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ABOUT
US
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk 2:2 KJV
our Vision:
Gideon Christian Fellowship International has been called by God to be an Apostolic/Prophetic church operating in the five-fold ministry gifts that will bring a sending dimension to the Body of Christ. Our mission is to be a house of prayer and Discipleship for all nations. We will train, activate and release ministry teams and establish churches in strategic locations--locally, nationally and internationally.
our Name:
Apostle Wooten was inspired to use the name Gideon from the book of Judges in the Old Testament.
“The angel of the Lord appeared unto [Gideon] and said unto him, ‘The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor” (Judges 6:12).
The meaning of Gideon’s name is significant, describing one who bruises or breaks; a destroyer; he that cuts down; a warrior. Gideon was appointed by God to lead an army of 300 Israelites to defeat their enemy, the Midianites. The story of this miraculous event is summed up in Judges 7:20-21:“And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried.” “The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.” And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host [of the enemy] ran, and cried, and fled.”
The church, like Gideon of the Bible, has been called to overturn the altars of evil and utterly destroy the enemies of God in our city, nation, and world.
our Leadership:
Apostle
Willie F. Wooten
Overseer - Music Department - Audo/Visual - Administration - Church Finance/Accounting - Custodial - Eldership
Apostle Willie F. Wooten was born and reared in Columbia, Louisiana. After meeting his wife, Kathleen, he graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1965, with a degree in Education. Immediately after graduating, he was commissioned as an officer in the U. S. Army and served one year in the Vietnam War. Apostle Wooten completed service to his country with the rank of Captain. Before becoming a pastor, he held employment in various disciplines in marketing, insurance, drilling engineering, employment with Fortune 500 companies, and was an instructor of mathematics at Southern University at New Orleans. Apostle Wooten pioneered home bible studies and provided oversight for approximately 40 such studies in his early years of ministry. Apostle Willie F. Wooten and his lovely wife, Kathleen, have two beautiful children, Sean and Tracy (Jeffery).
Apostle Wooten is the founder of Gideon Christian Fellowship, a multi-cultural church located in New Orleans, LA. Along with his pastoral responsibilities at Gideon, he serves as apostle of ministries in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and India.
Apostle Wooten is the author of “Breaking the Curse off Black America,” a God-given revelation concerning the maledictions of African-Americans and God’s desire for confession and repentance and prayer to take place, in order that this ethic group can truly be free.
Apostle Wooten ministers with a powerful apostolic-pastoral anointing. His passion is to equip, train and release the saints to do the work of the ministry and to fulfill the call of God on their lives. He has a burning desire to raise up apostolic houses of prayer for all nations and also to restore nations back to their moral and godly foundations. With a strong prophetic voice, he has had a positive influence in the governmental arena and has been instrumental in preventing ungodly laws from being enacted within the state of Louisiana and also throughout our nation.
Elder
Lynease Beacher
Women of Valor Young Adults Apostolic/Prophetic Ministry Audio Visual Children and Youth - Singles Ministry - Dance Ministry
Elder
Leroy Rogers
Marriage Ministry Pastoral Counseling Entrepreneurship Ministry AFCO Communion
Elder
Emanuel Wallace
Elder
Leonard Washington
Elder
Edward Hulbert
Baby Dedication - Membership Induction - Sick/Shut In and Hospital Ministry - Water Baptism
Architecture - Building Maintenance and Construction - Corporate and Intercessory Prayer - Health Ministry - Nehemiah Journey
Prison Ministry - Crisis Care Ministry - Ushers and Greeters -
Altar Workers - Men's Ministry - Nursing Home Ministry - Evangelism Ministry
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