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Phoenix Revival Center * Est. 1948 * Our 60th
Year!
The Wesson
family arrived in Phoenix, AZ in 1948. An Arkansas boy by birth, Garland Wesson came to the valley to fulfill a dream:
to build a Pentecostal church. After attending Apostolic College in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he moved westward to Phoenix. He soon
met Virginia Homes, the daughter of Apostolic pioneer Guy Homes. They were married in 1946 … In 1948, Garland and Virginia
pioneered the very first United Pentecostal Church, Apostolic Heritage Church—Phoenix, Arizona.
Reverend Wesson hosted a local radio show in the
mid-1950’s and 1960’s. The church continued to thrive well into the 1980’s under the ministry of the Wessons.
For many years they served as foster parents and their home was always open to wayward youth in need of loving guidance.
Tim R. McCary was saved in
Turlock, California. In 1983 he and Shawnacee were married. He became the successor to G.E. Wesson in May of 1994. He is the
only other pastor in the storied history of Phoenix’s Oldest United Pentecostal Church—now Phoenix Revival Center.
He served on the Arizona District Board for eleven consecutive years and is currently the Secretary for the Men’s Ministry
of the United Pentecostal Church, International.
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