If you blink while heading East on Highway 92 going through Palominas, you may miss the decaying ruins of one of southern Arizona’s most peculiar settlements. Nestled in between Healing and Deliverance Way, the main tabernacle of Miracle Valley stands tall off the side of the highway, but in ruin. You can catch a glimpse of the main service hall through the gaps in between wooden supports that once held up the church roof. Overgrown desert grass surrounds the tabernacle, and at first glance, it appears to stand alone.
Walking up on the chunked up pavement, I began to see that tabernacle was part of an abandoned community.
What was left were deserted buildings with traces of a once-thriving religious community. Entire apartments and offices left fully furnished, classrooms with desks lined up neatly and ready for eager young minds. There were books, magazines, bibles and records left scattered in nearly every room. Children’s toys and personal trinkets made dormitories feel eerily inhabited, as if its residents never planned to leave. Religious imagery always reminded you of where you were. One section of the living quarters was charred from a previous fire. The walls were black with ash and the roof looked like swiss cheese where flames burned holes in the ceiling. The entire time I kept wondering where I was. A small piece of paper taped up on a window of the main office read; “Miracle Valley.”
Originally founded in 1958 by Pentecostal evangelist, Asa A. Allen, Miracle valley was originally a bible school in southern Arizona. It functioned under the care of Allen for many years until he was found dead in a hotel room in San Francisco in 1970. He died of alcohol poisoning. Throughout the years, Miracle Valley has seen many religious fundamentalists come and go. In the 1980s, a series of conflicts occurred between locals and members of the Chicago-based Healing Center and Church that took residence in Miracle Valley, including the famed “Miracle Valley Shootout” in 1982 between church members and local authorities which ended in the death of two men. Miracle Valley has suffered numerous incidents of property damage that was forcefully left unattended to due to a lack of money. The men’s dorm was left charred from a previous fire. An entire section of the service hall roof is missing, allowing the elements to wreak havoc on the interior of the tabernacle.
Canadian couple, Gilles and Diane Langevin from Quebec, are now raising funds to restore Miracle Valley.
This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2011.
The Harters are the only ones who are legally pursuing to obtain Miracle Valley. Much of the destruction that is seen on this slide presentation is due to vandalism. Hopefully, the court will be making its decision shortly regarding the ownership of Miracle Valley.
here is the Canadian’s website, its quite interesting their vision for Miracle Valley http://www.miraclevalleyarizona.com
Like i said before m v belongs to the allens it was given to the allens and should go back to them, God gave it to them. thats the truth so get mad and take this post down to, the truth is the truth
And what will the Allen’s do with the property? Use it for God’s glory or personal use?
GODS GLORY
the allens would use it for God.
Isaiah 43:19 “Behold, I will do a NEW thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Let the past be the past…
Sorry but God don’t change,same yesterday today and forever. read your bible history you will find out the new thing took place in isaiah’s time, yes people change culture changes etc,further more when God puts that person over or in charge of a place it passes through the blood lines as it did through the kings so with that said, m v will never be again, without one of the family of the A.A, ALLENS FAMILY OVER IT. OR GIVE THE PROPERTY BACK to Urbane Leiendecke who gave it to allen.AS TO SAY THE PAST IS THE PAST IS ERROR, because he is the God of the past, present and furture. when the line of order is out of line things will not work, iam not trying to be mean or argue with anyone.its got to go in the right order or it will not work. iam for m v to be up and going again.people use allens prophecy that he gave, posted ever where about m v that is past for furture i agree, where is the NEW prophecy you talk about, so known one than should try to use allen to try to rebuild m v and thy are.
May the Lord do His work and man trust in the Lords ways. If the Allen’s, the Hardter’s or even the Canadian’s aren’t in God’s will to purchase Miracle Valley, we all need to accept that and praise Him for what He has done.
From an outsider who lives here! I have lived in this area for 3 /2 yrs. am guilty of not knowing until the recent Monument Fire that the land I see in Palominas is “Miracle Valley” I have just recently learned of the shootout by reading historical info on Cochise County. I had no idea this structure has been abandoned, vandalized and left as ruin. I don’t care who owned it in the past or who wants to own it today, what matters to me is that the history and culture of SE AZ is restored and taken care of by those of us here today for our future generations. I cannot believe how often I come across historical sites in this county that are not maintained and it seems not cared about until the almight dollar comes into play at some point. I’m going to research C.C. Historical Society if there is one and then visit this site because I’d like to see it before everyone starts fighting over it, only God knows what the future holds for this site, I have faith it will be of good use no matter who ends up with it.
Gilles and Diane Langevin from Quebec, were brought here by God, for a reason, it will become very clear to you soon, and I hope you all rejoice, in “Miracle Valley” coming to life again, in the right hands, and that plan has already taken place…”Praise God”, for this beautiful gift…which he knows in his heart, was chosen for the right reasons…
. Allen said that he had this vision and that he seen another people here
at Miracle Valley. And he said,
“Gene, we were not those people. We were not those people.
But I seen another people and they where young people and all kinds of people.
They were all dancing across the road. I never had seen people like that before.
There will be another people that shall come here in this area.
