About
Our Mission & Vision
The mission of Shiloh Church is to glorify our Father, God, and His Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. We long to make true disciples throughout all the nations by means of outreach and missionary support, to minister the ordinances, to enlighten believers, and to do all that is sovereignly possible and biblically acceptable to magnify the name of Jesus.
Our Leadership
Lead Pastor
Pastor Danny Harris
Pastor Danny and Diane have both been involved in ministry since they were teenagers. They traveled for many years, singing and preaching the gospel.
They stopped traveling in 1990 to start a full-time pastoral ministry after feeling the Lord’s direction to do so. After answering the call of God to come to Shiloh in October of 2017, Shiloh is now the fourth congregation they have had the privilege of serving as pastors.
Pastor Danny has also served in numerous positions of leadership on the conference level of the North Carolina Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Along with serving as the lead pastor of Shiloh Church, he currently serves as the North Carolina Conference Men’s Ministries Director, is a member of the North Carolina Conference Discipleship Ministries Council, and is also a member of the North Carolina Conference Executive Council.
Pastor Danny and Diane are both excited about what the future holds for them and their congregation at Shiloh, and they feel extremely honored to have this opportunity to serve them.
Associate and Youth Pastor
Michael Tignor
Michael Tignor is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and a graduate of Emmanuel College. He served as a missionary for twelve years, most recently in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. He and his wife, Leslie, have two sons. He now serves as our associate and youth pastor.
Email: pastortignor@gmail.com
Children's Pastor
Leslie Tignor
Leslie Tignor is a native of New Bern, NC, and a graduate of Emmanuel College. She served as a missionary for twelve years, most recently in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. She and her husband have two sons. She now serves as our children’s pastor.
Our History
On October 18, 2015, Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church celebrated its centennial anniversary. Pastor T. Elwood Long welcomed Dr. A.D. Beacham of Oklahoma City, presiding bishop of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, as a guest speaker for the 100th Homecoming service. The 422 people in attendance enjoyed the message, songs of worship, time of reminiscence, and fellowship around the meal, which was catered by Lowell Mill Restaurant.
The first significant event in Shiloh Church history occurred on April 21, 1915, when James and Prudence Mercer conveyed a plot of land about one mile west of the present location to Ennis Pearson, acting as a trustee and “one of the promoters” for a Pentecostal Holiness Church yet to be named or organized. What an act of faith!
Soon thereafter, Rev. William James Nobel named and organized the Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church with five charter members. The earliest congregations, served by circuit pastors and lay ministers, worshipped God in homes and brush arbours and, by 1918, had established Sunday School and built their first church building.
By 1920, Shiloh began supporting foreign missions, giving toward a project to build a home for missionaries in China and offering support for what would become the Falcon Children’s Home.
In July 1921, tragedy struck the young church when trustee and deacon Ennis Pearson was killed. In August, in a revival with Rev. Edward David Morris, several of his brothers and sisters, along with others, came to the Lord and united with the church.
In the 1920s, under the leadership of Preston F. Little, Sam A. Fann, Charles W. Bass, and Charles B. Strickland, the church experienced several revivals, and Sunday School attendance nearly tripled. An addition was built onto the church in about 1924, and church membership reached 61.
The church remained steady in the 1930s and 1940s and was served by several pastors, including Donald J. Little, William J. Noble, Ernest S. Beasley, W. Eddie Morris, Ralph R. Johnson, O.C. Cowan, and George A. Casper. Revivals in 1931 and 1940 stirred the youth in the community, and in a 1936 spring revival, nine confessed Christ during a dismissal prayer. In 1943, the church acquired land at its present location and built a new sanctuary. This facility served the church well until it was damaged by fire in 1969.
The 1950s saw a period of growth and a new ministry for Shiloh. Under the leadership of Gene E. Lewis, John E. Knapp, Vernon K. Clark, and Joe L. Russell, Jr., average Sunday school attendance doubled, and the Woman’s Auxiliary and Pentecostal Holiness Youth Society were organized. The church built its first parsonage in 1951, added Sunday School rooms by 1956, and dedicated a new sanctuary in 1960.
In the 1960s, under the leadership of Odell T. Howard and Lalleon Narron, the church experienced several good revivals and began to promote youth ministry and participation, such as Bible Quiz and Teen Talent. A new Christian education annexe was built in 1970.
In the 1970s and 1980s, under the leadership of Vernon K. Clark and T. Elwood Long, Shiloh began to focus on outreach, including a global missions commitment program. nursing home ministry, and radio ministry. Facility enhancements included a fellowship building by 1972 (now the Royal Rangers outpost), a new parsonage in 1979, a new fellowship hall in 1981, and sanctuary renovations in 1985.
In the 1990s, under the leadership of Ralph W. Jernigan and Ralph S. Leggett, Shiloh added a youth minister to its staff, paved its parking area, and dedicated a Family Life Center in 1999.
Since 2000, under the leadership of David Wood and T. Elwood Long, Shiloh has continued its upreach and outreach, organizing CARE Team Ministry in 2001, Primetime’s Seniors Ministry in 2003, Praise Team Ministry in 2004, and Food Ministry in 2009. The church built Pammie’s Playground for children in 2006, a prayer garden in 2013, and renewed its sanctuary in 2015.
Since 1915, over 500 people have been members of Shiloh and over 1500 have attended its Sunday School. Over 1800 experiences with God have been reported, whether in salvation, sanctification, baptism in the Holy Spirit, or water baptism.
The purpose of the Shiloh Church for the last century has been to magnify Jesus Christ through preaching, teaching, singing, praising, giving, serving, loving, and pointing others to Him! And only the Lord has recorded the total number of those impacted, both locally and globally, by the prayers, offerings, ministries, and love of the Shiloh people through the years.