Keith Butler

Bishop Keith Butler and his                wife Deborah graduated from RHEMA in 1978. They returned to Detroit,                Michigan, and pioneered Word of Faith Christian Center (WOFCC).                Sixty people attended their first Sunday service.

Rev. Butler relates, "When I attended RHEMA, I received practical knowledge of how to get started in the ministry and the principles I needed to succeed in running with the vision. Through my continued relationship with the leadership of RHEMA, I have gained valuable wisdom that has helped me stay on track. Two of my children, who are RHEMA graduates, are also ministers of the Gospel. They are wonderfully developed for the work of the Kingdom. I would highly recommend RHEMA to those who are called to the ministry and who are looking for solid scriptural academics, as well as the practical knowledge offered at RHEMA."

In keeping with their vision to send ministers to every continent,                the Word of Faith Christian Center became the Word of Faith International Christian Center in 1995. Phenomenal church growth in a short period of time caused the church to move several times before settling into their present location. In 1997, church membership surpassed 14,000, so WOFICC purchased a 110-acre former friary in Southfield, Michigan.

The vision of WOFICC includes: The Faith Food Store (bookstore), Laymen's Bible School, Faith Christian Academy (grades K-12), a gym and fitness complex, a catechism program for laymen, a minister's training center, Operation Blessing (a food and clothing service to the poor), a senior citizen's housing complex, alcohol and drug rehabilitation services, a center for runaways and unwed mothers, 24-hour crisis telephone counseling, several affiliated churches in urban cities, and multicultural ministries across the nation. The church also reaches out to various cities around the country and in the United States Virgin Islands through The Living Word television and radio broadcasts.