"Real people coming together in community to transform their world with passion for God and compassion for people"

1) Love: We exist to be baptized with the love of God and pour out his love as a conduit to hurting and lost people+. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself as love. Our desire is to be filled with more and more of God's love for daily living, worship, and study. (We are all about his Love!)

2) We relate to God as Father "Daddy". We cry out by the Spirit of adoption "abba" Father. He is our Dad, therefore we are no longer slaves or servants, but rather His children. God wants an intimate relationship with us so that he can parent us as individuals who share the journey corporately.

3) Relationship and NOT Religion: We are all on this journey together, called to be His children and live with him out of our relationship with Him instead of a list of rules we must follow. You can follow rules without an authentic relationship with God. Rules are good and we should follow them out of love and respect for God in His timing. We get to know God and he deals with our heart right where we are at, no games or masks allowed.

4) Unity: One Body, diverse and eclectic as it may be, all Christians are our brothers and sisters (We are family! *playing softly in the background) . We downplay differences and concentrate on working together towards the common goal of preaching good news and serving our community together.

5) City Transformation! Our vision is to impact our city and go outside the four walls to be the arms and hands of Jesus. We will serve one another in love, regardless of doctrinal differences, or station in life. We will make a positive impact in our culture and serve the people who live here without judgment or criticism.  We will pray together, serve together, and love together to see God transform our city. When all is said and done our church will be known as a ministry that impacted our city and the lives of its people in positive tangible way for Jesus Christ.

A Brief History of the Lighthouse Church

The Lighthouse Church began in 1957 as a mission church of White Chapel Church of God in South Daytona, and was originally called The First Church of God. For several years they met in rented buildings or houses of members.

In 1960 Rev. Luther Moore became pastor and they moved into their first building at 126 S. Ridgewood Ave. that same year.

In 1963 a sanctuary holding 125 was completed. From 1967 to 1974 Jim and Gerri Moore served a growing congregation, and in 1972 added a large cafeteria, more classrooms and started a childcare center.

From 1974 until 1979 Sam Spencer served as pastor.
In 1979 Dave Walker became pastor.

In 1980 he started First Church of God Christian School (now known as Lighthouse Christian Academy) with six children in the first grade.

The school grew quickly and in 1982, a new office/classroom building was added and the sanctuary remodeled and expanded to accommodate the growing church and school.

Nevertheless, by 1987 space problems were acute, so the congregation bought the former "New Hope Church" at 4390 Grand Ave. and moved into its new sanctuary.

At that time it also changed its name to The Lighthouse and re-named its school Lighthouse Christian Academy.

The old sanctuary at 126 S. Ridgewood was made into a small chapel, and four new classrooms and a teacher's work room were added.

Nevertheless, by 1994 the school was again facing acute space problems, so the upper grades were moved to the Grand Avenue location and an additional childcare center was begun there.

In 2003 the former home of the DeLand Church of God (The Sanctuary) was purchased and the congregation moved to 1525 S. State Rd. 15-A in August 2003.

Again the school faced space shortages, so in August 2006, the Lighthouse Christian Academy High School was moved to 1525 S. State Rd. 15-A to utilize classrooms not being used during the week by the church.

The three weekend services of the Lighthouse Church have averaged nearly 500 in attendance the last two months.

Lighthouse Christian Academy now has over 500 students. The elementary school, a childcare center, and the church offices still occupy the original location at 126 S. Ridgewood Ave.

The middle school and Lighthouse North Daycare Center occupy the location at 4390 Grand Ave. in Glenwood.

The church conducts all the worship services in its 1525 S. State Rd. 15-A location, and LCA High School uses it during the week.

 On Jan.1, 2008, Pastor Paul Bryan became Senior Pastor.

In early 2008, we purchased about five acres of land bordering our property on the north for future expansion of our church and school.We face the future with big dreams and high expectations