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A History of Christian Doctrine
and Bell conducted the camp. They chose L. V. Roberts of
Indianapolis as the main speaker. After he preached his
first sermon, which was on Acts 2:38, both Rodgers and
Bell were baptized in Jesus’ name.
In August 1915, L. C. Hall (1867-?) preached a camp
meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas. A convert from Dowie’s
Zion City, Hall had recently been baptized in Jesus’ name,
and he preached this message. Bell performed the baptisms
and baptized Goss. Although Parham had baptized
Goss in Jesus’ name twelve years earlier, neither man had
attached doctrinal significance to the formula, and Goss
wanted to identify clearly with the Jesus Name doctrine.
Hall also brought Jesus Name baptism to eastern Texas,
baptizing Harvey Shearer and others.
About this time, two other Assemblies of God officials,
Lawrence and Opperman, were baptized in Jesus’
name. Opperman began advocating the message in his
periodical, The Blessed Truth.
Hall then conducted a campaign in Ontario, Canada,
in November 1915 with George Chambers that resulted in
hundreds being rebaptized in Jesus’ name. About the
same time, G. T. Haywood preached for R. E. McAlister in
Ottawa and rebaptized him along with many others.
Almost all the Canadian Pentecostal leaders accepted the
Jesus Name message, including A. H. Argue, George
Chambers, R. E. McAlister, and Frank Small.
At a thirty-day Bible conference in Elton, Louisiana,
beginning December 15, 1915, Harvey Shearer (the conference
chairman) and Howard Goss proclaimed the
Oneness teaching in that state. All but one minister in
attendance accepted Jesus Name baptism, including
Robert LaFleur and Oliver Fauss. According to notes that
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