Church history (was "Rings with a twist")

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A vote basically set apart all the oneness preachers as I read it
And the most amazing thing happened in the Bible School in Houston where
Partham was teaching. One man came and was not admitted since he was a
Afro-american (is that how we say it now and not offend?). Well the
Texans would not let him in to hear. Partham insisted he could sit in
the doorway and it was there that he received the Holy Ghost. The man?
William Seymour who went on to the Azusa Street Mission pastorate.......

Brian
>Then the deal about the "New Issue" of Jesus-name baptism came up; 
>that
>caused a big stink which culminated in the AofG voting on the issue 
>and
>affirming the doctrine of the trinity and continued use of the
>traditional "Father, Son, H.G." formula of baptism.  The "Jesus-name"
>folks left and formed their own organizations.
>
>Sadly, after a while these groups split along racial lines (most of 
>the
>conferences were in the North, which was convenient for the white
>ministers -- most of who lived in the North -- but inconvenient for 
>the
>often poorer black ministers -- most of who lived in the South at the
>time).  To the credit of the ministry, there have been a few
>experiments at organizational unity, but these things have (so far) 
>not
>worked out.
>
>My own fuzzy recollection from reading the history books...
>
>Richard M.
>