Gospel Assembly Churches Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Origins == The beginnings of Gospel Assemblies may be traced to [[Paducah, Kentucky]] in 1914 during [[Azusa Street Revival#Birth of Pentecostal movement|the early American Pentecostal movement]]. Sowders, a former Louisville policeman,<ref>[https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/gospelassemblychurchprofile.pdf Watchman Fellowship Profile: Gospel Assembly Church]</ref> evangelized primarily in the lower Ohio River valley region, settling in [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], where he established a congregation and ministered there until his death in 1952.<ref>[https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/gospelassemblychurchprofile.pdf Watchman Fellowship Profile: Gospel Assembly Church]</ref> Sowders' designated successor, T. M. Jolly,[http://www.tmjolly.com/] ministered in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] until 1991.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kirkland, Stephen|work=St. Louis Post Dispatch |title=Church Attracts Protest Shelter For Minister In Sex Case Criticized|date=August 16, 1993}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page