HISTORY

Prayer Band

Sis. Travis Lucky began a Prayer Band in January of 1967 by holding prayer meetings in the homes of Sis. Nelson, Mother Johnson, Sis. Luethel Stephens and Bro. Harese and Sis. Bertie Lawrence. Sis Lucky walked the neighborhood knocking on doors and inviting people to the prayer band. The prayer band continued for about a year.

Some of the original members of the prayer band may have included:

Sis. Nelson

Sis. Sneed

Sis. Frances Johnson

Sis. Erma Johnson

Sis. Luethel Stephens

Sis. Frankie Salter

Sis. Birdie Lawrence

Bro. Harese Lawrence

Pastoral Ministry

Sis. Travis Lucky was given the pastoral ministry after she started the prayer band. By the leading of the Lord, she began looking for a building to further her ministry. She found a building on Beaumont Street and moved the ministry there. She named the newly established church Truelight Holy Sanctified, as an extension of her home church in Fort Worth.

Incorporation

The church was incorporated in 1974 and the name was changed to True Vine Miracle Tabernacle.

After the church was established on Beaumont Street, there was a group who began attending which are called the original members. The original members may have included:

Sis. Travis Lucky

Bro. Harese Lawrence

Sis. Birdie Lawrence

Mother Emma Stevens

Mother Hazel Jones

Sis. Annie Bell Wilson

Sis. Leona Wilson

Sis. Annie Pearl Nelson

Sis. Martha Wilson

Bro and Sis. Perry

Pastor Travis Lawrence passed away in 1992 of colon cancer. She believed God to the end, but evidently God was ready to bring her on to Glory. She had definitely fought a good fight, finished her course and kept the faith. She was succeeded by her husband and assistant pastor, Elder Harese Lawrence.

Elder Harese Lawrence

Elder Lawrence continued with the vision of the 7-Year Plan that the Lord had given him to build a new building on Robinson Road. When it was completed, a march was planned from the old building on 14th Street to the new building. We did not actually march (we drove), but the first service was held on April 30, 2000. He changed the name of the church to New True Vine Miracle Tabernacle in July of 2002.  Elder Harese Lawrence pastored until his death in 2004.

Elder Christopher Davis

Brother Christopher Davis was appointed interim Pastor in 2006 and pastor of  New True Vine on his birthday, December 25, 2007. He continues to preach an uncompromising gospel and presses towards the vision of souls being saved in the city of Grand Prairie.