IN Rememberance Of Dr. Andrew Lee Thurman
Founder of "The Saint Michaels Church Of God In Christ"
Dr. Thurman during his formative years was called to the ministry. A kid preacher at the age of fifteen years old. Dr. Thurman preached out his first church in Jacksonville Alabama, with the help of his mother Sarah Thurman.
At the age of seventeen he was ordained. He founded and built his first church in 1945 where many souls were saved. In 1949 he met his soon to be wife "Jennell Couch" in Birmingham Alabama. They were married in 1950. To that union was borne six children, three boys and three girls.
Together they propagated the word of God throughout "Anniston" and "Andalusia Alabama". There greatest mission then might have been their early morning radio program WCTA aired Sunday morning in "Andalusia Ala"..
The first voice you would hear was the now known as "Mother Thurman" singing and playing the piano, who at that time was known as the song bird of the south. What followed after the annointed singing of mother was the Holy Ghost anointed preaching of elder Thurman, "preaching Christ and the Cross", and many were saved as a result of the Holy Spirit giving them the latitude.
Three of his most favored messages were,(The spot that spoiled) (What in hell do you want) and (She quit me without a cause). He was instrumental in the establishment of the "Greater Maryland State Evangelistic Board" and served as it's president for several years.
He founded "The Union" ... a coalescing of churches promoting brotherhood in the sanctity of the Spirit.
In 1988, he was awarded the degree of "Doctor of Divinity", by the Trinity Hall College and Seminary. June 25th 1987 he worked at "Mercantile Safe Deposit Bank" in Baltimore Maryland until his retirement. Adhering to the call of God to fully engage without distraction in full time ministry. His work is a testiment of his life and a rock that sustained a life long commitment to Christ. He founded the Easton Community Church Of God In Christ", where many were saved, including the Saint Michaels COGIC", in Saint Michaels Maryland where he was the Pastor up until the time of his death.