On
September 30, 1972, our church was conceived. On December 24, 1972, after
several church services conducted by Reverend Benjamin Smith Senior, our church,
Deliverance Evangelistic Church was born. From those meetings about sixty
high school students received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
As the membership and ministry continued to grow, the officers and I began to see God's mandate for us was to develop a holistic message and ministry. This holistic message and ministry were to address the spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social, and financial needs of men, women, and children. To accomplish this we had to train personnel and find a property large enough to meet our growing congregation. Thus, on April 16, 1994, we purchased a vacant shopping mall, known as LaGorce Square Shopping Center, now called Faith Center Ministries.
Faith Center Ministries, located in Burlington Township, sits on 5.33 acres of Ground with eleven buildings. The specific program that God has given us to accomplish His mission is SAVE--spiritual, academic, vocational, and economic development. Part of the program will concentrate on meeting spiritual needs, and part on secular needs.
This new step of faith will afford greater opportunities to meet the needs of the membership and the community. Faith Center Ministries is not God's exclusive vision for members of Deliverance church, but it includes all people.
Our program at Faith Center Ministries will include:
(1) Starting a Christian School
(2) Creating employment opportunities,
(3) Bringing businesses back in the community
(4) Providing recreational facilities for all ages
(5) Starting a daycare, and after school care for children,
(6) Tutoring for children and adults, and
(7) Expanding our computer lab training.
Some of our activities will include:
A = Academic
V = Vocational
E = Economic