Hubert Joseph Spencer, a preacher of the early 20th century Pentecostal movement, was born in the late 1800s. His first baptismal candidate was his wife, Mother Helen Spencer. Elder (later, Bishop) Spencer was a presbyter in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW), and was a partner in evangelism with Bishop Robert C. Lawson, founder of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (COOLJC). Spencer would later succeed Lawson as the head of COOLJC. At least one church in that organization, Spencer Memorial COOLJC, is named in his honor.