Bible Way Association was originally started as a prayer meeting
in July of 1958 and became established as a church in October of 1958
under the name of Community Fellowship Pentecost Church.
The location of the first church was around 18th and Geyer street
in city of St. Louis, Missouri. Within six months and after much prayer
of the Founders the decision was made to start an organization.
During April of 1959, Community Fellowship Pentecost Church became
an unincorporated association of ministers and churches having adopted
the name of Community Fellowship Pentecost Ministers and Churches
Association.
In 1960 the Board of Directors of Community Fellowship Pentecost
Ministers and Churches Association decided to hire an attorney to
petition the court for this organization to become a body politic and
corporate by Pro Forma Decree of Incorporation.
The case was heard July 7, 1960 by Judge Waldo C. Mayfield and the
decree was issued making Community Fellowship Pentecost Ministers and
Churches a body politic and body Corporate under Chapter 352 of the
Missouri Statutes.
In the year of 1965 a meeting was held in Poplar Bluff Missouri by
the Board of Directors and the Founders of the Community Fellowship
Pentecost Ministers and Churches. It was resolved at this meeting to
move the central location of this organization from St. Louis to Ripley
County Missouri.
The petition was made and the decree issued in the Ripley County
Courthouse in Doniphan Missouri. The decree was filed and recorded on
April 29, 1966 by Howard R. Maness as the presiding Judge.
During the early part of 1974 the decision was made to change the
name of the organization from Community Fellowship Pentecost Ministers
and Churches Association to the name which it currently bears, Bible Way
Association. This decree was issued on May 7, 1974 by Judge Rex Hinson
and was filed and recorded June 18, 1974 at the Ripley County Courthouse
in Doniphan, Missouri.
On June 23, 1992 the final petition was filed which
would bring the Association to our present standing as an organization
while maintaining its original validity. On July 7, 1992 the decree was
issued by Judge Arthur Cope and was filed and recorded August 3, 1992.
This decree established the current articles upon which Bible Way
Association stands.
