Pastor RJ Matthews
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations."
Jeremiah 1:5
Pastor's Bio:
*Born July 2, 1984 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matthews, Sr.
*Accepted Christ and baptized at age 5
*Accepted the call to preach the gospel at age 13
*Founder and Visionary of U-Turn Youth Ministries
*Received Diploma of Arts in Religion with Advanced Pastoral Leadership
concentration from World Harvest Bible College, Columbus, Ohio
*Completed Internship in World Harvest Bible College Music Department under the
leadership of Lisa Ireland and Eddie James
*Covering at Harvest Time Church, Houston, Tx, under Bishop Shelton Bady
*Director of Contagious Youth Ministry, Harvest Time Church, Houston, Tx
*Married Cycelia Denise Carr, December 9, 2006
*Father of Robert Charles Matthews III, December 14, 2007
*Became Interim Pastor of Divine Healing Temple, October 7, 2007
*Installed as Pastor of Divine Healing Temple, January 11, 2008
*Born July 2, 1984 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matthews, Sr.
*Accepted Christ and baptized at age 5
*Accepted the call to preach the gospel at age 13
*Founder and Visionary of U-Turn Youth Ministries
*Received Diploma of Arts in Religion with Advanced Pastoral Leadership
concentration from World Harvest Bible College, Columbus, Ohio
*Completed Internship in World Harvest Bible College Music Department under the
leadership of Lisa Ireland and Eddie James
*Covering at Harvest Time Church, Houston, Tx, under Bishop Shelton Bady
*Director of Contagious Youth Ministry, Harvest Time Church, Houston, Tx
*Married Cycelia Denise Carr, December 9, 2006
*Father of Robert Charles Matthews III, December 14, 2007
*Became Interim Pastor of Divine Healing Temple, October 7, 2007
*Installed as Pastor of Divine Healing Temple, January 11, 2008
My Purpose:
To ignite a spiritual fire in the lives of people that spreads to their families, their schools, their neighborhood, their cities and sets the nations ablaze with the fire of God
To proclaim the Word of God with prophetic clarity and holy fervor, powerfully articulating the heart of God
To call a generation back to the simplicity of devotion to Christ through personal encounters with the Presence of God
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My Passion:
To worship God with relentless passion
To be a modern-day example of purity, holiness, godliness, power, and the love of God in this generation
To empower the people of God to infect their world with the Kingdom purpose and power that has been invested in them
To ignite a spiritual fire in the lives of people that spreads to their families, their schools, their neighborhood, their cities and sets the nations ablaze with the fire of God
To proclaim the Word of God with prophetic clarity and holy fervor, powerfully articulating the heart of God
To call a generation back to the simplicity of devotion to Christ through personal encounters with the Presence of God
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Passion:
To worship God with relentless passion
To be a modern-day example of purity, holiness, godliness, power, and the love of God in this generation
To empower the people of God to infect their world with the Kingdom purpose and power that has been invested in them


