CHURCH HISTORIES    Terrebonne Parish, LA 

ASSEMBLY OF GOD - FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
 
Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle
 
Source:  The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press, Houma, LA. 

Last modified: 9 MARCH 2008
 
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NOTE: Most histories were submitted by the church to the Houma Daily 
Courier and The Terrebonne Press as part of the newspapers 
Sesquicentennial Edition. Not all churches submitted histories.

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FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD ORGANIZED AT BOURG IN 1924

Location in 2007 - 1403 Prospect Blvd., Houma, LA

The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press
Houma, LA, Oct. 8, 1972, Sunday,  Section E

ON May 9, 1924, in Bourg, La., the Assemblies of God organized their first 
church in this community of Terrebonne Parish. The Rev. W.L. Kinsey served 
the congregation as first pastor.

The church moved to the community of Bayou Blue soon after becoming 
established.

Charter membership was 17. The first evangelist for the congregation was 
the Rev. Edgar Bethany, who now resides in Columbus, Ga.

There have been 14 pastors who have served the congregation since its 
origin. The present pastor, Rev. T.W. Comardelle, has served the present 
congregation for the past nine years.

From the Chartered membership and former pastors, there have been three 
other Assemblies of God churches organized: the First Assembly of God, 
Houma, the First Assembly of God, Thibodaux, and the Raceland Assembly of 
God Church.