I have never seen nothing like it!” Gilles and Diane Langevin is the ones to fullfill this prophecy, this is a fact. i live right at 2000 miles away i do not known them but in God we known. any other way will not work a new day shall come forth and it shall rise those that try to stop it shall fall by the way side their love for the youth is great and a great need for this time, old traditional looks will not gain the youth,iam not talking about GOD he dont change but Culture does please i ask you get behind them and help and support them for this is the perfect will of GOD for them and the valley. aa allen seen this and so do we,it is time and now is the time.
Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for what you’ve done and for what you’re about to do! Glory to God our Father in Heaven!! Amen!!
I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR A FOLLOW UP ARTICLE TO BE WRITTEN ABOUT MIRACLE VALLEY. THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT THE LANGEVINS . WHY NOT DO AN ARTICLE THAT INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL A. ALLEN, A.A.ALLENS SON. I AM SURE THAT WOULD BE THE MOST INTERESTING ARTICLE EVER. PLEASE LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD WHETHER THE CANADIANS LIKE IT OR NOT. WHY NOT PUBLISH THE CANADIANS THREAT TO TAKE ANYONE TO COURT IF THEY SAY ANYTHING WHATSOEVER ABOUT THEM. WHY NOT PUBLISH THE TRUTH ABOUT WHETHER GILLES AND DIANE ARE EVEN CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY WHILE SOLICITING AND BEGGING FOR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN HARD EARNED MONEY! WHY NOT HAVE THEM SHOW THEIR TAX RECORDS AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE FREELOADERS, LIVING FOR FREE IN THAT HOUSE WHILE THE OWNER TRIES TO SELL IT. HE HAS TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE OR ELSE HIS PLACE WILL END UP DESTROYED LIKE MIRACLE VALLEY. WHY NOT INTERVIEW THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN POLICED BY THESE CANADIANS WHEN THEY CAME JUST TO VISIT MIRACLE VALLEY. WHY NOT INTERVIEW THOSE THAT THE CANADIANS HAVE CALLED THE POLICE ON, JUST FOR WANTING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF MIRACLE VALLEY. WHY NOT INTERVIEW THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN RUN OUT OF THE MIRACLE VALLEY GRAVEYARD FOR JUST WANTING TO PAY RESPECTS TO THEIR DECEASED LOVED ONE. TIME TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE TRUTH , DON’T YOU THINK?
The four sons of Asad A. Allen are the right inheritors of this estate. Whether it will be used for God’s work or not is not a problem, for the legal right to the property belongs to the A.A. Allen Family. I pray that God do not forsake the Allens and Miracle Valley, as He did not abandoned the legendary biblical Noah because Noah got drunk, and that these issues be resolved according to the provisional will of Jesus Christ our merciful savior.
Iam a witness that the Holy Spirit of God was using A.A. Allen in the 60th when he visited Chicago, IL. He was not a fake preacher. I not only saw but also experienced it, too. If he became a drunkard, it must has happened after his divorce in 1962. Sometimes too much knowledge and work do not help, and saints may get trapped in wrong decisions by evil forces while having no time to pray for divine intervention. An interview with Paul A. Allen, son of A.A.Allen, would help the community to be informed about Miracle Valley and those people living by trespassing on the premises of this private property.
LUIS AND ROSE BETTENCOURT,GRADUATES OF RHEMA BIBLE COLLEGE, ARE THE NEW OWNERS OF MIRACLE VALLEY WITH THE PROPERTY DEED AS OF LAST AUGUST..AN AMAZING MIRACLE, ITSELF, OF FAVOR AND AWESOME HELP AND SUPPORT OF GOD’S WONDERFUL PEOPLE. RESTORATION OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEGUN AND PRAYER IS THE FOUNDATION. GOD IS DOING A NEW WORK IN THE EARTH AND THE LATER GLORY WILL BE GREATER THAN THE FORMER.THE NEW FOCUS WILL NOT BE ON ONE MAN OR ONE WOMAN,BUT GOD IS RAISING UP AN ARMY THAT WILL WALK IN THE GOSPEL COMMISSION OF MARK 16 TO GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL AND WHERE MIRACLES WILL BE THE NORM. “MIRACLE VALLEY TODAY” IS JUST A PIECE OF THAT AMAZING PIE…WILL YOU..in obedience to Christ, BE MARCHING WITH THAT MIGHTY ARMY? CHECK US OUT ON Facebook: Miracle Valley Today and Website:miraclevalleytoday.org
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Louis bettencourt and his wife are con-artists and the above post is by them and its lie. They do not own the property miracle valley. The state of arizona owns it and the bettencourts are supposed to make payments on the property and have not made a payment in a year and have been given 60 days to vacate. Louie bettencourt is a convicted felon and a pedophile from california and is no minister. Dr. Melvin harter is going to get the property back.
Luis bettencourt is a liar and a thief. His son mark bettencourt is in state prison in arizona for selling drugs and shooting guns at residents near miracle valley and Luis bettencourt lied to the police and tried to keep his son out of jail. Luis bettencourt is a drug dealer.
I have been attending prayer meetings Thursdays at 10am and Fridays at 3pm. I am impressed by the sincerity of Louie and Rose Bettencourt. Come and judge for yourselves.