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Our goal is to achieve our Mission and fulfill our Vision by empowering the believer through the practice of Scriptural methods and procedures that focus on sharing the most recent revelations, mysteries and teachings concerning:
Our MotivationIt is written Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage -- with great patience and careful instruction (2 Timothy 4:2 -- NIV). This we intend to do to our utmost. We who are closely walking with the Lord today have begun to realize that traditional religious beliefs and dogma have all but seduced the church of Jesus Christ. In these last of the last days, however, we’ve begun to move in unprecedented revelation concerning the body of Christ and the unfolding of God’s divine purpose. With each new understanding, we are witnessing the restoration of the God’s church and the establishment of unity and order throughout His Kingdom. We are quickly becoming a people conformed to the image and likeness of Jesus Christ; a nation learning how to rest in the eternal goodness of God.Our Background
Rev. Sebastian J. Fisichella is one of many whom God has called out of the business world and into the five-fold ministry in these last days. Sebastian realized his salvation after 16 years as an extremely effective executive in corporate management and 12 more years as a very successful entrepreneur. In March of 1986, he committed his life to the Lord and on the following Sunday he found himself in a full gospel, Holy Spirit filled
church for the very first time. Just a few weeks later, as he entered a large open field of grass and pleaded with God for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, he fell on his face and was filled. During the next 4½ years, he sat under the teachings of the Pastoral gifts to Abundant Life Christian Center (ALCC) in Margate, Florida. Under the loving care of .Pastor Rick Thomas, Pastor Eric Thomas and Pastor Al Scavone, Sebastian soaked up the word of God like the dry roots of the Serengeti drink in that first rain that marks the end of the seasonal drought.
After almost 5 years of ministry in both the Good Samaritan Ministry and as a designated Leader of the Men’s Ministry at ALCC, the Lord brought Sebastian back to the Northeast. In 1994, he was informed by his Pastor that the time had come for him to be ordained and sent out. Though he and his Pastor had never discussed it, this was Sebastian’s most passionate desire. Spirit of Grace was formed in August of 1994 with services held in Sebastian’s home for the first 5 months before being established in the upper room of a local Veterans’ club. In December of 1997, he was led of the Spirit to journey to Kenya, where he preached the gospel and ministered to a gathering of 8 churches planted by a devoted Pastor in Kenya. It was during this mission that he met his bride Hottensiah, who joined him in the U.S. in February, 1998 and they were married on February 28, 1998. Hottensiah’s motto is, “Wherever I am, I can make a difference.” Hottensiah is also a very active member and officer of the Rotary Club of North Pocono, PA. In her Rotary capacity, she has proposed and is pursuing an international program to ship and distribute 50,000 new text books to schools throughout Kenyan, where 4 or 5 children usually share only one schoolbook for the entire school year. Both Sebastian and Hottensiah still minister to the wonderful people of Kenya as the Lord leads. Those who know him intimately have said that Sebastian’s calling is apostolic and that he is “a teachers’ teacher” and “a Pastors’ Pastor.” Sebastian also publishes a monthly newsletter entitled The MESSENGER and accepts invitations to preach and minister to small intimate gatherings of believers as the Lord leads. |