History of Calvary Gospel Tabernacle

Calvary Gospel Tabernacle was founded in 1951 by the late Rev. Dexter H. McMahon and his wife Glendoline.  The original church was located at 2408 Potomac Ave. in Bakersfield, CA.
They started out with a tent on what is now the parking lot then later built the church building.  They pastored there until their resignation in the late 1960s.

After a Church split one year later, Bro & Sis McMahon founded another Church known as Full Gospel Lighthouse located at 800 Butte St, Bakersfield, CA.  After a few years the name and corporation of Calvary Gospel Tabernacle was handed back
over to Rev McMahon.

The corporation remained active but unused until 2005, where Rev. McMahon handed the corporation to Rev William Underwood; William attended the original Calvary Gospel Tabernacle
as a child and Full Gospel Lighthouse as a teen and young adult and his father was one of the original board members of both Churches.

 

Rev. William Underwood and wife Sharon began a new work under the corporation later that year, holding services at the home of one of the deacons, and then renting a building on Morning Drive in Bakersfield, CA.

In November 2006, they moved to their current location of 424 Sterling Road, Bakersfield, CA which was formerly Hope Tabernacle.

Rev. Dexter H McMahon past away in 2006 just shortly after the Church moved to its current location.  Sister Glendoline currently attends Calvary Gospel Tabernacle as does some of the original Church members.  Rev. William Underwood’s father still serves as a member of the board today.