Woodrow Wilson 1913-2002

Jessie Wilson 1914 -2005

Founders of the First Apostolic Church  - 1965

Bro. Wilson was placed in an orphanage in Tiffin, Ohio at the age of eleven when his parents passed away.  At the age of eighteen he left the orphanage and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. His older brother took him to church where he was baptized in Jesus Name and was filled with the Holy Ghost. He was a faithful member and deacon of the First Apostolic Church of Cincinnati until moving to Frankfort, Kentucky in 1964.

Bro. Wilson received the call to the ministry shortly after receiving the Holy Ghost. He preached weekend revivals with Bro. Elza Wilson in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky during the fifties and early sixties. He played the guitar and sang. He was known for singing                                "If Jesus Leads This Army. "   Play the Video Below.

Bro. & Sis. Wilson founded the First Apostolic Church of Frankfort in August 1965. He received a General License with the United Pentecostal Church in 1966 and was ordained in 1969 at Raceland, Kentucky. He was pastor of the Frankfort church from 1965-1994.