History of Wellington Boone Ministries
He served under other pastors for a time and then began holding Christian gatherings in hotels in Richmond, Virginia, that were attended by enthusiastic multiracial gatherings. In 1981 he incorporated the future Wellington Boone Ministries and launched his first church in Ettrick, Virginia, near the campus of Virginia State University.
WELLINGTON BOONE was born again as a young man of 25 years old through a dramatic personal encounter with Jesus Christ. He was alone in his room during a time of crisis when he was overcome by the Shekinah glory of God.
The next day, he immediately began sharing his faith and winning people to Christ. A few weeks later he married his childhood sweetheart Katheryn Watley in November 1973.
NEW GENERATION CAMPUS MINISTRIES. The Ettrick church reached out to college students at nearby Virginia State and founded New Generation Campus Ministries (NGM) in 1982. Eventually it reached 50 college campuses.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Pastor Boone left Pastor Joseph Green in charge of the church in Ettrick and planted Manna Christian Fellowship of Richmond, Virginia. They met for a while in the 200-year-old Monumental Church across from the Capitol on East Broad Street. Then they renovated a car dealership at Belvedere and Broad.
At Belvedere and Broad in downtown Richmond, Manna Christian Fellowship had an active street ministry and noonday prayer and praise. They also reached students at nearby Virginia Commonwealth University and athletes on the Richmond public high school football and basketball teams.
In 1989 Manna Christian Fellowship purchased Friendship Baptist Church (above) at 6851 South Laburnum Avenue on 10 acres of land. They renovated it to serve as an active church and children’s academy as well as a headquarters for NGM, FOIC, and other outreaches. It was open almost 24 hours a day. It reached all races, including contact with the former owner of the church land, a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Bishops and pastors in the new Fellowship of International Churches were sent out to start churches and ministries in other cities. Their leadership training at Manna Christian Fellowship empowered them for spiritual and natural success.
In 1995, Rick Joyner of MorningStar Ministries gave Wellington Boone a prophecy that God was calling him to move to Atlanta. This confirmed a word God had already given him. He consecrated Bishop Marvin Mason and his wife Kate Mason to pastor Manna Christian Fellowship in his place.
FATHER’S HOUSE at 5875 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Norcross, GA. Bishop Boone and his wife Katheryn and family moved to Georgia and started a church in their home, then met in hotels, and then remodeled this location.
In March 2015 Bishop Boone and FOIC Bishop Matthew Mallek consecrated Bishop Garland and Pastor Eileen Hunt as pastors of The Father’s House so he could dedicate himself to international ministry work. They still pastor the church and since then have bought and renovated a beautiful church property. Most leaders and members stayed in the Father’s House Family, joined by others.
FATHER’S HOUSE, current location: 6060 Spalding Drive, Peachtree Corners, GA