The late Reverend Fidel J. Ortiz, a pioneering minister of the Pentecostal Faith in the Gilroy, CA area was ordained by God to establish an, "Obra de Fe". The simple message of the cross along with the resurrection of Christ, by faith, proclaimed we can be changed! Rev. Ortiz, felt that many people in the community were not being reached by existing churches and needed a place to worship founded Full Gospel Prayer Tabernacle in 1973.