Father’s House Fellowship opened its doors for the first service in July 2004.
Our history
Pastor Gennaro Russo, and his wife Lonna, retired to Florida in 1990 not knowing the Lord was not done with their ministry. Beginning with a home Bible study, Pastor went on to have church services in his home that would eventually last seven years. An anonymous envelope was left at Pastor’s house with $87.00 in it for a building fund. At that time God put it on Pastor’s heart to build a church. The property the church is built on cost much more than this small group of believers could buy. But with God all things are possible. The price of the property was lowered by the grace of God and Pastor purchased it. Through hard work, perseverance, patience, and God’s guidance every step of the way, the church was built.
Not long after the church opened Pastor Russo had the vision to build a youth building. The building was quickly completed and is used by the many young people who attend Father’s House Fellowship, including Friday Night Youth Group. On May 17, 2015 the members of Father’s House Fellowship celebrated a debt free church when the final payment on the mortgage was completed. The Youth building had also been paid off which could only be a miracle from God. Pastor Russo was able by the grace of God to support himself all his life with his own business and never needed to take a salary. Pastor Russo’s commitment to God and the work of the ministry has left a legacy that is visible to all that know him. On May 25, 2017 the Lord took Pastor home at the age of 87. The legacy and the work that pastor began is flourishing and will continue by those whom the Lord has called and established through the teachings and foundational principles of God’s word.
Articles of Faith
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We believe the entire Bible as the infallible Word of God, which is inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible is the only perfect order of our faith and manner of living. Nothing can be added or taken away from the Bible, which is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believed.
2 Peter 1:21 · 2 Timothy 3:16–17 · Romans 1:16 -
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We believe that there is one God, eternally existing as God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Ghost by which they unite.
Ephesians 4:6 · Matthew 28:19 · 1 John 5:7 -
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We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father.
John 1:14 · Luke 1:27–35 · 1 Peter 3:18 -
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We believe in the existence of a personal devil, who, with all evil spirits, will be eternally punished in the lake of fire.
Matthew 25:41 -
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We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin (regeneration or new birth) is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ.
Acts 2:38 · Matthew 26:28 -
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We believe in water baptism by single immersion, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost, according to Christ’s commission.
Matthew 28:18–19 -
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We believe in the baptism in the Holy Ghost as an experience received subsequent to salvation, with the sign of speaking in tongues as the Holy Ghost gives utterance.
Acts 2:4 · Acts 10:45–47 · Acts 19:6 -
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We believe in the Lord’s Supper according to Luke 22:19–20: “And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
Luke 22:19–20 · 1 Corinthians 11:24 -
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We believe that Jesus Christ bore all our infirmities, and therefore we obey the following commandment: “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”
James 5:14 · Matthew 8:17 -
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We believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ according to 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17: “Shall descend from heaven with a great shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 -
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We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.
Matthew 25:46 · John 5:28–29