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What man rejected, God established

Seven young people. Faith before a building, money, or title. From cottage prayer meetings to Victory Tabernacle, Portmore New Testament Church of God stands as a work God planted in Portmore.

Early church family archive

Startup story

Portmore was still young when believers commuting from New Testament Church of God at 65 Walham Park Road gathered for prayer. The word that started it was simple: instead of gossiping, why don’t you call a prayer meeting?

Meetings grew in the home of Brother Carlton and Sister Uly Fraser in Edgewater. Neighbors came. Leaders sought guidance. Some labeled them disobedient and unruly. Membership was cancelled and Sunday school reassigned. Still God kept the work.

Rev. Guy S. Notice visited in the 1977 season. Through prayer and prophecy the church heard: this is My work, and I will establish My church in Portmore. A Waterford gospel tent crusade followed. Living room became centre, then primary school, then a house of worship on the hill.

Milestones

Dates we remember

June 1976

Cottage prayer meetings begin.

Sept 5, 1976

First Sunday night at Port Henderson Community Centre (seven persons).

Jan 2, 1977

Sunday morning at Port Henderson Primary. Sunday School grows.

April 17, 1977

Officially organized with fifteen members.

May 3, 1987

Faith Temple dedicated.

Oct 1999

Victory Tabernacle season begins.

Pastoral care

Pastors who carried the work

Scroll to meet the pastors named in our Jubilee story. Each card holds in place as the next one rises into view. Keep scrolling until the last pastor.

Rev. Guy S. Notice

Founder covering support in the early Portmore season.

Rev. Eric Lewis

Piano, song, children’s faith, and the white building on the hill.

Rev. R.A. Blair

Pastoral covering remembered in the church’s Jubilee story.

Rev. W.A. Blair

Tent-era ministry remembered in Jubilee testimony.

Rev. Leslie Pinnock

A season of pastoral leadership in the church’s story.

Rev. Rohan Williams

Assistant Pastor.

Rev. Leonie Samuels

Assistant Pastor.

Rev. Jeff Reed

A season of pastoral leadership in the church’s story.

Rev. Oraine Williams

Assistant Pastor.

Rev. Cornell Shaw

A season of pastoral leadership in the church’s story.

Rev. Kemar Campbell

Assistant Pastor.

Bishop Dr. Orville Plummer

Present senior pastoral leadership.

Rev. Steven Brown

Associate pastor serving with the church family today.

Jubilee memory

Reenactment livestream

Walk the story again through the Jubilee reenactment. Then, now, and forward.

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