OUR PASTOR, HIS CALLING, HIS COMMITMENT & HIS FAMILY

 

 

“Become a preacher.”

 

Three simple words that would go on to change the lives of thousands around the world.

 

In 1978, Chief Apostle H.C. Gunn, the founder of The Body of Christ, Inc., heard these powerful words from the mouth of God.

 

They were a call to enter the ministry and live a life that would show others the transformative power of salvation through the word of God, and Jesus Christ.
 

Chief Apostle Gunn answered that call, and left everything behind – literally walking into his purpose, traveling miles on foot from Alabama to Florida to begin reaching souls in North Florida.

 

Living out his mantra, “changed lives prove ministry,” Apostle Gunn founded The Body of Christ, Inc., a non-denominational church, in 1990. He has impacted individuals and families by serving as an inspirational servant-leader and spiritual father and contributing to the development of churches, schools and medical facilities around the world.

 

Preaching the mind of God to all who will hear, Chief Apostle Gunn has traveled the U.S.; supported and provided spiritual counseling to a range of ministries and local, regional, and national leaders; and has reached more than 22,000 people across the globe, including Russia, Germany, France, India, South Africa, Haiti and the United Kingdom, through direct ministry, givings, prayer support and the powerful blog “The Watch Letter,” which features his teaching and messages.

 

Through his God-breathed, prophetic teaching and healing ministry, testimonies of triumph have emerged in the lives of those who have been broken and battered by their pasts, but now are walking in the inheritance that God has intended for their lives. Chief Apostle Gunn’s ministry is underscored by the personal insight and attention he selflessly provides to each person entrusted in his care.

 

While he considers all of his parishioners his sons and daughters and sisters and brothers and treats them as such, Chief Apostle Gunn and his beautiful and God-fearing wife Apostle Felicia Gunn (our co-pastor), have four biological adult children, two sons-in-law, and 11 grandchildren. In total, they have adopted countless children and grandchildren around the world and within the local body. They have stood by the sides of many who have experienced life or become motherless or fatherless. In fact, the children of the church affectionately call them "Pop Pop" and "Grandma!" The Gunns believe in sowing at-all-costs into the lives of others, no matter the sacrifice, with a desire to honor God in all things.

 

Together, the Gunns’ work to build up the church toward God's will and endeavor always to be agents of change on God's behalf throughout the world by building strong families and communities and sharing the value and life-changing abilities of the Gospel.