Heroes of Faith

Rev David Campbell
Born in Northern Ireland on 5th July, 1927. After graduation from secondary school, he went against the wishes of his parents to pursue training in the civil engineering field, and began to study theology in preparation for the ministry. After years of intensive study, he accepted the great truths of the absolute deity of Jesus Christ and baptism in Jesus Name.
In 1969 Brother Campbell went to Scotland and helped pioneer the work in that country. After spend¬ing two years erecting a church and training young minister, he answered the call to assist in the estab¬lishment of a work in North-East England. He was the pastor of “Life Tabernacle” in Sunderland, England. He passed away while ministering on a trip to the U.S. in 1981.
He will always be remembered as a great family man, gifted preacher & teacher, a man of serious and sober disposition but with a balance of humour. He served many years on the District (National) Board and was an honorary member.

Rev Lloyd G. Edwards
Rev Edwards was a pioneer of the work in this country being among those who first met together on Plough Road in the early sixties. He was born in Jamaica on 3rd January, 1923 being one of ten children. At the age of 17 he accepted Christ as his Saviour and faithfully served the Lord until his death on 26th September 1991. He came to England in 1956 and was employed by the Post Office until his retirement in 1983. In that same year he married Ruby Elaine and to them were born four children Junior, Phillip, Karl and Rose.
Since the starting of the UPC in Britain Brother Edwards who had previously attended the church on Wildman Street, Kingston, Jamaica became a stalwart for the truth and an ever present at all the functions in the organisation. He was ordained in 1975 and served on the Board first as Missions Secretary and for a short while as Secretary Treasurer. He was a faithful minister in his duties as associate minister in Calvary Temple for many years and a man of great Christian character. He served on the District (National) Board, Missions Director and editor of Pentecostal Truth.

Rev F J Turley
Born 28 August 1928 and raised in Pentecost; as a child he initially felt the love of God when he was 8 years old. In his late teens he entered Bible College in London during the final months of WWII. Just a few of the interesting people he met in these years were Howard Carter, Smith Wigglesworth and George Jeffries. These men had a profound impact on the Pentecostal movement in the British Isles. After Bible School he evangelised. In the early 1950’s in London when he was going door to door inviting people to church, he came across a Jamaican home and was invited in. There he was introduced to baptism in the name of Jesus by Bishop Dunn and not long after was baptised. The fellowship he had with a oneness group in Northern Ireland confirmed the revelation of the Oneness of God. His ministry began in Leeds (1957) and then moved to Horsforth (a small village outside Leeds) and then onto London. He then moved onto the Midlands in 1959 to help his father and bring the truth to the Assembly of God Church.
In 1965 he met Bro Mervyn Miller, missionary of the United Pentecostal Church in America who came to visit and preach. Afterward he pioneered the United Pentecostal Church in Bilston and was able to purchase the building, this was the first building purchased for the UPC in Great Britain.
In 1972 he preached for the UPC General Conference in Miami, Florida. His greatest hero was John Wesley, because of his message of holiness, which delivered a nation to God causing a worldwide revival. One of his greatest joys was to see a new minister in the Lord. He is best known for his many years of service as Secretary/ Treasurer of the UPC of Great Britain and Ireland, also as Editor of the Pentecostal Truth for 19 years, his unmistakable style of preaching and could play piano and sing. He was greatly loved and respected by his fellow ministers. Fred Turley passed away 27 May 2008, a man who was faithful to the end.
Books by F J Turley: “So Great Salvation” & “Understanding Spiritual Gifts”

Rev James C H Dallas
Rev James Dallas was born on 4th September, 1937 in Garva, Northern Ireland and passed away on 1st July 2001. He was brought up in the Presbyterian Church and later came into his Pentecostal experience. He soon had a desire to study the Word of God and attended Apostolic Bible Institute in the USA. After graduating from ABI he began his ministry by assisting Bro Charles Price in the Shepherds Bush/Hammersmith area. After this he and Bro Mervyn Miller held services in Howland Hall, Streatham. From there they moved to Calvary Temple, Camberwell where he served as one of the assistants under Bro Miller’s leadership. During this time he became involved with the starting of the church in Kilburn, where he worked with Bro Eddie Hall.
Then he began his major pastoral work, the founding and pastoring of Life Tabernacle Church, Battersea which will forever be a memorial to his ministry. After 28 years he returned to his beloved Ireland to pioneer new churches.
He served in many roles; Missions Director, Pentecostal Truth Editor, member of the Global Council and was elected as General Superintendent in 1977, a position which he held 25 years right up until his passing. He is best known for his sense of humility, and his greatest desire being to train and develop young men for the ministry.