ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH

by Assembly of God Member

Entry T38 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Assembly of God Church 1951

Assembly of God Church 1984

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.