The Temple of Freedom under God, Church of God, is one of the oldest religious organizations located in the District of Columbia, the congregation of which is currently led under the supervision of Elder Walter D. Roman, Sr. Like many of today's Pentecostal churches, the practices and beliefs of the Temple of Freedom under God coincide with the traditional practices of earlier African-American Pentecostal churches, which hold fast to the doctrines that were instilled in the Church for the spread the gospel during the 1900s. The Church of the Spread of the Gospel was founded by a man named Elder Solomon “Lightfoot” Michaux, who was born, raised, and educated in Virginia. In 1906, Lightfoot went to Mary Eliza Pauline, a woman a year his junior who was born and raised in the church. With hard work and dedication, by age 34, Lightfoot had become "a prosperous businessman, securing large government contracts to supply food to defense facilities." Mrs. Michaux prayed daily for her husband's salvation and one day, "God saved him and from then on they worked as a team in the gospel ministry." A year after finding salvation, Elder Michaux was ordained and licensed. He then began preaching in a small church called “Everybody's Mission” that he had built from scratch. Starting from Tutti's Mission, Michaux began building a church again, this time starting from a tent. It was here, in this tent, that one hundred and fifty people came to accept the Lord as their Savior and joined the Michaux family in becoming the foundation of the Church for the Spread of the Gospel (GSC). After years of GSC expansion, Elder Lightfoot later planted ten more churches in various locations, each of... middle of paper... deluded belief in church doctrine, family doctrine, spirit doctrine world and the doctrine of the future. Works Cited Church of God (Temple of Freedom Under God) African American Heritage Trail. (1999). Retrieved March 28, 2011, from Cultural Tourism DC: http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/node/1287Fitzpatrick, S. (1999). The guide to black Washington. New York: Hippocrene Books. May, Cedrick. Evangelism and Resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008. Pinn, A. H., & Pinn, A. B. (2002). Fortitude: An Introduction to the History of the Black Church. Minneapolis: Fortress Augusta.Webb, LA (1981). About my father's business. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Welcome to the Church that spreads the Gospel. (n.d.). Retrieved March 28, 2011, from Gospel Spreading Church: www.http://gospelspreadingchurch.com/