Faith Tabernacle was founded September 14, 1980, with 24 charter members and 25 youth, under the leadership of the Reverend Lloyd A. Our first location for worship services was the Children’s Hour Day Care Center at 10820 Menaul NE with Wednesday night Prayer/Bible Study, choir rehearsals and other meetings held in the home of Pastor Wheeler. New Hope Baptist Church graciously opened their doors f
or our baptismal services and we are still worshipping and serving God together within the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International. Wheeler was officially installed as Pastor on May 15, 1981, by the Reverend Alvin J. Gay, pastor of King Baptist Church of Denver, Colorado. Olive Baptist Church. Our first church building at 7316 Bell SE was purchased on May 12, 1982 and ten years later in April of 1992, we moved to our present location, an expansion of space that God gave us to adequately meet the needs for kingdom building. Several members marched from our old location on Bell Street to 7701 Zuni. Ministry expansion has been experienced during these past 31 years as we move forward in accomplishing God’s divine plan and purpose. Our community outreach ministry of the “Helping Hand” Food Program continues to grow steadily each month. Major building improvements are evident but more than these changes, we thank God how He has enhanced our spiritual lives to make us more effective in Kingdom building. Under the leadership of Pastor Ivy, we continue to move onward in the work of the Kingdom, spreading the gospel and being examples of God’s miraculous overcoming power. Be- cause of “ridiculous faith” we are witnessing souls saved, persons delivered, bodies healed and needs met. With God
we are “still standing” and “moving forward by faith.”
