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A native of Abilene, [[Texas]], the Reverend Church was one of four children of Henry Gant Church (1908-1998) and the former Jewel Marie Deatherage (1912-1999). An older brother was Bobby Gene Church (1931-1996). These Churches are interred at IOOF Memory Gardens Cemetery in Norman, Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37043565|title=Henry Gant Church|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}</ref> His twin brother is Terry Nolan Church of Moore, Oklahoma.<ref name=obit/>

A native of Abilene, [[Texas]], the Reverend Church was one of four children of Henry Gant Church (1908-1998) and the former Jewel Marie Deatherage (1912-1999). An older brother was Bobby Gene Church (1931-1996). These Churches are interred at IOOF Memory Gardens Cemetery in Norman, Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37043565|title=Henry Gant Church|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}</ref> His twin brother is Terry Nolan Church of Moore, Oklahoma.<ref name=obit/>

A native of Abilene in Taylor County, Texas, Church became a Christian at the age of seven in a home [[Bible]] study and spent his life winning others to [[Jesus Christ]]. After graduation from Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas,<ref name=wnd/> he attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, [[Tennessee]], from which he graduated in 1962. Earlier, on August 16, 1958, he married the former Linda Clarice Jordan in Lubbock. The couple had two children, Jerry, Jr., and  Terri J. McInnis, and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> In 1963, Church was the founding pastor of the Wayne Avenue Baptist Church, located at 5505 Wayne Avenue in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/> An affiliate of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, Wayne Avenue was originally known as the Western Hills Baptist Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031806/rel_031806085.shtml#.VpXTS4-cE2w|title=Church Briefly|date=March 18, 2006|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}</ref> From the Wayne Avenue Church, [[Ross Spencer]] in August 1973 established the nearby Bethany Baptist Church, an [[Independent Baptist]] congregation at 40th Street and Quaker Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61713588/|title=Children Fete Spencer Duo|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 27, 1976|page=27|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref>  

A native of Abilene in Taylor County, Texas, Church became a Christian at the age of seven in a home [[Bible]] study and spent his life winning others to [[Jesus Christ]]. After graduation from Lubbock High School in [[Lubbock]], Texas,<ref name=wnd/> he attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, [[Tennessee]], from which he graduated in 1962. Earlier, on August 16, 1958, he married the former Linda Clarice Jordan in Lubbock. The couple had two children, Jerry, Jr., and  Terri J. McInnis, and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> In 1963, Church was the founding pastor of the Wayne Avenue Baptist Church, located at 5505 Wayne Avenue in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/> An affiliate of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, Wayne Avenue was originally known as the Western Hills Baptist Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/031806/rel_031806085.shtml#.VpXTS4-cE2w|title=Church Briefly|date=March 18, 2006|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}</ref> From the Wayne Avenue Church, [[Ross Spencer]] in August 1973 established the nearby Bethany Baptist Church, an [[Independent Baptist]] congregation at 40th Street and Quaker Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61713588/|title=Children Fete Spencer Duo|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 27, 1976|page=27|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref>  

Church also founded the Western Hills Baptist Academy. He remained at the Wayne Avenue Church before relocating in 1979 to Oklahoma City, where he and his family attended First Southern Baptist Church of Del City, Oklahoma. There he launched ''Prophecy In The News''.<ref name=obit/>  

Church also founded the Western Hills Baptist Academy. He remained at the Wayne Avenue Church before relocating in 1979 to Oklahoma City, where he and his family attended First Southern Baptist Church of Del City, Oklahoma. There he launched ''Prophecy In The News''.<ref name=obit/>