
On Sunday, October 14, 2007, during the eleven o’clock worship service, Pastor Tates preached his first sermon as the official pastor of Powerhouse Church. His appointment came months after the transition of the church’s founder, Superintendent Dr. of Texas Southeast First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction to become the second pastor of the Powerhouse Church of God in Christ. On September 28, 2007, Pastor Tates was appointed by Bishop Rufus Kyles, Jr. He would continue in this capacity until 2007. Woodard, Sr., and served as an Assistant to his father at the Faith Temple COGIC-Englewood of Houston, TX until the year 2000 when he succeeded him as pastor. He was ordained an Elder in the Church of God in Christ in July of 1986 by the late Bishop Robert E. Four years later, he would answer the call to the gospel ministry in May of 1983. He was saved and dedicated his life to the Lord in May of 1979. And in 1979, he earned his Masters Degree from the Moody Bible Institute School of Theology. Mason Bible College earning a Bachelors Degree. He also continued in his religious studies and became a 1975 graduate of C.H.
