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887  <div class="pages-intro">
888    <h1>History</h1>
889    <p>Where we came from, and where we&#039;re headed as a church family.</p>
890  </div>
891</div>
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893<div class="page-content">
894  <div class="page-container">
895                    <h1 style="color:#647C96;text-align:left;">Where we come from:
896    </h1>
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898      <p>First Church was founded in 1956 and has sought to serve the spiritual needs of Charlotte ever since. We are Apostolic in our heritage, Spirit-filled in our style. Our current bishop, David T. Elms served between 1975 until present. Nathan Elms, our Lead Pastor, has served since 2000.</p>
899    </div>
900                    <h1 style="color:#647C96;text-align:left;">Where we&#039;re headed:
901    </h1>
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903      <p>It is our passion to be a church that is planted within the Charlotte area like a Tree of Life. Broken people partake and are made whole. Sick people partake and are healed. Spiritual orphans partake and find themselves adopted. These things happen at First Church, and we celebrate them as testimonies of divine love.</p>
904    </div>
905                    <h1 style="color:#647C96;text-align:left;">What this means for you:
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