The Church has come a long way from since the late 1930's! It all started when Brother M.B. (Meek) Smith would travel from Pulaski to preach from the bed of his pick up truck to a small group of people that would gather each Sunday morning to a spot on the Steve McGavock property, (Near the present site). He would eventually expand the Sunday morning service to an evening service as well.

One evening while a group was gathered for service, a rainstorm forced them to seek shelter in a log cabin on the property. Brother Smith received permission from the McGavock family to hold regular services in the cabin after that, and it became the meeting place for the church for the next six or seven years.

A little white church was purchased sometimes after that from a congregation that had dissipated in the Red Hill area of the county about 10 miles from where the church is now located. The congration was about 30 members strong at the time of the purchase. They disassembled the little church, piece by piece, and marked each board so that it could be reconstructed the same way after being transported to the new Draper's Valley site on the McGavoc property. The picture of the little white church with the congregation outside was taken in the late 1950's. The Pastor was the Rev. Dallas Jewell. He is pictured near the church door holding one of his twin sons. His wife Juanita is just below him on the steps with the other son. Several of the young people and kids are still members and attend the current church today.

Following Pastor M.B. Smith up until the time that Rev. Jewell would become the pastor, the church was under the leadership of; Brother Cline Atkinson, Brother Dewey Wood, Brother Edgar Rogers, and Brother Dave Bralley.

In 1964 under the leadership of Pastor Jewell around 90 members made the decision to construct a new church. The church secured a loan to finance the building project for a new brick building. This church building, with some addtions added on over the years, now serves as the Draper Valley Church Fellowship Hall. Pastor Jewell was the Shepherd from 1958 until 1970 enjoying a very successful ministry at the church. He has currently retired from full time pastoring and still attends the church occassionaly. He returned to preach the homecoming message in 2006. In 1970, Rev. Ray Humphries became the pastor. Under his leadership, the church was growing considerably. They had used mobile classrooms to house their Sunday school and youth classes. This led them to purchase additional land from the McGavoc family with some being donated, and took on another construction project to erect a bigger church. In 1978 the current church was completed with Rev. Humphries and several of the members in the congregation doing a lot of the work. They would later construct a parsonage located next to the Fellowship Hall with the same crew. Pastor Humphries led the church until 1983. He would later pastor the St. Paul Pentecostal Holiness church in the East Piney section of the county, about 10 miles from the Draper Valley church.

The Rev. Kenneth Fogus became the pastor at Draper Vally in 1983 and served until 2002. Under his leadership the church added an addition to the Fellowship Hall and the lower side parking lot next to the Truck Stop. The Rev. James Dunn, former pastor of the Pentecostal church in Erwin, Tennessee, became pastor in 2002 and would lead the church until 2006. His Associate Pastor, Rev. Michael (Mike) Ingo, who had served the church as an assistant under Pastor Fogus, was elected pastor in September 2006, and is currently serving at Draper Valley. The church has recently expanded the stage area and has created a media / sound center in the rear of the sanctuary.

Because of the providential plan of God, the hard work, persistance, faithfulness, and obedience of the membership and leaders, the Draper Valley church is what is today: A House of Prayer where lives are changed, hurts are healed, and hope restored!

To God Be The Glory as we continue to serve Him until Christ comes!