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°WThe 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.
Overview
UD-OLGC is made up of several denominations, over 3,500 churches, 2 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.
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, D.R. Congo, Gabon and C.A.R.)
- Jesus is the Answer Church (Ghana and Mali)
- Lighthouse Chapel International (Ghana, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, UAE, Qatar, South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Lesotho, Ethiopia and C.A.R.)
- Loyalty House International (Ghana, Congo, Gabon and C.A.R.)
- The Machaneh Church International (Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania)
- The Makarios Church (Ghana, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau)
- Mustard Seed Chapel International (UK and Europe)
- Qodesh Family Church, Revival International (Ghana, United States, Canada, Jamaica, Guyana and the Caribbean)
- Revelation Church of Asia (Asia)
Beliefs
The church opposes prosperity theology.[2]
UD-OLGC's work includes building churches and hospitals, training pastors, helping people living with poverty and 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
- List of the largest evangelical churches
- List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
- Worship service (evangelicalism)
References
- ^ Dag Heward-Mills official website, Retrieved 2023-03-29
- ^ 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
- 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 (2008-06-04). 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.