General Conference Bulletin, vol. 1

ADMISSION OF NEW CONFERENCES

A request was presented by Elder J. M. Rees from the newly organized conference of Oklahoma, for admission to membership in the General Conference. The petition stated that the Oklahoma Conference was organized Aug. 31, 1894. At present it contains seventeen churches with five hundred members, several unorganized companies, and fifty isolated Sabbath-keepers, not members. The amount of tithes paid since the organization is $1350. S. H. Lane moved, J. H. Morrison seconded, that the petition be granted. A. J. Breed, superintendent of the district, corroborated the statements of the petition and predicted a successful career for the cause in that Territory. The country is being rapidly settled and developed. The motion to admit was carried unanimously. GCB February 17, 1895, page 177.22

Elder L. H. Crisler of Florida presented a similar request from the conference recently organized in that State. The petition set forth that this conference now contains seven churches with one hundred and eighty members. There are five unorganized companies, and about twenty isolated Sabbath-keepers. The annual tithe is $1800. GCB February 17, 1895, page 177.23

T. A. Kilgore moved, A. F. Harrison seconded, that the petition be granted. R. M. Kilgore, superintendent of District No. 2, supported the motion. He alluded to the transient character of the large proportion of the Florida population, which gave a peculiar character to the work in that State; but he had full confidence in the future of the cause in Florida. The motion was adopted. GCB February 17, 1895, page 177.24

The Chair welcomed these conferences to the sisterhood of conferences and in behalf of the Conference extended a cordial invitation to their delegates to our councils. GCB February 17, 1895, page 177.25

At this point a cablegram of Christian greeting from the brethren in Norway was read. The dispatch consisted of a reference to Joel 2:23. GCB February 17, 1895, page 177.26

Adjourned.