Life Application Gospel Ministries International

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Life Application Gospel Ministries International (L.A.G.M.I) (A North Carolina Non-Profit Corporation) is a independent denomination formed in 2004 by its Chairman and Founder, Rev. Andrew D. Burns.The entire organization as a whole is also referred to as "LifeApp."

Primarily an organization formed as a "worldwide fellowship of independent ministries," it's primary focus is in planting churches throughout the world through missions and humanitarian efforts.

As of this writing, they have over 200 churches throughout the world in what it refers to as 12 Ministry Districts. Ministry Districts are headed by a District Presbyter.

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[edit] Current Ministry Districts

USA East, USA West, USA Central, Pakistan, Liberia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Philippines, India, Nigeria, and Rwanda.

Church and Organization Members in the fellowship are referred to as "affiliates," and its ministers are classed in three levels: Exhorter (beginners in ministry), Licensed and Ordained [1].

Ministry Districts are in two cagetories, Organized and Unorganized districts. Unorganized Districts are districts where there are LifeApp credentialed ministers or missionaries, but less than 10 active LifeApp Affiliate ministries.

Affiliate Ministries must have at least 5 active in membership with at least one of them holding LifeApp credentials.

[edit] What is noteable about LifeApp

LifeApp was originally an evangelistic ministry of Pastor Burns, but due to numerous queries and offers to minister throughout the world, including requests to join in ministry; what started as an evangelistic team morphed into a worldwide organization that has taken on a life of its own and become its own denomination.

[edit] Noteable ministers in this organization

  • Rev. Andrew D. Burns, Founder
  • Rev. A. Zatah Nyeneme, Liberia Presbyter
  • Rev. J.S. Butia, India Presbyter
  • Rev. Ayub Sagar, Pakistan Presbyter
  • Rev. Jericho Dumapias, Philippine Presbyter
  • Dr. Satkhokai Chongloi, Dean of Students, Trulock Theological Seminary, India.

[edit] Noteable Affiliate Ministries

  • Trulock Theological Seminary, India[2]
  • Alpha Orphans Academy, Kenya
  • Kingdom Praise Fellowship, Monrovia, Liberia
  • New Hope Fellowship, Mindanano, Philippines

[edit] Funding

Funding for LifeApp ministries comes solely from donations received via offerings and grants from individuals, affiliates & strategic partners.

Strategic Partners are those who wish to donate or grant funding, supplies, logistic support, etc. who are not in actual ministry level positions.

[edit] References

  1. ^ LifeApp Constituion & Bylaws, adopted January 1, 2008)
  2. ^ accredited by the Asia Theological Association

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