The vision for the ministry of Strong Deliverance by Faith was given to Willie Howard Jr. at the age of 14 when the Lord spoke the name into his spirit. However, it wasn't until the age of 18 when he accepted and began to walk in the preaching and prophetic ministry. One evening after coming home from a family event, Willie Howard was praying under an Oak Tree in Prichard, Alabama and the anointin
g from the prayer caused people to be drawn and to be slain in the spirit. This event birthed out a prayer band, where he went from house to house praying & flowing in the spirit of the Living God and many souls were converted, healed & delivered. As time went on, people began to join the prayer band like it was a church, in which was soon to come. In 2002, the call to the pastor was recognized and Prophet Howard was consecrated to the office of Pastor and the vision God gave him at the age of 14 had now been manifested at age of 22. As Pastor Howard allowed the Holy Ghost to have is way in the ministry, God allowed him access to the apostolic anointing in which more souls were set free and filled with the Holy Ghost. People would walk in from the streets and experience the transforming power of God and leave changed. The Lord even allowed him to be used to raise the dead! During this advancement in the anointing, God came to Pastor Howard in a dream and called him into the office of an apostle, which he was ultimately consecrated into in 2004. Apostle Howard, then, continued to do the work of the Lord and helped birth the five-fold ministry vessels that the Lord appointed. Presently, Strong Deliverance by Faith Apostolic Church continues to go higher and higher in the Lord and is pressing toward the mark.
