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This series contains records from the district-level governance bodies of The Holiness Church [California], which serve as regional administrative units within the broader church structure. The records document district oversight of local churches, clergy, and ministries, including conference minutes, correspondence, reports, appointments, statistics, financials, and policy documents.

They reflect the districts’ role in implementing denominational policy, supervising ministry, and supporting regional church growth, while highlighting the administrative and spiritual priorities of The Holiness Church [California] over time.

This series comprises records from the Gulf States district. They capture the district’s role as a vital regional hub within the wider church. The materials include minutes from district conferences, correspondence between local pastors and district leaders, reports from area churches, pastoral appointments, membership and financial statistics, and policy documents specific to the region.

These records reveal how the district guided and supported local congregations and clergy, implemented denominational policies on a regional level, and fostered church growth and ministry within the community.

In the July 21, 1900 issue of The Revivalist Martin Wells Knapp announced his plans for a “training school where the Bible will be the main book studied” and where “the Holy Ghost, its Author, will be acknowledged Superintendent and Interpreter.” That same summer at the corner of Young and Channing Streets in Mt. Auburn, the oldest suburb of Cincinnati, Knapp purchased two houses on a two-acre plot for $20,000. It was here that he opened “God’s Bible School and Missionary Training Home” as the centerpiece of his thriving ministry of evangelism, education, publication, and social outreach.