to the Lord from atheism, for his first two years as a Christian, he soaked his mind in the Scriptures, reading nothing else. That laid the foundation for the wise and loving leader throughout his sixty years of ministry. Daddy personally lived a simple, uncomplicated life. His big roll-top desk, his papers, and his personal effects were always neat and tidy. He seemed to keep his mind that way as well. He dealt with issues as they came, decided upon them, and then moved on. The consequences of hard decisions did not seem to change his resolve to judge wisely.
In his last Scofield Bible, many key verses in Pauls epistles are heavily marked, underlined with his favorite red ink, especially those about Gods grace. Maybe because he came right out of atheism, falling fresh into Gods love and grace, he was kept from having any taint of old or inherited religious attitudes or unscriptural doctrinal biases. He was born again, into the liberty in Christ, right from the beginning.
Born in Missouri, he did not like the old Missouri slogan of Show me. To him, it may have meant an attitude of unbelief, which he always rejected, and his heart chose Texas. Texas was where his early ministry years began, holding many tent revivals in Galveston, Alvin, Houston, and other southern Texan towns. While still in his mid-twenties he had about twenty-five young workers looking to him for leadership. The two years of complete immersion in the study of the Scriptures, while employed full-time as a mine supervisor in Kansas, certainly must have been one of the reasons people looked to him for leadership and wisdom.
Although he chose Texas as his adopted state, Daddy loved to travel on trains, and the Pullman sleeper berth was a favorite bed for him. He was personally acquainted with almost all the Pullman porters across the country. They loved him and eagerly catered to him. Those were the days when the clergy had discounted tickets on all trains. He seldom ate in the dining cars, though, carrying his lunches in his suitcase: RyeKrisp crackers, cheeses, salami, and canned Vienna sausages, along with his favorite fruitapples. His favorite beverage was water, and sometimes milk.
The passage of Scripture he most often chose as a charge to young ministers who were being ordained into ministry was II Timothy 2:24-25, a portion of which states: The servant of the Lord must not strive. His own obedience to these verses was well known but often misunderstood by a few, more aggressive colleagues who enjoyed argument and debate.
There was never a time in my life that I was not very proud of my father. I counted it an honor to be his daughtereven through all my teenage years. Life was ordered, secure, and safe. Daddy and Mother were a team who respected each other, always making space for their individuality and talents. Respect of each others ministries was evident without any competition.
Leaving a pot of dried beans on the kitchen stove before going out visiting, he would later phone home asking someone to stir them. Meanwhile, we usually had already smelled them burning! In this, and the mistakes of others, he followed this scriptural teaching: Forgetting those things that are behind, we press forward. His favorite response to problems or situations that could not be changed was Whats done is done! As a father, he seldom imposed heavy rules and regulations on us. I have no recollection of Daddys being harsh or laying down the law. Once, when I spoke out with the common slang expression my goodness! Daddy quietly commented, loudly enough for me to hear, Only God has goodness, not us. It was all the reproof I needed! We were punished if we clearly disobeyed doing what we knew was wrong. But all past misbehavior or bad conduct was in the past, never mentioned or referred to again.
Daddy was always a soft touch. His usual reply to our childrens requests for spending money was to teasingly ask, What did you do with the nickel I gave you yesterday? He was never a stingy person but was always giving and compassionate whenever he saw a need with which he could help. He often would go through our closets when we were young, gathering up dolls, toys, clothing, or objects to give to families in need. Daddy was a generous giver, approachable at almost any time. Even with six children to take care of, we were seldom pushed away, never rejected. He certainly was not stingy, and whenever he saw a need he responded with compassion.
