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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. 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:

• 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

The church opposes prosperity theology.

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) and the Pentecostal World Fellowship.

See also

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

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. sfn error: no target: CITEREFQuampah2014 (help)
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. 2 (1). Penn State University Press: 95–124. doi:10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095. JSTOR 10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095.

• 1988 establishments in Ghana
• Christian denominations in Ghana
• Christian organizations established in 1988
• Evangelicalism in Ghana
• Organisations based in Accra