About Grace Temple
And this gospel shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations was the aim and vision of that little band led by Felma Elgin. In the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Four. This little band found common ground in the word and called themselves The Company Seventh Day Adventist Church. The pioneers were Covell Elgin, Travis Wilburn, Leola Pippins, S.E. Anderson, Zephaniah Elgin and Katie Baker. Like any organization they sought and looked for a city which they could call there own, while searching for that special place, God moved them as he did Israel from Egypt to the promised land. In the forties, they stopped by Wortham Hall, Brown and Hardee Funeral Chapel, to the home of S.E. Anderson, to the Methodist Church in Lake Coma and finally to the Community Center. In the 1050's God said its time to move and God planted them in the Riverside Area on the corner of Judkins and Chenault. Because of there trials and blessings the early pioneers renamed the church Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church, for surely God has been with us in the valley and on the mountain top. In 1963 Pastor Newton led the church to a new ere by moving the church to 2936 Stuart Drive. The pastor and membership realized it was nothing but the grace of God that had led them thus far and as a result renamed the church Grace Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church. From 1963 to 1988 the Grace Temple Church grew until God said its time to move. Under the leadership of Senior Pastor Durandel Ford, the promised land was reached and the vision realized. On December 18,1988 The Grace Temple Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church built and entered its brand new church at 4200 East Berry where the vision has continued. We praise God for His mighty works! On behalf of our Senior Pastor Helvius Thompson we invite you to come, be a part of our church family, where you can discover and realize that God has already invested to much in you for you to fail.