Old Hickory Mines
Metro Pentecostal Church is the first of many Apostolic Pentecostal Churches in the Tulsa county area. It was first known as the 1st Pentecostal Church of Garden City. It began with baptisms in the old Hickory mines, the Tulsa State Fair Grounds today, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ according to Acts 2:38 by the late Rev. Arthur T. Duck in 1922.
1st Pentecostal Church of Garden City
Since that time, Metro Pentecostal Church has grown exponentially.The church, under the leadership of Rev. B.L. Still (1941-1958), became an affiliated member of the United Pentecostal Church Incorporated, Hazelwood, MO., in 1956. Rev. Lloyd Still pastored from 1958 – 1969. Rev. Orville Bryant held the longest tenure as the Pastor from 1969 – May 31, 2000.
Berryhill United Pentecostal Church
It was during his pastorate that the assembly moved from Garden City to the Berryhill community, west Tulsa area. The church’s name was changed from the 1st Pentecostal Church of Garden City to Berryhill United Pentecostal Church to accommodate this address change. As of 2003, the congregation decided to go back to its roots by using the official incorporated name of the church, 1st Pentecostal Church of Tulsa.
Metro Pentecostal Church
July 1, 2000, began Pastor Don Martin’s tenure. When relocating to the Tulsa Metro campus in 2009, the church adopted the “doing business as” name of Metro Pentecostal Church. In August of 2006 1st Pentecostal Church of Collinsville was launched. This would become our first of several campuses and church plants. From the success of this multi-site Church planting, the M1 family of ministries came into existence. In 2015, our third campus would launch as Los Pentecostales de Metro.
Metro Pentecostal Church Continues
In 2019, Pastor Martin lead the church family to our current home at 5925 E. 51st Street. Graduating from 16,000 sq/ft to almost 60,000 sq/ft.
100 years later and Metro Pentecostal continues to serve the greater Tulsa area with the message of the gospel that began in the old Hickory mines. It is without a doubt that God has tremendous harvest continually planned until He returns again. We honor our past and are thrilled about our future! To God be the glory!
