Hugh's News & Commentary

Bishop Frank Tunstall, Superintendent, Heartland conference in Oklahoma,

This issue of Hugh’s News shows why your work is so important. Just the report on the passing of Fannie Lowe, sending the news around the world so soon after her passing says loudly how important your work really is.

Wow! the dedication to serve in China that was so strong she missed five family funerals, including her own mother.

I noted with pride that the list of military chaplains includes five from the Heartland!

What a treasure; I’m proud of each of “our” chaplains. I hope I can keep making them feel appreciated by their home conference.

Pastor Frank

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The Rev. Dr. John Hedgepeth, Senior Pastor, Northwood Temple, Fayetteville, NC

Fannie Lowe was "The Pearl of the Orient." Her dedication to Hong Kong stands as a guiding star for all of us to follow. We will see her again. 

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Beverly Oxley, Professor, Emmanuel College

I really like the new format of Hugh's News. I can get the highlights very quickly then read more in depth if I want. Thanks for your valuable service the IPHC.

Beverly Oxley 

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Bill Nash, Retired Banker, Highway Commissioner in OK, from Tulsa, and Jackson Hole, MT

I first met Hugh when we were students at Emmanuel College in the early 50s. Here was this tall, outgoing, trombone playing lad from Alabama that everyone knew in just a few days. Who would have believed then that he would one day be a great chaplain and later a college President? He always was ambitious, but none knew how great and noble his dreams were. All of his thousands of friends appreciate his dedication, his love of his wife and children and his desire to keep on serving. He has provided a valuable service to thousands of us by helping us keep in touch with each other. He is a wonderful friend and I'm so glad my path crossed his in the 50s.

Bill Nash

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Lonnie and Betty Rex

I have known Dr. Hugh Holmes Morgan since 1954. when he was in the Marine Band at Quantico, VA.

Betty and I attended the National Church in Washington, D.C. and was involved in the Music Program. He attended often.

Over these fifty-four years, I have followed his distinguished career and have enjoyed his fellowship at many Church Conferences. I was always honored for him to sing in my choirs at the General Conventions. His term as President of Southwestern College in Oklahoma City was a time of close relationship.

The development of Hugh’s News is a major contribution to the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

The IPHC is honored for him to be the Chairman the NAE Commission on Chaplains, and the former Chairman for the Endorsers Conference for Veteran Affairs Chaplaincy.

May God bless Hugh, Melvine, and their adult children, Greg and Stephanie as they continue to serve the IPHC through Hugh's News, and Chaplains Ministries, IPHC.

Lonnie and Betty Rex

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Bishop Wesley Russ

Congratulations, Dr. Morgan, on 50 years of ministry of the Gospel through the auspices of the IPHC in local conferences, on the general level of our church, in our educational institutions, and in the U.S. military. What a career God has given you, along with the ability to reach and influence so many whom He has sent into your life. Of course, Janice remembers you as a teenager from your days at Emmanuel College when she attended Emmanuel Academy while living there with her family. We met when I was a student at Emmanuel in the '60s and went to your church in Brownville, AL for a weekend revival. Little did we know then that our friendship would extend many years forward into 2011.

We love and appreciate you and Melvine more than we can ever put into words. You are true friends. I especially appreciated the fact that when the Air Force assigned you to duty in the Atlanta area, your first priority was to find the local Pentecostal Holiness church before you bought or rented a home so that you could be close enough to participate in a local congregation. Your faithfulness to Church of the Comforter in Atlanta was a great encouragement to me and Janice at a critical time in our ministry. We will never forget! It was a joy and a great honor to baptize your two young children, Greg and Stephanie, during your stay.

The things that have impressed me most in your ministry have been your faithfulness to the Word of God, integrity, steadfastness, your willingness to do jobs no one else would do (and often with little or inadequate financial compensation), and your loyalty to the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. (Your father and mother, who were ministers and missionaries in the IPHC are not here to write for you, but I know they are well pleased with their son. You have honored them with your life and service to God.) Your love of people and especially your interest in our military and institutional chaplains' program have proven to be a monumental success, which has been recognized not just in our denomination but in all the ministries and denominations involved in the military chaplaincy and also recognized in institutions of higher learning.

Little did you know that your desire to keep in touch with your chaplains would result in Hugh's News now read by thousands of people around the world. This electronic news letter provides a fast and reliable source of information for our IPHC family that is invaluable.

You have set a high standard in ministry and my prayer is that many emerging leaders in the IPHC will follow your example. When we visit by phone, I can still hear and feel the passion you have for the Kingdom's work. Do not lose heart or grow weary in well-doing, because "we are not home yet" and the welcoming reception for Hugh Holmes Morgan will be a great day in heaven when God come for His own. So, until then we press on while resting in His mighty power.

From the heart of...............

