From tent revival to a new Wellington Church

  • FLOYD KILLOUGH
    FLOYD KILLOUGH
  • Ethel and Marcus Musick Photos Courtesy of the Collection of Floyd Killough
    Ethel and Marcus Musick Photos Courtesy of the Collection of Floyd Killough
  • The five oldest Musick children
    The five oldest Musick children
  • I. . Assembly of God, 8th and Dalhart St., Wellington
    I. . Assembly of God, 8th and Dalhart St., Wellington
  • Rev. Jolliff conducted Baptisms in Buck Creek.
    Rev. Jolliff conducted Baptisms in Buck Creek.

    In June 1927, the renowned Assembly of God evangelist and church planter Ethel Musick erected a large tent and welcomed people from all across Collingsworth County to a nightly revival that would continue for over seven months.

    Born near Chickasha, Okla. in 1895, Ethel Smith grew up in a dysfunctional family. She said that her father often came home drunk, and her mother would take her and her sibl…