OUR HISTORY
From Humble Beginnings...
The Abundant Life Worship Center Church was originally established as the True Cornerstone Church of Christ in 1968, under the leadership of Bishop James E. Gandy, Sr., with a membership consisting of 5 adults, his wife, Mother Callie Gandy and ten children. Services were held in a small store front church building located on the corners of Delaware and Artic Avenues in Atlantic City, NJ. One year later they purchased a church on 326 W. Wright Street in Pleasantville, NJ, affectionately known as "The Rock".
Bishop James E. Gandy, Sr. & his wife Mother Callie Gandy
The Legacy Began...
True Cornerstone Church quickly become well known for its powerful deliverance ministry, uplifting worship and its high standards of holy of living and integrity. The church continued to grow, attracting many young families to the teaching of Bishop James E. Gandy, Sr., on holiness, the family and prosperity. Under his leadership, the church established programs to minister to young and old, those in poverty, and those who simply needed a helping hand. In 1991, the church relocated to its present site in Egg Harbor City, NJ. From these humble beginnings, Bishop James E. Gandy, Sr., started a ministry that would reach thousands through its weekly radio broadcast and outreach ministries.
Bishop John Gandy and his wife Patricia
The Vision Grows...
Today, Abundant Life Worship Center Church is one of the most influential churches in South Jersey, serving it’s community through its many outreach ministries. In 2006, a prominent property was purchased in downtown Egg Harbor City and named the “James E. Gandy, Sr. Building”. Since it’s inception, the James E. Gandy Sr. Building has provided families in need with emergency relief services (utilities, food, clothes), Women’s Infants and Children Feeding Program (WIC), First Class Secondhand Boutique, after school programs for the youth, annual school supplies give-a-way, as well as other programs that have benefited the community. Bishop John Gandy and his wife Patricia launched “Family Matters” a ministry designed to educate, encourage, and equip families with biblical principles and strategies for creating a positive family life experience, which aired weekly on local radio and the ministry’s “Living the Abundant Life” television broad-cast aired weekly on local television.
Abundant Life looks to the future with its new church expansion project. The church purchased 4 acres of adjacent land with plans to build a new church edifice. The Abundant Life Worship Center Church is thankful to God for the tremendous spiritual and economic impact it has upon its membership, communities throughout Southern New Jersey and individual lives around the world.