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MARY MAGDALENA LEWIS TATESaint Mary Magdalena L. Tate (1871-1930), Mother is recognized as the founder of the First Holiness Movement in the [[United States]].

Mother Tate was baptized in 1908 and was approved and accepted as Chief ==Links==* [[Apostle]] Elder, president, and first chief overseer of the formally organized [[Church|church]] in Greenville, Alabamahttp://clgpgt.org/ORG/founder1. Additionally, she was ordained to the Bishopric by the Board of Trustees and Bishops of the html The Church of the Living God. Mother Tate organized , the Pillar and presided over the First General Assembly Ground of the Church of the Living God from June 25 to July 5Truth, 1908, in GreenvilleInc.]* [http://www.tnstate. A number of ministers were ordained, and several pastors were appointed at this meetingedu/library/digital/tate. htm The Tennessee State University Digital Library]

One of the most significant developments in the Church of the Living God was the creation of the Decree (Covenant) Book during the 1914 General Assembly at Quitman, Georgia. Also at this meeting, four state bishops were appointed to serve in Georgia. Also in 1914, Mother Tate organized the first Church of the Living God in {{returnto}} [[FloridaFamous Christians]] -> [[Famous Christians Index]] in the city of Ocala. The first Florida State General Assembly followed at Ocala.

By 1916, under the leadership of Mother Tate, charters were issued to Church of the Living God members in more than twenty states and the District of Columbia. Between 1930 and 1962, fourteen state charters were granted to establish the Church of Living God. Four more states were added to the Church of Living God roster by 1981. By 1992, some forty-three states and Jamaica were chartered by the Church of the Living God.  In 1924, the Church of the Living God's headquarters was established on Heiman Street in Nashville, [[Tennessee]]. The original building, although no longer used for services, still stands on Heiman Street. The present headquarters sanctuary was dedicated in 1981. The Church of the Living God, a member of the Holiness-Pentecostal denomination, has experienced the greatest growth in membership of any Christian organization in the United States of America.  Mother Mary Magdalena L. Tate died on December 28, 1930, and was buried in the family plot in Dickson, Tennessee. Her remains were relocated in Nashville's historic Greenwood Cemetery in 1963. A marker to memorialize Mother Tate was erected near the entrance to the cemetery.[httpCategory://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8802062Famous Christians]  - F. Dovie Shuford ''Copied from [http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/tate.htm The Tennessee State University Digital Library]''