Our History, Heritage & Legacy

Looking forward to the future built by the legacy of our past.

The Princeton Pike Church of God was organized January 1, 1925, and had its humble beginning in an upstairs storeroom facility at 25 1/2 Main Street in Hamilton, Ohio. As the congregation grew it was necessary to find a larger gathering place, so the church purchased its first lot and 300-seat building in 1928, located at the corner of 7^th and Chestnut Street in Hamilton. The congregation built a new structure at this same location in 1947 which would seat approximately 400 people.

In 1960, the church purchased thirteen acres of ground and a parsonage at 2470 Princeton Road. Construction of a 600-seat sanctuary began and a new church structure was erected and dedicated in July 1966. In the fall of 1976, construction began for a large multi-purpose Youth Activity Center adjoining the church structure which was dedicated on May 1, 1977.

Steady growth continued which prompted the need to construct a new auditorium adjoining the Princeton Road facility, which would seat approximately 1800 people. Ground was broken for a new sanctuary in 1983, with dedication day on November 18, 1984.

The growth continued and 100 acres was purchased in Liberty Township at the corner of Route 747 (Princeton Glendale Rd) and Millikin Road. On April 15, 2001, Easter Sunday, a new 4000-seat facility was dedicated.

On July 8, 2007 we broke ground for the new Community Ministry Center (CMC) which adjoins the current church location at 6101 Princeton Glendale Road, with a dedication celebration on August 24, 2008. The completion of the 51,000 square foot CMC enabled us to relocate the Potter’s House Child Development Center, along with providing an Interactive and State of the Art Children’s Ministry Center, a Gymnasium that can be quickly transformed into a 400 seat Auditorium, a Fellowship Hall, a 1000 square foot Commercial Kitchen, Student Café, and Game Room.

Outreach Ministries and additional property:

Hispanic Ministry

As the Hispanic speaking attendees continued to grow it was decided to look for a facility of their own to conduct ministry. On May 4, 2005 Princeton Pike Church of God purchased the 12^th Street Church of God. This building was designated as the Pike West Hispanic Outreach Church under the leadership of Pastor Josue Colon. Through the steady growth at Pike West they began looking for a larger facility. On September 16, 2014 the Tuley Road Nazarene Church was purchased for the growing Pike West attendees. The 12^th Street Property is in an open mortgage with Freedom Ministries.

Power Source

Power Source began as a bus ministry in 1989 while still at the Princeton Road location. Due to the growth of the bus ministry we seized the opportunity to rent the Booker T Washington facility building in downtown Hamilton on Front Street for the Sunday services. In the fall of 2009 the First St. John United Methodist Church contacted us regarding their facility located at 412 S. Front Street in Hamilton. They were an aging congregation and recognized the work of Power Source Ministries in the inner-city. We were gifted the building on Front Street December 18, 2009 and began services on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2010.

In addition to the ministry buildings we have acquired to additional pieces of property. The 5 acres and home next to the church on Millikin Road was purchased on June 24, 2005. This property is currently home to the church facility manager. Additional property was purchased on Kendrick Court January 30, 2006 which is currently a parsonage for our Youth Pastor.

The reality of this vision is the culmination of several years of praying, planning, and working together to honor the sacrifices of those who have given throughout every generation so that we may establish a legacy of the Christian faith and the power of Pentecost for generations to come.

Princeton Pike has been blessed throughout the years to have the following men of God Pastor our church:

Rev. James C. York
Rev. G.B. Edwards from ? until June 1929
Rev. Earl Hamilton from 1929 until 1930
Rev. I.L. Benge from 1930 until August 1933
Rev. T.C. Messer from October 1933 to October 1934
Rev. Glyndon Logsdon from October 1934 until October 1936
Rev. Carl Hughes from October 1936 until October 1939
Rev. Joseph Terlissi from October 1939 until October 1940
Rev. James Stephens from October 1940 until October 1942
Rev. U.D. Tidwell from October 1942 until October 1943
Rev. Carl Hughes from October 1943 until October 1945
Rev. Shelton Brock from October 1945 until July 3, 1949
Rev. E.E. Winters from July 3, 1949 until October 5, 1952
Rev. L. Luther Turner from October 6, 1952 until August 29, 1954
Rev. E.O. Byington from August 31, 1954 until December 2, 1962
Rev. M.G. Summers from December 3, 1962 until August 21, 1966
Rev. D.A. Biggs from August 22, 1966 until August 25, 1968
Rev. H.L. Rose from August 26, 1968 until October 11, 1969
Rev. P.E. Dawsey from October 12, 1969 until February 2, 1971
Rev. Joe B. Muncy from February 21, 1971 until August 1976
Rev. Steve L. Brock from August 26, 1976 until September 21, 1980
Rev. Ronald E. Brock from October 26, 1980 until November 15, 1981
Rev. H.B. Thompson, Jr. from November 29, 1981 until July 9, 1989
Rev. Larry J. Timmerman from August 1, 1989 until September 1, 1992
Rev. Dr. Sam A. Luke, Jr. from September 20, 1992 until January 11, 2004
Rev. Timothy M. Hill, Interim Pastor, from January 18 until August 15
Rev. Barry A. Clardy from August 22, 2004 until August 14, 2023
Rev. Tim Oldfield from September 11, 2023 until present.