Important events in our organization’s history are noted here in chronological order.

April, 1906
Outpouring of Holy Spirit at Azusa Street in Los Angeles

September, 1906
First Apostolic Faith paper printed in Los Angeles

December 25, 1906
Florence Crawford comes to Portland; holds meeting at SW 2nd and Main

1907
First jail meeting in Portland

March 1, 1907
First street meeting in Portland

June 2, 1907
First camp meeting in Portland, at SE 12th and Division

September, 1907
Church moved to SW 1st and Madison Street

1908
Portland became international publishing headquarters

July,1908
First Apostolic Faith paper published in Portland

September, 1908
Church moved to SW Front and Burnside

July, 1910
First horse-drawn wagon purchased for evangelism

1912
First automotive vehicle purchased for outdoor meetings

1913
Harbor work begun

July 18, 1913
Prison work begun at Salem institution

July, 1914
First musical ensemble in church meetings

1915
Transcontinental evangelistic trip in automobile

1917
Electric sign, “Jesus, the Light of the World,” erected atop Front and Burnside church

First printing equipment--a Chandler and Price job press--installed in printing plant

June, 1918
First orchestra organized (22 pieces)

1919
First Gospel airplane, The Sky Pilot, purchased

Miehle press, linotype, and other equipment installed

First edition of Apostolic Faith paper printed on church press

December 6, 1919
First young people's paper, the Armour Bearer, printed

1920
Campground purchased at SE 52nd and Duke
Beginning of aerial evangelism

1921
Tabernacle built on campground; dedicated June 26

Motorboat, the Morning Star I, purchased for harbor work among seamen

June 26, 1921
Tabernacle at 52nd and Duke in Portland, Oregon dedicated

1922
Headquarters building erected at NW Sixth & Burnside

August 27, 1922
Headquarters at NW Sixth & Burnside dedicated

1924
Morning Star II purchased

1925
Gospel boat work started on Puget Sound

Morning Star III purchased

1927
Annex building purchased at NW Sixth & Burnside

Stone fountain erected on campground

Evangel, a 21-passenger bus, acquired for evangelistic trips

1929
Baptistry installed in Tabernacle

1930
The airplane, The Wings of the Morning, purchased

September 23, 1930
Church exterior wall moved at NW Sixth & Burnside, when Burnside was widened

1931
First traveling sign erected

May 9, 1932
First annual concert

1934
First radio broadcast

July, 1934

Richard Barney visits Portland camp meeting, providing foundation for the beginning of the Apostolic Faith work in the South.

June 20, 1936
Founder, Florence Crawford deceased

June 20, 1936
Raymond R. Crawford appointed as General Overseer

July 3, 1938
Loyce Carver saved at camp meeting

1939
Printing plant moved to building at NE Sixth and Hassalo

First hymnbook published by Apostolic Faith songwriters

Tabernacle enlarged with addition of side wings

1941
Parking lot on SE Duke Street acquired

1943
First Young Adult service at NW Sixth & Burnside

No camp meeting because of World War II

First church in Roddickton, Newfoundland

1944
First Apostolic Faith Church service held in Lagos, Nigeria

1945
The Vigilance, a harbor boat, purchased for evangelistic work

1946
Elevator installed at NW Sixth and Burnside

December 7, 1946
First Sunday school curriculum published

1947
Tabernacle remodeled and enclosed

December 22, 1947
First annual Sunday school Christmas program

1948
Missionary George Hughes sent to Africa

1949
East Chapel built on campground
The boat, Lower Light, purchased for missionary work

July 25, 1950
First missionary trip by Lower Light vessel to Alaska
Joseph Mosee and six other missionaries go to Lebanon
Wicks pipe organ installed in Tabernacle

1951
Greenhouse built on campground

1952
West Chapel built on campground

June 3, 1953

Work on East Coast begins when Mary Kelly held first worship service in
Washington, D.C.

