United Denomination: Lighthouse Group of Churches
| United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches | |
|---|---|
| Theology | Pentecostal |
| Language | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | Qodesh, Accra, Ghana |
| Founder | Dag Heward-Mills |
| Origin | 1987 |
| Official website | daghewardmills.org |
5°35′17″N 0°13′48″W / 5.587981°N 0.230065°W The United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (formerly "Lighthouse Chapel International") is a Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1987 by Dag Heward-Mills and headquartered in Accra, Ghana.
Structure
[edit]UD-OLGC is made up of several denominations, over 3,500 churches, two archbishops and 108 bishops across three continents.[1] Heward-Mills is the presiding Bishop of UD-OLGC. The current convener of the UD-OLGC is Bishop Ishmael Sam of the Loyalty House International denomination.
Denominations
[edit]The denominations include:
- Anagkazo Assemblies: Ghana, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast
- Catch the Anointing Centre: Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
- Greater Love Church Ghana: Ghana and Equatorial Guinea
- Healing Jesus Mission International: Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon and Central African Republic (CAR)
- Jesus is the Answer Church: Ghana and Mali
- Lighthouse Chapel International: Ghana, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, UAE, Qatar, Eswatini, Namibia, and CAR
- Loyalty House International: Ghana, DRC, Gabon and CAR
- The Machaneh Church International: Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania
- The Makarios Church: Ghana, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau
- Mekadesh Church International: Ethiopia
- Mustard Seed Chapel International: United Kingdom and Switzerland
- Qodesh Family Church: Ghana
- Revelation Church of Asia: Asia
- Revival International, American Missionary Church, Laikos International Church: United States and Canada
- Shepherd House International: Jamaica, Caribbean
- Strong Christian Church, Serious Christian Church: South Africa, Lesotho
Beliefs
[edit]The church opposes prosperity theology.[2]
UD-OLGC's work includes building churches and hospitals, training pastors, helping people living in poverty and with disability, and holding evangelistic campaigns in many nations.
UD-OLDC is a member of the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC)[3] and the Pentecostal World Fellowship.[4]
See also
[edit]
- List of the largest evangelical churches
- List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
- Worship service (evangelicalism)
References
[edit]- ^ "United denominations originating from the Lighthouse group of churches". Dag Heward-Mills official website. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Samuel Nii Narku Dowuona, Prosperity preaching is 'nonsense' - Bishop Dag, modernghana.com, Ghana, April 6, 2015
- ^ Quampah 2014, p. 4.
- ^ Pentecostal World Fellowship, Membership, pentecostalworldfellowship.org, Malaysia, retrieved January 15, 2020
Further reading
[edit]- Nterful, Emmanuel Louis (2013). Church Expansion Through Church Planting in Ghana: A Case Study of the Lighthouse Chapel International Model. North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus.
- Dag Heward-Mills (4 June 2008). Ministerial Ethics. Lux Verbi – BM. ISBN 978-0-7963-0808-5.
- Kweku Okyerefo, Michael Perry (2014). "African Churches in Europe. Transnational Dynamics in African Christianity: How Global Is The Lighthouse Chapel International Missionary Mandate?". Journal of African Religions. 2 (1). Penn State University Press: 95–124. doi:10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095. JSTOR 10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095.