Sallisaw First has been a central part of our community since 1926. Here, you can find a place to belong, whether looking for family or a place to bring your family. Join us in experiencing a Spirit-filled life based on the Biblical principles of loving God and our neighbors.
We are for those who don’t know Jesus yet.
Jesus came to show the world that people could have hope, forgiveness, love, and a life beyond their imagination. That is why every service at Sallisaw First includes a chance for people to meet Jesus and say yes to a life with Him.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
We Are a Family.
We want everyone who enters our doors to feel like they belong to a community of believers who become a family that loves and supports each other. Wherever you come from, you can belong here.
"And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. "
We are focused on raising and reaching the next generation.
Reaching children and students is one of our most important tasks. Statistics show that children and teens hold onto the beliefs and habits they’re taught at a young age well into adulthood. That’s why our 120 Youth ministries involve working with parents to help them raise children and teens who love God and love others.
" Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."
The Holy Spirit leads us.
Sallisaw First is a church that believes in the gifts and power of a life led by the Holy Spirit. God gave us the Holy Spirit as our helper, and we want to acknowledge Him and His work in everything we do.
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."
At the Core of our Culture is one simple thought. Love God, Serving Other and Growing Together is about relationships and not religion. If you want to explore this thought more, click on the button for our reasoning.
The First Assembly of God in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, was birthed in 1926 because of a desire to see more of God in individual lives and the fullness of the operation of the Holy Spirit within a corporate body of believers. There was no Pentecostal church in the Sallisaw, but as the Holy Spirit began to move, God implanted a burden upon someone’s heart to start such a movement in Sallisaw. Thus, the church that stands today is the result of that burden and the hunger that existed within the lives of two extraordinary ladies, Sister Hazel Herring and Sister Redding – two women whom God chose to use, paving the way for many others to follow, as their simple obedience was the beginning of many blessings for this small Oklahoma town.
Sister Herring's childhood experience of salvation in a country church in Michigan remained an important part of her life as she and her husband moved to Sallisaw. Responding to a stirring within her she desired more of the Lord. She was influenced by her mother, a follower of the ministry of Aimee McPherson in Los Angeles. From her mother's experience, she learned of the rebirth and resurgence of Pentecost. Upon hearing these things, Sister Herring became much more interested and desirous to learn what God was doing.
Meanwhile, another lady in Sallisaw by the name of Sister Redding was filled with the Holy Spirit while visiting her daughter in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Being excited then by this new power and the supernatural gifts that ensued, Sister Redding soon brought Sister Herring to Okmulgee to attend a church service with her, and there, Sister Herring was also filled with the Holy Spirit. It was through that outpouring that those two women began to experience a fullness of God that would change not only their own lives but the community in which they lived as well.
A short time after being baptized in the Holy Spirit, Sister Redding and Sister followed God’s direction to begin establishing a Pentecostal church in Sallisaw. Looking for a plot of land upon which to build the church, they drove through the town center. They believed this was where the church should be, in the center of the community. Seeing a man named W.W. Payne out mowing his yard, they stopped and asked him if he knew of a lost item they could buy. Miraculously, Mr. Payne told them of a tax deed to a lot on the corner of Chickasaw and Pine, which they would be welcome to do if they would just pay the delinquent taxes. Excitedly, the two made their way to the courthouse and prepared to pay the six-dollar tax. But the sovereign hand of God would still be found at work, for as they started to settle, God led the county treasurer to apply two of his dollars to the six dollars owed! Therefore, rejoicing in how God was moving on their behalf, the two church founders went on their way with great gladness.
Using the savings Sister Redding had accumulated, the women purchased a small two-room house for fifty dollars and relocated it to the property. Seeing progress, people whom the two ladies had invited to the church came, and the job of remodeling the tiny house to make one large room for worship began.
The Sallisaw church became affiliated with the General Council of the Assemblies of God in 1939 and has continuously maintained that affiliation to date. For a more detailed history of Sallisaw First, please click the button for a pdf history.
The Assemblies of God statement of faith is called "Sixteen Fundamental Truths." For more complete statements, click the link to a pdf of those statements here: https://sallisawfirst.tithelysetup.com/pages/statement-of-faith
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