Welcome to our online home of The Sanctuary Village of Power. Our website is currently under construction but you can still learn what we’re all about below. To learn more, stop by and pay us a visit any Sunday at 11:45am. We hope that you find something here that will be enlightening, inspiring, and/or empowering! Also, make sure to connect with us on social media! We'd love to have you as a part of our family!
Love God; Love Others; Serve The World!
To be a community of authority and strength that sets the example of true Christ-like gospel, a gospel of loving and caring for people from all walks of life and dispatch them to be examples to the nations.
Because God reveals Himself in worship
Because God is glorified in excellence
Because God sent His only Son so that we might have abundant life
Because God is love
As a community of believers, we agree that our God is all-knowing, all-powerful and ever-present. There is no God before Him. We consider it a privilege and an honor to boldly and freely approach the throne of The Most High. We count Him worthy of radical worship and lavish adoration! We worship Him with all that we are and with all that we have. (Psalms 150)
We realize that although we are divine (perfect) in essence, we are human (flawed) in our expression. We agree that the only way to access the limitless power of God is to be real with Him, real with ourselves and allow him to perfect His strength in our weakness. (Gen 1:26, Rom 3:23, Phil 4:13, II Cor 12:9)
As a community of believers, we take His act of sacrifice on The Cross very personally. We understand that out of a well of perfect love, Jesus gave His life so that we might live. We understand that we are the modern day Gentiles and because of Him, we now have a right to approach the throne of The Most High. His love for us, elicits a response of passionate love for Him. (John 15:13)
Bishop Kemel V. Brown was anointed from his mother’s womb to bear the Gospel and at an early age began to exhibit signs that the anointing of the Lord was upon his life. After beginning ministerial training under the tutelage of his parents, Elder Akinyele J. Ade` and Chief Apostle Kinaya J. Ade`, Bishop Brown was licensed into the ministry in 1998 at the age of sixteen and ordained in 2001 at the age of nineteen under the auspices of The Sanctuary Church of the Living Word and the International Fellowship of Churches, of which Bishop Dr. Audrey F. Bronson is the presiding prelate emeritus. After operating as Associate Pastor for many years after his ordination, Bishop Brown was installed as Sr. Pastor of The Sanctuary Village Ministries in the spring of 2011.
In October 2011, Bishop Brown co-founded The Sanctuary Village of Power, Inc., and currently presides as the Senior Pastor. Bishop Brown operates in the five-fold ministry as an Evangelist, Teacher, and Pastor. Aside from preaching and teaching the Word of God, his anointing lies in praise and worship: writing, directing, and arranging music. Bishop Brown is a passionate Gospel minister that is entrenched in Kingdom principles, where he endeavors and teaches others to live a life of servitude to meet the needs of people from all walks of life and in every community. In July of 2014, he officially became an international preacher when he embarked upon his first successful mission trip and served the citizens of the second least developed country in the world, Malawi, Africa.
Bishop Brown has become renowned for making the Word of God clear and relevant for people from many different backgrounds and cultures. His 25 years of ministry has given him the uncommon ability to see and communicate the Gospel from many different vantage points. Today, he is blazing a trail in the area of servitude and using his gifts to bring about ecumenical, cross-cultural and interfaith unity.
Service Time
Sunday intercessory prayer begins at 11:45am and our Sunday worship service starts immediately after. Our service usually lasts from 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Parking Instructions
We have an accessible parking lot through the gate and right in front of the church when you arrive.
Service Expectations
SVOP loves to participate in Praise and Worship! When you walk through our doors, you may possibly see us doing that as freely as we know how. We dance, sing, cry, shout and every other way you can think of to show praises to our God. We are very Holy Ghost led in our services and there may be times where the choir does not sing and/or the pastor may not preach due to the Lord’s agenda.
Service Attire
SVOP adopts the "come as you are," method of attire; however, our members casually dress most Sundays. Every first Sunday, we take communion and all clergy are dressed in black and white and occasionally civic attire. Every last Sunday is our "Jeans" Sunday so feel free to come comfortable!
Upon Entrance
Once you walk in the doors, prepared to be greeted by some friendly faces. We call them our gatekeepers. They can answer any questions you may have upon arrival. Feel free to sit wherever you feel comfortable.
Children’s Church
We currently have children’s church available for ages 3-8 every 4th Sunday of the month.
