For those of a certain age, you will recall there was a time when T.L. Lowery was the most well-known evangelist of our denomination. His reach was beyond the walls of the denomination. It seems that jealousy began to arise in the ranks of the higher-ups.I cannot recall the wording of the matter, but it seems that it was somehow expressed that T. L. Lowery needed to come under the authority of the Church of God instead of being, I suppose, an apparent lone ranger out on the evangelism frontier.Unbelievably, T.L. humbly complied. This would be near-unimaginable today, I think. But God blessed him for that. He eventually became the pastor of North Cleveland, later National Church of God–both mega churches. He became a great force in Church of God leadership. At the same time, his own personal ministry continued to abound.
I remember those days. I believe his ministry would have been much bigger if they would have left him alone. He probably would have been even a bigger blessing to the the CoG. Like Jentezen Franklin and Marcas Lamb________________Recorded Sermons @ http://www.pastorwiley.com
My opinion is that T. L. Lowery was poised to succeed Oral Roberts on an international scale.His ministry would have been historic________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
I don’t hardly know how he COULD have been bigger at the time. He was world famous, became the spiritual father to several mega-church pastors, etc. And he did it holding his head high and submitting (even though he perhaps didn’t have to) to the Church of God.
Apples and oranges.Bro Lowery didn’t do anything wrong.Why hamstring a man________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church