My wife and I are members of Free Chapel in Gainesville, Georgia, and have been for about two years now. As for your question regarding the new church I can only say it is an act of God. This was not something that just happened, and was not Pastor Franklin's plan. It all started in March of 2007 at a Wednesday night service. The service seemed a little different since Jentezen could not seem to preach his message. Everytime he started to preach the word something would happen and his attention would speed in that direction. Understand that this was not a bad thing since everything he was being attentive to was spiritual; however, it was as if God was saying not to preach. I think this was in large part due to the fact that the message (prophecy) given later in the night was meant to be given that night, and God did not want anything to keep this from coming to past. After a while of talking, Pastor started reading scripture out of Psalms, and finished up shortly after that. Pastor knew the man who was given the message, since he was someone that God had used in the church before. However, Jentenzen did not know the message. Pastor called the man to the pulpit, and stated that he had a message for the church. The man begin to speak, and within 20 minutes the church understood that God was called our Pastor and our church to a much larger ministry. I remember part of the message being that God told Jentezen to "expand his habitation for the flood gates were already being released". Months down the road we had another message given (mothers day) that confirmed what was already said. It was only after a trip to California to promote his book "Right People, Right Place, Right Plan" that he stumbled across what God had planned. Understand that this was all a miracle of God, and not something the church or Pastor went looking for. It all fell into our laps. However, since we already had the message given by God about what was going to happen, when it happened, we knew what to do. If you would like additional info, or would like to hear the message, contact me at my email... narm8404@yahoo.com

I would like to add one other comment. It is frustrating that people feel the way they do about Pastor Franklin. However, I am reminded of the words of Jesus when he said that a servent is not better then his master, and thus we as Christians would suffer for our acts of obdience just as Jesus did. Also consider my fellow brothers and sisters what exactly it was that Jesus dealt with the most during his ministry: His Identity.

@ Pastor Franklin...Be strong and courageous...for the LORd our God is with you.
As the bible says....God is on our side,who can be against us!...Let's move on...the Harvest is ready..
Our God is an Awesome God,and he is our Provider..Halleluyah!