1953
Art Allen and family go to Japan as missionaries

1954
NW Sixth & Burnside annex remodeled to accommodate mailing and printing departments

1955
Printing plant returns to NW Sixth and Burnside location
Mann press, Baum folder, darkroom camera purchased
Began building cabins to replace tents on campground

1956
Forrest Damron and three other missionaries go to West Indies; visiting 52 locations

October, 1958

First Century, Florida camp meeting

August 19, 1961
First Midwest camp meeting in Edwardsville, Illinois

June 3, 1965
Raymond Crawford passes away

June 4, 1965
Loyce Carver appointed General Overseer

November 12, 1966
Radio broadcast on KPDQ begins

March 23, 1966
Harold and Sally Barrett sail from Portland for their first visit to Korea

August 20, 1966
Dedication of new church in Lagos, Nigeria

April 15, 1968
Loyce and Mary Carver make first Orient visit

August 16, 1969
First camp meeting in Murphysboro, Illinois

January 7, 1971
Forrest and Sally Damron go to Upper Volta for missionary work

October 24, 1971
Dedication of new church in Kawasaki, Japan

February 23, 1972
New two-color Cottrell Offset Press put in operation; first papers printed with color

June 9, 1972
Anniversary celebration of 50 years at NW Sixth and Burnside

July 10, 1972
First Focus published

August 6, 1972
First church in Korea dedicated, in Pusan

May 22, 1973
“Sing Praises to Our King” songbook published

October 9, 1973
Forrest and Sally Damron make missionary trip to Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, and West Indies

May 8, 1975
Publishing department moves into “cold type” by purchasing a photo typesetter

July 20, 1979
Ground-breaking for new Headquarters office at 6615 SE 52nd Avenue

May 19, 1980
Moving day to new Headquarters office

May 23, 1980
Farewell service at NW Sixth & Burnside

October 9, 1980
Art and Miriam Allen leave for indefinite stay in the Philippines

July 1980
Work begins on new Sunday school curriculum

March 16, 1981
First new Sunday school materials printed

December 25, 1981
75th anniversary meeting, with short dramatic portrayal of Florence Crawford

July 5, 1982
Groundbreaking ceremony for new church at SE 56th and Duke Street

May 27, 1984
Dedication day for the new church

July 1989
Portland camp meetings shortened to two weeks

August 1992
Project Nehemiah young people renovate Murphysboro campground

July 10, 1993
Loyce Carver retires, Dwight Baltzell appointed as General Overseer

November 9, 1994
Mission Mexicali-youth team visits and assists Mexican sister churches

January 5-18, 1995
First camp meeting held in Cameroon in 20 years, because of government restrictions

March 1995
First edition of new, 24-page Higher Way

January 15, 1996
New data base management system installed at Headquarters office

March 10, 1996
Loyce Carver, former Overseer of Apostolic Faith work, passes away

Fall 1996
Begin bulk mailing to federal and state prisons

September 1996
Work begins on camp restaurant addition

November 1996
First foreign editions of Light of Hope printed in Russian, French, and Spanish

December 1996
New Welcome Packets printed

September 1997
First quarter of Spanish Sunday school curriculum in use

Fall 1997
Work begins on Apostolic Faith website.

June 22, 1998
Apostolic Faith website goes online at www.apostolicfaith.org

August 1998
New high speed stitcher installed in printing department

September, 1998
New roof on campground tabernacle
Africa Overseer Josiah Soyinka passes away; Paul Akazue ordained as new Overseer

November 7, 1999
Darrel Lee appointed as Portland pastor

February 23, 2000
Clyde Penn installed as District Superintendent of the Apostolic Faith work in the Eastern Caribbean

April 2000
John Musgrave travels to Romania to explore possibility of a work there

April 5, 2000
New church dedicated in Seoul, Korea

July-August, 2000
Sam Ajayi visits Israel, Italy, Uganda, and Kenya to investigate beginning works

