The McCool Twins

Young  twin evangelists Billy and Bobby McCool came the area to hold revival services in 1955.  A large tent was set up on South Broadway in town, and people came out to hear these young men sing and preach. From this tent revival, a church was born. The church moved from the tent to a small block basement on South Broadway for a more permanent place to hold church services. Across the street, a church building  was put up for sale, and the small congregation purchased the building. 1001 South Broadway was the church location for many years. In 1967, Pastor Bobby McCool felt that his time in Johnson City as Pastor was complete, and in March of that year he appointed Pastor Edward Davis to take his place. Pastor McCool and his family moved to West Memphis, Arkansas, to work with a church where they are still active today.

Bro. Davis and the congregation worked to reach out to the area and surrounding community for the next 18 years. In 1985, ground was broken and  construction began on a new church building on Cedar Grove Road, where the church is located today. Bro. Davis has now been Pastor of the ACC for 43 years, and we can never say how much we appreciate and love his devotion to this congregation.
   
Through the years there have been so many people that have played a vital role in this church that it is almost impossible to name each one. We are very thankful to be a part of a church with such rich history and a church with such far reaching effects in Pentecostal churches across the country. Dozens of ministers can look back and see their roots began with the small church they attended in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is almost unheard of for a church to still be in existence that sprang up from a small tent revival so many years ago. The Lord has always blessed the Apostolic Christian Church; we have 55 years of proof, and He is still blessing us today as we see  each time we come together in service. We have much to rejoice in as we celebrate our 55th Anniversary this year. Great things are on the horizon, and God will be with this church each and every step of the way!