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Early Radio/Worldwide Church of God Members

The below represents an attempt to assemble information on the earliest members - to honour and remember them - something which has been woefully overlooked. My wish is to expand the below over time and any information is welcome.

Information on the early pioneers and researchers here.

	Early Students at Ambassador College
	Students and Faculty in the late 1940s-1950s	Research by Kenneth C Herrmann
	Earliest Bricket Wood Students
	Early Members and contacts in the USA
	List of Early Members	Information supplied by George Dellinger, 2009. He discusses Gene C Carter, Myrtle Horn, Annie Mann, Bill Homberger, Eddie and Irene Eckert, Dr. and Mrs (Mabel) Lisman, Dr. Ralph E. Merrill and lists others.
	Photographs	Photographs of some early members
	Emma Runcorn	Brought the Sabbath truth to Mrs Loma Armstrong. Grave site information here
	Gene Carter	He was one of the original members and brother-in-law to Raymond C Cole
	Elmer Fisher	He and his wife were amongst the earliest members
	The Cole Family	E-mail from Wayne Cole 31 May 2008 to Craig White
	Milas C Helms
	Yancy McGill
	Ed Smith
	W. E. Conn
	Claude & Velma Ellis	In a letter that HWA wrote to Clarence Dodd, 10 Sept 1937, he mentioned that Claude Ellis was ordained an elder
	David Todd Henion	He was the first deacon (or one of the first) in the Radio Church of God in the Willamette Valley. Grave information here
	Others	Lorinda (Lindy) LeBleu (nee Stoneburg), Kermit Stoneburg, Mr Shippert & Mrs Chloe Shippert, Raymond Cole, Wayne Cole
	Early Members and contacts in the UK
	History of the UK Work	Lots of information for further research
	Edna Palin
	Robin Jones	Pioneer student at AC Bricket Wood and an elder
	Gladys Carnes
	Margaret McCormack
	Earliest Members (inc 1957 photographs)	Also, this list supplied by elder Robin Jones: Mr and Mrs Howard Silcox; Mr and Mrs Silvernail; Mr and Mrs Kelly (from the West Indies); David Catlow; Miss Strain; Mr Symonds and son
	Early Members and contacts in Australia
	History of the Australian Work	Lots of information for further research
	Early members & attendees	John Churchland, Glen Davies, Mr and Mrs Mulinar (sp?), Francis Warner, Kevin & Gwen Lulham (left), Noelene Hack (cousin of John Churchland), Joe and Henne Van Der Wendy (sp?), May Stanley, Mrs Marriott; Noeleen Canard; Gerald, Matthea and Wendy (perhaps their parents too); Hilda Steel and her children: John, Rosemary (now Gudze), Janice, Stephen. Hilda attended the first Bible study held in Australia - by Gerald Waterhouse. Noeleen Canard, Rosemary Gudzy, Kevin & Gwen Lulham, John Steel (5 of the original 12 from the Bible study in late Dec 1959 and first church service in early Jan 1960 still alive as of 20 April 2024).
	Early Members and contacts in Canada
	History of the Canadian Work	Lots of information for further research
	Early members	The first Canadian students (and thus among the earliest members) were: Kenneth Mowat (Ottawa), Merle Boyes (Meaford), Carn Catherwood (Winnipeg), Ronald Kime (Whitby), Robert Neitsch (Canada), Kenneth Redick (Blenheim), Florence Mullen (Elkhorn). These commenced at AC 1957-60. Further information is being sought about any other earlier members
	Early Members and contacts in South Africa
	History of the South African Work	Lots of information for further research
	Early members	Ernest L. Williams, Gordon Terblanche (perhaps Dan Botha and/or Adriaan Botha), John Sanderson (Rhodesian), Steve Serfontein, Winnie and Connie Surtees, Steven Franklin, Mr & Mrs John Nel, Joseph Mwambulul (Malawi). Further nformation from Rod Meredith and Geoff Neilsen here The God’s Remnant Apostle Church of Christ was in existence for decades prior to WCG. They merged with WCG in the mid-19^th century and had many who were baptised prior to this merger. Alvin Schuller who provided a lot of information on this group wrote: “As a Sabbatarian group that had its own baptisms (i.e. prior to affiliating with WCG after connecting with Ernest Williams and Adriaan Botha)... there would be a record somewhere unbeknownst at this time of who was baptized into that group prior to 1963.” Information on this group can be found in the document Collection of Information on Various Church of God Groups.
	Early Members and contacts in New Zealand
	History of the NZ Work	Lots of information for further research
	Early members	There were several members baptised in 1962 according to what sent to the information here: Bill and Helen Stewart, Hester Moffatt and Peggy Seales in Auckland. Baptisms in Hamilton were: Roy and Ines Watson, Roland Norman and Isobel von Hartitzsch. Allan and Ruby Emmerson were baptised in Tauranga, and Gordon and Val Macdonald in Palmerston North. Peter Nathan adds: “Wayne Cole and Clarence Huse were the men on that first baptizing tour. My father meet them at the airport on arrival in Christchurch. Actually, Dexter and Shirley Faulker were here for a personal visit (Holiday) about six months before hand.”
	Early Members and contacts in various countries
	Foreign Works	Lots of information for further research