Our History

In 1954, Woodstock, Illinois was primarily a rural, farming community with an agrarian economy and a burgeoning industrial base. The growing population served as fertile ground to plant seeds of salvation and reap a harvest of souls for the Lord. That year, Reverend David Peterson and his wife Joyce went out from Zion Bible Institute to pioneer a new work in Woodstock.

The first services of Woodstock Assembly of God were held in the Odd Fellows Hall. In 1956, the fledgling congregation moved to a larger facility on Willow Street and held services in what now is a single family dwelling. The dedication reception was served on tables made from saw horses and planks and rooms partitioned with sheets strung across wires served as Sunday School classes, but the church flourished.

The expanding congregation, growing in faith and in numbers, necessitated still another move. Under the leadership of Pastor Peterson, the members purchased an old church building at "Six Corners." The congregation worshipped at "Six Corners" until the members constructed a new edifice in 1968. The red brick church at 1201 Dean Street still serves the congregation today.

In 1977 Woodstock Assembly of God said goodbye to Pastor and Mrs. Peterson as they moved from Woodstock to Westminster, California. Then Pastor Johnny Ashburn took the pulpit, and served the growing congregation until God called him into full-time Missionary work to India in 2002. In the years that Pastor Ashburn served, approximately 20 persons or families were sent out into occupational Christian ministry of various sorts.

In 2003, Woodstock Assembly of God welcomed Rev. Roger A Willis as it's third Senior Pastor.