ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
In 1926, a little band of people turned from the old world of boozing, dancing, smoking, card playing, swearing and the like and united under the name of crusaders. They stuck together through thick and thin, hol-ding a young people's meeting on Saturday night's and Sunday School in the Cherry school house with a preaching service now and then by whom-so-ever would come through the Sand-Hills as a preacher of the Gospel.
They had been praying for a long time for someone to come this way who would bring the old time Holy Ghost Gospel with Divine Healing and Baptism of the Holy Ghost. They little knew then who that somebody would be, but the Lord had already gone to work to bring an answer to their prayers. In the hearts of a couple of evangelists who had been taking in the big cities, preaching to the large mobs, yes to Evangelist and Mrs. Newby came the call to go to the Sand-Hills section of western Nebraska. At first they did not heed the call because they did not want to come down to the smaller places, but as the Lord kept at them they finally came and found a hungry people waiting for the messages that God had sent them to deliver.
In 1926, a Full Gospel believer Mr. Newby from Pregon held the services in the second story of the old Tribune building where several people gave their hearts to the Lord. Then in 1929, the families then went together and bought the livery barn property, which were torn down, and built the Church and called it the Mullen Full Gospel Tabernacle.
It was “Open Bible'' for a few years and later changed to Mullen Assembly of God. After the people had organized their Church they called L.W. James and wife to become their first pastors and Newby declares that they could not have made a finer choice.
In 1968, they purchased the old Methodist Church and moved into it. The congregation has increased so in 1980, they built on to the west and then in 1984, they had to have more room so built on to the back.
The old Tabernacle was sold to Bill McIntosh and is now a garage.