Timeline
- 1862 Birth of Alma White as "Mollie Alma Bridwell" in Kinniconick, Kentucky
- 1887 Marriage of Alma Bridwell to Kent White
- 1896 Church established in Denver, Colorado
- 1901 Methodist Pentecostal Union Church dedicated in Denver, Colorado in December
- 1902 Alma White ordained an elder
- 1904 "Pentecostal Union Herald" changed to "Pillar of Fire"
- 1905 (c.) Pillar of Fire separates from Methodist Episcopal Church
- 1907 Creation of community at Zarephath, New Jersey
- 1909 Alma White separates from husband after he converts to Pentecostalism
- 1913 Begins publishing The Good Citizen, which is in print until 1933
- 1915 Publishes "Why I do not eat meat"
- 1917 Name of church officially changed to "Pillar of Fire"
- 1917 Alma White College founded in Zarephath, New Jersey
- 1918 Ordained as first woman bishop in the United States by William Godbey
- 1920 Acquires Westminster University of Colorado property in Westminster, Colorado
- 1924 Publishes Woman's Chains, which is in print until 1970
- 1925 Westminster University renamed Belleview College and Preparatory School
- 1925 Publishes The Ku Klux Klan In Prophecy.
- 1926 Publishes Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty.
- 1928 Publishes Heroes of the Fiery Cross.
- 1928 KPOF radio station in Westminster, Colorado
- 1931 WAWZ radio station in Zarephath, New Jersey
- 1932 Church established in Morrison, Colorado
- 1936 Property estimated at $US 4M with 4,000 adherents in 46 congregations
- 1943 Republishes Guardians of Liberty as a three volume set.
- 1946 Death of Alma White on June 26
- 1946 Death of Ray Bridwell White on November 5
- 1946 Arthur Kent White begins tenure as second general superintendent
- 1978 Alma White College closes
- 1981 Arthur Kent White ends tenure
- 1981 Arlene White begins tenure as third general superintendent
- 1984 Arlene White ends tenure
- 1985 Donald Justin Wolfram begins tenure as fourth general superintendent
- 2000 Donald Justin Wolfram ends tenure
- 2000 Robert B. Dallenbach begins tenure as fifth general superintendent
- 2003 Donald Justin Wolfram dies on August 25
- 2008 Robert B. Dallenbach loses vote of confidence at 2008 camp meeting. Vice Superintendent Joseph Gross becomes sixth general superintendent.
- 2009 Somerset Christian Academy, formerly Alma Preparatory School, closes
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