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Advertisements in the Louisville Times also show that the Baughman family took on additional jobs to supplement their income. Mark Baughman worked as a house painter and Zealous made baby clothes to order. Mark Baughman painted the interior of the Recreation Center (currently the Louisville Center for the Arts) on Grant Street, during renovations for the Library and Boy Scouts who occupied the building in 1947. The Baughman's teenaged son, A.J., attended Louisville High School and ran a bicycle sales and repair shop from their home on Front Street. He also advertised services for hauling coal and cleaning ash pits. The Baughman family moved to Arkansas in 1952, but occasionally returned to visit and attend church meetings over the following years. The Pentecostal Church existed in Louisville as the Pentecostal Mission as early as 1938. Until the new church was built on La Farge, meetings were held in homes and in various buildings in Louisville including the Joe Biella store building and the VFW building. Revivals and youth rallies frequently brought in pastors, evangelists, and members from surrounding cities and states. This Is the Atomic Age WHAT DOES TOMORROW MEAN Let God Give You Peace of Mind HEAR THIS GREAT EVANGELIST Rev. C. P. Kilgore EVERY NIGHT STARTING JUNE R 1161 Apostolic Church 11 COMING APRIL filth Old Time Revival EACH NIGHT APOSTOLIC CHURCH WALNUT AT LAFARGE COME AND HEAR THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST PREACHED SALVATION FOR THE LOST HEALING FOR THE SICK Rev. Theodora Simmons, Emnirebet Rm. Lloyd Moreau, Pastor Advertisements in 1951 and 1966 editions of the Louisville Times. From the 1940s into the 1990s, the United Pentecostal Church, often known as the Apostolic Church, regularly joined with other Louisville churches for religious celebrations and participated in community events such as paper drives, donating to the Christmas treat bags for children, and contributing to the Centaurus scholarship fund. A 1955 survey of 1,700 Louisville residents reported that only 1.9% belonged to the Apostolic church, compared to 48% being Catholic. Despite its small size, the Apostolic Church seemed to have an active membership that regularly held services and revival meetings for both the Louisville area and Pentecostals from a multi -state region. Some time around 1975, the United Pentecostal Church changed its name to the First Pentecostal Church. However, property ownership remained under United Pentecostal until 2002 when a quit claim deed transferred it to the First Pentecostal Church.