He trained my three older brothers for their lives out in the world. He felt it was a weakness for any grown man not to be able to fully take care of his own food, laundry, and mending wherever in the world he found himself. There was no household task he could not accomplish. He often did his own mending, could iron his own shirts, and would frequently do the family washing early Monday mornings before the family was up. He tried to relieve Mother of all the heavy work around the house. He expected my older brothers to mop all the floors, shovel snow, and do all the outside work. Mother had a chronic weak heart condition, and Daddy understood this and protected her. He kept us children from burdening her with our personal needs: we cared for our own clothes, although Mother sewed almost all our dresses and often the boys trousers and shirts. Daddy usually supervised us as we cleaned our rooms and fixed breakfast. He saw us off to school most mornings.
He and Mother held open house for guests during most of their ministry and married years, since he believed that a bishop must be given to hospitality. More often than not, we would have one or more guests at our dinner table, often occupying the large guest room when we lived in Toronto. With eight of our family already at the table, adding two or three more just seemed normal. Daddy would often cook Texas chili con carne with red beans for guests, along with southern corn bread. We all loved it! Mother would first take out a portion for herself and us children before Daddy added the very hot chili powder to suit himself. His favorite dessert was butter and honey mixed together, eaten with corn bread or hot biscuits.
Looking back now, I realize how free and whole Daddy and Mother launched us out into life, almost free of the emotional damage that today seems normal in families. They sent us out into the world with the confidence that whatever opportunities were given to us in life, we should go forward, accepting them without fear of failure. It never occurred to either of them that their children were not fully capable and competent of making their own way in lifeby Gods grace!
Biography of Howard Archibald Goss
(1883-1964)
by J. L. Hall
Howard A. Goss was the first general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC). Converted in 1903 under the ministry of Charles F. Parham, Goss attended Parhams short-term Bible school in Houston, Texas, in 1905. While riding a train with other Pentecostals in 1906, he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In the same year, Parham appointed him to be field supervisor of the Apostolic Faith Movement in Texas. After moral charges were brought against Parham in 1907, Goss separated from Parham and evangelized in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, establishing several Pentecostal churches. Goss and E. N. Bell were chiefly responsible for organizing the Assemblies of God (AG) in 1914, and Goss was elected to serve on the first executive presbytery and as the person issuing credentials to ministers in the South and West. E. N. Bell rebaptized Goss in the name of Jesus Christ in 1915.
After the division of the Oneness ministers from the AG in 1916, Goss served on the credentials committee of the General Assembly of the Apostolic Assemblies. In 1919 he moved to Canada and established a church in Toronto, Ontario, serving as its pastor until 1937. In the U.S., Goss was a member of the organizing board of presbyters for the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance and served as the first chairman of this organization from 1925 to1932. In 1939, he became the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated. At the merger that formed the UPC in 1945, Goss became the first general superintendent of the new organization and served until 1951. With his wife, Ethel, Goss wrote The Winds of God (1958), a history of the early years of the Pentecostal revival.
Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for Howard A. Goss
groom's name: Howard A. Goss
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Millicent Mcclendan
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 24 Feb 1907
marriage place: Grimes, Texas
Howard Goss took the Bible literally as his way of life. Brought to the Lord from atheism, for his first two years as a Christian, he soaked his mind in the Scriptures, reading nothing else. That laid the foundation for the wise and loving leader throughout his sixty years of ministry. Daddy personally lived a simple, uncomplicated life. His big roll-top desk, his papers, and his personal effects were always neat and tidy. He seemed to keep his mind that way as well. He dealt with issues as they came, decided upon them, and then moved on. The consequences of hard decisions did not seem to change his resolve to judge wisely.
In his last Scofield Bible, many key verses in Pauls epistles are heavily marked, underlined with his favorite red ink, especially those about Gods grace. Maybe because he came right out of atheism, falling fresh into Gods love and grace, he was kept from having any taint of old or inherited religious attitudes or unscriptural doctrinal biases. He was born again, into the liberty in Christ, right from the beginning.
