Elder Edwin L House PhD
I was born and raised in large family (9) children. I was raised in a Christian home, My father was AME Methodist and my mother was Church of God. They set high religious and moral standards. After graduating from high school I stopped going to Church much. I enlisted in the USAF and soon stopped attending at all and developed a drinking problem and after 20 years of military life .I got a ticket for drinking and driving. I was required to go to "AA" where they talked about a higher Power and I began to think about God and the training I received as a child. I began to pray and seek God's present at 40 years old. God bless me, saved me and sanctified me with his precious Holy Ghost. I got save Apri11977; I worked in the Church under Elder Julius A Ford at Mt Zion church of God In Christ in Santa Maria Ca. I wore many hats. They included Sunday School Teacher, Bus Driver, and Cooking Bar B Que meat for fund raiser. I started my Christian education at the University of Santa Barbara, Ca. and later moved to Los Angeles, Ca. and finished my Bachelors of Science in Religion, at the University of La Verne, June 1981.In October 1981 I moved to Oklahoma and worked under Elder Jimmie L Norwood at Holy Temple Church of God In Christ, Spencer Oklahoma, as a Teacher, Preacher, and Evangelist. In June 1984 I established Madison St.Church of God In Christ. I started out with just my immediate family. My first 20 members were white.

I later changed the name to Light House Church of God In Christ. In May 1997, I received my Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry, and a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from the University of Biblical Studies and Seminary. In December 1999, I started a learning center at my Church, "Light House Church of God In Christ," located in Crescent Oklahoma, where I taught college level courses through The American Bible College and Seminary, Inc. Located in Oklahoma City. In 2004 I started a Christian School with student ranging Frist grade, through the 8th grade using the Accelerated Christian Education Program, where I was the administrator, Principal, and teacher. The School was closed in 2007 when I had to have open Heart Surgery. In June 2009~ I earned my Doctorate of Philosophy through Covenant Bible College& Theological Seminary. I was certified as an educator through national association of Private Theological Institutions and now serve as Professor of Ministerial Studies at Christian University of Central Florida .