Our Church History

A brief history of The Pentecostal Tabernacle. In May of 1990, after leaving the Faith Mission Church at McCarr, KY where I pastored for about two years. I went to Matewan, WV and established The Pentecostal Tabernacle, with twelve members, encluding my wife and I, a borrowed PA system, and renting a store front building. This was a great blessing  and we thank God for our start.

The Pentecostal Tabernacle in a rented building.  " No Pictures "

After staying there for about six months an old church building came open at Edgarton, WV and we moved our church into that building, rent free and its own PA system, the Lord had begun to bless us in our labors. What a blessing it was to get this old building, and what GREAT services we had there. We worshipped in this building from November of 1990 until September 14, 1998 ( Almost 8 Years ) when the Lord blessed us to build The New Pentecostal Tabernacle.

The Old Pentecostal Tabernacle

" I will never forget the Blessing this building was to us "

After those wonderful years of worship, we moved into our new sanctuary on the 14th of September, 1998 and what a blessing that was. We were blessed to build a 36 by 82 building, two stories which included a full size basement for sunday school rooms, a dinning area, and a kitchen. We had come alone way from a rented building to a brand new church without a mortgage, just to show what a mighty God, Jesus is.

In 2001 the Lord laid it on our heart to establish a Christian School, by the time the school year had came around, we had established the Delorme Christian School in accordance with the state of WV. In 2002 we expanded our building by another 30 feet two stories for our school and to God be the glory. This is our sixth year ( 2006-2007 )  and we are so thankful to the Lord for allowing us to establish this work.      In 2004 we expanded our building again, by another 18 feet to put our steps under-roof and to build a new entrance to our church. That work was completed in December of 2004 just in time for our Christmas Play and Dinner. Our building is now 36' by 130' two stories. In November of 2006 we were blessed to have our church bricked with a new metal roof to match the brick with an overhang. The Lord blessed us to build this new church without mortgage and we are debt free to date. I don't say this in boasting , but to encourge others who might have a vision to do a work for the Lord, that, " With God All Things Are Possible To Them That Believe"