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Under Dellenback's tutelage, the Coalition more than
doubled its membership, surging from thirty-one in 1977 to
seventy-seven in 1988. As the organization expanded, it
continued to be marked by denominational diversity.
Members that joined for the first time during the
Dellenback years represented several Protestant traditions:
Bartlesville Wesleyan and Southern Wesleyan (Wesleyan);
Roberts Wesleyan and Spring Arbor (Free Methodist); Eastern
Nazarene, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Northwest Nazarene, Olivet
Nazarene, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Nazarene, and
Trevecca Nazarene (Church of the Nazarene); Sioux Falls
(American Baptist); Dallas Baptist, Campbell, and Palm
Beach Atlantic (Southern Baptist); Belhaven, Sterling, and
Whitworth (Presbyterian); Calvin and Dordt (Christian
Reformed); Northwestern of Iowa (Reformed Church of
America); Goshen (Mennonite); Fresno Pacific and Tabor
(Mennonite Brethren); Bethel of Kansas (General Conference
Mennonite); Warner Pacific and Warner Southern (Church of
God, Anderson, Indiana); Milligan (Christian Church/
Churches of Christ); Northwest Christian (Disciples of
Christ); Vanguard, then Southern California College
(Assemblies of God); Lee (Church of God, Cleveland,
Tennessee); Huntington (United Brethren in Christ); and
Bethel of Indiana (Missionary Church). The Coalition also