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Reverend Reid was born in Buffalo, New York to pastor Al Reid and his wife, Yolanda. After surviving polio as a young child, Tommy started full-time ministry in 1953, and travelled with his father across the world to Seoul in South Korea. [2] There, he assisted pastor Paul Cho at the Yoido Full Gospel Church. [3]
The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship was established by Bishop Paul S. Morton Sr. in 1994 within New Orleans, Louisiana, [2] though it began as a movement within the National Baptist Convention, USA in 1992. [5] From 25,000 to 30,000 attended the first conference of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship in 1994. [9]
The church was founded in 1939 in Scottdale as Travelers Rest Baptist Church. [1] In 1983, it moved to Decatur and adopted its current name. Eddie Long took over as pastor in 1987. At the time, the church had only 300 members. In 1994, New Birth became a member of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship. [2]
Born into a Christian family, his father pastored two congregations, one in Windsor, Ontario and the other in Detroit, Michigan. [2]In 1972, Morton moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and to the Greater St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church (now known as Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church) under the pastorate of Reverend Percy Simpson, where he became an associate pastor.
He was a third-generation snake handler whose father Gregory Coots was the pastor of Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus' Name. [2] The church was founded in 1978 by his grandfather Tommy Coots. Jamie's son Cody Coots is now the pastor. [citation needed] Jamie Coots began handling snakes at age 23. He worked primarily as a truck driver for a mine. [3]
The term Full Gospel or Fourfold Gospel is an evangelical doctrine that summarizes the Gospel in four aspects, namely the salvation, sanctification, faith healing and Second Coming of Christ. It has been used in various Christian traditions, including Keswickian , Pentecostal , Anabaptist , and Baptist denominations.
Hence, due to inaccuracies, the same church can sometimes be reported to have attendance and membership counts that differ 5–10 times, depending on how reporting is done and who is doing it, e.g. Yoido Full Gospel Church can sometimes be mentioned with attendance numbers over 800,000. [14]
The Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers, International (FGFCMI), also known simply as The Fellowship, is a fellowship of like-minded Finished Work Pentecostal churches and ministers. The Fellowship was formed from the common thought of some 100 ministers in the Voice of Healing movement that began in 1948.