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The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.
-Harry Truman-
Pastor and Sister Wesson are both blessed with a rich heritage. Sister Wesson’s
family settled in Arizona before it became a state. Her great-grandfather, Guy R.
Homes, was a pastor of a Pentecostal Mission from 1922 until 1946 located on Grand
Avenue at a corner location referred to as, “Five Points.”
In December of 1968, Lenna McDonald traveled to Arkansas, where she met the
parents of Kenneth “Mack” Wesson. She was also introduced to Rev. Harland
Wicker, Mack’s pastor. After introductions, Rev. Wicker stated, “The only other
Lenna I have ever known was in Phoenix Arizona when I lived on the property of Bill
and Lenna Pike. He proceeded to share a testimony regarding Lenna’s
grandmother. Rev. Wicker recalled that when he lived in Phoenix he was prayed for
by Sister Pike and received a miraculous healing. This was the first time Lenna had
heard someone other than immediate family members speak to her regarding her
grandmother, Lenna Victoria Homes Pike, who was identified as being a woman of
faith and prayer. Lenna’s grandmother passed away in 1938, prior to Lenna’s birth.
Today, Lenna recognizes how privileged she is having been raised by Godly parents,
Jim and Wilma Pike McDonald.
Susie Butler Wesson, grandmother of Rev. Kenneth Mack Wesson, became a part of
the early Pentecostal revival movement in Arkansas. In 1947, three years before
Mack was born, Sister Susie Wesson witnessed to his mother, Verna Davis Wesson.
This encounter resulted in Verna receiving her personal experience of Pentecost.
These women of faith had a tremendous influence on the life of Mack, and his
determination to work for God. Eventually, Mack relocated to Phoenix from
Arkansas in 1968 at the request of his uncle, Rev. G. E. Wesson. Rev. Wesson, who
had been a pastor for many years in Phoenix, invited Mack to come spend the
summer with him and his family. It was in Pastor G. E. Wesson’s church that Mack
met, and later married, Lenna.
It is the desire of Rev. and Sis. Wesson to share what they feel is a Heritage of Truth
with this city.
-Harry Truman-
Pastor and Sister Wesson are both blessed with a rich heritage. Sister Wesson’s
family settled in Arizona before it became a state. Her great-grandfather, Guy R.
Homes, was a pastor of a Pentecostal Mission from 1922 until 1946 located on Grand
Avenue at a corner location referred to as, “Five Points.”
In December of 1968, Lenna McDonald traveled to Arkansas, where she met the
parents of Kenneth “Mack” Wesson. She was also introduced to Rev. Harland
Wicker, Mack’s pastor. After introductions, Rev. Wicker stated, “The only other
Lenna I have ever known was in Phoenix Arizona when I lived on the property of Bill
and Lenna Pike. He proceeded to share a testimony regarding Lenna’s
grandmother. Rev. Wicker recalled that when he lived in Phoenix he was prayed for
by Sister Pike and received a miraculous healing. This was the first time Lenna had
heard someone other than immediate family members speak to her regarding her
grandmother, Lenna Victoria Homes Pike, who was identified as being a woman of
faith and prayer. Lenna’s grandmother passed away in 1938, prior to Lenna’s birth.
Today, Lenna recognizes how privileged she is having been raised by Godly parents,
Jim and Wilma Pike McDonald.
Susie Butler Wesson, grandmother of Rev. Kenneth Mack Wesson, became a part of
the early Pentecostal revival movement in Arkansas. In 1947, three years before
Mack was born, Sister Susie Wesson witnessed to his mother, Verna Davis Wesson.
This encounter resulted in Verna receiving her personal experience of Pentecost.
These women of faith had a tremendous influence on the life of Mack, and his
determination to work for God. Eventually, Mack relocated to Phoenix from
Arkansas in 1968 at the request of his uncle, Rev. G. E. Wesson. Rev. Wesson, who
had been a pastor for many years in Phoenix, invited Mack to come spend the
summer with him and his family. It was in Pastor G. E. Wesson’s church that Mack
met, and later married, Lenna.
It is the desire of Rev. and Sis. Wesson to share what they feel is a Heritage of Truth
with this city.
