Church History
First Service

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n the spring of 1982, Pastor Rodgers as he tells it experienced a "Macedonian Call" type of experience of people calling out for someone to come to Lebanon Junction. At the time he was Pastoring a Church in Hillview, Kentucky and began to pray about what the Lord was asking him and Sister Donna to do. After resigning from Hillview Assembly of God in late September, the Lord began confirming the call to go out to Lebanon Junction to "pioneer" a new work. In November 1982 in the cafeteria of the Lebanon Junction Elementary School, we had our first service. It was not long after the new church was named Faith Assembly of God, because it was by "faith" the call to go was accepted and by "Faith" the church was started.
A lot of movement

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here was a great deal of movement those first couple of years. It wasn't long after having our first service in the Elementary School cafeteria that we experienced growing pains of needing a place to have Sunday School classes and the new growing need of our children's ministry. We stayed at the school for a year and then in the late summer we moved over to Camp Crescendo, a band camp. We quickly learned that we would not be able to stay there long due to the summers band camp activities. So in the fall of 1983, we moved into a converted Barn. That's right a barn. The barn had been converted into a Christian Coffee house for the evening and an antique store during the day. Our stay in the barn, however, was short lived. After two months a need arose again to find another location. This time it was an old laundry mat and we stayed there through the winter.
The Glory Barn ~ We were 'Barned' Again

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n the Spring of 1984 the old Barn became available again and Pastor Mike Purchased the Barn and the house that was with it out of his own funds and we moved back and began holding services there again. A joke arose quickly about folks coming to our church and getting "barned" again. The Glory Barn as we affectionately called it was just that. The inside still needed insulation and so heating it was quite difficult. We used a cast iron pot belly wood burning stove for heating but without any insulation it was always quite difficult to stay warm. Over a period of years improvements were made on the barn but nothing could prepare the structure like what happened next.
The Flood of 1989

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n February of 1989, Kentucky experienced several bouts of flash flooding that lasted for over a week. The rain was so intense that in a span of four days over ten inches of rain had fell. Lebanon Junction had been dealing with floods of this nature about every 10 years and it apparently was time for another. Fortunately we had about a days warning and was able to move all the Pastor's belongings to the second floor of the parsonage and all of the sound equipment out of the church. That next day as the water rose, we could watch as everything was slowly submerged. The town was surrounded by a floodwall which was designed to actually keep the water out; however, as the water rose higher than the flood wall the effect of a giant lake was created. It took seven days to pump the water back out and almost six months for everything to completely dry out. This took a huge toll on the church on being able to remodel and straighten out all the damage but as a congregation it solidified us. We learned an enormous lesson that the Church of God did not drown in that water; only a building was damaged but from it a strong faithful church congregation emerged.
The Clean up after the Flood

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fter the flood, we all began to ask the question where are we going to hold services. It was to our amazement that the local United Methodist church took us in and we had joint services with them. This was such a sweet time of fellowship and spiritual growth. A church can become extremely isolated in its doctrinal divisions and have a tendency to believe that God can only work your own church. This period of time with our Methodist brother and sisters taught us so much about Christian unity and about the work that our Lord and Savior is doing. During this time of reconstruction, some Mennonite Brethren came down also and began to help rebuild our church and parsonage. As I had said earlier, this was a sweet time of fellowship and growth for us as the Lord poured out His blessings. Thanks be God!
Parsonage to Fellowship Hall

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n October 1994, our Pastor and family purchased their own home and the decision was made to convert the parsonage into a fellowship hall, youth and children's church area. This was a great move due to the continued growth of those ministries and the need to expand our growing "Food Bank" and "clothes Closet" ministries.
Flood of 1997

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n the early spring of 1997, we were again hit by another flood. Just like the 89 Flood this also took seven days to pump the water out of the city and again six months to rebuild. Our Methodist Brethren again took us in and folks from around the nation offered aid. During this second renovation from Brothers and sisters from Canada came down and helped with the reconstruction tasks. This was the last Flood that we experienced due to the Army Corps of Engineers expanding the current flood wall and our purchasing of a new building.
Now we really are Holy Rollers ~ Purchase of Roller Rink

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uring days before we started services in Lebanon Junction, the Lord had put a vision in our Pastor's heart that we would be having services at a local skating rink on the outskirts of Lebanon Junction. Pastor had initially gone and enquired about using the facilities for service but was told that those days were already spoken for as they were the biggest money making days for the skating rink. Since those first enquiries over 15 years had past and the skating rink had changed hands a couple of times. In January of 1999, a young couple attending our church was seeking the Lord about getting out of the Skating Rink business and had asked Pastor to pray over them for speedy sale of the property and facilities. At the time, Pastor mentioned that he had totally forget about what the Lord had put in his heart some 15 years prior and it was during that time of prayer with the couple that the Lord reminded him of what He had said. That same month, Faith Assembly purchased the skating rink and by Easter we had our first service.
From then till now

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ince the purchase of the skating rink in January of 1999, the Lord has continued to bless and we are facing a new dilemma. A dilemma of not having enough space to continue with our ever growing children's and youth ministries. The scriptures plainly tell us that "...He who has begun the good work in you, will continue to the day of Christ Jesus..." and we plainly know and understand that truth. We are ever trusting God, and by "Faith" we know that God will continue to provide, supply, and "add to the church, such as should be saved..."