When a door is closed, God opens another
When you are found in the desert, God creates streams
God creates a way, where there is no way
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed
Frustrated, but will never give up
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2002
- Summer of 2002, Deacon George Akhigbe was transferred from Victory Temple, Bowie to pastor a Baltimore parish
- Pastor George Akhigbe became pastor of the parish and House of Glory was incorporated.
2003
- Project Haggai was birthed
- launched project Haggai – fund raising and purchased of 4.5 acre
- HOG purchased a land on Sulfur Spring Rd for $250,000 (the land is now worth about $1 million).
2004
- “Operation Occupy” on the church land
- This generated member awareness of the land and sensitized us to start the building process
- Major mass exodus of original membership begins this year and continues through 2005
- First year of Glory cloud
- God gave the pastor the vision to have a flagship program termed, GLORY CLOUD. The first year had archbishop Duncan Williams, who being filled with the spirit during ministration dropped his hand on the podium causing the podium to break – Bishop Dena Jobes who revealed through ministration forces that were working against the church – Pastor Michael Adefarasin (Pastor from the “Belly of the Serpent”) who has remained a GLORY CLOUD fixture.
- In addition to the drama of the 1st Glory Cloud: The light went out in the hall that we had the meeting while all around us had electric supply!!! Pastor Adeyeye was ministering!
- Given quit notice from place of worship
2005
- Moved to a suite on Commerce Dr
- As of December 15, 2004 we had no where to go although we had been given quit notice!! Then God provide a place just 10mins drive from our permanent location.
- New Year’s Eve – 12/ 31 – we moved to commerce drive overnight (after the watch night service), completing the move on Jan 01, 2005.
- Members put all church assets in to various cars and drove to our new location, arranged the stuff and went home after 2am and we were all back at 9am to clean and start service! We were all excited to say the least!!
- Gethsemane Summit Kick-off
- House of Glory Prayer Conference to start the year with
- This comes at a good time as it occurs right around when prayer and fasting for the new year is winding down
- Peniel Encounter Kick-off
- This is our outreach event to prepare us for Glory Cloud
- Children department gradually furnished and in full swing
- Couples retreat at Sandy Cove christian resort
2006
- Hosted John Maxwell’s Maximum Impact Leadership Simulcast
- Couples/workers retreat weekend at Sandy Cove christian resort
- Pastor Funmi Akhigbe ordained an Assistant Pastor of RCCG
2007
- Glory voices minister in “Festival of Life”
- biggest audience for our praise team of less than ten people
- 5th Anniversary Celebration
- Manifestations (the church magazine) was launched by RCCGNA Chairman Board of Coordinators
- Hosted John Maxwell’s Maximum Impact Leadership Simulcast
- This leadership conference was hosted for 2 years
- Second wave of mass exodus of membership begins through 2008
2008
- Pastor George Akhigbe is ordained as a full pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)
- after six years of service as parish pastor
- Time share at Massanutten Resort for Minister’s retreat
2009
- DOXA (ezine) launched in June
- Kick off post aptly titled, What’s all this talk about House of Glory?!
- A supportive “pet” project to the Manifestations magazine released yearly with the vision that people don’t have to wait for the yearly magazine to flow with what goes on in House of Glory
- Doxa (Greek word for Glory) Magazine covered a number of celebratory news and testimonies
- Visit www.doxamagazine.org
- Demography begins to change significantly through 2010
- Church acquires its first Van
- Synergy is born
- After much brainstorming the young adult ministry in House of Glory was rejuvenated and re-branded with a new vision and mission statement
- “…being an influential and innovative force to be reckoned with in the church; bridging the gap [in point-of-views and mobilization of ideas or vision] between the old [“seasoned” adults] and the new [our new generation of children and teenagers, american-born and otherwise]”
“In the context of organizational behavior, following the view that a cohesive group is more than the sum of its parts, synergy is the ability of a group to outperform even its best individual member.”
2010
- Year of the Living Sacrifice (and the beginning of yearly themes)
- Year of Living Sacrifice because in 2009, we had only one baby delivery with many members still waiting on the Lord for fruit of the womb. The pastor received revelation that as a people we had taken the Grace of God for granted and needed to throw ourselves at his mercy as ‘ living sacrifices’ pleading mercy and not the right of grace.
- The rest is history because we had three deliveries (in 2010) and six deliveries the following year 2011 as a result of our consecration unto God and departing from our old ways.
- Social media team in HOG really takes off
- created a HOG presence on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.
- More people continue to find the church based on web searches
- If you are not yet a fan of House of Glory visit us: xxxxx
2011
- The Year of Divine Visitation
- Six babies were successfully delivered (100% increase from 2010)
- Member exodus and pruning of church membership continues
- Demography of church changes
- Greatest no. of babies ever in the church in one year!
- Children department grows in leaps and bounds
- Core age group of the church is now around 20-40 year old and no longer 40 and above
- House of Glory became a center for School of Disciples RCCGNA
- Quarterly Movie Nights become a HOG staple
- Pastor Akhigbe @ 60
- Pastor George Akhigbe celebrates his 60th birthday in a gala banquet and his work in House of Glory is recognized by the City of Baltimore
- Pastor Akhigbe promoted to member of Board of Co-ordinators, RCCGNA
- in East North America Province 1 (ENAP1)
- House of Glory becomes the zonal headquarters
- Promotion creates a direct and official advisory and mentoring relationship with the pastor (including the church) and 9 sister parishes within the zone.
- Member completes his phD thesis in 2 years (a good record by many standards)
2012
- The Year of Fruitfulness
- 2 members of the Glory Voices and/or intercessory group matched into Medical Residency programs (in their desired fields of practice)
- Two HOG ministers (1 male and 1 female) to be ordained deacons of RCCG in the summer of 2012
- Approvals that held us back for four years 2008-date have been obtained
Tenth anniversary is brewing, 9th installment of GLORY CLOUD is going to be the best yet, lives will continually be touched, burdens lifted, testimonies abounding… stay tuned.