Who is Bishop Dave Thomas? He is a first man of God. He is a husband and a father. At the tender age of 8 years old, he was baptized at Anderson Road Baptist Church. The call of god was on his life even at that age.

However, Bishop Dave Thomas chose to take the long way before accepting his calling. He decided to first choose the world and all that he thought it had to offer him. He continued to go to church but he was not committed.

By dabbling into the world, he ended up having a way of life of drugs and alcohol most of his life. At the age of 17, Bishop Dave Thomas started smoking marijuana and drinking. He continued his lifestyle all the way through school and also in college. This rough lifestyle finally caught up with him. At 17 he was going to jail n looking at 2-10 years in the Texas State Penitentiary.

God’s calling was still on his life. God had other plans for him. Bishop Dave Thomas finally submitted to the Lord and a miracle happened for him; he was placed on 6 years probation. The Lord got him out of his jail sentence. Praise God!

Years later, after moving to Alaska, the Lord blessed Bishop Thomas and his wife to open up the doors of Jesus Holy Temple Church. This was done in January of 2003.Bishop Dave Thomas continued to serve and study under Pastor Patterson for another 2 and a half years.

Bishop Dave Thomas began to feel God’s tug him to step out more into the ministry. Therefore on June 2003, Bishop Dave Thomas opened up Jesus Holy Temple Apostolic Church .Jesus Holy Temple Apostolic Church in the 56th Episcopal District of Alaska. During this time Bishop Dave Thomas was under the guidance of Bishop Thomas Davis.

Bishop Dave Thomas attended The Aenon Bible College for his ordination and other theological studies. Aenon is under the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. During this time, he also wrote a monthly newsletter called “The Apostolic Fire”.

While attending Bible College, Bishop Dave Thomas was blessed to be ordained by John Hilton. Bishop John Hilton is the pastor of Faith, Hope, and Love: it was a Non-Denominational church. After Bishop Hilton left Alaska, Bishop Dave Thomas was again elevated by God. He moved out from under the Apostolic denomination and became the founder of Jesus Holy Temple church. This is a Non-Denominational church. Bishop Dave Thomas believes in the Great Commission. He is always ready and willing to go out and preach the gospel to all creatures. He continues to preach and minister even outside of his local church. He constantly gives out clothes, food, and the word to the lost. Bishop Dave Thomas also feels that people who are hungry may need to be fed physically before they can appreciate eating spiritually. He reaches and teaches 2 times a month at the McLaughlin youth center. He‘s not only excited about building up the Kingdom of God through his church, but eventually, he’d like to also open up other churches around Anchorage.

Bishop Dave Thomas has been married to his lovely wife (First Lady Sondra Thomas) for 14 years. The lord has blessed their marriage with 8 wonderful children and 2 grand kids .Bishop Dave Thomas and his wife are not only busy building a church, they are also busy in winning souls for the lord. Their vision is this:”Saving One Soul At A Time”. Pray for the success of their vision!

Bishop Dave Thomas is affiliated with Gods Holy Temple and churches. The presiding Bishop is Bishop Randy Crenshaw of Gods Holy Temple church in Blytheville Arkansas. And Bishop Crenshaw is also overseer of Gods Holy Temple Anchorage Alaska, which he founded, and upon leaving the state of Alaska, appointed Bishop Elect Gregory Welch.

Bishop Thomas is attending Kaplan University, where he is seeking a criminal justice degree. He has recently received acknowledgement for making the Deans List. Bishop Thomas is also a veteran of the U .S. Army where he served 6 ½ years in U.S. Infantry where he was released in June 2003 on a medical discharge, to start Gods mission.

Bishop Thomas has been appointed to the Anchorage Juneteenth Board. He has also been appointed as the Alaska Representative of the National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council and he also has been appointed as Chairman of the National Juneteenth Armed Service Commission by Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., who is the national Juneteenth director for all 50 states. Rev. Myers is a Medical Doctor who has been all over the world treating patients that cannot afford medicine.

Bishop Thomas has been blessed by God to be anointed and appointed over Jesus Holy Temple. Where the word is the word, where the anointing flows, and where the power of God is present.

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