CHURCH HISTORY

Fountain Holy Church was founded by Elder Montgomery Curry in 1944 in Chesterfield, VA. Following her death, the church was pastored by Elder Sadie Yancy, and succeeding Elder Yancy was Elder Lizzie Banks. Following Elder Banks was Elder Donald Fonville, who was appointed and pastored the church for 10 years. 

In 1987, the Lord led Bishop James F. Brown Jr, and Bishop Amy B. Stevens to appoint Elder Lawrence Taylor as pastor. The church was then located at 2722 Goodes Bridge Road Chesterfield, VA. It was a one-room church with a seating capacity of 50 people. Elder Taylor pastored for three years when the Lord led him to relocate and change the name of the church to Fountain of Deliverance Outreach Ministries in 1990. The church relocated to 1718 Everett Street in the Blackwell area of Southside Richmond and seated approximately 150 people.

During the next four years, the church grew in membership and ultimately outgrew the Everett Street location. In 1994, Elder Taylor was led by the Lord to move the church to an even larger edifice which was located at 9 East Clay Street. The Clay Street location had a seating capacity of 300 people and was in the heart of historical downtown Richmond.

With a continued desire and burden to develop a ministry with a vision of serving the multi-faceted needs of the community and residents throughout the city of Richmond, the mission of the church continued and residents throughout the city of Richmond, the mission of the church continued to move forward under the leadership of Elder Taylor. As the office of the Bishopric was bestowed upon him in November 1994, the church has been blessed to establish several outreach and ministry extensions over the last 25 years. Outreach extensions included missions in Portsmouth, Petersburg, Amelia, Fredericksburg, Palmyra, and Westmoreland, VA.  Ministry extensions including; Healing Our World radio broadcast, the Fountain of Life Transitional House, the Summer Crusade Ministry, and the Fountain of Deliverance Fellowship of Churches have also been established as a means of extending ministry to the four corners of the city and beyond. 

The present church, recently acquired in August 2006 is located at 3800 East Broad Rock Road and yet is growing, and continuing to thrive at the current membership of 300+. Our mission continues in outreach and evangelism with a goal of becoming 1,000 strong and ultimately embrace the world with a global ministry.

“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” -Hebrews 12:14