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The Open Door COGIC-Detroit

Church History

of The Open Door Church of God in Christ – Detroit

The Open Door Church of God in Christ-Detroit, also known as ODC, was founded December 1991.  Our founder, Pastor Alan Ross Evans Sr, was called to the pastoral ministry at the age of 34, along with his beautiful wife, Missionary Shernetta Evans, while serving as a faithful elder and musician at the New Maclin Temple COGIC under the leadership of the late Pastor James M. Maclin Sr.  The Holy Spirit lead our Shepard into this ministry from Genesis 12:1-3:1) “And the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee: 2) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” From Revelation 4:1 came the name Open Door “After this I looked and, behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.”  With less than six families, our first church building was located at 17140 Hayes, Detroit (between Seymour and Spring Garden).  The first service was canceled due to a power outage, but God being sovereign designed for our first service to occur on Sunday, December 29, 1991 at approximately 10am. 
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