Brother Samuel Dale
Pastor of Spoken Word Church (1975-2024)

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We reflect on the life and ministry of Brother Samuel Dale, our beloved former pastor (1975-2024) of Spoken Word Church in Lula, Georgia. Born and raised in the nearby town of Gillsville, Brother Dale and his wife, Peggy Ann, celebrated a remarkable 66 years of marriage. God blessed their union with three children – Wade Dale who is our current pastor, and Terrence Dale who is a deacon serving the local assembly, and Anna Roberts. Their family also includes four cherished grandchildren.
Brother Dale’s journey into the ministry began in 1966 when he encountered the end-time message. This moment led him to leave the Baptist church in 1967 and embrace the teachings brought by God’s prophet, William Marrion Branham, fulfilling the prophecy of Malachi chapter four. By 1969, while at a small church in Athens, Georgia, he had received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, the new birth, and some two years later he began his pastoral calling.
On July 4th, 1971, the church was established by Brother Earnest Mote and Brother Dale, with Brother Mote as the pastor and Brother Dale as the assistant pastor. After Brother Mote’s resignation in 1975, Brother Dale assumed the role of pastor and led the congregation with devotion and faith.
Besides pastoring a wonderful group of people, by the help of the Lord he has been able to make seven trips to Jamaica, and one to Ireland to preach the gospel to others that are of the flock of God. Under Brother Dale’s ministry, the local church has been able to offer missionary support to some of the churches in Jamaica and India. There has been many testimonies of signs and wonders witnessed at the local assembly in Lula during the time he was pastor, it would take many books to testify of the glorious wonders and miracles the Lord has worked among the congregants. The third pull has definitely been with us and active among us.
Brother Dale believed in the five-fold ministry of the end time, and knowed for a surety that God was and is still working among the bride by the way of a five-fold ministry to bring a bride to perfection, which is completion or full age, and getting us ready for the change of the body and for rapture. He believed the end time message has all we need to be able to direct us though the rapture and on to the millennium and to the future home.
Brother Samuel Dale’s legacy is one of deep faith, unwavering service, and a profound impact on his congregation and beyond. His life and ministry has left an enduring mark on all who knew him.
No Law but Love, no Creed but Christ, no Book but the Bible.
In Remembrance of Brother Samuel Dale
Our Story / 50 Years (1971 – 2021)

In the small town of Lula, Georgia, Spoken Word Church was established on July 4th, 1971 by Brother Earnest Mote and Brother Samuel Dale. Brother Earnest Mote was the pastor and Brother Samuel Dale was the assistant pastor until 1975 when Brother Mote resigned and Brother Dale became the pastor.

Since that time, Brother Dale’s vision and desire has been to get the people properly established in the Word of God for their day, so that they themselves will go and demonstrate through their everyday lives that Jesus Christ is indeed the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever. This same vision has resonated with our congregation not only as something that we want for ourselves, but for others outside of our four walls. This is achieved by ministering to our local communities, as well as through our missionary endeavors both near and far. We have witnessed God doing great things in our midst, and His Grace is what has kept us these last 50 years and it’s His Grace that will continue to see us through. To Him be all the glory and praise.


Brother Wade Dale