Born in Missouri, he did not like the old Missouri slogan of Show me. To him, it may have meant an attitude of unbelief, which he always rejected, and his heart chose Texas. Texas was where his early ministry years began, holding many tent revivals in Galveston, Alvin, Houston, and other southern Texan towns. While still in his mid-twenties he had about twenty-five young workers looking to him for leadership. The two years of complete immersion in the study of the Scriptures, while employed full-time as a mine supervisor in Kansas, certainly must have been one of the reasons people looked to him for leadership and wisdom.
Although he chose Texas as his adopted state, Daddy loved to travel on trains, and the Pullman sleeper berth was a favorite bed for him. He was personally acquainted with almost all the Pullman porters across the country. They loved him and eagerly catered to him. Those were the days when the clergy had discounted tickets on all trains. He seldom ate in the dining cars, though, carrying his lunches in his suitcase: RyeKrisp crackers, cheeses, salami, and canned Vienna sausages, along with his favorite fruitapples. His favorite beverage was water, and sometimes milk.
The passage of Scripture he most often chose as a charge to young ministers who were being ordained into ministry was II Timothy 2:24-25, a portion of which states: The servant of the Lord must not strive. His own obedience to these verses was well known but often misunderstood by a few, more aggressive colleagues who enjoyed argument and debate.
There was never a time in my life that I was not very proud of my father. I counted it an honor to be his daughtereven through all my teenage years. Life was ordered, secure, and safe. Daddy and Mother were a team who respected each other, always making space for their individuality and talents. Respect of each others ministries was evident without any competition.
Leaving a pot of dried beans on the kitchen stove before going out visiting, he would later phone home asking someone to stir them. Meanwhile, we usually had already smelled them burning! In this, and the mistakes of others, he followed this scriptural teaching: Forgetting those things that are behind, we press forward. His favorite response to problems or situations that could not be changed was Whats done is done! As a father, he seldom imposed heavy rules and regulations on us. I have no recollection of Daddys being harsh or laying down the law. Once, when I spoke out with the common slang expression my goodness! Daddy quietly commented, loudly enough for me to hear, Only God has goodness, not us. It was all the reproof I needed! We were punished if we clearly disobeyed doing what we knew was wrong. But all past misbehavior or bad conduct was in the past, never mentioned or referred to again.
Daddy was always a soft touch. His usual reply to our childrens requests for spending money was to teasingly ask, What did you do with the nickel I gave you yesterday? He was never a stingy person but was always giving and compassionate whenever he saw a need with which he could help. He often would go through our closets when we were young, gathering up dolls, toys, clothing, or objects to give to families in need. Daddy was a generous giver, approachable at almost any time. Even with six children to take care of, we were seldom pushed away, never rejected. He certainly was not stingy, and whenever he saw a need he responded with compassion.
He trained my three older brothers for their lives out in the world. He felt it was a weakness for any grown man not to be able to fully take care of his own food, laundry, and mending wherever in the world he found himself. There was no household task he could not accomplish. He often did his own mending, could iron his own shirts, and would frequently do the family washing early Monday mornings before the family was up. He tried to relieve Mother of all the heavy work around the house. He expected my older brothers to mop all the floors, shovel snow, and do all the outside work. Mother had a chronic weak heart condition, and Daddy understood this and protected her. He kept us children from burdening her with our personal needs: we cared for our own clothes, although Mother sewed almost all our dresses and often the boys trousers and shirts. Daddy usually supervised us as we cleaned our rooms and fixed breakfast. He saw us off to school most mornings.
He and Mother held open house for guests during most of their ministry and married years, since he believed that a bishop must be given to hospitality. More often than not, we would have one or more guests at our dinner table, often occupying the large guest room when we lived in Toronto. With eight of our family already at the table, adding two or three more just seemed normal. Daddy would often cook Texas chili con carne with red beans for guests, along with southern corn bread. We all loved it! Mother would first take out a portion for herself and us children before Daddy added the very hot chili powder to suit himself. His favorite dessert was butter and honey mixed together, eaten with corn bread or hot biscuits.
