The History of the Saint Charles Church of God (Holiness) begins in the 1950’s with the burden and vision of the holiness message being proclaimed in the Little Hills Region.
John & Marie Hockmeyer, Ruth & Clark Smith and the Coates Shiverdecker family were from the Saint Charles area, but were attending church at the Baden, MO Church of God, which was pastored by Bro. James Poe. The pastor of the Fulton, MO Church of God (Holiness), Bro. Floyd Rodgers was interested in seeing a church started in Saint Charles and encouraged the three families in their desire to see a church started. He and John Hockmeyer began looking for a church building along with Paul & Bill Finke at the Baden Church who had a Real Estate Company. They found the church at 550 Jefferson, which at the time, was a Presbyterian Church owned by Lindenwood College. The necessary paperwork was completed and the church was bought for $15,000. The Finke’s donated their commission to the church and payments were made to Lindenwood College.
The people spent many hours fixing the smaller sanctuary into Sunday School rooms, and the basement was made into living quarters for the pastor’s family.
In February 1957 services were started under the leadership of Bro. & Sis. James Poe. Bro. Poe resigned as pastor on July 27, 1960 and the church called Bro. Bill Mays as pastor.
Bro. & Sis. Mays pastored the church from 1960 to 1971. During that time the parsonage at 1211 Olive St. was purchased and The Mays family were able to move out of the church basement into a home!
Since that time our pastors have been:
Bro. Leroy Pugh - July 1971 - June 1978
Bro. Phil Urquiola - July 1978 - June 1980
Bro. Don Englund - July 1980 - June 1983
Bro. Larry DeOrnellis - July 1983 - June 1997
Bro. E.G. Garrett filled in as interim pastor from July 1997 - June 1999
Bro. John Poff - June 1999 - March 2002
Bro. Richard Payne - March 31, 2002 - June 2003
Bro. Steve Dillon - July 2003 - Present
John & Marie Hockmeyer, Ruth & Clark Smith and the Coates Shiverdecker family were from the Saint Charles area, but were attending church at the Baden, MO Church of God, which was pastored by Bro. James Poe. The pastor of the Fulton, MO Church of God (Holiness), Bro. Floyd Rodgers was interested in seeing a church started in Saint Charles and encouraged the three families in their desire to see a church started. He and John Hockmeyer began looking for a church building along with Paul & Bill Finke at the Baden Church who had a Real Estate Company. They found the church at 550 Jefferson, which at the time, was a Presbyterian Church owned by Lindenwood College. The necessary paperwork was completed and the church was bought for $15,000. The Finke’s donated their commission to the church and payments were made to Lindenwood College.
The people spent many hours fixing the smaller sanctuary into Sunday School rooms, and the basement was made into living quarters for the pastor’s family.
In February 1957 services were started under the leadership of Bro. & Sis. James Poe. Bro. Poe resigned as pastor on July 27, 1960 and the church called Bro. Bill Mays as pastor.
Bro. & Sis. Mays pastored the church from 1960 to 1971. During that time the parsonage at 1211 Olive St. was purchased and The Mays family were able to move out of the church basement into a home!
Since that time our pastors have been:
Bro. Leroy Pugh - July 1971 - June 1978
Bro. Phil Urquiola - July 1978 - June 1980
Bro. Don Englund - July 1980 - June 1983
Bro. Larry DeOrnellis - July 1983 - June 1997
Bro. E.G. Garrett filled in as interim pastor from July 1997 - June 1999
Bro. John Poff - June 1999 - March 2002
Bro. Richard Payne - March 31, 2002 - June 2003
Bro. Steve Dillon - July 2003 - Present
Saint Charles
Church of God
(Holiness)
About Us
The Church before the Tornado of 1911 claimed the steeple
The Church as it looks today
