His father, Richard Spurling (1810 - 1891) was an ordained Baptist elder, who presided over the founding of the church on August 10, 1886. R. G. Spurling was chosen as its minister and ordained a month later.[3]
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The Spurlings held a meeting at their family grist mill in Tennessee on Thursday, August 19 1886, to see if there was interest in starting a new church in the area. At that meeting, a new Christian Union church was established.[4]
In summer 1896 the CU led to a ten-day revival in the Shearer Schoolhouse in Camp Creek, North Carolina.[6] The meetings brought a “spirit of revival”[7] with more speaking in tongues. Meetings continued in people's homes after the ten days. Methodist preacher W. F. Bryant joined the Spurlings at this revival.[8] The Shearer Schoolhouse Revival predated the Azusa Street Revival by nearly a decade and may be seen as the start of the Pentecostal Movement.
On May 15,1902 the CU changed its name to the “Holiness Church at Camp Creek”.[9] In 1903, Quaker preacher Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson joined the church.[10]
In 1907, Tomlinson changed the name from "Holiness Church" to "The Church of God".[11]
Personal lifeedit
Spurling Jr was born to Spurling Sr and his wife Nancy. He was the youngest of eight children. Spurling Jr was married to Barbara Hamby and they had seven children.[12] Barbara's brother Billy was one of the preachers at the Shearer Schoolhouse Revival.[13]
^"The Church of God observes centennial; Camp Meeting begins". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. June 28, 1986. p. 22. Retrieved October 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"Church of God Celebrates 125 Years". Charisma News. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
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