Looking back now, I realize how free and whole Daddy and Mother launched us out into life, almost free of the emotional damage that today seems normal in families. They sent us out into the world with the confidence that whatever opportunities were given to us in life, we should go forward, accepting them without fear of failure. It never occurred to either of them that their children were not fully capable and competent of making their own way in lifeby Gods grace!
Biography of Howard Archibald Goss
(1883-1964)
by J. L. Hall
Howard A. Goss was the first general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC). Converted in 1903 under the ministry of Charles F. Parham, Goss attended Parhams short-term Bible school in Houston, Texas, in 1905. While riding a train with other Pentecostals in 1906, he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In the same year, Parham appointed him to be field supervisor of the Apostolic Faith Movement in Texas. After moral charges were brought against Parham in 1907, Goss separated from Parham and evangelized in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, establishing several Pentecostal churches. Goss and E. N. Bell were chiefly responsible for organizing the Assemblies of God (AG) in 1914, and Goss was elected to serve on the first executive presbytery and as the person issuing credentials to ministers in the South and West. E. N. Bell rebaptized Goss in the name of Jesus Christ in 1915.
After the division of the Oneness ministers from the AG in 1916, Goss served on the credentials committee of the General Assembly of the Apostolic Assemblies. In 1919 he moved to Canada and established a church in Toronto, Ontario, serving as its pastor until 1937. In the U.S., Goss was a member of the organizing board of presbyters for the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance and served as the first chairman of this organization from 1925 to1932. In 1939, he became the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated. At the merger that formed the UPC in 1945, Goss became the first general superintendent of the new organization and served until 1951. With his wife, Ethel, Goss wrote The Winds of God (1958), a history of the early years of the Pentecostal revival.
Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for Howard A. Goss
groom's name: Howard A. Goss
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Millicent Mcclendan
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 24 Feb 1907
marriage place: Grimes, Texas
Howard A. Goss was the first general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC).
Howard Goss took the Bible literally as his way of life. Brought to the Lord from atheism, for his first two years as a Christian, he soaked his mind in the Scriptures, reading nothing else. That laid the foundation for the wise and loving leader throughout his sixty years of ministry. Daddy personally lived a simple, uncomplicated life. His big roll-top desk, his papers, and his personal effects were always neat and tidy. He seemed to keep his mind that way as well. He dealt with issues as they came, decided upon them, and then moved on. The consequences of hard decisions did not seem to change his resolve to judge wisely.
In his last Scofield Bible, many key verses in Pauls epistles are heavily marked, underlined with his favorite red ink, especially those about Gods grace. Maybe because he came right out of atheism, falling fresh into Gods love and grace, he was kept from having any taint of old or inherited religious attitudes or unscriptural doctrinal biases. He was born again, into the liberty in Christ, right from the beginning.
Born in Missouri, he did not like the old Missouri slogan of Show me. To him, it may have meant an attitude of unbelief, which he always rejected, and his heart chose Texas. Texas was where his early ministry years began, holding many tent revivals in Galveston, Alvin, Houston, and other southern Texan towns. While still in his mid-twenties he had about twenty-five young workers looking to him for leadership. The two years of complete immersion in the study of the Scriptures, while employed full-time as a mine supervisor in Kansas, certainly must have been one of the reasons people looked to him for leadership and wisdom.
Although he chose Texas as his adopted state, Daddy loved to travel on trains, and the Pullman sleeper berth was a favorite bed for him. He was personally acquainted with almost all the Pullman porters across the country. They loved him and eagerly catered to him. Those were the days when the clergy had discounted tickets on all trains. He seldom ate in the dining cars, though, carrying his lunches in his suitcase: RyeKrisp crackers, cheeses, salami, and canned Vienna sausages, along with his favorite fruitapples. His favorite beverage was water, and sometimes milk.