Wesley Russ

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Vinson Synan, Ph. D., Former Assistant General Superintendent of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, Interim President of Southwestern College (now Southwestern Christian University), and retired Dean, School of Divinity, Regent university.

No church ever had a more loyal son than the Pentecostal Holiness church has in Hugh Morgan. He has taken online journalism to new heights. I hope every one of his e-mails can be preserved for the Church archives. It is a current and newsy feature that keeps us together as a church family.

I have worked with Hugh for decades, especially when he was President of Southwestern College in Oklahoma City. I also remember him for nominating me to serve as General Secretary of the PHC in Roanoke in 1973. For better or for worse, this began a 12 year period of leadership for me in the IPHC. Also Hugh and Melvine and Carol and I were married on the exact same day (but in separate cities), August 13, 1960. God bless you Hugh and also Hugh’s News.

Vinson Synan

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Dr. Leroy and Evelyn Baker

It is a special honor for me to join the IPHC family and others to thank God for giving Hugh H. Morgan to the church. The body of Christ is indeed enriched by such a dedicated, loyal, and uniquely gifted man. For fifty years Hugh Morgan has served his Lord Jesus and the body of Christ in every way imaginable.

Personally, professionally, and prophetically Hugh has been a drink offering poured out, not holding back a single drop, but giving, giving, and still giving to others for Christ's sake.

I count it a joy to know him as a brother and friend. I do not know nor have I ever known a better preacher, servant, and Christian than Hugh H. Morgan.

Fifty is a jubilee, pentecost, and feast celebration time, and I pray this blessing for my dear friend and his faithful and devoted wife; that it will be a year of victory and double portion anointing.

You are loved and honored this month and always by the Bakers. The world is a blessed place by your gifted and sincere ministry. Have a golden time now until you walk on the golden streets. Thank you for saying "yes" to God and His call.

Dr. & Mrs. E. Leroy Baker

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Daneel le Roux

It is a great pleasure for me to pay tribute to Hugh Morgan for his fifty years of ministry. I may begin by observing that his daughter's desire to so honor her father is the greatest tribute a "dad" could receive.

Hugh Morgan's life and mine have been intertwined for well over fifty years stretching from Alabama to Alaska, from Seattle to New York, from North Carolina to Alabama, and many points-in-between. Our friendship all began at Holmes where we first met; then on to Draper (Eden) N.C. where we both found our brides. We also were attendants in each other's weddings and spent vacations together. We always had time to spend together at Christmas as we visited our families in Eden. One time, Betty and I took Melvine, who was pregnant with Greg , to Washington, DC to see Hugh who was on duty there. I was always proud to be in Hugh Morgan's company.

Hugh served our armed forces well and represented the International Pentecostal Holiness Church with dignity. I always admired and revered his dedication to his work. His Chaplaincy service was characterized by the sincere ministry he rendered with dignity yet with a humble, caring concern for our military. He was genuinely concerned with the eternal lives of those service men and women entrusted to his care as he faithfully ministered to them--a ministry which continues today.

Everyone may not be aware that Hugh also had a ministry in music. He played the trombone beautifully, and my frequent request was for him to play "Overshadowed" on his trombone accompanied by my wife, Betty, on the organ or piano. My favorite song, "It Took a Miracle," sung so beautifully by Melvine, reminds me of the Morgan family every time I hear it. We once had friends from Appomattox, VA. visiting us when Melvine sang that song. Unbeknownst to us, they were hoping for a child, and later realized what a miracle they had received. That song became important to them also.

On occasions we found ourselves competing against each other--Hugh's church's teen talent against mine--his church won some and mine won some. I cherish my life long friendship and association with Hugh Morgan; I have always been, and still am, proud to have Hugh Morgan as my friend.

Daneel le Roux 

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John Parker

Dear Stephanie,

Your father is a great and good man who deserves all the accolades possible for his dedication and service to the cause of the IPHC and the Kingdom of God. He is among the small group of people whom I consider outstanding in his service to the Lord, his concern for the welfare of other people, and, of course, his dedication to the men and women who make up our IPHC Chaplains Corps.

I always enjoy conversing with him for he inevitably comes up with something which I did not know or which I did not give proper recognition or interest to.

Fifty years of service as a minister is quite a stretch, and any person who reaches that goal is worthy of esteem and appreciation. May the Lord be gracious to Him and Melvine and give them good health and many more years of service.

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[Editor's Note: There were many more, but I did not want to wear you out. I am grateful for every tribute and kind word. When I get old (older) I will have to read them to remember how kind my friends were to me. Far better than I desire.

It is indeed a joy and a personal delight to serve you all by producing Hugh's News. It's hard to believe this is the 14th year that I have been doing the news. It is nothing less than a miracle it is still in existence. Most of all, I am grateful to God for providing the resources for this electronic ministry He has and is giving to me, and to you my readers all around the world. Today, we are more than 5,000 strong in more than 20 countries around the world.]