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<\/a>Pastor Misty Eldred with her family who also serve as the church\u2019s band<\/p><\/div>\n
Misty\u2019s desire to follow God\u2019s calling in her life did not start at home. Thankfully, friends of hers repeatedly asked her to come to church, and one thing after another, Misty \u201csold out\u201d to God at the age of 27. In the last 18 years, she has served as a youth and associate pastor with a heart for women\u2019s ministry which she is supported through annual women\u2019s conferences.<\/p>\n
About two years ago, God shared with Misty that she was going to become a lead pastor. She laughed at first, but God put the pieces into place. There was a vacant church across the street from her home, and she thought that\u2019s where God wanted her, but not quite. He gave her the name \u201cFreedom\u201d. Unknown to her, the Roff Pentecostal Holiness Church had just<\/em> changed its name to Freedom Worship Center. When she received the call from the retiring pastor, she knew that God was telling her exactly where to go.<\/p>\n It was at that same time that God began sharing Isaiah 54 with Misty:<\/strong> God\u2019s word is truth, and in the last year and a half, Misty\u2019s congregation has grown from 6 elderly members to serving 60-70 people every single week on Wednesdays and Sundays. This growth is truly astounding, and she is especially proud of their youth which has \u201cexploded\u201d to 30-40 in attendance each Wednesday where they get to enjoy food, fellowship, and God\u2019s word together. The church has even had to put in a brand-new parking lot so there is enough parking for all who come each week.<\/p>\n Misty\u2019s evident heart for God and His people is seen by her congregation as well Bishop Randall O. Drake of the New Horizons Conference: \u201cWhen I first met Pastor Misty Eldred and her husband, Jeff, for a conversation about the possibility of transferring to New Horizons Ministries Conference of the IPHC, I was impressed with Pastor Misty’s deep commitment to God, her passion to be a pastor, her vision for the community of Roff, her desire to reach people with the Gospel, her easygoing, yet strong, personality, and her willingness to be open to new ideas, new opportunities, and new ministry. After a year of watching Pastor Misty being the Roff pastor, bringing in community people to the church, growing the church in membership and attendance, leading the church in outreach, and participating in conference events and activities, I know my first impression is still the right one. Pastor Misty is an anointed preacher, a true Woman of God, a caring pastor, a loving shepherd, an involved community leader, a great family wife and mom, a strong leader, and is just where God wants her to be in His Kingdom – Roff Freedom Worship, New Horizons Ministries Conference and the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEnlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left […]\u201d (2-3). <\/strong><\/p>\n