House of Praise Church
HIS will is that NONE PERISH, BUT THAT ALL COME TO REPENTANCE
2 Peter 3:9
Pastor Carmen Jean McCain,RN;BSN
Senior Pastor of House of Praise Church
Mrs. Carmen McCain is first and foremost, "A Servant" to God and to her fellowman. (John 13:3-17). This woman loves JESUS! She seeks not her own, neither does she try to impress others with her words, works, or deeds. She is not addicted to "glances" of people’s approval or disapproval. Being acquainted with griefs, sorrows and much persecution, her "OUTREACHING HEART" seeks to be a constant "COMFORT" to others!
Listening to her, one quickly learns that she "ONLY" speaks that which the Holy Spirit instructs her to speak. When she stands up physically, she sits down spiritually, allowing Mr. Holy Spirit to rise up in her and stand BIG and TALL "THROUGH HER". It is evident that she wants "GOD" to get the GLORY, as she invokes HIS presence, in all that she does.
Remembering God's promise to do a "NEW THING", she rejects the idea of "CHURCH AS USUAL". (Isaiah 42:9 and 43:19). Her loving nature and her "God-given" mission, is bigger than her finances. However, she tackles every GIANT with a "smile, faith and rugged determination".
She diminishes "NOT" one word of God, sugar coats nothing, refuses to be a "bought-man-servant or an eye-pleaser," and certainly compromises with "no" wrongdoings. She sees everyone as "created equals.
"Holding fast the vision that ALL are GOD’S children, with "Souls" to be saved from a "burning hellfire and damnation", her struggles have been many. Her Christian Mission and life’s goal is to do her utmost in assuring that "NONE perishes, but that all comes to repentance. (2Peter 3:9).
Mrs. McCain’s multi-dimensional attributes branches out into the professional, political, educational, societal, and Christian areas of life. As a facilitating pastor and evangelist, her ministry has taken her all over the world. Her Holy Spirit inspired sermons are heard weekly, in prisons and pulpits, all over the Country. Testimonials of lives that have been changed, are continuously being given on a daily basis.
As an orator and motivational speaker, she ministers in schools, colleges, churches, community centers, political arenas, correctional facilities, libraries and other public places.
As a community activist, you may find her on street corners, in parks, in front of NIGHTCLUBS, in parking lots, or on a school’s yard.
Unashamedly, and uninhibited, she proclaims the Word of the Lord, and faithfully displays the Love of Jesus Christ, according to Matthew 25:31-46.
She is both founder and president of Mothers Against Violence/1000 Real Men/Youth against Violence. She also teaches "Biblical Principles" to the youth, on an ongoing basis, in a community Bible class.
Overwhelmingly, she embraces the hurting, impoverished, underserved, disadvantaged, disillusioned, suicidal, unmarketable and spiritually deprived. She is blunt, to the point, honest and loyal. She is "real"!
Her UNRELENTING force and Christian discipline of "Internal Integrity" has allowed her many audiences and correspondences:
- THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
- THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS: GEORGE BUSH, SR. AND BILL CLINTON
- THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR CASTLE`
- THE UNITED NATIONS
- THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
- THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS, LEGISLATORS, GOVERNORS AND MAYORS
ARE BUT A "FEW DISCIPLINES" THAT HAVE BESTOWED UPON MRS. MC CAIN, HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREES, NUMEROUS HONORARIUMS, AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS, KEYS TO CITIES AND VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS.
As a gratefully privileged Mother of three "adorable" children, Mrs. Mc Cain's love and compassion for "YOUTH" is astounding. Professionally, she is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelors of Science Degree. She is a graduate of UAB School of Nursing (The University of Alabama at Birmingham).
As an EDUCATOR, she has taught school from grades kindergarten to 12th grade. She founded and established a twelve-week program of Certified Nursing Assistant at the World of Opportunity Community School and previously conducted the Violence prevention section of the Leadership class with Susan Martin at Samford University.
She was saved, sanctified and filled with the (Real) Holy Ghost, at five years old, in the Church of God in Christ, under the leadership of the late Elder William Mc Kinley Lockett. She later joined and fellowshipped at the East Birmingham Church of God in Christ, under the pastorate of the late Elder John F. Key.
Today, her church affiliation is nondenominational, yet, she is a "True Pentecostal Holiness" at heart. Her Pastor and covering is Dr. Mark Chirona of Windermere, Florida.
God has BLESSED her to be mentored by many spiritual supporters and mentors throughout her lifetime, which includes but is not limited to:
Mother Bertha Mae Mc Ghee(maternal grandmother); Pastor Gloria Young (Mother and Pastor); Mother Anna Lamb(East Birmingham's Sunbeam Bible Class for All People); Mother Lucy Washington; Evangelist Maggie Parson; Mother Olivia Cameron; Elder James Henderson; Pastor Joyce Williams(Co-founder and Co-Pastor of House of Praise Church); Dr. Lillian Naauman, UAB Anatomy/Biology Department; Rev. Kenneth Hagin(Spiritual Father/ RHEMA); Rev. A.A. Allen(Miracle Valley); MS. Shirley Chisholm(first African American female to be elected CONGRESSWOMAN of the UNITED STATES); and Mother Lillian Coleman, all who are now with the Lord.
Others include: Mrs. Sandra Schrohenloher; Attorney and Mrs. Frank and Kitten Burge; Ms. Dena Lowery; Mrs. Roy Yvette Clemons; Shades Valley Presbyterian Church; Mr. Russell Greenhalgh; Mr. Steven Brickman and Mrs. Lenora Pate; Dr. and Mrs. David and Trula Reynolds; Mother Isabel Henderson; Brother and Sister Kenneth and Gloria Copeland; Brother David Terrell; Mr. Larry Langford; Brother Will Rogers, Jr.; Mrs. Lisa Brown; Mr. Mike Brown; Lorri Dresbach and Sister Tracey Schellhorn.
As a vocal "Orator", Pastor Carmen travels nationwide, where she is better known as the "Lemonade Maker". The force behind her message is her love for God and His people, "FORGIVENESS" and her personal, yet, silent pain.
Her God-given message offers "PEACEFUL" and preventive solutions, to what might otherwise become "VIOLENT" situations. She emphasizes, "WHEN LIFE STARTS TO HAND YOU A BUNCH OF SOUR LEMONS, MAKE YOU SOME LEMONADE".
A full culmination of who Pastor Carmen Jean Clark Mc Cain really is, is best summed up in her own words, "I am a God-fearing Eagle Woman". She knows that it is her personal Savior, Jesus Christ, that causes her to "Soar" above every negative circumstance. She uses her own personal and tragic life experiences, as her point of reflection and "HOPE"!!