After graduating from Kenneth E. Hagin’s RHEMA Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1980, God began dealing with Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Anderson about moving to the High Springs area. They were to start a church that would meet the needs of people who were longing to know how to live a truly victorious life, based solidly upon the authority of God’s Word. It was to be a regional church, reaching out to surrounding communities and to people of many different backgrounds.
That summer, after conducting Bible studies and church services near Fort White, Pastor Anderson, his wife Angela and two sons, moved to High Springs and founded Faith Christian Fellowship. By December 1980, services were being held in the New Century Women’s Club in High Springs. God’s blessings have been evident in every phase of the church’s growth. In 1981, the young congregation purchased the historic, former First Baptist Church facility. Since that time, many new members and ministries have been added as the church has continued to grow.
In 2000, the congregation broke ground on their new facility on US 441 between High Springs and Alachua. Just before the new facility was completed in 2002, and to reflect the growing congregation’s vision, the church name was changed to Impact Family Church. In 2003 Rev. Greg Anderson joined the church staff as Youth Pastor, later becoming Associate Pastor in 2005.
The vision God gave Pastor Anderson has become a reality. Today, with ministries for all ages, from children to youth and singles to seniors, Impact Family Church is equipped to minister to your spiritual needs and to those of your entire family. The church’s motto is "Change Your World®"- that is, stop complaining about what’s going wrong in your life and do something about it. Take the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit and change your world!
Pastor Anderson and the entire congregation of IFC welcome you. Our heart’s desire is to see you live as an overcomer through the power of God.
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Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Anderson are native Floridians, having been born and raised in Jacksonville and Newberry. They were married in 1970 and have two sons, four grandsons and one granddaughter. Pastor Edwin graduated from RHEMA Bible Training Center in 1980 and was ordained by the late Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin in 1985. Pastor Angela was ordained in 2001. In 1980 they founded Faith Christian Fellowship in High Springs, which later became Impact Family Church (see church history). Together they served as District Directors of RHEMA Ministerial Association International, the licensing and ordaining arm of Kenneth Hagin Ministries, from 1989 to 1994, and as Regional Directors from 1994 to 2004 (see affiliations).
A gifted teacher, Pastor Anderson expounds the Word of God with refreshing clarity and depth. His passion to equip believers to reach their full potential in Christ has resulted in producing a strong local church body with a bold witness for the Lord. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are in frequent manifestation as Pastor Anderson ministers by the anointing. |
Rev. Greg and Amy Anderson joined the Impact Family Church staff in 2003 as Youth Pastors, later becoming Associate Pastors in 2005. Pastor Greg and Amy were married in 1996 and have three children. Both graduated from RHEMA Bible Training Center, founded by Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin, in 2000.
Pastor Greg, or “PG” as the youth call him, and Amy have a desire to see adults and students alike live to their fullest potential and experience God’s best in every area of their lives. They believe this generation is not just the church of tomorrow, but they are in fact the church of today. They quickly established an exciting and growing youth ministry known as RAGE, which stands for a Real Authentic God Experience. |
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In 1986, during a time of prayer and fasting, the Lord spoke very clearly to Pastor Anderson from the 26th chapter of the Book of Acts, verses 16 through 18, re-affirming and strengthening the vision of his heart. As these verses of scripture burned into his consciousness, he realized that God was not only speaking to him personally, but that He was revealing His plan and purpose for the local church body as well.
Acts 26:16-18 “But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you… to open (men’s) eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me."
Acts 26:16-18 is the call of God upon Impact Family Church. All ministry – every program and activity of the church is directed toward fulfilling this purpose.
Based on Acts 26:16-18 the mission of Impact Family Church is to:
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Be a witness of the great Biblical truths of salvation, redemption, righteousness, faith, love, healing, prosperity, and the present-day ministry of the Holy Spirit. |
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Open the eyes of the spiritually blind, to turn them away from the darkness and emptiness of this world and its philosophies, and from the weakness of religious tradition to the light of God’s Word. |
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Show the way of freedom from Satan’s power and of access through Christ to God’s fullness. |
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Bring the Good News of reconciliation with God – of the restoration to favor with God through the remission of sins, by the blood of Christ. |
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Throw open the doors to the treasure-house of God’s blessings by preaching the unsearchable riches of Christ. |
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Unveil to the believer the riches of his inheritance in Christ – his covenant rights and privileges as a child of God. |
We Believe...
THE SCRIPTURES - The Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God. In these Testaments we find the complete revelation of God's will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life (II Tim. 3:16; I Thess. 2:13; II Peter 1:21).
THE GODHEAD - In One God, Creator of all things, Who is infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Deut. 6:4; John 1:1-3, 14; Phil. 2:6; Acts 5:3-4).
JESUS CHRIST - Jesus Christ is true God and true man (John 1:1-3,14; I Tim. 2:5). He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary (Luke 1:35). He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Advocate (I Cor. 15:3-4; Acts 1:9; Heb. 8:1; I John 2:1).
THE FALL OF MAN AND REDEMPTION - Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost (Rom. 5:12; 3:23). Only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained (Titus 3:5). The shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only grounds for justification and salvation (I Peter 1:18-19; Rom. 4:25).
WATER BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER - Water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. However, they are not to be regarded as means of salvation (Matt. 28:19; I Cor. 11:23-26).
THE HOLY SPIRIT - The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. During this age, He indwells, guides, instructs and empowers the believer for godly living and service. Every believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues as the initial physical evidence (John 16:13-14; I Cor. 6:19; Acts 1:8; 2:4).
PRAYER - Every born again, Spirit-filled believer should maintain a consistent prayer life. This should be true both in praying with the understanding and in praying in the Spirit (I Thess. 5:16-18; I Cor. 14:15; Eph. 6:18).
FAITH, HEALING AND PROSPERITY- Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). The redemptive work of Christ provides not only salvation for the believer, but healing and prosperity as well (Isa. 53:4-6; Matt. 8:16-17). We are redeemed from the curse of the law which is poverty, sickness and spiritual death (Gal. 3:13). Our lives will be prosperous and healthy if we will walk in the light of this redemption with faith in God's Word (III John 2).
MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY - The Bible recognizes marriage as exclusively the legal union of one man and one woman. (Titus 1:6) Therefore, the Church will not recognize, perform, or condone any marriage between individuals of the same gender or between more than one man and one woman. The Bible also teaches that legitimate sexual relations are exercised solely within marriage. Sexual activities, such as, but not limited to, adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality, pedophilia and bestiality violate the teachings of the Bible and the Church, and are sinful and incompatible with Christian behavior. (I Corinthians 6:9-10; Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:26-27)
THE CHURCH - The true Church is composed of all those who are born again. Through this new birth we are united together in the body of Christ. Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church (I Cor. 12:12-13, 27; Eph. 1:22-23). Every local church has the right under Christ to decide and govern its own affairs (I Cor. 12:28).
THE RETURN OF THE LORD - In the personal, premillenial and imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ (I Cor. 15:51-52; I Thess. 4:15-18). This "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer (Titus 2:11-14).
THE RESURRECTION AND ETERNAL STATE - In the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting joy with the Lord and the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment (Rev. 20:4-6, 11-15).
