FROM JERUSALEM TO LEBANON
LEBANON CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
YEAR-
EVENT30-John the Beloved, baptized by John the Baptist, becomes an apostle in the church organized by Jesus Christ at Jerusalem in Israel.
95-Polycarp is baptized by John the Beloved from the Jerusalem church.
150-The Partus church in Italy is organized by Polycarp.
237-The Turan church in Italy is organized by Tertullian from the Partus church.
348-The Pontifossi church in France is organized by Tellestman from the Turan church.
671-The Darthea church in Asia Minor is organized by Adromicus from the Pontifossi church.
738-The Timto church in Asia Minor is organized by Archer Flavin from the Darthea church.
812-The Lima Piedmont church in Italy is organized by Balcaleo from the Timto church.
987-The Hill Cliff church in Wales is organized by Aaron Arlington from the Lima Piedmont church.
1014-Intense persecution, first initiated by King Henry II of England, destroys most records of this period.
1663-Earliest record of Olchon church in Wales, a direct descendant of the Hill Cliff church.
1668-The Rhydwilim church in Wales is organized by William Jones from the Olchon church.
1701-The Welsh Tract church in Pennsylvania is organized by Thomas Griffiths from the Rhydwilim church.
1707-The Philadelphia Association is organized by the Welsh Tract, Lower Dublin, Cohansey, Piscataway, and Middletown churches.
1883-The Turtletown church is organized in Tennessee, a direct descendant of the Philadelphia Association.
1902-The Holiness church of Camp Creek in North Carolina is organized by R. G. Spurling from the Turtletown church.
JANUARY 1, 1952
THE LEBANON CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
IS ORGANIZED BY VIRDELL STAFFORD,
A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE HOLINESS CHURCH