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The
year of 1952 was a year of God's extended grace and mercy for the town
of Edna, TX. As a successful evangelist working under the care and
direction of Rev. N.J. White in LaWard, TX., Rev. M.C. Lee felt the call
of God to move to Edna. Using the LaWard church as the
"mother church" and a borrowed tent, Rev. Lee held a revival
on the corner of Ed Linn and Elm streets that summer of '52. From
there, property was purchased at the corner of Pecan and Kleas streets,
the tent was erected, and the First United Pentecostal Church of Edna
was born.
Rev.
Lee moved his family to Edna living in an 18' travel trailer for
approximately 18 months. Needless to say, with two children,
Carolyn who was 8 at the time, and Jimmy who was 2, the Lees were a very
close family. Looking for more permanent facilities for the
church, an officers club building was purchased from Aloe Field Air
Force Base in Victoria, dismantled, and erected on the church property.
The church building was built in the shape of a T providing living
quarters for the Lee family in the back of the church and the sanctuary
in the front. During construction, and the tent no longer
providing useful proper accommodations for church, services were held in
the home of a new member, Sis. Willa Mae Hudson. Then services
were held for a while in the old Edna Herald building at 206 Ed Linn St.
A
little over a decade passed and progress brought the church to its
present location at 807 Apollo Dr. (FM 1822) in Edna. With U.S. 59
expanding to four lanes, the property at Pecan and Kleas was purchased
by the state. Property was purchased from a local land owner in
1966 with ground breaking held in December of that same year.
Construction began in February of 1967 and completed in January of 1968
when the building was dedicated. Baking cakes and making peanut
brittle became a way of life for the sisters to help pay the
supplementary bank note on the church that became necessary to supply
the finishing touches on the church. However, as the scripture
teaches, the blessings of the Lord maketh rich, (Prov. 10:22), and Rev.
Lee received in the mail the bank note with PAID IN FULL written on the
inside. An anonymous donor paid the note in full.
In
1968, feeling the need to change organizational affiliations, Rev. Lee
became a member of a ministers fellowship known as the Apostolic
Ministers Fellowship (AMF) now D.B.A. Apostolic Churches International,
Inc. Hence, the reason for the name change from the First United
Pentecostal Church to the First Pentecostal Church of Edna became
necessary. Rev. Lee continued to pastor the church until his
"graduation day" on October 5th, 1993.
The
pastorship was then assumed by Rev.
Darrell Clark on
February 6th 1994. Since then, the church has been entirely
remodeled and enlarged to facilitate the additional ministry of the Edna
Christian Academy, a Christian
school accommodating all grades from K3 - 12 using the School of
Tomorrow curriculum. The First Pentecostal Church of Edna
continues to envision the true meaning of the scripture of continuing in
the apostles' doctrine, lively stones of worship, and reaching a lost
world with "One Lord, one faith, and one baptism" (Eph. 4:5)
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