The passage of Scripture he most often chose as a charge to young ministers who were being ordained into ministry was II Timothy 2:24-25, a portion of which states: The servant of the Lord must not strive. His own obedience to these verses was well known but often misunderstood by a few, more aggressive colleagues who enjoyed argument and debate.
There was never a time in my life that I was not very proud of my father. I counted it an honor to be his daughtereven through all my teenage years. Life was ordered, secure, and safe. Daddy and Mother were a team who respected each other, always making space for their individuality and talents. Respect of each others ministries was evident without any competition.
Leaving a pot of dried beans on the kitchen stove before going out visiting, he would later phone home asking someone to stir them. Meanwhile, we usually had already smelled them burning! In this, and the mistakes of others, he followed this scriptural teaching: Forgetting those things that are behind, we press forward. His favorite response to problems or situations that could not be changed was Whats done is done! As a father, he seldom imposed heavy rules and regulations on us. I have no recollection of Daddys being harsh or laying down the law. Once, when I spoke out with the common slang expression my goodness! Daddy quietly commented, loudly enough for me to hear, Only God has goodness, not us. It was all the reproof I needed! We were punished if we clearly disobeyed doing what we knew was wrong. But all past misbehavior or bad conduct was in the past, never mentioned or referred to again.
Daddy was always a soft touch. His usual reply to our childrens requests for spending money was to teasingly ask, What did you do with the nickel I gave you yesterday? He was never a stingy person but was always giving and compassionate whenever he saw a need with which he could help. He often would go through our closets when we were young, gathering up dolls, toys, clothing, or objects to give to families in need. Daddy was a generous giver, approachable at almost any time. Even with six children to take care of, we were seldom pushed away, never rejected. He certainly was not stingy, and whenever he saw a need he responded with compassion.
He trained my three older brothers for their lives out in the world. He felt it was a weakness for any grown man not to be able to fully take care of his own food, laundry, and mending wherever in the world he found himself. There was no household task he could not accomplish. He often did his own mending, could iron his own shirts, and would frequently do the family washing early Monday mornings before the family was up. He tried to relieve Mother of all the heavy work around the house. He expected my older brothers to mop all the floors, shovel snow, and do all the outside work. Mother had a chronic weak heart condition, and Daddy understood this and protected her. He kept us children from burdening her with our personal needs: we cared for our own clothes, although Mother sewed almost all our dresses and often the boys trousers and shirts. Daddy usually supervised us as we cleaned our rooms and fixed breakfast. He saw us off to school most mornings.
He and Mother held open house for guests during most of their ministry and married years, since he believed that a bishop must be given to hospitality. More often than not, we would have one or more guests at our dinner table, often occupying the large guest room when we lived in Toronto. With eight of our family already at the table, adding two or three more just seemed normal. Daddy would often cook Texas chili con carne with red beans for guests, along with southern corn bread. We all loved it! Mother would first take out a portion for herself and us children before Daddy added the very hot chili powder to suit himself. His favorite dessert was butter and honey mixed together, eaten with corn bread or hot biscuits.
Looking back now, I realize how free and whole Daddy and Mother launched us out into life, almost free of the emotional damage that today seems normal in families. They sent us out into the world with the confidence that whatever opportunities were given to us in life, we should go forward, accepting them without fear of failure. It never occurred to either of them that their children were not fully capable and competent of making their own way in lifeby Gods grace!
Biography of Howard Archibald Goss
(1883-1964)
by J. L. Hall
Howard A. Goss was the first general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC). Converted in 1903 under the ministry of Charles F. Parham, Goss attended Parhams short-term Bible school in Houston, Texas, in 1905. While riding a train with other Pentecostals in 1906, he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In the same year, Parham appointed him to be field supervisor of the Apostolic Faith Movement in Texas. After moral charges were brought against Parham in 1907, Goss separated from Parham and evangelized in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, establishing several Pentecostal churches. Goss and E. N. Bell were chiefly responsible for organizing the Assemblies of God (AG) in 1914, and Goss was elected to serve on the first executive presbytery and as the person issuing credentials to ministers in the South and West. E. N. Bell rebaptized Goss in the name of Jesus Christ in 1915.
