Our Pastor

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Luke 4:18-19 -The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anoited me to preach the gospel to to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,19-To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

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Apostle Marie J. Lackland was born on March 31, 1955, in Cleveland, Mississippi, to the parentage of the late, Honorable Elijah and Dealia Johnson.  She is the 10th of 13 children.  As a child, she grew up loving to go to Church, even then, her main interest was hearing the Pastor preach the Word of God, for her parents taught her about the Lord Jesus, the Saviour of the world. 

The Lord saved her at an early age, giving her the distinct honor and privilege to be a 'Born Again Believer' who loves God and loves His people.   By God's Grace she was called into the ministry at the age of 25yrs old.  Going any and everywhere for years preaching the Good News about Jesus Christ, whenever and wherever God would open a door.  Nursing homes, jails, prisons, Churches, homes, streets, etc.

Apostle Lackland's greatest passion is sharing the Word of God, telling somebody that Jesus came down through 42 generations, died out on a Hill called Calvary, was buried but rose again from the dead the 3rd day morning for the sin of the world.  She loves to Praise and Worship the Lord. 

Apostle Lackland has been married to Deacon Charles Lackland for 14yrs, she is the proud mother of her Beloved son, Zachary Johnson, 3 precious grandchildren, Jackie, Lil Zach and Kassie, as well as two great grand-children, Jada and Jackson. 

She continues to humble herself under the Mighty Hand of God to continue to do all that He has assigned to her hands to do.  Knowing there is no Safer Place than in the Perfect Will of God.

“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14

“Larry received the Lord as his personal Saviour in 1994 and was also baptized the same year. Larry is licensed and ordained. “I have a love for seeing men saved.”  He is over the Men’s Ministry at El Bethel Church. He has been active in prison ministry since 1999.  Larry is married to Pastor Jeri Pate. He recently wrote four newsletters for Black History month. Participates in the weekly radio broadcast “Healing for The Nation’s.”  Larry is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served ten years in the Marines. He has been too far away places as South Korea, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Somalia and Egypt just to name a few.  I loved being in the Marines, but my greatest love is seeing men and women being Saved and Born again through Jesus Christ.