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KEYS OF THE KINGDOM CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, INC.


DOCTRINAL HANDBOOK OF FAITH


PREAMBLE


We declare and establish these principles of Faith in God and Christ to preserve and perpetuate our common Christian Faith and to govern this body in an orderly and Biblical manner. Reposing our Faith wholly in the LORD Jesus Christ for our wisdom and salvation; believing in the teachings and practices of the Holy and Eternal Scriptures and in those great distinctive principles for which they have ever stood. We again declare and accept the whole Bible, as the inspired Word of God, as our authoritative rule of Faith and practice; we therefore, covenant together as a body of true Christian believers in Jesus Christ, God’s Only Begotten Son, and adopt for our government, plan of worship and services the following Articles of Faith.

HISTORY EXCERPTS....

Pastor Richard B. Shaw, Sr. is a servant shepherd of Jesus Christ. In February 2009 God graced his family and he to establish Keys of The Kingdom Christian Ministries, Inc. of Dallas, Georgia.


In 1967 Pastor Shaw at the tender age of sixteen (16) years old heard and obeyed God’s call to enter Christian Ministry. He began his ministerial training under the auspices of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), at Delane Waring A.M.E. Church of Buffalo, New York.


In 1969 Pastor Richard B. Shaw became a member of a newly formed Pentecostal Church named Beulah Church and Home of Christ’s Saints of Buffalo, New York. Beulah Church was organized by the late Pastor Iverne Waire. Beulah Church was an off shoot of its Parent Church, Mount Calvary Holy Church of America. Mount Calvary was first organized in 1929 in Winston Salem, North Carolina under the leadership of one of America’s greatest Pentecostal preachers, the late Bishop Brumfield Johnson.


Sometime in the early 1960’s Pastor Iverne Waire asked Bishop Brumfield Johnson for permission to organize Beulah Church and Home of Christ’s Saints of Buffalo, New York. Even though Beulah Church held an independent status to the Parent Church Bishop Brumfield Johnson agreed to continue serving as Pastor Iverne Waire’s Bishop and Overseer. Therefore whenever Bishop visited His Churches in the Buffalo area he also made sure to schedule a time to preach and encourage this small but growing flock of believers of Beulah Church.

Since 1967, or a total of forty-four years Pastor Shaw has continued in Christian Ministry in various Church settings and Denominations. As mentioned above, his initial grooming as a minister began in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Beulah Church and Home of Christ’s Saints, both located in Buffalo, New York. From 1969- 1975 Pastor Shaw served as a youth minister in training at Beulah Church.

In 1982 through Mount Calvary Holy Church of America Pastor Shaw received his first Ordination as a Licensed Minister. He served faithfully as an Ordained Minister in that Church Organization from 1979-1986. In 1987 Pastor Shaw returned to help the struggling Beulah Church rebuild its congregation. There he received another Ordination License under that Ministry (see enclosed). Pastor Shaw again faithfully served as a Youth Pastor for Beulah from 1987 to 1998.


In 1999 Pastor Shaw’s secular job as a Public Administrator took him to Hinesville, Georgia where he worked as a grant writer and Youth Director for an outreach program known as Pathways Child/Teen Center. He also continued as a Watch-Care member and Licensed Minister under Beulah Church and Home of Christ Saints of Buffalo, New York.


Beulah Church and Home of Christ’s Saints closed its doors in 2001. As a result, Pastor Shaw being its only surviving Licensed Minister decided to carry on his Home Church’s work and form of worship in the State of Georgia. However, for legal reasons decided to place the religious framework, spiritually rich history and spirit of the original Church under a new name, which is, Keys of The Kingdom Christian Ministries, of Dallas, Georgia.


As stated above, Keys of The Kingdom Christian Ministries, of Dallas, Georgia was officially recognized by the State of Georgia as an incorporated body on February 7, 2009.


Pastor Shaw and His wife Valerie live in Dallas, Georgia with their two daughters Ruth (age 38), Jocelyn (age 18) and Ruth’s three (3) daughters, Arielle (age 17), Alyssa (age 15), and Avery (age 13).