God
helped
us
find
an
old
Presbyterian
church
at
1614
Menard
in
St.
Louis,
that
would
seat
over
400
people
that
we
were
able
to
rent.
Again,
the
previous
church
had
outgrown
the
building
and
had
built
a
new
church
building
for
their
congregation.
During
that
first
year,
and
after
much
prayer
we
decided
to
start
an
organization,
so
during
April
of
1959
the
Community
Fellowship
Pentecost
Church
becam
an
unincorporated
Association
of
ministers
and
churches,
having
adopted
the
organizational
name
of
Community
Fellowship
Pentecost
Ministers
and
Churches
Association.
We
had
633
people
saved
in
those
first
two
years,
during
that
time
I
only
had
about
one
revival
and
some
of
those
that
were
saved
and
filled
with
the
Holy
Ghost
are
people
that
are
still
pastoring
churches
and
preaching the Gospel around the contry today.
In
one
particular
vision
people
were
going
in
and
out
ministering.
After
I
got
into
the
evangelistic
work,
I
knew
an
old
preacher
in
Springfield
Missouri,
who
I
went
to
visit
with
at
his
home
one
day
and
he
told
me,
“
I
am
glad
you
came
along,
you
are
connected
with
this
vision
I had. I was just sitting here and GOd was
speaking
to
me
about
a
place
where
people
were
going
in
and
out
and
ministering.
THey
would
go
out
and
minsiter,
and
then
they
would
come
back.”
This
was
a
confirmation
on
the
vision
that
God
had
given
me.
So
when
I
came
to
Doniphan,
that
is
what
I
started
doing
myself,
and
for
yours
I
ministered
out,
then
I
would
come
back
in
and
pastored
a
church
in
Doniphan.
I
did
what
I
call
the
Bee
Theory.
I
took
something
out
to
the
people,
and
I
brought
something
back
in.
That
is
how
the
campground
and
everything
else
has
been
built,
by
people
who
took
something
out
and
they
brought
to
build
the
Tabernacle,
the
Youth
Dorm,
and
everything
else that is here. Scripture tells us that without a vision the people perish.
In
1960,
the
Board
of
Directors
of
Community
Fellowship
Pentecostal
Minister
and
Churches
Association,
decided
to
hire
an
attorney
to
petition
the
court
for
us
to
become
a
Body
Politic
and
Corporate
by
the
Pro
Forma
Decree
of
Incorporation
in
the
State
of
Missouri.
The
case
was
heard
on
July
1,
1960
by
Judge
Waldo
C.
Mayfield
and
the
decree
was
issued
making
Community
Fellowship
Pentecostal
Minister
and
Churches
Association
a
Body
Politic
and
Body Corporate under Chapter 352 of the Missouri Statutes.
In
1962,
we
began
to
minister
revival
services
in
the
South
central
part
of
Missouri
and
moved
to
Winona
Missouri
and
hundreds
of
souls
were
being
saved
and
filled
with
the
Holy
Ghost.
God
was
moving
mightily
and
blessing
our
ministry.
In
1965
we
held
a
revival
at
the
church
in
Doniphan,
Missouri,
where
the
Camp
Grounds
are
currently
located.
This
time
of
revival
packed
the
church
and
the
opportunity
soon
presented
itself
to
purchase
the
church
and
the
parsonage,
which
have
become
the
Headquarters
of
Bible
Way
Association.
After
much
prayers and confirmation from the Lord, we decided to buy the property.
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