Editing Gospel Assembly Churches (section)

== Origins ==
The beginnings of Gospel Assemblies may be traced to [[Paducah, Kentucky]] in 1914 during [[Azusa Street Revival#Birth of Pentecostal movement|the early American Pentecostal movement]]. Sowders, a former Louisville policeman,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/gospelassemblychurchprofile.pdf|title=Watchman Fellowship Profile: Gospel Assembly Church}}</ref> evangelized primarily in the lower Ohio River valley region, settling in [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], where he established a congregation and ministered there until his death in 1952.<ref name="auto"/>  Sowders' designated successor, T. M. Jolly,[http://www.tmjolly.com/ Brother Thomas Miles Jolly] ministered in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] until 1991.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kirkland, Stephen|work=St. Louis Post Dispatch |title=Church Attracts Protest Shelter For Minister In Sex Case Criticized|date=August 16, 1993}}</ref>