United Denomination: Lighthouse Group of Churches

Pentecostal Christian denomination headquartered in Ghana

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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* Evangelical Christianity portal

* List of the largest evangelical churches
* List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
* Worship service (evangelicalism)

## References

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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. sfn error: no target: CITEREFQuampah2014 (help)
4. ^ Pentecostal World Fellowship, Membership, pentecostalworldfellowship.org, Malaysia, retrieved January 15, 2020

## Further reading

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* 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.2.1.0095.95-124&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info:doi/10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Kweku+Okyerefo&rft.aufirst=Michael+Perry&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:United+Denomination:+Lighthouse+Group+of+Churches" class="Z3988">

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Christian groups|

| Protestant|

* Assemblies of God Ghana
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* Church of the Province of West Africa
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
* Ghana Baptist Convention
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* Methodist Church of Ghana
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Roman Catholic|

* Catholic Church in Ghana

Other|

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana

Missionaries|

* John Bendor-Samuel
* Johann Gottlieb Christaller
* Colin Forrester-Paton
* Jason Rapert

Interdenominational organisations|

* Christian Council of Ghana
* National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches
* National Association of Evangelicals of Ghana

Seminaries|

* Akrofi-Christaller Institute
* Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation
* Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon

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