United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches
TheologyPentecostal
LanguageMultilingual
HeadquartersQodesh, Accra, Ghana
FounderDag Heward-Mills
Origin1987
Official websitedaghewardmills.org
Location of the Qodesh in Ghana is located in Ghana
Location of the Qodesh in Ghana
Location of the Qodesh in Ghana
Location of the Qodesh in Ghana (Ghana)

5°35′17″N 0°13′48″W / 5.587981°N 0.230065°W / 5.587981; -0.230065 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

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

The denominations include:

Beliefs

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

References

  1. ^ "United denominations originating from the Lighthouse group of churches". Dag Heward-Mills official website. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. ^ Samuel Nii Narku Dowuona, Prosperity preaching is 'nonsense' - Bishop Dag, modernghana.com, Ghana, April 6, 2015
  3. ^ Quampah 2014, p. 4.
  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 (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. Penn State University Press. 2 (1): 95–124. doi:10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095. JSTOR 10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095.
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