Rev. John J. Kinsfather was the pastor of The First Pentecostal Church in Abilene, TX. He pastored and co-pastored the church for forty years. Rev. Kinsfather was active in the church until his death at the age of eighty. He was a great teacher of the Bible and had many, many, young ministers brought up under his teaching. He was a powerful, spiritual leader, operating with the nine gifts of the spirit of the Lord. His legacy in the Pentecostal faith is well-known and still recognized all across the southern US. Rev. Kinsfather also started a mission on the north side of Abilene and financed the start of a church overseas.
The Rev. J.J. Kinsfather was preceded in death by wives, Mollie (Foos) Kinsfather and Grace Thompson Kinsfather.
Rev. John & Mollie Kinsfather had two daughters, Shirley L. (Kinsfather) Mayhall and Elsie J. (Kinsfather) Windland.
Rev. J. J. Kinsfather came across the Atlantic Ocean with his family in 1914, at the age of 8, just before the start of WWI. His father, a full-blood German , did not wish to be drafted and therefore have to fight with the Russian army. They initially settled in Colorado, where John met Mollie. They married and moved to Mercedes, Tx where the girls were born and John operated a citrus farm. He later moved Mollie and the girls to Shertz, New Braunfels, and eventually Abilene. He could speak three languages, German, Spanish, and English, fluently. He was a master lamp craftsman, and jack-of-all-trades.
The Rev. J.J. Kinsfather was preceded in death by wives, Mollie (Foos) Kinsfather and Grace Thompson Kinsfather.
Rev. John & Mollie Kinsfather had two daughters, Shirley L. (Kinsfather) Mayhall and Elsie J. (Kinsfather) Windland.
Rev. J. J. Kinsfather came across the Atlantic Ocean with his family in 1914, at the age of 8, just before the start of WWI. His father, a full-blood German , did not wish to be drafted and therefore have to fight with the Russian army. They initially settled in Colorado, where John met Mollie. They married and moved to Mercedes, Tx where the girls were born and John operated a citrus farm. He later moved Mollie and the girls to Shertz, New Braunfels, and eventually Abilene. He could speak three languages, German, Spanish, and English, fluently. He was a master lamp craftsman, and jack-of-all-trades.
Rev. John J. Kinsfather was the pastor of The First Pentecostal Church in Abilene, TX. He pastored and co-pastored the church for forty years. Rev. Kinsfather was active in the church until his death at the age of eighty. He was a great teacher of the Bible and had many, many, young ministers brought up under his teaching. He was a powerful, spiritual leader, operating with the nine gifts of the spirit of the Lord. His legacy in the Pentecostal faith is well-known and still recognized all across the southern US. Rev. Kinsfather also started a mission on the north side of Abilene and financed the start of a church overseas.
The Rev. J.J. Kinsfather was preceded in death by wives, Mollie (Foos) Kinsfather and Grace Thompson Kinsfather.
Rev. John & Mollie Kinsfather had two daughters, Shirley L. (Kinsfather) Mayhall and Elsie J. (Kinsfather) Windland.
Rev. J. J. Kinsfather came across the Atlantic Ocean with his family in 1914, at the age of 8, just before the start of WWI. His father, a full-blood German , did not wish to be drafted and therefore have to fight with the Russian army. They initially settled in Colorado, where John met Mollie. They married and moved to Mercedes, Tx where the girls were born and John operated a citrus farm. He later moved Mollie and the girls to Shertz, New Braunfels, and eventually Abilene. He could speak three languages, German, Spanish, and English, fluently. He was a master lamp craftsman, and jack-of-all-trades.
The Rev. J.J. Kinsfather was preceded in death by wives, Mollie (Foos) Kinsfather and Grace Thompson Kinsfather.
Rev. John & Mollie Kinsfather had two daughters, Shirley L. (Kinsfather) Mayhall and Elsie J. (Kinsfather) Windland.
Rev. J. J. Kinsfather came across the Atlantic Ocean with his family in 1914, at the age of 8, just before the start of WWI. His father, a full-blood German , did not wish to be drafted and therefore have to fight with the Russian army. They initially settled in Colorado, where John met Mollie. They married and moved to Mercedes, Tx where the girls were born and John operated a citrus farm. He later moved Mollie and the girls to Shertz, New Braunfels, and eventually Abilene. He could speak three languages, German, Spanish, and English, fluently. He was a master lamp craftsman, and jack-of-all-trades.
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