About True Gospel Temple
Our Motto
Membership
WE will go and EVANGELIZE this community to win souls.
Ministry
WE will SPREAD THE GOSPEL throughout the land, inspiring people to know that JESUS saves from the GUTTER MOST to the UTTER MOST.
Maturity
WE are HELPERS ONE to ANOTHER, ACCOUNTABLE and RESPONSIBLE.
Mission
WE will FEED, CLOTHE, EDUCATE, and ENCOURAGE our FELLOW MAN.
Our Motto
Our Pastor
BISHOP REGINALD C. SPEED, JR., was born in St. Louis on December 20th to Bishop Reginald C. Speed, Sr. and Elect Lady Armilia L. Speed. BISHOP and First Lady Darlene Taylor Speed have been happily married for 23 years and they are the proud parents of five sons: Donte’ (Hymita), Armon, Joshua, Tristan and Ian Jacob; and two grandchildren, Emmanuel, Legacy, and Israel.
BISHOP is a graduate of Hazelwood East High School and currently holds a BSBA in Business Administration from the University of Missouri St. Louis in Corporate Finance, and a minor in accounting.
Born and raised in church, BISHOP has been actively serving in ministry for more than thirty years. He has been proclaiming the gospel for more than eighteen years and currently serves as Pastor of TRUE GOSPEL TEMPLE CHURCH. BISHOP was confirmed to the Bishopric during the 2015 Pure Gospel Interdenominational Fellowship Convocation, and currently serves as Secretary General for the same.
Bishop Reginald Speed Jr.
Pastor
Darlene Speed
First Lady
Church History
TRUE GOSPEL TEMPLE CHURCH (CHURCH) was founded in 1986 by Bishop Augustus S. Holman, Sr. and Mother Artie Mae Holman. The ministry began as Thursday night Bible Class in the basement of their ranch style home at 10468 Halls Ferry Road, St. Louis, Missouri. Bishop and Mother Holman were in total agreement regarding opening their home to the Saints. Later that year they humbly obeyed the voice of the Lord and began holding regular Sunday service with 8 faithful members (THE GIDEON FEW). Elder Reginald C. Speed, Sr. was appointed Assistant Pastor and Elder Edward G. Holman, Sr. was appointed Junior Pastor. These two would become Bishop Holman’s JOSHUA AND CALEB, respectively.
TRUE GOSPEL TEMPLE CHURCH’S first family members were Mother Lillian Tillman, her daughter Goldie Green and Goldie Green’s children. The Word of Healing AND Deliverance went forth and the basement ministry filled up with people dressed in their Sunday best. Bishop and Mother Holman not only fed the Saints Spiritual Food every Sunday but they fed them Physical Food as well. In 1987 the Lord spoke to them again and said, “IT IS TIME TO GET A BUILDING”, and directed their attention to the former Payless Shoe Store located at 2429 N. 14th Street. With little money in the bank yet trusting God, Bishop Holman stepped out on faith and made a gallant offer of $35,000 for the building. THE BASEMENT MEMBERSHIP sang inspirational songs such as “Climbing Up the Mountain” and “We’ve Come This Far By Faith”, and they fasted, prayed, and waited for God to answer. After the offer was accepted, the building was renovated with the CHURCH LOOK and TRUE GOSPEL TEMPLE CHURCH officially opened its doors in February of 1988.
From the very beginning TRUE GOSPEL TEMPLE CHURCH experienced many adversities and struggles leaving to question, “Did God really call us to do this work?” But Bishop and Mother Holman pressed through the wilderness experience by fasting and praying and TRUE GOSPEL TEMPLE CHURCH became an Army of Warriors for God.