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Soon afterwards, he was attending Mount Olivet Church of God in Christ, where he was "baptized in the Holy Spirit, and started speaking in tongues". It was during these two distinct moments in his faith journey that he began to feel a distinct purpose, to preach to all who would hear. Pitts recounts of honing his preaching ability by preaching to "soda bottles" as props during a part-time convenient store job, imagining they were people. He would spend much of his latter teenage years traveling from Church to Church requesting an opportunity to preach from local Pastors.
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It was during one of these Church meetings in , at a tent-revival in Defiance Ohio that a young Kathi Gamble came to hear Pitts preach. They advertised on the local Gospel radio station, and on the first night, 18 people came. There was no written plan, no outreach plan, and little external funding.
The original vision from God for the Church, given in - years before the Church's formation - and still written on paper, states "The plan is simply for God to have a Church that is run on His divine order and inspiration. A Church where people of all races, ethnic groups, and religious backgrounds can come together to worship God. A place where sinners will find grace and acceptance, and where they will be challenged to grow.
A place where those who need healing and deliverance will find God ever present to meet their needs. A growing place - A happy place. A lighthouse to the whole city. Ministering to the whole man". After a few successful months of Thursday night meetings, they decided to start weekend services. The first Sunday drew 35 people to a small storefront building, and due to its rapid growth, moved twice in its first four years.
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First to an old insurance office at the Byrning Hill Plaza, where it started holding two Sunday morning services. The Church had to move due to rapid growth, to a remodeled warehouse on Airport Highway. At the age of 26, Pitts was now preaching to over weekly members.
The Church had spent months remodeling what had been a "Bud's Deep Discount Store" into a seat sanctuary, also featuring state-of-the-art children's facilities for the more than children to attend services each week. Truth isn't cultural, its concrete. The Gospel transcends race Stereotypically, the black Church has the spirit, and the white Church has the structure. My desire was to take the best of both Churches and combine them". Cornerstone Church has been attracting a racially diverse community since its founding in the s, said Bishop Pitts, who grew up worshiping in predominantly black and predominantly white churches.
In more recent years, he said he sees visitors and new members drawn to that diversity. Rather than attending seminary or theological college, he is unconventionally self-taught from tapes, cds, books and other materials he has had available over the course of his Pastoring. In an interview response that questioned his qualifications, he answered "I went through the tapes one by one, with texts, which I managed to track down, at hand.
I read Augustine and the Eastern church fathers that way. And I am still teaching myself today. What I love about travel is the chance to read. While others are watching movies or sleeping, I am devouring the latest in theological studies or preparing a sermon.
Pitts was consecrated as a bishop by the International Communion of Charismatic Churches in October for his oversight of the Cornerstone Global Network, an expanding network of more than Churches around the globe. Pitts has had three mentors during his time in ministry. The first was Lester Sumrall , who died in The next was Carlton Pearson , who Pitts parted ways with after Pearson started preaching a doctrine of inclusivity that all go to heaven. There, as elsewhere, he is drawing big crowds. Nor is it any other combination where one demographic dominates.
Here, everyone is in equal ownership of the vision.
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As a whole, the Church has been attracting a racially diverse community since its founding. So I need to see someone different as well, so I know that God uses other people. Pitts has preached at the annual Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance conference several times. This event aims to bring together churches from across the region with differing styles and congregations. The event is held in May each year. Pitts is the founder of the "Heal The World" organization, a registered c 3 non-profit. The name for the organization comes from his reading of a scripture in the Bible, Revelation Its services range from covering the cost of soup kitchen Thanksgiving meals, [13] to collecting Bibles for US soldiers, [14] to partnering with Mercy Ministries , [15] to hosting the African Children's Choir , [16] supporting Dr Patricia Bailey-Jones who ministers with Master's Touch Ministry Global, [17] and leading a prison ministry that has reached thousands of men at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio.
His approach to charity is "wholly pragmatic", finding good non profits locally and abroad, and backing their solid work, rather than reinventing the wheel and creating his own charitable organizations. This approach to the humanitarian sector allows for increased effectiveness, where a greater percentage of donations reach their end goal, rather than being spent on overhead. Over the past 20 years, Pitts has partnered with, and hosted annual WOWJAMs, a ministry started by Stephen and Linda Tavani aimed at reaching poorer communities around the city by utilizing music, games, dances, and prizes.
Pitts has traveled extensively for his philanthropic efforts in areas effected by natural disasters and in Africa. In a team travelled to Haiti in response to the devastating earthquake with the goal of assisting in rebuilding houses. Heal The World also funds the Cornerstone Academy, an award winning school in the village of Odokono N'kwanta, Ghana, and built the well that provides fresh water to the region. This album was designed to promote a good message, into a world that seems to only promote its hurt and dysfunction.
Bringing together many ministry friends for the project, the album contains songs co-written by Pitts that stretches several genres.
As a result of meeting with the Mayor of Toledo Paula Hicks-Hudson in early , Pitts learned that several city pools had remained closed throughout the three summers prior due to lack of city funding. This conversation coincided with the release of the city's annual budget for , and confirmation that six pools would remain closed without the support and sponsorship from benevolent third parties. The pool is blocks from the Eastwood Campus, in East Toledo. To subscribe to Backyard Pearls Newsletter , visit the site here. You may reprint the featured article, in its entirety, by including a byline and the following information: You can get a free audio on overcoming writers block by clicking HERE.
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