Tabernacle Baptist Church of Tioga PA - Similar companies

In 1960 Pastor Kenneth Heck, a former resident of Tioga, and his wife returned to Tioga to begin work establishing the Tabern ... acle Baptist Church, a fundamental, independent church, with twelve charter members. The first meeting and service for organizational purposes was held at the home of his brother, Merit Heck, on the Elkhorn Road, with twenty-four persons present. This resulted with meetings and Bible Studies being held in the Grange Hall which remained the home of the church until land was purchased. Land 250 x 125 ft., with room for expansion, was purchased on the corner of Sunset Drive and Meadow Street and construction began in the fall of 1961. Pastor Heck designed the church and constructed the pulpit and pews with the help of his brother, Merrit Heck. The auditorium was completed by Christmas Eve of 1961, when the first service was held with almost 100 in attendance. Cost of the neat frame church with cinder block foundation was $24,000. The church was a mission of the West Texas and New Mexico Baptist Fellowship. Gary Meyers was pastor of the church when the church was flooded during the flood of 1972. While under Pastor Charles Jones, the church made its Final Mortgage Payment in 1979. From 1961, ten Pastors have pastored this church. The current Pastor to our heritage of faith is Pastor Steven P. Neff of eighteen years residence (from 1999-2018). In 2010 the Church purchased 6 acre lot of of RT. 287. Then in 2014 the church broke ground on that lot and built a new facility that they occupied by Easter 2015. The Current valued assets of TBC are just at 1.2 milion with an average attendance of 130 on Sunday morning with a roll of 180+. read more