Sunday mornings. The day of the week when people awake early, dress in their finest clothes and travel to pray and rejoice in the house of the Lord.

But as everyone knows, not all houses are the same.

The year was 1925.

Those in downtown Steubenville were looking for a place for the community to go. A place where they would be welcomed and where they could come to be filled with the spirit of the Holy Ghost.

It was then that Brother Fred Blackwell and Sister Carine (Washington) Jamison began as members of what would become known as the Fire Baptized Holiness Church.

In regards to this particular structure, however, it was not your typical standard church building.

There was no steeple or bell tower in which to speak of. There were no padded pews or stained-glass windows. No choir lof

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