About Us
The Gathering Place International was founded in 2006 by Pastors Eric and Laura Menefee. They were commissioned and sent out by Pastors Tony and Cynthia Brazelton of Victory Christian Ministries International and are under their covering. They are members of TCBM (Tony & Cynthia Brazelton Ministries), a fellowship of pastors and ministries connected to the Brazeltons. They are also members of ICFM (International Convention of Faith Ministries).
Eric has been in music ministry for more than a dozen years. He has served as worship leader in two previous churches as well as being a member of a music group that did concerts and services in many churches. His calling includes preaching and teaching the Word of God, bringing people into the presence of the Lord, and laying hands on the sick and weary so that they will be healed and restored, and prophetic gifts.
Laura was born and raised Jewish and gave her life to the Lord while in college. She went on to graduate from Gallaudet University and later graduated from Western Maryland College with a Master's degree. She served as an events coordinator and technical coordinator at two previous churches. She desires to empower men and women with understanding of the Word and the Love of the Lord.
Our Vision
The Gathering Place International is a place where people of all backgrounds, and ethnicity come together and worship the Lord. Where the love of God, through the empowerment and manifestation of the Holy Spirit, is shown to everyone that enters. To bring people into the Kingdom of God and for them to grow and mature into the people God has called us to be. To know who we are in Christ Jesus. A place where the Gospel (the good news of His Kingdom) is preached and taught, baptizing in water in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost and the baptism of The Holy Ghost.
Loving the unloved and hurting.
Teaching and believing the entire Bible.
Worshipping God with abandon.
Destroying the works of the devil.
Receiving and loving people from every ethnic, social, and economic background.
Operating in, and manifesting all the gifts of the Spirit.
John 13:35 Says it best - "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
That's what Jesus said and that's what we do.
We want to bring up people in all the ministry gifts. To build up the body of Christ and spread this Good News of His Kingdom all around the world.
What We Believe
Salvation through Jesus Christ
We are saved by grace and through our faith in Christ. That everyone who believes in their heart and confesses with their mouths that Jesus is Lord, and that He died and was raised from the dead, shall be saved.
Rom. 10:9-15; Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7
Baptism in water
When we accept Jesus as Lord, we are then baptized in water as a public sign of our death to the sinful nature and resurrection of our new life in Christ.
Rom. 6:3-7; Col. 2:12
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
This is the infilling of power for life and service with spiritual gifts to build up the Body of Christ, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, that is, the heavenly language.
Acts 1:7; Acts 2:33,38; 1Cor. 12:1-31
Divine Healing
Deliverance from sickness and disease is ours through Jesus Christ.
Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16; James 5:14,15; 1Peter 2:24
Jesus will Return and Reign
The revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, and the eternal reign of Christ on the earth are scriptural promises and our hope.
Acts 1:11; 2Thess. 1:7; Rev. 19:11-16; Rom. 11:25; Rev. 20:1-7.
The Gathering Place International was founded in 2006 by Pastors Eric and Laura Menefee. They were commissioned and sent out by Pastors Tony and Cynthia Brazelton of Victory Christian Ministries International and are under their covering. They are members of TCBM (Tony & Cynthia Brazelton Ministries), a fellowship of pastors and ministries connected to the Brazeltons. They are also members of ICFM (International Convention of Faith Ministries).
Eric has been in music ministry for more than a dozen years. He has served as worship leader in two previous churches as well as being a member of a music group that did concerts and services in many churches. His calling includes preaching and teaching the Word of God, bringing people into the presence of the Lord, and laying hands on the sick and weary so that they will be healed and restored, and prophetic gifts.
Laura was born and raised Jewish and gave her life to the Lord while in college. She went on to graduate from Gallaudet University and later graduated from Western Maryland College with a Master's degree. She served as an events coordinator and technical coordinator at two previous churches. She desires to empower men and women with understanding of the Word and the Love of the Lord.
Our Vision
The Gathering Place International is a place where people of all backgrounds, and ethnicity come together and worship the Lord. Where the love of God, through the empowerment and manifestation of the Holy Spirit, is shown to everyone that enters. To bring people into the Kingdom of God and for them to grow and mature into the people God has called us to be. To know who we are in Christ Jesus. A place where the Gospel (the good news of His Kingdom) is preached and taught, baptizing in water in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost and the baptism of The Holy Ghost.
Loving the unloved and hurting.
Teaching and believing the entire Bible.
Worshipping God with abandon.
Destroying the works of the devil.
Receiving and loving people from every ethnic, social, and economic background.
Operating in, and manifesting all the gifts of the Spirit.
John 13:35 Says it best - "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
That's what Jesus said and that's what we do.
We want to bring up people in all the ministry gifts. To build up the body of Christ and spread this Good News of His Kingdom all around the world.
What We Believe
Salvation through Jesus Christ
We are saved by grace and through our faith in Christ. That everyone who believes in their heart and confesses with their mouths that Jesus is Lord, and that He died and was raised from the dead, shall be saved.
Rom. 10:9-15; Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7
Baptism in water
When we accept Jesus as Lord, we are then baptized in water as a public sign of our death to the sinful nature and resurrection of our new life in Christ.
Rom. 6:3-7; Col. 2:12
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
This is the infilling of power for life and service with spiritual gifts to build up the Body of Christ, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, that is, the heavenly language.
Acts 1:7; Acts 2:33,38; 1Cor. 12:1-31
Divine Healing
Deliverance from sickness and disease is ours through Jesus Christ.
Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16; James 5:14,15; 1Peter 2:24
Jesus will Return and Reign
The revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, and the eternal reign of Christ on the earth are scriptural promises and our hope.
Acts 1:11; 2Thess. 1:7; Rev. 19:11-16; Rom. 11:25; Rev. 20:1-7.