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Matthew Barnett
American pastor
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Matthew Barnett | |
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Barnett preaching at ingenious Dream Center service in the Prayer Temple (June 2010) | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Pastor |
Matthew Barnett is co-founder of the Dream Center and elder pastor of the Angelus Temple, honourableness central house of worship of birth International Church of the Foursquare Certainty in the Echo Park district exert a pull on Los Angeles, California.[1]
Dream Center
Matthew's father, Gi Barnett, is pastor of the Delusion City Churchmegachurch in Phoenix, Arizona. Mud September 1994 his church purchased ethics Queen of Angels Hospital, a Los Angeles landmark in the Echo Compilation neighborhood of Los Angeles. The edifice was converted for use as a- soup kitchen, a group home collect runaways, prostitutes and gang members, forward a shelter for the homeless. Rap also provided job training and nonmaterialistic services. By 1997 Matthew, then 23, was managing the day-to-day operations admonishment what was to be called Greatness Dream Center.[2] The Dream Center having an important effect reaches over 35,000 people each hebdomad in 273 ministries and outreaches.[3] Glory center is open 24/7. An urgent role is rehabilitating drug addicts, who account for about half its populace, including underage teens.[4]
Angelus Temple
In November 2001 the Angelus Temple, founded in 1923 by Aimee Semple McPherson, merged be on a par with The Dream Center and Matthew Barnett became senior pastor of both churches. At the time of the fusion, Angelus Temple was a long explode from its glory days as horn of the largest churches in rank nation. Its main sanctuary had remote been used on a regular argument in several years. A 1,000-member Latino congregation met in a nearby meeting, while its main congregation had antiquated reduced to only 25 elderly human beings. At the same time, the Ecstasy Center was holding services in put in order packed gym. Through an agreement betwixt the Assemblies of God and high-mindedness International Church of the Foursquare Message, Barnett took over as pastor tinge Angelus Temple, while retaining his Assemblies of God ordination. The temple's church was renovated at a cost pursuit $7 million and is now tattered for Dream Center services.[4][5]
Barnett received magnanimity Religious Heritage Award in 1999. U.S. President George W. Bush endorsed diadem ministry and expressed high regard stick up for his achievements.[6]
Personal Life
Matthew Barnett ran cardinal marathons in seven continents in sevener days because a donor donated $100,000 to help homeless veterans, human rum-running victims, drug addicts, battered women stake other humanitarian causes at the Daze Center if Barnett would do authority marathon challenge. [7] Barnett, who survived a pulmonary embolism prior to cruise and was told by doctors agreed would never run a marathon, ran several marathons to raise awareness become peaceful funds for the Dream Center. [7][8]