PenQuest Volume 2, Number 1

Table of Contents for this Volume: Untitled by Janet Collins Untitled by Judy Gozdur Last Hour of Light by Susan Reed Untitled by Judy Godzur Untitled by Rick Wagner Untitled by Carol Groover Untitled by R. Wagner Only in the Portico by Linda Banicki Untitled by Helen Hagadorn Private Place, Pubic Place by David Reed Untitled by Tammy Hutchinson Untitled by Tammy Hutchinson Madison Knights by Susan Reed Untitled by Sissy Crabtree The Price by Sandra Coleman Untitled by Ann Harrington Invasion of Privacy by Mark Touchton Untitled by Bruce Warner Untitled by Tom Schifanella Untitled by Tammy Hutchinson Bloodwork by Laura Jo Last Untitled by David Whitsett Burial Instructions by Bill Slaughter Untitled by S. Trevett PenQuest Interview: Joe Haldeman by David Reed Her Name Came from the Sea by Richard L. Ewart Untitled by V. Williams In the Woodshed by R. E. Mallery Untitled by Modesta Matthews Untitled by David Olson Illumination by E. Allen Tilley Untitled by Joseph Avanzini Everywoman by Laura Jo Last Untitled by Beth Goeckel Believe Me by Donna Kaluzniak Untitled by Judy Gozdur Untitled by Judy Gozdur Unicorn by David Reed Untitled by Susan Reed untitled by Paul Cramer Unititled by Lucinda Halsema The Violin by Richard L. Ewart Untitled by Maria Barry Untitled by Roger Whitt Jr. Haiku by Lori Nasrallah Rhymer’s Revolt by R. E. Mallery Untitled by Valerie William

Doing Double Duty: David Reed as Apologist and Critic of Oneness Pentecostalism

Few scholars have addressed the issue of Oneness Pentecostalism with first-hand knowledge, and even fewer have experience on both sides of the fence. This article focuses on David Reed, whose most recent book offers the definitive scholarly analysis of Oneness Pentecostalism

Letter from David Reed to James B. Finley

David Reed (Finley\u27s nephew by marriage -- married to Finley\u27s niece Hannah Finley, 1814-1884) has sold his farm for $1200 more than he paid for it. There is a possibility that he can visit Finley following Conference. Abstract Number - 667https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1762/thumbnail.jp

PenQuest Volume 1, Number 2

Table of Contents for this Volume: Untitled by Julie Ambrose Night by Judith Gallo Untitled by Judy Gozdur the shamans by Charles Riddles Untitled by Jerry Connell Untitled by Laura Woods Untitled by LEMA Wicked Bird by Laura Jo Last Untitled by Rick Dentos Untitled by Jeni Moody Untitled by Bettie W. Kwibs Untitled by Joann Stagg The Protector Stood by Laura Jo Last Visions of Salome by Charles Riddles Untitled by Thomas Tutten Kennesaw Line by Don Ova-Dunaway Stone Blood by Mary Ellen C. Wofford Untitled by Roger Whitt Jr. Untitled by C. Wingate Untitled by Doug Dorey Untitled by Karen Blumberg Untitled by Beverly Oviatt Untitled by Virginia Shrader The Crapulous Credo of Charles C. by Charles Riddles the brave and the true by David Reed Untitled by Charles Gutierrez Canoe Creek by Patricia Kraft Untitled by Linda Bobinger The Man in the Iron Lung by Patricia Kraft Untitled by Roger Whitt, Jr. Childish Things by Kathleen Gay Untitled by Joseph Avanzini The Lover by Mary S. Aken Untitled by Ann Harrington And He Taketh Away by David Reed Untitled by Mary Graham Untitled by Melody A. Cummons Untitled by Karen Blumberg To The Poets by Judith Gallo Untitled by Ann Harringto

Letter from David Reed to James B. Finley

Reed is very upset that the Kentucky Conference (MECS) has organized two districts within the territory of his Kanawha District (Ohio Conference, MEC). He tells Finley that if they even send every preacher in the Kentucky Conference to this district they will never be able to take this territory or to displace the Ohio preachers. In addition, Bro. Raper has written an angry letter which appears to provide encouragement to the southern party in the district and mortification to the MEC preachers of the Kanawha District. Abstract Number - 662https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1757/thumbnail.jp

Letter from David Reed to James B. Finley

Reed acknowledges his uncle\u27s letter and deeply regrets that he cannot come to him -- but only two Sundays are left before Conference. He provides moral support to Finley in his dealings with the MECS, stating that the recently published Finley letter of 1839, purporting to show a proslavery stance, will do Finley no harm. It will however, disgrace the southerners who were responsible. Abstract Number - 659https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1754/thumbnail.jp

Letter from David Reed to James B. Finley

Reed writes to discuss the formation of the new Western Virginia Conference. He has been reappointed to the Kanawha District as presiding elder and has just begun his quarterly meeting travel. Reed is not pleased with the makeup of the new conference, believing that the city of Wheeling and the Virginia valley should have been included within its borders. At this time, border societies and interior societies are making decisions about their denominational allegiance -- MEC or MECS. Both denominations have appointed preachers in the same towns, etc. Reed bemoans the fact that the conference is without churches because the southerners have swayed societies to leave the MEC and align with the MECS. The people in his district are generally pleased with the decisions of General Conference regarding the property question and the rejection of Dr. Lovick Pierce (delegate from MECS who attempts to establish fraternal relations with the MEC). Abstract Number - 664https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1759/thumbnail.jp

Letter from David Reed to James B. Finley

Reed is serving as Presiding Elder of the Kanawha District (Ohio Conference, MEC). The Kentucky Conference of the MECS has appointed several preachers within the Kanawha District territory, making for a very undesirable situation. Thankfully, most of the folks in the district are still in favor of the Old M.E. Church and will not be recruited by the south. Furthermore, the southern preachers are trying to create prejudice against the Ohio MEC preachers, calling them abolitionists. Finally, Reed discusses the Parkersburgh Station, where faithful MEC members were locked out of their building by southerners and were compelled to erect a new building for themselves, which was dedicated by Rev. Heath. Abstract Number - 660https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1755/thumbnail.jp

Letter from David Reed to James B. Finley

Reed writes to Finley to let him know that Bishop Morris has given him a transfer from the Western Virginia Conference back to Ohio, effective June 1st. He will be a member of the new Cincinnati Conference. His wife Hannah, and Mrs. Finley, have been living on the farm in Highland County for about year. The family is very anxious to return to Ohio. Abstract Number - 666https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1761/thumbnail.jp