Rev. Oscar Vouga

Oscar Vouga was born June 29, 1903, and passed from this life on August 8, 1978, in Macon, Georgia. On July 3, 1924, he met and later married Ruth.

He was a missionary, evangelist, pastor, and able administrator, who served in diverse capacities in the interests of our Apostolic fellowship. At the time of the merger of the bodies that constitute the United Pentecostal Church International, he was a valued member of the Pentecostal Church Inc.

His ministry began in the mid-1920s right after he received the Holy Ghost. Brother and Sister Vouga were in Hawaii in 1926, as the first Apostolic Pentecostal missionaries to Hawaii—over thirty years before Hawaii became a state. Brother Vouga served four years as a missionary to Hawaii, taught in Bible school, and evangelized and pastored in many areas of the United States and Canada.

Brother Vouga established a solid church during his stay in Winnipeg, with many families sharing in his very competent ministry. It was while he was in Winnipeg that he was elected to the office of assistant general superintendent, and he left shortly after to take up residence in Indianapolis, Indiana. He later moved to Pritchard, Alabama, where he pastored for seven years before moving to St. Louis to assume the responsibilities of the Foreign Missions director of the UPC.

His was one of the strong voices that helped to establish the gospel message that we love and appreciate today. Uncompromisingly, he proclaimed the truths of the mighty God in Christ, the New Birth, holiness of life, and other subjects vital to the Christian life that are found in the Word of the Lord. He served the church of Jesus Christ unselfishly, giving himself unreservedly to any and every phase of the work he was engaged in.

The last thirty-three years of his ministry were given to the constituency of the United Pentecostal Church International. He also served as an honorary member of the General Board.

At the time of his death, he was pastor of a lovely church in Macon, Georgia. He preached in that church just a few days before his passing. His vigorous presentation of the Word of God, under a heavy anointing of the Spirit, was no less than it had been over the many years of his outstanding ministry.

He passed from this life on August 8, 1978.