It was founded By Bishop Clarence Lassiter and Co-founder and Pastor Emeritus Reverend Marilyn Lassiter. It is under the Leadership of Pastor Pelham Pierce. A Brief History of Gospel Tabernacle Outreach Ministries...
It was 30 years ago that the late founder Bishop Clarence Lassiter and his wife, Co Founder & current Senior Pastor of GTOM, stepped out on Faith and began a full time work in minist
ry. At that time, they were both still employed in the secular world, while raising up and building the temple of God, now affectionately known as GTOM or Gospel Tabernacle Outreach Ministries Inc. They were the perfect complement of gifts that God sent to oversee the body of Christ at GTOM. Bishop handled the leadership, administration, and finance areas, while Pastor Marilyn handled the training and development around the preaching and teaching of the word of God. They both used their gifts of wisdom and knowledge to counsel and provide spiritual guidance to any member in need. God sent in committed laborers to work closely with Bishop and Pastor Marilyn to ensure that all sections of the ministry had close oversight, training, and supervision. In February of 2004, after the passing of her late husband, who was the founder of GTOM, God called Pastor Marilyn into the ministry full-time as the Senior Pastor. Pastor Lassiter continues to build on the vision that the Lord had given to her late husband. After GTOM membership began to develop we went from approximately 25 - 50 in membership to 75 active members. During this growth spurt Bishop made negotiations for the purchase of this building, which was about 4 years in the making. The Lord gave us favor with the owner of this building. Mr. Brown, the owner, would only sell to GTOM because we took such great care of his property during the time we were leasing it. He did not want to negotiate with any of the other tenants who were also vying for the bid to purchase this that is considered an historic landmark in RI. After much prayer and negotiation Bishop was able to purchase the building for less then a quarter of its worth, with everything inside the building - chairs, pews, tables, desk, furniture. As we press forward and look back to 30 years ago to understand where God has brought us from please take a moment to review the Vision Statement. These are the words that Bishop Lassiter and Pastor Marilyn wrote back then, which still stand ever so mighty and powerful today for our membership at GTOM. To this end our Pastor is continuing the vision of building a strong body of believers. We invite you to come out on Sunday’s at 10:30am to fellowship witness the many blessing that God has given us. God Bless.