July 2000
Darrel Lee appointed as Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith organization; Dwight Baltzell assumes position as Director of Foreign Work

August 2000
Opened first Apostolic Faith Sunday School in Lovrin, Romania

September 20, 2000
New church dedicated in Soweto, South Africa

December 26, 2000
Apostolic Faith works in Zimbabwe and Zambia host first visitors from Portland headquarters, Dwight Baltzell and Cliff Paulsen

January 16 - 26, 2001
Four Awareness presentations at headquarters church

February, 2001
Team of nine young people representing eight West Coast branch churches visit the Dominican Republic

March, 2001
First Higher Way magazine in the Romanian language

April 2001
The Apostolic Faith officially recognized as a legal entity in Romania.

May, 2001
First edition of Higher Way in Braille format for the visually impaired

New corporate logo featuring “Jesus, the Light of the World”

July 2001
Newly designed Apostolic Faith Church website is launched

July 22-29, 2001
First Apostolic Faith Camp Meeting Convention is held outside of Liverpool, England

August 2001
First Vacation Bible School at the Portland Headquarters Church

September 2, 2001
New church dedicated in Van Buren, Arkansas

September 14, 2001
Special Memorial service in honor of the events in New York City on September 11, 2001

October 2001
A 12-acre youth camp site purchased near Lovrin, Romania

November 2001
Development of textual Bible study begins

New churches dedicated in Okpo, Korea and Infanta, Philippines

January 2002
Dwight, Randy and Cindie Baltzell and Dick and Phyllis Taylor visit the West Indies, Jamaica, St. Vincent, Tortola and St.Thomas; St. Vincent quarterly convention and ministers' meeting held

Darrel Lee makes first visit to Africa; accompanied by Jack Chasteen and Cliff Paulsen

February 24, 2002
New church dedicated in Langley, B.C., Canada

May 2002
Church dedicated in Sampetru-German, Romania

April 2002
Dwight Baltzell and Sam Ajayi visit Africa to explore possibility of a literature distribution center within Southern Africa and attend Zambia Camp Meeting

October 2002
First Block Party held for Sunday school children and young people in the neighborhood around the Portland Headquarters Church.

New church dedicated in Gotlob, Romania.

December 2002
Ten sets of Bible character dolls, handcrafted by ladies of the Portland church, were delivered to ten branch churches in Romania by the John Musgrave family.

Bill and Lori McKibben and Tom and Betty Lambert attend the camp meeting in Bagong Sikat, Philippines, as representatives of headquarters.

Allen and Deana Friesen, Art and Gerdy Engle, and Ken and Bertha Cripps attend a special fortieth anniversary celebration of our church in Kawasaki, Japan.

January/February 2003
Ready for Revival Bible study unit distributed and used in domestic Apostolic Faith churches.

February 2003
First meeting of district superintendents from all the West Indies islands held. Dwight Baltzell and Ivon Wilson represent the Portland headquarters church.

The first Apostolic Faith Church dedicated on the island of Haiti.

March 2003
Begin regular printing of curriculum materials in the Spanish language.

May 2003
New look for website goes online.

June 2003
First unit of the new Bible Project materials, covering the book of 1 Corinthians, is printed for use at the Portland camp meeting.

July 2003
Introductory unit of the through-the-Bible project materials, covering the Book of 1 Corinthians, is presented at the Portland camp meeting.

First Apostolic Faith youth camp held in Romania, with a team of 7 representing the Portland headquarters in attendance.

August 2003
Dwight Baltzell and Cliff Paulsen attend camp meetings in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. New facilities are under construction in both areas.

September 2003
Use begins of the first full quarter of Daybreak and Discovery, covering the books of Genesis, Exodus, and Job.

October 2003
Apostolic Faith work established in Sydney, Australia.

November 1, 2003
New church dedicated in Paterson, New Jersey

March 1, 2004
Bob Downey appointed Director of North American Work. Bill McKibben appointed Director of Foreign Work in Asia.