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Pastor Paul Reid
Reverend Paul Reid is the Pastor and founder of Grace Tabernacle Christian Ministries, a fast growing Christian fellowship in the heart or the community in Thornton Heath, Croydon. He has been called and raised up by God for this season; indeed he has been called to the kingdom for such a time as this.
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Vision
Pastor Reid commenced pastoring in 1993. The focus of his vision as pastor derives from Genesis 17:5 where the Lord said to Abraham "Kings shall come out of thee". Recognising that he has been called to produce "Kings" Grace Tabernacle is known as "The Place Where Kings are Made", that is, irrespective of cultural background, social or educational setbacks, emotional or psychological challenges, the power of God and the power of His Grace are able to heal, deliver and transform you and give you the power to become; i.e. the power to realise your God given purpose and potential; the power to think, act, live and operate as "Kings", (extracted from the Grace Tabernacle vision).
Ministry
Pastor Reid is a highly anointed, multi-gifted servant of the Lord, primarily called to teach and preach the word of God. His burden is to "elucidate the truths of God's Word in a practical and relevant manner, enabling God's people to attain maturity and a fuller understanding of their purpose, position, privileges and power as sons of God".
Pastor Reid's God given ministry has enabled him to encounter a variety of cultures, and taken him to numerous countries around the world including: the United States of America, Jamaica, Italy and Germany. His belief is that, "A good teacher makes complex things simple; a poor teacher makes simple things complex". Pastor Reid has a strong passion for praise and worship and is also gifted of God in this area.
Background
Pastor Reid's call to the ministry was prophetically announced at 17, and he was appointed to the ministry at age 18, making him the youngest minister in the organisation. He was greatly influenced by his father Reverend Joseph Reid and his mother, the late Evangelist Corletta Reid. It was his mother, Evangelist Reid, who "rebuked death", when he almost died at age eight from an attack of bronchitis. With his brothers and sisters crying, recognising that death had come for their brother, his mother wrestled all night in prayer and repelled "Death's attack, until the breakthrough came in the morning.
Pastor Reid owes much of his godly influence to his parents who brought him up in a strict godly environment, which formed the foundation of his ministry.
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