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Pastors- Past &
Present
1897-1917 Roy C. Arnold
1917-1919 Miss Isabelle Marvin
1919-1920 Rev. Robert Moon
1920-1929 Rev. Isaac H. Patterson
1929-1935 Rev. R, K. Mills
1935-1942 Rev. John Hazlett
1942-1949 Rev. Claude M. Richards
1949-1955 S. F. Porter
1952-1954 Lloyd Patterson, Asst.
1955 H. A. Dickman, Interim
1955-1964 Dr. John Nussbaum
1962-1964 David Shady, Assistant,
Rev. P. H. Courlas, Sr., 1964-1967
Virgil Adams, Assistant, 1965-1968
Rev.Robert Waggoner, 1967-1970
Kenneth Freeby, Assistant, 1969-1970
Rev.Robert P. Turner, 1970-1977
John Mowery, Assistant, 1972
Rev. Emery Master, Visitation, 1972-1973
Mark Pitroff, Youth, 1972-1974
Dan Phillips, Youth, 1974-1976
Timothy Allen, Youth, 1977-1979
Rev.W. Keith McKnight, 1978-1984
Todd Althaus, Assistant, 1979-1982
Mark Hostetler, Assistant, 1982-1984
Rev.Richard D. Jueckstock, 1984-2001
Keith A. Stephens, Assistant, 1984-1988
Rev. Robert Turner, Seniors, 1989-2000
Scott Davis, Assistant, 1989-1993
Craig Kerns, Youth, 1993-1998
Kip Nanninga, Pastor of Student Ministries, 1998-2003
Rev.Ron Jones, 2002 - Present
David
Latsha, Pastor of Student Ministries, 2004 - Present
Tim Hoeweler
- Adult Ministries - 2009 |
To
remember our past is to remember our godly heritage. Thus, on June 17,
1897, the organizational meeting for the Lima Christian and Missionary
Alliance was held in the home of Adam and Anna Neiswander, 760 South
Broadway Avenue, Lima, Oh. In those early difficult years a small band of
dedicated men and women met in various locations, sharing the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Sometimes two offerings had to be taken in one service to
collect enough money for coal so that their store front mission would have
heat the next Sunday.
Adam and Anna Neiswander
Permanent
facilities became a reality in 1917 with the purchase of a small white
church which was moved from a South Main Street property to the lot at 529
South Elizabeth Street. On this site nine years later (1926), a brick
sanctuary and basement were built. During the depression of the 1930's,
The Gospel Tabernacle of the Christian and Missionary Alliance faced
foreclosure but by the providence of God, it was spared.
The Gospel Tabernacle of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance,
1926
Precious
and exciting were the 1940's as the congregation grew rapidly. Continued
growth marked the 1950's when the Alliance Church became the largest
evangelical church in the Lima area. Completion of a three-story annex in
1956 more than doubled the classroom space. Other properties
surrounding the church were acquired for additional off-street parking.
The vision
of mothering a church for the Shawnee area came into fruition during the
1960's. The Lima constituency, in 1964-1965, provided substantial
monetary gifts as well as thirty-two of its members while helping to build
and nurture the Shawnee Alliance Church.
In the early
1970's, efforts were made to purchase land for relocation. Through many
fervent prayers and generous gifts, choice acreage was obtained on North
Cable Road in 1973 and 1974. A dream was realized on Nov. 28, 1976, when
Cable Road Alliance Church was dedicated. God's miracle had just begun.
During the late 1970's to the present, an influx of new persons and new
ideas has added new zeal and new spiritual depth to a growing, loving
church family.
Another
milestone was reached February 23, 1997, when the Family Life Center was
dedicated. It provided much needed classrooms, restrooms and office
space, along with a new kitchen and gymnasium.
Cable Road Alliance Church 2001 - 2002
From
that humble beginning in 1897 until now, thousands have found Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord through the ministries of our pastors, assistant pastors, missionaries,
para-church personnel, layman and laywoman; multitude have discovered a deeper meaning in life; many
have been healed of their diseased and sicknesses; all have heard
the Gospel message. It is, indeed, a glorious heritage on which our
future church is being built. |