THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST WAS ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1952 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OVERSEER DAVID REED SR. WHO LATER BECAME BISHOP OF THE EASTERN KENTUCKY JURISDICTION. THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING BEGAN WHEN MR. & MRS. EUGENE ELLIOTT, A MORTICIAN OF GREENVILLE, KENTUCKY PURCHASED THE BUILDING FROM A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF MISS MARY RUTH BARRETT FOR A RECREATION BUILDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT, THE LORD SPOKE TO THEM AND SAID," MOTHER MAGGIE WING NEED A PLACE FOR A CHURCH. THEY WERE THE WORDS OF MRS. ELLIOTT; SHE DID AS THE LORD SAID. MOTHER WING SAID. "ILL DO IT. I'LL RENT IT AND SEND FOR OVERSEER REED."
SHE GOT THE BUILDING READY WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE SENT FOR OVERSEER REED SR., WHO CAME AND LOOKED THE BUILDING OVER AND SAID WE'LL TAKE IT. HE WENT BACK HOME AND RETURNED WITH WIFE, CARRIE REED, AND SUPERVISOR, MOTHER METCAFT, HE SENT FOR HIS SON OUT OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ELDER DAVID REED JR. WHO WAS MADE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.
ON JULY 6, 1952 THE CHUCH WAS OPEN FOR SERVICE WITH DINNER SERVED ON THE GROUNDS, ELDER REED JR. BROUGHT A TENT WITH HIM, WITH THE HELP OF ELDER LEE TILLIS FROM RICHMOND INDIANA, ELDER REED JR. SET UP THE TENT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING ACROSS THE ROADON THE GROUND THAT BELONGS TO THE ELLIOTT 'S. BISHOP REED SR., PUT ON A RALLY TO PAY THE FIRST PAYMENT ON THE BUILDING. AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE JUST A FEW MEMBERS. GOD BLESSED, AND THAT DAY 'S SERVICE WAS HELD IN THE BUILDING.
SOULS WAS BEING SAVED AND WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. MOTHER BETTY BARD AND CHILDREN WERE THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST. A GREAT TENT MEETING WAS GOING ON, OTHERS WERE SAVED. FIRST TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WAS SISTER MARGERY WELLS AND SISTER WILLIE MCDONALD AND MANY MORE. THERE WERE (44) FORTY-FOUR MEMBERS, AT THE END OF THE YEAR 1953. GOD BLESSED, MORE MEMBERS WERE ADDED TO THE CHURCH IN 1954. IN 1957 THERE WERE 120 MEMBERS ON THE ROLL. SOME PASSED ON IN DEATH AMONG THOSE WERE IN CHURCH MOTHER, MAGGIE WING, MOTHER BETTY BARD AND MOTHER LOU BARD.
ELDER DAVID REEDS JR. BECAME BISHOP REED. HE PASTORED UP UNTIL OCTOBER 1971, AND THEN HE GAVE THE CHURCH UP BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. HE THEN TURNED THE CHURCH OVER TO SUPT. J. R. KERSEY WHO BECAME PASTOR, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP MOORE. THE CHURCH AGAIN WAS BLESSED, MEMBERS FLOURISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPT. KERSEY WHO REMODELED THE CHURCH, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SHE GOT THE BUILDING READY WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE SENT FOR OVERSEER REED SR., WHO CAME AND LOOKED THE BUILDING OVER AND SAID WE'LL TAKE IT. HE WENT BACK HOME AND RETURNED WITH WIFE, CARRIE REED, AND SUPERVISOR, MOTHER METCAFT, HE SENT FOR HIS SON OUT OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ELDER DAVID REED JR. WHO WAS MADE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.
ON JULY 6, 1952 THE CHUCH WAS OPEN FOR SERVICE WITH DINNER SERVED ON THE GROUNDS, ELDER REED JR. BROUGHT A TENT WITH HIM, WITH THE HELP OF ELDER LEE TILLIS FROM RICHMOND INDIANA, ELDER REED JR. SET UP THE TENT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING ACROSS THE ROADON THE GROUND THAT BELONGS TO THE ELLIOTT 'S. BISHOP REED SR., PUT ON A RALLY TO PAY THE FIRST PAYMENT ON THE BUILDING. AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE JUST A FEW MEMBERS. GOD BLESSED, AND THAT DAY 'S SERVICE WAS HELD IN THE BUILDING.
SOULS WAS BEING SAVED AND WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. MOTHER BETTY BARD AND CHILDREN WERE THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST. A GREAT TENT MEETING WAS GOING ON, OTHERS WERE SAVED. FIRST TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WAS SISTER MARGERY WELLS AND SISTER WILLIE MCDONALD AND MANY MORE. THERE WERE (44) FORTY-FOUR MEMBERS, AT THE END OF THE YEAR 1953. GOD BLESSED, MORE MEMBERS WERE ADDED TO THE CHURCH IN 1954. IN 1957 THERE WERE 120 MEMBERS ON THE ROLL. SOME PASSED ON IN DEATH AMONG THOSE WERE IN CHURCH MOTHER, MAGGIE WING, MOTHER BETTY BARD AND MOTHER LOU BARD.
ELDER DAVID REEDS JR. BECAME BISHOP REED. HE PASTORED UP UNTIL OCTOBER 1971, AND THEN HE GAVE THE CHURCH UP BECAUSE OF ILLNESS. HE THEN TURNED THE CHURCH OVER TO SUPT. J. R. KERSEY WHO BECAME PASTOR, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP MOORE. THE CHURCH AGAIN WAS BLESSED, MEMBERS FLOURISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPT. KERSEY WHO REMODELED THE CHURCH, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL.