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[Tim Rutledge]

Originally Posted by Sam

Niles, Michigan? You've mentioned that church here before. At one time it was the headquarters church for The Church of Jesus Christ Pentecostal Faith. Bishop G.R. Brock was the Presiding Bishop and he pastored a church in Indianpolis, IN. I preached for him there in Indianapolis in the late summer/early fall of 1959. See attached picture of my wife and me singing there. About 3 months later our first child was born. The church was in an old theater. Bishop and Sis. Brock were living in a garage next door to the house of some church members. It was just one room and Pat and I spent the night there with them after I preached. Their "bedroom" was a corner of the garage curtained off. Pat and I slept on an uncomfortable couch that folded out into a bed. There she was about six months pregnant and 18 years old and I was 21. We didn't even have a car and came back to Cincinnati on a Greyhound bus the next day. Sis. Alta Johnson was the secretary of the organization and she pastored the church on Fort Street after her husband died. I was at that church in 1958 or 1959 for a convention. I belonged to that organization for a couple years in the early 1960's until I let my license expire after starting to attend an ALJC church here in the Cincinnati area.

Yes, Sis Johnson was Pastor when I was born. Bishop Steinbarger dedicated me in 66'. In 2006 I lived next to the church in the Parsonage and took care of the grounds until ultimately the property was sold. My parents and I got married there... And we all recieved the Holy Ghost there on Fort street. My Grandma helped build it when it was just a basement church.

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by Tim Rutledge

Sam, you mentioned Br Rex Dyson baptizing Elvis Presley. Br Dyson was the evangelist preaching in Niles MI the night I recieved the Holy Ghost, in the summer of 1975.

I used to visit Niles, MI a lot. I was RCC back then though.

People would be surprised to learn what is said about Elvis in his hometown.