Pastor Phillip Owens & Co-Pastor Chaz Owens
OUR PASTOR'S STORY
I started out when I was leading "Saints on fire for Christ". I always knew God wanted me to become a pastor. It wasn't until a year and half after being the president/pastor of Saints on Fire - The Lord spoke to me and said, "I have called you to be a pastor and start a church." Not wanting to be out of order I felt it was important to wait on the Lord to know when to start. I waited and waited - then one day on my job the Lord spoke to me and had me read Jeremiah 22.
22 Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word, 2 and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates! 3 Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David. 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house shall become a desolation.”’
6 For thus says the Lord to the house of the king of Judah:
“You are Gilead to Me,
The head of Lebanon;
Yet I surely will make you a wilderness,
Cities which are not inhabited.
7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down your choice cedars
And cast them into the fire.
8 And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’ 9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’”
10 Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.
He said "If you keep this I will bless your church if not it won't go well for you." I said "Yes Lord". He then told me to start my Beautifulgate International Church on Easter Sunday ... and the rest is history.
22 Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word, 2 and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates! 3 Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David. 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house shall become a desolation.”’
6 For thus says the Lord to the house of the king of Judah:
“You are Gilead to Me,
The head of Lebanon;
Yet I surely will make you a wilderness,
Cities which are not inhabited.
7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down your choice cedars
And cast them into the fire.
8 And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’ 9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’”
10 Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.
He said "If you keep this I will bless your church if not it won't go well for you." I said "Yes Lord". He then told me to start my Beautifulgate International Church on Easter Sunday ... and the rest is history.
ABOUT US
Beautiful Gate International is a distinct and diverse family of Christian believers that come together to join faith in action.
OUR MISSION
The mission of Beautiful Gate International is to call down things on earth as it is in heaven. As a family of believers, we sow seeds of hope, which is Jesus Christ, into the hearts of many in our city, our nation and the world. Our mission involves creating churches that serve as safe gathering places for people to experience the grace and forgiveness of God through his only begotten on, Jesus Christ. We are a refuge where the hurt finds healing and the hopeless finds miracles. We spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We spread the love of God. We work tirelessly to see the fire of God ignited in the hearts of believers and non-believers alike.
OUR VISION
Beautiful Gate International is an inspirational, spirit-filled, multi-cultural ministry, impacting our city, our nation and the world through community development and church planting. Joining with Jesus Christ of Nazareth, we encourage, heal and equip humankind. We attend to matters of justice. We set things right between people. We rescue victims from their exploiters. We are a refuge for the homeless, the orphans, the widows. We produce mature disciples. We walk by faith and praise God, filling the world with wonder and amazement that is Jesus Christ.