ABOUT US

We exist to pursue the lost, to disciple believers, to equip leaders, and to build authentic community.

REVEREND LINDA L. ADKINS

Reverend Linda L. Adkins has beenin ministry for over 45 years and has led Words of Light Church for over 42 years. She and her hus-band Howard are the founding Pastors of Words of Light Church, guiding it from a home mission work to a thriving and rapidly growing church in Jacksonville, Florida.

Linda’s ministry focuses on teaching believers how to apply the principles of the Kingdom of God for spiritual transformation. Her practical insights encourage listeners to “get yourself off your hands,” promoting active and engaged faith.

As a mentor to other leaders and those called into the “ministry”, Linda’s influence extends beyond the pulpit. Her book, “The Character of Diamonds in a World of Glass,” has inspired many, and her teachings have been transformed into songs by various songwriters. Linda has also contributed her own songs to the ministry.

Linda and her high school sweetheart, Howard, celebrate 62 years of marriage. They are blessed with three children, seven grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

Church Leadership

  • Wayne Priest

    Wayne Priest

    Associate Pastor

  • Karol Lowrey

    Karol Lowrey

    Sunday School Pastor

  • Kim Mercer

    Kim Mercer

    Children’s Ministry Pastor

WHAT WE BELIEVE

At Words of Light Church, we believe:

  • We believe the Bible is the only infallible and authoritative written Word of God.

  • We believe there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary work on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His future return to earth in power and glory to rule a thousand years.

  • We believe that because of the fall of man that man’s only hope of redemption is through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

  • We believe in water baptism by immersion.

  • We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

  • We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a holy life.

  • We believe in the blessed hope–the rapture of the Church at Christ’s coming.