ABSTRACT
Mother Phillips was the twelfth of fourteen children. At the age of seventeen, she moved to Baltimore. She was a member of the United Holiness Church in Pulaski, Virginia. She joined the Gospel Render Baptist Church, pastored by the late Rev. William Butler. In 1938, she established a Sunday School in the dining room of her home at 916 Madison Avenue, while also feeding the needy. In 1945, she became a principal charter member of the Alpha and Omega Church of God Tabernacle. The name of the church was changed to the Alpha and Omega Pentecostal Church of America, Inc. There are eight churches, St. John, St. James, True Vine, Church #3 and Church #4, in Baltimore; True Gospel and St. Matthew's in Philadelphia; and St. Luke in Saint Augustine, Florida; and a mission in Kingston, Jamaica. There are eleven pastors. This church had the first black youth camping site in Baltimore for inner city youth, Camp Alpha and Omega. The church supports a school that teaches English, geography, and the Bible. Members believe in the Trinity and the Pentecostal doctrine. The church's doctrine reserves the baptism of the Holy Ghost for the sanctified. The present leader is Mother Phillips' brother, Rev. John Mabe. Assisting is Mother Phillips' sister, Evangelist Annie Porter. Statistics: 1990, 800 members not including the mission in Kingston. National convention in August.
