A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

Oneness Pentecostal Organizations
the GAAA merged with the PAW.
This organization was interracial. E. W. Doak (white)
was elected as general chairman, G. T. Haywood (black)
as general secretary, and Opperman (white) as general
elder. Most Oneness groups today have originated,
directly or indirectly, from the PAW.
The earliest list of PAW ministers we have is for
1919-20. 86 On it were the following men whom we have
already mentioned in this book: Booth-Clibborn,
Chambers, Denny, Doak, Ewart, Fauss, Floyd, Goss, Gray,
Hall, Haywood, LaFleur, Morse, Opperman, Pemberton,
Ramsey, Schaepe, Shearer, Small, and Studd. Others on
the list who would become key leaders in the future were
S. N. Hancock, B. H. Hite, W. E. Kidson, R. C. Lawson, S.
C. McClain, L. R. Ooton, G. B. Rowe, A. R. Schooler,
Wesley Steelburg (son-in-law of Elmer Fisher and future
general superintendent of the Assemblies of God), J. M.
Turpin, S. L. Wise, and W. T. Witherspoon.
The total number of ministers was 704 (excluding two
apparent duplicates). Of the total, 203 (29 percent) were
women, many of whom were wives of ministers, such as
Goss, Hall, and Lawson. The ministers lived in 36 of the
48 states, the District of Columbia, four provinces of
Canada (17 ministers), and four other countries (at least
30 foreign missionaries or national workers in China,
Japan, Persia, South Africa, and unspecified locations). 87
Over 80 percent of the ministers resided in three areas—
the West Coast, the Midwest, and the South—with the top
three states being California (15 percent), Indiana (14
percent), and Texas (8 percent). Many were based in
three cities: Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Oakland.
Approximately 25 to 30 percent were black, 88 and three
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