Kentenia
Full Gospel Church began
in the late 1930s in the
small coal community of
Kentenia, just past
Wallins.
The small church, built
by the Pope and Cawood
Company, began originally
as Kentenia Baptist
Church and continued for
many years with a small
congregation fluctuating
from 10 to 30 over the
years. At one time, the
church closed its doors
for a short time;
however, members of the
community worked to build
back up the congregation.
Due to the deterioration
of the old church and the
need for space, the Rev.
Ed Houston and the
congregation acquired
more land and began
building the current
structure in 2000. The
first services in the new
250-seat building were
held just after
Thanksgiving in 2003.
Future plans include
building a steeple and
remounting the old bell
from the old church
building. Currently, the
church offers a youth
program, which is a new
event. The youth are
continuing to grow in
number in the church.
Pastor Houstons'
daughter,
Edwina Eldridge, has been
working to build up the
youth program. She works
extensively with the
youth in music programs.
The church offers a
variety of worship
styles. We sing old
gospel hymns from the
Church of God Hymnal,
contemporary praise and
worship songs, special
singings and bluegrass.
The church also sends the
youth to a youth camp
every year. Two years
ago, the church received
an award at the camp for
the best-represented
church out of about 58
churches there. Our main
goal here is to
accommodate the community
in the tri-state area and
have revivals and see
souls saved, and see
people healed and filled
with The Holy Spirit.
The church also helps
host a community service
for the Wallins area
where the 12 churches of
Wallins are invited to
join together for an
evening service. The
first one brought in
nearly 220 people from
more than seven churches.
The group plans to do
these services every
three months. The goal is
to help people realize
that churches love one
another.
The church fervently
believes in going out and
teaching others and
spreading discipleship to
other people through
evangelism.
The church is a full
gospel church, believing
that Christians are saved
by grace, through faith
and not of self. The
church also believes in
repentance and baptism,
and also has Communion
services inlcuding foot
washing.
Kentenia Full Gospel
Church believes in the
virgin birth, John 3:16,
in water baptism and
baptism in the Holy Ghost
to receive the gifts of
the spirit, such as
preaching and speaking in
tongues. The church
believes in the power of
God, healing, annointing
and the laying on of
hands for prayer.
The power of God is what
makes uniqueness in
everything.
When the spirit of God is
not moving in the church
world ... and the world
comes in and sees nothing
going on, theyll just go
back up. People are
looking for the power of
God ... moving in the
churches.
A lot of good things are
going on in the church,
and the congregation is
really growing.
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