About Us

The truths we build our lives upon

Our Mission & Vision

Our heart at Landmark Church is to connect, impart and inform.

We want to connect with God, our church family, and our community. We desire for God to impart to our lives His blessings, wisdom, power and anointing. We want to inform through preaching, teaching and demonstrating the Word of God in our lives.

Our Beliefs

One God

We believe in One eternally existing God who created all things and by whom all things exist. God has revealed Himself to us as our Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and as the Holy Spirit, with distinct attributes but without division of nature, essence, or being. Jesus Christ is God displayed in flesh. He is both God and man.

(Deuteronomy 6:4; John 1:1-14; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Genesis 1:26; Matthew
3:16-17, 28:19; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:16)

The Bible

God & Jesus Christ

Sin & Salvation

The Gospel & Conversion

The Gospel is the good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. We express our belief in the gospel through our obedience to the gospel. We obey the gospel and apply it to our lives by repenting of our sins (death to sin), being baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins (burial), and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit (resurrection). This threefold experience is the consistent pattern of conversion in the early church.

(1 Cor 15.1-4; 2 Thes 1.8; 1 Pet 4.17; Mark 1.15; Acts 15.7; Rom 6.3-4; Acts 2.4, 37-39; 8.9-17; 10.1-48; 19.1-7)

Water Baptism

Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is active in the world today and that the baptism of the Holy Spirit and His accompanying gifts and the life characteristics produced by His indwelling, are the privileges of all New Testament believers. Jesus spoke of two types of baptism-water baptism and Spirit baptism. Jesus Himself was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. After His water baptism, the Spirit descended upon Jesus. We should follow the example of Jesus and be baptized in water and in the Holy Spirit.

(Mark 1:7-11; John 14:16-18; Acts 1:5, 8, 2:1-4, 38-39, 4:31, 8:17, 10:44-45, 19:6; Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 61:1, Matthew 28:19, Luke 1:35, John 5:21-23, John 14:10, John 14:16, Romans 8:9-11, 1 Corinthians 8:6, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Hebrews 1:8-10, James 2:19)

Christian Living

As Christians, we are to love God and love others. We are to worship God joyfully and seek to live a life that is pleasing to him both inwardly and outwardly—in our thoughts, words, and actions. We are empowered to live a life pleasing to God through the Holy Spirit. As a Spirit-filled church, we believe that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit are for the church today and are available to all Spirit-filled believers.

(Mark 12.28-31; 1 Cor 12.8-10; 2 Cor 7.1; Rom 8.13-14; Gal 5.19-26; Heb 12.14)

The Church

We believe the church has been called out of the world to be a group of people who follow Jesus Christ fully and love one another sacrificially. We believe the church, through the power of the Holy Spirit, is called to affect genuine spiritual change in the community. We believe the local church is the hope of the world! The church is called to be one group of people made up of many members; all using their talents and abilities for the cause of Christ.

(Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Hebrews 10:23-25; Acts 2:42-47, 17:6, 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26)

The Future

Our Story

In 1953, a minister in Indiana felt the call of God to move to North Bend/Coos Bay, OR and establish a Pentecostal Church. This minister, Rev. Seddie VanWinkle, had been stationed in Coos Bay while in the Navy during World War II. It so happened that a small group of people in the Coos Bay area desired a Pentecostal church and pastor. This group of mostly women knew that they could not support a pastor; therefore they made no effort to contact a pastor. They did, however, give themselves to prayer asking God to provide them with a pastor.

Rev. Seddie VanWinkle and his son-in-law, Rev. William Kraemer arrived in North Bend not knowing about this group of believers. Shortly after their arrival, the two ministers started a radio program called “Echoes of Calvary.” The radio program brought the two groups together, and a church was born.

The first services were held in a lodge hall on Sundays, and in homes for mid-week services. In the late 1950’s, the church met temporarily at the Civic Center in the Empire district. In 1959, the Swedish Lutheran Church (now known as Gloria Dei Lutheran church) made their building on Florida and Union Street available for the Pentecostals to worship in. The two groups shared the building until the new Lutheran church building was completed. At that time, the Pentecostal church purchased the historic building from the Lutheran congregation. Until the early 1970’s, the Pentecostal Church was known as Calvary Tabernacle. In June of 1962, Calvary Tabernacle formally affiliated with the United Pentecostal Church International.

Over the years, the church the church has changed its name to Landmark United Pentecostal Church, and then to simply Landmark Church. It is still affiliated with the United Pentecostal Church.

Throughout its history, ten men have served as pastor of Landmark Church in North Bend.

Rev. Seddie VanWinkle
Rev. William Kraemer
Rev. Fred Scott
Rev. William Willoughby
Rev. Dale Walker
Rev. Ernest Moyer
Rev. Fred Shilts
Rev. James Bigelow
Rev. Timothy King
Rev. Kevin Goodwin

Landmark Church is truly a landmark in the North Bend community. The basement was built in 1908 and the sanctuary was completed in 1910. It is the oldest church building in North Bend that was originally built as a church that is still used as a church today.

Our Staff

Rev. Kevin Goodwin

Senior Pastor

Lawna Goodwin

Music Director