After the division of the Oneness ministers from the AG in 1916, Goss served on the credentials committee of the General Assembly of the Apostolic Assemblies. In 1919 he moved to Canada and established a church in Toronto, Ontario, serving as its pastor until 1937. In the U.S., Goss was a member of the organizing board of presbyters for the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance and served as the first chairman of this organization from 1925 to1932. In 1939, he became the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated. At the merger that formed the UPC in 1945, Goss became the first general superintendent of the new organization and served until 1951. With his wife, Ethel, Goss wrote The Winds of God (1958), a history of the early years of the Pentecostal revival.
Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for Howard A. Goss
groom's name: Howard A. Goss
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Millicent Mcclendan
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 24 Feb 1907
marriage place: Grimes, Texas
Howard Goss took the Bible literally as his way of life. Brought to the Lord from atheism, for his first two years as a Christian, he soaked his mind in the Scriptures, reading nothing else. That laid the foundation for the wise and loving leader throughout his sixty years of ministry. Daddy personally lived a simple, uncomplicated life. His big roll-top desk, his papers, and his personal effects were always neat and tidy. He seemed to keep his mind that way as well. He dealt with issues as they came, decided upon them, and then moved on. The consequences of hard decisions did not seem to change his resolve to judge wisely.
In his last Scofield Bible, many key verses in Pauls epistles are heavily marked, underlined with his favorite red ink, especially those about Gods grace. Maybe because he came right out of atheism, falling fresh into Gods love and grace, he was kept from having any taint of old or inherited religious attitudes or unscriptural doctrinal biases. He was born again, into the liberty in Christ, right from the beginning.
Born in Missouri, he did not like the old Missouri slogan of Show me. To him, it may have meant an attitude of unbelief, which he always rejected, and his heart chose Texas. Texas was where his early ministry years began, holding many tent revivals in Galveston, Alvin, Houston, and other southern Texan towns. While still in his mid-twenties he had about twenty-five young workers looking to him for leadership. The two years of complete immersion in the study of the Scriptures, while employed full-time as a mine supervisor in Kansas, certainly must have been one of the reasons people looked to him for leadership and wisdom.
Although he chose Texas as his adopted state, Daddy loved to travel on trains, and the Pullman sleeper berth was a favorite bed for him. He was personally acquainted with almost all the Pullman porters across the country. They loved him and eagerly catered to him. Those were the days when the clergy had discounted tickets on all trains. He seldom ate in the dining cars, though, carrying his lunches in his suitcase: RyeKrisp crackers, cheeses, salami, and canned Vienna sausages, along with his favorite fruitapples. His favorite beverage was water, and sometimes milk.
The passage of Scripture he most often chose as a charge to young ministers who were being ordained into ministry was II Timothy 2:24-25, a portion of which states: The servant of the Lord must not strive. His own obedience to these verses was well known but often misunderstood by a few, more aggressive colleagues who enjoyed argument and debate.
There was never a time in my life that I was not very proud of my father. I counted it an honor to be his daughtereven through all my teenage years. Life was ordered, secure, and safe. Daddy and Mother were a team who respected each other, always making space for their individuality and talents. Respect of each others ministries was evident without any competition.
Leaving a pot of dried beans on the kitchen stove before going out visiting, he would later phone home asking someone to stir them. Meanwhile, we usually had already smelled them burning! In this, and the mistakes of others, he followed this scriptural teaching: Forgetting those things that are behind, we press forward. His favorite response to problems or situations that could not be changed was Whats done is done! As a father, he seldom imposed heavy rules and regulations on us. I have no recollection of Daddys being harsh or laying down the law. Once, when I spoke out with the common slang expression my goodness! Daddy quietly commented, loudly enough for me to hear, Only God has goodness, not us. It was all the reproof I needed! We were punished if we clearly disobeyed doing what we knew was wrong. But all past misbehavior or bad conduct was in the past, never mentioned or referred to again.
