Biography

 Pastor Tommy Hudson was born in Raymondville, Texas to parents that were devout Church of Christ members. When Pastor Hudson was five years old, his father received a personal revelation of the oneness of God and baptism in Jesus Name during his daily prayer and study time.

"The day my father received a personal revelation of Truth, he began looking for a church that taught these Biblical doctrines." His search led him to a small Apostolic church and Pastor Carrie Estridge. The church was in revival with Evangelist Bill Wilkerson.” During the following fifteen years, the Hudson family assisted Brother Wilkerson in starting several new churches in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Arkansas.

During his late teen years, Pastor Hudson joined the United States Air Force and served in Top Secret Assignments during the Vietnam War.  After spending time stationed at “Murphy Dome in Alaska,” he was re-assigned to Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico.  In Roswell, he began attending a small church pastured by Mack D. Abbott.  Under Pastor Abbott’s ministry, Pastor Hudson received the gift of the Holy Ghost and began his personal walk with God.  In Roswell, he also met and married Judy Abbott, Pastor Mack Abbott’s granddaughter.  For the next year, Pastor Hudson served as the Sunday School Director for the church.  As he began to dedicate his life to the Lord, he felt a call into the ministry and he and his new wife moved to Houston, Texas to attend Texas Bible College.   

Soon after the birth of their first child, Jonathan,  Pastor Hudson  was called to Santa Paula, California to assist  his father-in-law, Chester Lewis Abbott, in the church there. Feeling like he should finish his education, Pastor Hudson attended Christian Life College in Stockton, California. While attending college, a little girl, Leveta Shanell, was added to the family.  Along with attending college, Pastor Hudson assisted Pastor J. D. Dansby in Riverbank, California.  Graduating with High Honor, Pastor Hudson, with his family began traveling as a full-time evangelists.  In 1971, the Lord called Evangelist Tommy Hudson to start a home mission work in Mesa, Arizona. In 1976, the Hudson's once again added a little girl, Audrey Denise,  to their family.   The Story of their time in Mesa can be found in a book called, "Miracle through the Fire".  It can be purchased from our bookstore.