CHURCH FOUNDERS

                                                           Husband and wife                                               

                                                               Ministry Team                                                          

 Husband-Wife Ministerial Team Dedicated To Serving Mechanicstown Spiritual   Needs.

 The late Herbert and Evangelist Gladys Jarvis of Middletown, New York
 Founded, The Gospel Mission Church in 1961.

 This is their story.

  A husband-wife-ministerial team, dedicated to preaching and teaching the       Christian gospel, has put their varied talents to work in remodeling a church

 to serve the spiritual needs of a racially intergraded Mechanicstown   congregation. "The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Jarvis of 5 Fair Ave said they are both     licensed ministers of the New York General Conference of the Bethel AME   Church. Their desire to serve a parish of their own remained unfulfilled until they   were able to rent the former Nazarene Church and establish the "Voice of the   Gospel Mission Church. The church is on Fairfax Avenue, Middletown, New York.

 Rev. and Mrs. Jarvis were regular worshippers at the church when it was owned   and operated by the Nazarenes. After the sect sold the church to a private   citizen, the building stood idle for many months. The desire for their church grew   keener. We felt we were called by the Lord to preach said Mrs. Jarvis