Daddy was always a soft touch. His usual reply to our childrens requests for spending money was to teasingly ask, What did you do with the nickel I gave you yesterday? He was never a stingy person but was always giving and compassionate whenever he saw a need with which he could help. He often would go through our closets when we were young, gathering up dolls, toys, clothing, or objects to give to families in need. Daddy was a generous giver, approachable at almost any time. Even with six children to take care of, we were seldom pushed away, never rejected. He certainly was not stingy, and whenever he saw a need he responded with compassion.
He trained my three older brothers for their lives out in the world. He felt it was a weakness for any grown man not to be able to fully take care of his own food, laundry, and mending wherever in the world he found himself. There was no household task he could not accomplish. He often did his own mending, could iron his own shirts, and would frequently do the family washing early Monday mornings before the family was up. He tried to relieve Mother of all the heavy work around the house. He expected my older brothers to mop all the floors, shovel snow, and do all the outside work. Mother had a chronic weak heart condition, and Daddy understood this and protected her. He kept us children from burdening her with our personal needs: we cared for our own clothes, although Mother sewed almost all our dresses and often the boys trousers and shirts. Daddy usually supervised us as we cleaned our rooms and fixed breakfast. He saw us off to school most mornings.
He and Mother held open house for guests during most of their ministry and married years, since he believed that a bishop must be given to hospitality. More often than not, we would have one or more guests at our dinner table, often occupying the large guest room when we lived in Toronto. With eight of our family already at the table, adding two or three more just seemed normal. Daddy would often cook Texas chili con carne with red beans for guests, along with southern corn bread. We all loved it! Mother would first take out a portion for herself and us children before Daddy added the very hot chili powder to suit himself. His favorite dessert was butter and honey mixed together, eaten with corn bread or hot biscuits.
Looking back now, I realize how free and whole Daddy and Mother launched us out into life, almost free of the emotional damage that today seems normal in families. They sent us out into the world with the confidence that whatever opportunities were given to us in life, we should go forward, accepting them without fear of failure. It never occurred to either of them that their children were not fully capable and competent of making their own way in lifeby Gods grace!
Biography of Howard Archibald Goss
(1883-1964)
by J. L. Hall
Howard A. Goss was the first general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC). Converted in 1903 under the ministry of Charles F. Parham, Goss attended Parhams short-term Bible school in Houston, Texas, in 1905. While riding a train with other Pentecostals in 1906, he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In the same year, Parham appointed him to be field supervisor of the Apostolic Faith Movement in Texas. After moral charges were brought against Parham in 1907, Goss separated from Parham and evangelized in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, establishing several Pentecostal churches. Goss and E. N. Bell were chiefly responsible for organizing the Assemblies of God (AG) in 1914, and Goss was elected to serve on the first executive presbytery and as the person issuing credentials to ministers in the South and West. E. N. Bell rebaptized Goss in the name of Jesus Christ in 1915.
After the division of the Oneness ministers from the AG in 1916, Goss served on the credentials committee of the General Assembly of the Apostolic Assemblies. In 1919 he moved to Canada and established a church in Toronto, Ontario, serving as its pastor until 1937. In the U.S., Goss was a member of the organizing board of presbyters for the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance and served as the first chairman of this organization from 1925 to1932. In 1939, he became the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated. At the merger that formed the UPC in 1945, Goss became the first general superintendent of the new organization and served until 1951. With his wife, Ethel, Goss wrote The Winds of God (1958), a history of the early years of the Pentecostal revival.
Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for Howard A. Goss
groom's name: Howard A. Goss
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Millicent Mcclendan
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 24 Feb 1907
marriage place: Grimes, Texas
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