ON THE FIRST SUNDAY EVENING OF AUGUST 1999, A GROUP OF BAPTIZED BELIEVERS TRAVELED TOGETHER TO THE CHURCH HOME OF GOD’S WAY BAPTIST CHURCH TO DECIDE WHICH WAY WE WOULD JOURNEY. WE SPOKE TO PASTOR HOLT ABOUT FORMING OUR OWN CHURCH. HE TOLD US THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK GOD FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND THAT HE WOULD STEAL AWAY TO BE WITH GOD FROM HOME TO SEE WHAT GOD WANTED HIM TO DO.
IN THE MEANTIME, PASTOR HOLT TOLD PEOPLE TO MEET HIM AT NEW ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 4, 1999 AT 7:00PM FOR BIBLE STUDY. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE MET AT NEW ST. PAUL AND OUR SCRIPTURE LESSON WAS FROM PSALMS 37:23-25, ACTS 1:8, AND MATTHEW 5:3; 13-16. PASTOR HOLT SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD FROM THE LORD AND GOD WAS IN AGREEMENT ON FORMING OUR OWN CHURCH. HE SAID THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM THE NAME “LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH MINISTRIES” FOR THE CHURCH. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE CHURCH WOULD BE NON-DENOMINATION BUT RULED AND GOVERNED BY THE HOLY BIBLE. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN BECOMING MEMBERS OF LIGHTHOUSE WOULD BE INSTANTLY WELCOMED BUT THEY MUST GO THROUGH A NEW MEMBERS CLASS.
FROM NEW ST. PAUL, LIGHTHOUSE JOURNEYED TO THE BIRMINGHAM MOTEL, AND FORM THERE TO THE MEETING ROOM IN ROEBUCK. ON MARCH 5, 2000, WE MARCHED INTO THE STOREFRONT, 225 ROEBUCK PLAZA DRIVE, A PLACE WE COULD FINALLY CALL OUR OWN. PASTOR LOVED THE ROEBUCK LOCATION SO MUCH THAT GOD HAD TO MAKE HIM LEAVE. WE WERE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AT TEMPLE OF HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND THEN CAME A NEW BEGINNING.
GOD ESTABLISHED LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH MINISTRIES, INC. IN THE HEART OF KINGSTON. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN AUDIO MINISTRY, SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES, A FINANCE STAFF, STEWARDS, THE SINGLES MINISTRY, THE MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY, A DISTRESS TEAM, A TRANSPORT MINISTRY, AN USHERS MINISTRY, THE PASTOR’S AIDES, THE ARMOUR BEARER MINISTRY, THE LIGHTHOUSE MASS CHOIR, LIGHTHOUSE MIGHTY STEPPERS I & II, LIGHTHOUSE SPIRITUAL DANCERS I & II, THE WOMEN’S MINISTRY, BROTHERS HELPING BROTHERS, THE INTERCESSORY TEAM, THE FOOD BANK MINISTRY, THE TWELVE STEP PROGRAM, A YOUTH BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM, GOD'S GIRLS 1ST, AND MANY MORE.
WE WERE ALSO BLESSED WITH A HOUSE AT NO COST TO US. WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT THIS RESIDENCE INTO A YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT CENTER AND LATER BLESS ONE OF OUR FAITHFUL MEMBERS WITH THIS HOME.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE!!!
