Pastor Earl Holiman received his call to the ministry and began assisting Pastor Edith Johnson at the Christ Temple Church of Paulding, Ohio. He later accepted the pastorate of Christ Temple Church in Bloomington, Indiana. In 1959 Pastor and Sister Holiman obeyed the call to minister in Denver, Colorado. In February 1965, they founded Bethsaida Temple Church.

Their first place of worship was at 3100 Gilpin Street in a storefront building. In 1968, they purchased a building at 2801 Milwaukee Street in which they worshipped for ten years. In June 1978, they purchased property at 37th and Colorado Boulevard and began building a house for the Lord. While the edifice was being built, the church worshipped at 3400 Albion Street for four years. In 1996, God blessed the church to completely remodel and expand the size of the sanctuary.

In the years that followed, the Lord blessed Pastor and Sister Holiman with steady growth. The now, Bethsaida Temple Christian Center owns five homes west of the church on Harrison Street that provides living accommodation for the members and additional church parking. Our pastor and the entire congregation are excited about the next move of God. We anticipate a “spiritual explosion” when the Heirs of God move into new positions of power to fulfill the end-time work of the ministry.