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 Pastor Cox  recieved the Holy Ghost on Oct. 19, 1978, in Jacksonville Fla. at the age of 16. He has been in the ministry full time since Jan. 1990. He and his family evangelized four and a half years before becoming pastor of a wonderful church in Yucaipa, CA. in Aug. of 1994. He pastored there for eleven and a half years. While in Yucaipa he served as the sectional secretary for section two. He also served as the Regional Foreign Missions Director for Southern California and Southern Nevada. He was appointed by the UPCI Headquarters Foreign Mission Department as the Western Regional Faith Promise Representative which included (California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington State). He resigned as pastor in Yucaipa, CA on Feb. 1, 2006 and moved to Florissant, MO, (Headquarters) to serve as a Faith Promise Representative nation wide. He and his family were elected as pastor in Abbeville, LA on Feb. 28, 2007. He now serves as the Foreign Mission Director of sections 2 & 3. in Southern LA. He also works as a substitute teacher in the Vermillion Parish School District. This is a great outreach tool for him. The Church Has grown in one year from under 20 to averaging over 60. Pastor Cox is thrilled to be in Abbeville and especially thankful to God for what is happening there in the church.

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_{Sis. Cox was raised in a wonderful christian home in TX. She recieved the Holy Ghost at the age of eleven years old. She's been singing and leading choirs since she was a teenager. She's been a tremendous blessing to her husbands ministry and a wonderful mother to her children. She's such a Godly example as a pastors wife and to ladies everywhere. She's a piano & organ player in our church as well as lead singer . God smiled on the church of Abbeville when he gave them Sis. Cox as the 1st lady.}

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Nathan is a right hand help to his dad. He leads service, plays the drums and is the youth leader. Nathan is a powerfully, annointed minister of the gospel. He has a wonderful, loving and compassionate spirit and personality that every one is attracted to. We are blessed to have Nathan at the 1st U.P.C. of Abbeville.

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The Tudor's are a wonderful couple that everyone loves, especially young people. They are very demonstrative and creative when it comes to ministering to children. Sis. Tudor is very talented in writing and performing puppet shows. Together they are a blessing to our church and in the Sunday School department.

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Sis. Julie is a wonderful Christian lady and does an exceptional job as church secretary. She is a Sunday School teacher for ages 7 - 11. She is a right hand lady to Sis. Cox. She has a can't do enough for God and the church spirit. The church of Abbeville is blessed to have Sis. Julie as a member.

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Sis. Mandy has been under the ministry of the Cox's for a total of 12 years. She is a wonderful christian lady. She along with other tasks is the one who heads up recognition for special events such as special days, birthdays and holidays. We are blessed to have her in the Abbeville Pentecostal Church.

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Bro. T-Boy is in charge of coordinating special dinners for after church fellowship, ministers dinners, banquet's etc.. He is a right hand man to the pastor's family. Bro. T-Boy has such a wonderful, giving spirit of himself and his time to God and the church. The church of Abbeville is blessed to have Bro. T-Boy with us.