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HISTORY
ZOE
Christian Center is a
non-denominational Word of Faith church ministering and serving the
communities of the Southwest Oklahoma Area.
ZOE
Christian Center was founded by Dr. Fred and Sylvia Judy, the
parents of Pastor Angela Moyd, in 1980. This vision took shape first
in the form of a Christian Book Store located in Oxnard California
called "New Life Christian Book Store". It was housed in a
2000 square foot building down on the Strip, in the middle of Pimps,
prostitutes and drug dealers. God placed it there to bring New
Life to those who were hurting and needed salvation. As people
were drawn into the bookstore, they began to receive prayer for
various problems in their life. People were being healed, the
blinded eyes were being opened deaf ears could now hear and the lame
started to walk. The Pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts began
to walk in off the streets to be saved and filled with the Holy
Spirit. God was moving by his Spirit on skid row and the
scripture was fulfilled that said, "Those who sat in darkness saw
great light."
In 1979,
came a core of 8 families that wanted to learn the Word of God on a
daily basis, they wanted to have a place to worship God free from
traditions and rituals of denominationalism. God instructed
Dr. Judy and his wife Sylvia to look for a building that could be
opened 24 hours a day to meet the needs of the total person,
spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional. The Ministry grew
and the scope of the church and outreach programs expanded to
include Evangelistic Ministries teams traveling to Africa, the
Philippines and throughout the United States and Mexico; and ZOE
Christian Center churches established in three states and the
Philippines.
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Pastor Sam and Angela Moyd are God’s visionaries for the current
efforts at ZOE Christian Center Ministries. Called by God from
Oxnard, California in 1994 to serve as pastors of ZOE Christian
Center Lawton, starting with just 7 faithful people, their
consistent obedience to God has taken the ZOE Congregation from
glory to glory. During these years, Pastor Moyd’s uncompromising
and bold teachings of God’s word and unrelenting community efforts
have helped to change the lives of many. To accommodate the growth
of church membership, 3 acres of land was purchased in 1997. Pastor
Moyd and several of the men in the church worked hard and long to
build phase one of the ministry, a new 5,200 square foot church
which would seat over 350 people. What followed was phase two, the
purchase of 24 acres, which now holds the worship center and a
10,200 square foot castle built to accommodate the growth of our
children's ministry. Phase three plans are currently in the works
and includes a unique development that will be home to a 5,000 seat
church auditorium, Sam Moyd Ministries, a Bible Training Center
facility – training Ambassadors to go into all the world, teaching
the uncompromising word of God, as well as facilities, programs and
enterprises to meet local community needs – for housing & economic
development, education, job training and self-empowerment.
The hallmark of
Pastor Sam and Angela’s ministry is their compelling love through
Christ for hurting people. Their compassion is evident and their
talk is more than spiritual – offering people both the hope of the
gospel message and the practical demonstration of it.
Through the
ministry of Pastor Sam and Angela Moyd, people are discovering their
destinies.
Consequently, this anointed man and woman are advancing the Kingdom of God in a whole new way.
Purpose &
Vision
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