From the Azusa St revival many churches and denominations were formed, of which Harvest Church takes its roots. Harvest Church began in the 1920's under the name "Apostolic Faith Church".
The founders of the church were Eddie and Hilda Cole, along with Stanford and Effie Harper. They started having services in Harper's home. During this time a successful business man and professor from the University of Oklahoma, a Mr. Sturgess (who taught Greek and Latin and attended the Nazarene church) heard about what was going on at the Harper's house and he came to see. While he was there at the service Effie's sister Pauline was playing the organ when the Spirit of the Lord fell on her and she fell backwards off of the bench. While there in the Spirit she testified to hearing someone talking and realized later that it was herself speaking in tongues. After she came up from the floor, Mr. Sturgess stood up and told the congregation that he knew Pauline and that he had tried to get her to study Greek and Latin, but she had chosen Spanish instead. He continued and said that he hadn't believed in the manifestation of the Holy Ghost, but now he did. He said Pauline had been speaking in Greek and he understood what she said, and that it was straight to him. He was so moved that he donating land in Norman on Aniol St where they built a church building. After the constructing the first tabernacle at this location, the congregation built another building in Norman at 502 E. Symmes St. In 1967 the church then registered as a non-profit organization under the name "Free Holiness Church of the Apostolic Faith", or as it came to be called "Symmes St. Holiness Church".
