Abundant Life Church Of God In Christ
435 Ralph Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11233

Church History

After having traveled nationally and internationally as a full-time evangelist for more than 17 years, yielded to the calling of the Lord to establish a pastoral ministry. Four (4) others began meeting with him in the living room of his home for prayer, praise, and bible study in January of 1989. Evangelist Barnes began to be impressed about the location of the church being in the West Tampa area and the group began to petition and seek the Lord concerning the matter. In a matter of days our current site in the Carver City community was located and doors began to open.

The Lord has been very gracious to us every day since. Carver City is a very green field and ready for a message of substance. We have taken some years to prepare, but God has given us the command to go forward and begin to reap the harvest NOW. We stand on the brink of our destiny, poised to take our Jerusalem for the Lord. Our Judea and Samaria are not far away.

About Our Leader

Matthew Q. Barnes, Jr., was a child of the church from his birth and saved at age 9, being baptized in the Holy Ghost soon thereafter. He acknowledged God’s call to ministry as a teenager and member of the Open Door COGIC of Buffalo, NY. College educated, he was called upon to serve as a medic in the Vietnam War, physically working to save the lives of others while soldiers risked their lives for him. This left a permanent imprint on his life to “help stop the perishing” . After the war he returned to the U.S. work in medicine and ministry. Hearing submitting to the call of God for full-time evangelism, he ended his medical pursuits to focus on the ministry of the Word with signs following. Seventeen years as full-time evengelist took Pastor Barnes across the United States and into Korea, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and the continent of Africa. A word from God relocated him from California to Florida.

Groomed as a prayer warrior and praiser, Pastor Barnes continues to impart into the Abundant Life flock the principles of holiness that have been engraved into his own life.

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