“I saw an obstacle course. A Boot Camp type of situation and in the course were some young children. They appeared to be about twelve years old and they were running through the obstacle course. I was going along side of them and showing them how to run through the tires and how to crawl under the barb wire, and at times I held their hand. There were two people by my side. Then the scene switched to a graduation and people were coming forth to receive their diplomas, but for some of them it was a ministry license. Later on, I saw above me what appeared to be seven Elders. I don’t know exactly who the people were, but I knew that they ministered to me and helped me with the camp. I was accountable to them and to the Lord. Immediately following this vision, God began to place the need for the Church within my spirit.”

To feed the believers, to instruct them in the Word of God that they might live within the realm of their inheritance, to equip the believer to function in their ministry and to organize the efforts of the believers within their giftings to win the Lost to Jesus Christ.

The Vision

The Purpose

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1989

First Service

Stratford Arms

- First Koinonia service on February 3, 1989.- Located at the Ramada Inn in Greenville, NC. - 35 people at the intial service. - Initial Sermon was “Will You Asnwer the Call?” - 7 people asnwered the call.

- Moved back to the the 33-C Stratford Arms location.- We had Bible study and Sunday services - The famous “Beanbag” was in the living room for service. - The first New member joined here - Vanessa Pippen (Williams).

1990

First Anniversary

Hampton Inn

- Second member joined Angela Petty (Sauls). - First Church Anniversary was held at the American Legion in Greenville, NC.

- Summer 1990 Services- Services were located at the Hampton Inn - Room 11

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1991

Dickinson Avenue- Affectionately called “Church Strip”.- We had around 30 members. - Dressed up until start of casual Sundays (3rd Sunday).- Children’s Ministry and classes began in the basement.-Exodus Banquet early 90s. .

1993

1994

1995

Hudson & Ward- No church musician (1989- 1993).- First secretary (Cynthia Foxworth).- Traci Hutchins began the Tape Ministry.

- Hosted City Wide Baptism- First church musician (Donte Dixon)- Willoughby Family helped to establish a Tractor Trailer that brings food for neighborhood in Hudson & Ward location (18 Wheeler still brings food) - Dressed up until start of Casual Sunday- Children’s Ministry and classes began in the basement

- Birth of the “Backroom” for Personal Ministry- Birth of Resurrection Seed

1997 - Birth of Harvest Fest.

1996 - Began relationship with Apostle IV Hilliard and joined

AIM (Association of Independent Ministries).

1998 - Bishop Hilliard came to Greenville (hosted at Cornerstone Church).

- Birth of the day care and summer camp.- Birth of Fishers of Men.

1999 - Birth of the Transportation Ministry.

- Started filming services.

2004 - Moved to Greenville Blvd

location.- Mayor attended the first service.- Escorted by police.- Had 11am service.- Everything inside the building paid off.

2006

- Koinonia Fellowship of Churches and Ministries (KFCM ) was created.

2005 -Held the Presentation of Families in New Location.

1405 SWGreenville Blvd.

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2007

- Started KCC Youngsville location- Pastor O’neal’s Bishop’s Confirmation.

2009 - Held the first Differently Abled Fun Fair.- House giveaway and stipend

packages (After the 2008 Recession)

2010 - Purchased an aircraft for ministry.

2011 - Pastor’s Overcoming Battle w/ Cancer.

2012 - Services moved from Youngsville to Raleigh location.

2013 - Hosted an Evening with Bishop TD Jakes at ECU.

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2014- Hosted the Worship & Wisdom Conference with

Bishop TD Jakes, Pastor Sheryl Brady, Tasha Cobbs, & David and Nicole Binion- Mortgage burning ceremony.

2015- Community Development Center founded.

2017- Senior Ministry established.- Lauched S3 Camp for

teenagers

2018- Aftershock Services - Multipurpose Building

- Launching of Tremmel Construction Company- Pastor Preaches at the International Pastors and Leader’s Conference

2019 - Multipurpose Building - February 3 - Celebrating

30 years of Minisry

- Anthony Hutchins- Traci Daniels (Hutchins)- Toiriste O’neal- Rosie O’neal - Stacey Staton- Cassondra Hill- Zenobia Majette (Allette)

Not pictured:- Joseph Singleton - Audra Singleton

1989 - The Berlin was was demolished in 1989. Citizens from both sides of the wall uses hammers and axes to smash away at the wall until nothing was left.

1990 - Nelson Mandela was released from prison and walked to freedom in 1990.

1991 - 20 of Van Goghs works were stolen from a museum, the estimated value thought to be $500 million US dollars.

1992 - The Summer Olympics were in Spain.

1993 - Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States of America.

1994 - The US steps in to provide aid and relief to a devastated Haiti after a large earthquake.

1995 - On April 19, a 5,000-pound bomb, exploded just outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children.

1996 - Due to pilot error, on the 12th November, a Kazakhstan Airlines aircraft collided in mid air with a Saudi Arabian Aircraft, killing a total of 349 people.

1997 - On July 4th 1997, Pathfinder landed on mars, making it the first successful landing since 1976.

1998 - On December 3rd, a hurricane rips across central America killing an estimated 10,000 people. Thought to be the worse storm in two centuries.

1999 - The HIV and Aids virus was thought to have originated from the Chimpanzee.

2000 - Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a Grand Slam in Golf.

2001 - The twin towers where attacked on september 11th 2001. The total loss of life in this tragic event was almost 3000.

2002 - Halle Berry became the first black actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

2003 - Americans rename “French Fries” to “Freedom Fries” in protest to France’s stand on Iraq

2004- The top male names for the year were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan.

2005 - Hurricane Katrina, a destructive Category 5 hurricane, made landfall on Florida and Louisiana causing catastrophic damage from central Florida to eastern Texas particularly in the city of New Orleans .

2006 - Facebook became open to any over age 13 and Twitter.com was launched.

2007 - Iphone was released on June 29.

2008 - Barack Obama was elected as the first black president of the United States of America.

2009 - The price of a stamp was $.44 and the average cost of gas was $2.40.

2010 - An earthquake occurs in Haiti killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

2011 - “OMG” and “LOL” were added to the Oxford English Dictionary and are now officially words.

2012 - The spacecraft Curiosity landed on Mars.

2013 - Frozen was the top animated movie of the year.

2014 - The Ebola outbreak that began in West Africa in early 2014 is the worst outbreak of this virus in history.

2015 - The cost of a 30 second Superbowl ad was $4.5 million dollars.

2016 - The mobile device became the preferred device for digital news

2017 - On August 21 North America experienced a total solar eclipse.

2018 - The movie “Black Panther” premiered and became the world’s ninth-highest-grossing film of all time.

2019 - The American government experiences a 35 day shutdown.