tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976770.post1608111202456991112..comments2023-10-21T18:11:04.414-07:00Comments on Joystory: Friday Forays in Fiction: ResearchJoy Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04976987581528470589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976770.post-31258394092394818392013-05-04T15:43:15.702-07:002013-05-04T15:43:15.702-07:00You have the name right. It is Nels Thompson, a Da...You have the name right. It is Nels Thompson, a Danish immigrant, who started a small sect that I will call the Thompson Brethren. I am Thompson's grandson and I do have access to a rather unique collection of memorabilia that covers his life and the lives of his followers. If you are serious about this search you could contact me at dnels@uidaho.edu. While the dispensational charts are unique, something more unique is Thompson's use of scripture covered vehicles. So are you in any way related to Archie Brown?David Nels Reesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976770.post-36231830117409304152009-10-21T13:43:03.375-07:002009-10-21T13:43:03.375-07:00Nels Thompson - Last Day Messenger Assemblies (Def...Nels Thompson - Last Day Messenger Assemblies (Defunct)<br /><br />Nels Thompson, born in Denmark, immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s and, in 1912, was converted in a meeting of the Plymouth Brethren (Grant Brethren) under the leadership of Harry A. Ironside, later pastor of Moody Church. Thompson became an evangelist, but a conflict arose with the Brethren over the control of his evangelical activity. He also accepted the Grace Gospel position and dropped water baptism (as of the Jewish dispensation). He founded an assembly at Oakland, and, soon, others were formed.<br /><br />The Gospel Tract Distributors was founded as an independent, but associated, publishing concern, and began publishing Outside the Camp (now Last Day Messenger) as a nondenominational dispensational periodical. Each issue carried a seven-point statement of belief in the verbal inspiration of the Bible, the Trinity and the deity of Christ, total depravity, redemption by grace, the security of the believer, the personality and punishment of Satan, and the pretribulation second coming. The group did not practice baptism and was opposed to celebrating Christmas and Easter. Headquarters for Gospel Tract Distributors remain in Portland, Oregon. The assemblies were disbanded in the mid-1990s. http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ear_01/ear_01_00104.html#Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519638997195366735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976770.post-19090979934896753172008-09-06T11:45:00.000-07:002008-09-06T11:45:00.000-07:00I remember the chart looking completely different,...I remember the chart looking completely different, not laid out in the same manner as this one, it has the same information. I'm glad that you are facing that darker side of your past, and I hope you find peace within your own soul...Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240917253400707151noreply@blogger.com