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Pastor and Church Information |
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Jesus is Lord at Faith and Praise Assembly! To God Be all the Glory for all He has done! This page gives us the opportunity to introduce our pastor and other staff of Faith & Praise Assembly. Please contact us if you have any questions. |
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 Pastor Marie Dunn |
We are a non-denominational church and welcome all who hunger for the truth of God's Word to come and fellowship. Sister Marie has been the pastor of Faith & Praise Assembly since 1989. Her dedication to Jesus and to the church is a strength we all benefit from. Jesus captured her heart in 1981 as she was instantaneously brought under conviction and accepted Christ as her personal Savior after being backslid since her early teens. Sister Marie accepted her call to preach when her oldest daughter was about a year old. She had a vision one night from the Lord sending her out to preach His coming from house to house. She awoke crying and speaking in tongues saying I'll go Lord, I'll go. She is married and has two beautiful daughters who use their talents to sing and help lead in the worship services. On September 8th, 2007 Sister Marie's youngest daughter Mary got married to a wonderful young Christian man here at the church, Brother Jamie Goodson. God has a great plan for their lives and we are excited to see what God will do in this precious couple in the future. |
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Faith and Praise Assembly is a small congregation of about 60 people who have been joined together in the Spirit to praise and worship the Lord and serve in whatever outreach possible. We have been established by the Lord as a non-denominational church. God has called us to be a worshipping church by His grace. We are very much Pentecostal in our beliefs and praying to fulfill the call of God on our lives. We believe there is no other name that people can be saved by but the name of Jesus. (Acts 4:12) We preach the Word of God from the King James version. We love families and individuals and want to be an encouragement to all. We believe in the five-fold ministry as described in Ephesians chapter four. We also believe that Jesus Christ will appear one day in the clouds and catch His church away at the sound of the last trumpet as told in 1 Corinthians 15:52 We believe in baptizing in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins according to Matthew 28:19, Acts 2: 38, Acts 8:15. We are saved by the grace of God and by His blood. Baptism is an outward witness to our conversion identifying us with the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our outreach ministries consist of a Nursing Home Ministry that is conducted by different volunteers each Sunday Morning. We also have a food bank and a clothes closet for those who may need food or clothes. We are supported by those in the congregation who freely give of tithes and offerings to this work. It is by Gods grace we are enabled to work in His Kingdom and for His glory. Faith and Praise Assembly is governed by the Word of God, the leading of the Lord and serving elders. The elders also help pray for the needs of people who come to the altar for special prayer. We also have several preachers who assist in ministering the Word of God from time to time. All the following ministries and helps are made possible by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ upon us. We could do nothing without His vision and provision and the love of His people. We give God all the Glory for the work accomplished! We have a nursing home ministry each Sunday morning for Sunday on Wilkinson Blvd. We have gathered school supplies for some homeless children in our area and taken them to With Friends Youth Shelter in Gastonia. It is our hearts desire to minister to youth as well as older people and those in need. For several years now we have had a food bank ministry and clothes closet to help serve the needs of the local community.
In the year 2009 God is knitting our heats even closer together and helping us to do more in His kingdom through the Storehouse Thrift Store ministry. Faith and Praise Assembly operates as a body ministry. What this means is that each member helps to encourage one another by phone calls or visits as the need may occur. This keeps our Pastor from being too overworked so she can minister the Word of God more freely.
The praise team consists of Mary Goodson, Sis. Cathy Herring, and Bro. Joe Rogers. Bro. Nathan Rogers and Brother Devin Henderson rotate playing the drums. Sister Marie's oldest daughter Allison Dunn ministers through such an anointing on the piano for our church, she also helps lead the worship. Our organists are Sister Tammy Rogers and Doris Gibby. Sister Marie's youngest daughter Mary Goodson assist in helping lead worship and plays the drums from time to time. They are both very involved in the ministry. Their dedication to the Lord and to the church are truly an inspiration to young people. We have Sunday School for all ages. We have children's church most Sunday mornings during the preaching part of the service. Mary Goodson and Karen Hawkins are our Children's Church director. We are praying that the Lord will send others with a heart to work for him in teaching the children and to work with the youth and adults choirs. Our older lady's Sunday School teacher Sister Cathy Herring. The young men's Sunday School is taught by Brother Jamie Goodson. The young to middle age adult's bible study class is taught by Sister Marie Dunn. The older men's Sunday School class is taught by Brother Joe Rogers and Brother Charles Mason. Tammy Rogers teaches the children's class for Sunday School. In the Year 2009 Sister Marie's husband Eddie joined her in ministry. He has ministered in a Tuesday night's service and is very active in the ministry outreach. We are looking forward to what God has in store as we team up for Jesus. Thank God for all His blessings!
God has truly blessed us with love and strong fellowship ties here. We pray and hope to do more in the coming year. It is our prayer and heart's desire to see the body of Christ increase in love toward one another. The love of Jesus rules at Faith and Praise Assembly. May the Lord bless and keep you and cause His face to shine upon you. Please contact us if you would like to come and fellowship. Let's get together to praise the Lord. See our announcements page for special service announcements.
We look forward to meeting you and we cordially invite you to come visit us soon. Sister Marie and the Members of Faith & Praise Assembly
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1413 Spencer Mountain Road
* Ranlo, North Carolina, 28054 |
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