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Anointed House of Prayer was established in 1988 by Eld. Curtis Troy.  Eld. Tory was 19 years old when he started Anointed House of Prayer.  A strange sequence of events led to the beginning of Anointed House of Prayer.

Eld. Troy was ordained in 1984 at the age of 15. He was the youngest person to be ordained at his church. Many of the older ministers were jealous of him. Eld. Troy was mature for his age because he had been raised by his grandparents.  They were in their early 60s when Eld. Troy was born.

Eld. Troy was often shunned by children his own age because of his strong belief in God and his old-fashioned view of the world. He was a charismatic speaker though, and once he had your attention, he would have you thinking greatly about his point of view.  This helped him lead a number of young people to Christ.

Eld. Troy would often pray with his grandfather. Eld. Troy loved to pray. He began praying at the age of 6. His grandmother would often say, "That boy is anointed to pray."

In 1987, Eld. Troy was ostracized from the church he was attending.  It all began in 1985. He had obtained permission from the pastor to hold a prayer meeting for the young people at the church he was attending. The prayer meetings were successful. Many young people were coming to Christ and coming to church. The young people were joining the church also. There was one problem. The teachings at the church were so dogmatic that a lot of the young people were leaving the church.  Eld. Troy saw this. After he had prayed, he asked the pastor if he could be in charge of the youth service. The pastor agreed. The youth service was scheduled for Saturday nights. This service was very popular. After awhile, the service began to cause a problem.  Most of the young members of the church only came to the church on Saturday for the youth service.  They did not attend the Sunday morning service. The pastor and other church members began to complain to Eld. Troy. Eld. Troy went to the young people and asked them to attend the Sunday morning service.  A few of them began to attend the Sunday morning service.  This was satisfactory for a time.

Another problem came about a few months later. Some of the older ministers of the church began to say that Eld. Troy was trying to take over the church.  Eld. Troy became very hurt by this.  He decided to let someone else take over the youth service. The young people were not happy about this.  Many of them stopped coming to church.  A small group of the young people organized a demonstration.  First, they started a petition. When that was unsuccessful, they begin to plan a strike. Eld. Troy found out about the strike and put a stop to it. He asked if the young people would be happy if he came back to the service, but did not participate in the service in an official capacity.  The pastor said that if Eld. Troy came back to the service the service would be canceled.  This did not sit well with the young people.  This time, Eld. Troy could not stop the strike.

The young people picketed the church on a Sunday morning at 9:30 AM. This caused all kinds of commotion.  People who were driving stopped to see what was going on. Traffic on the street was backed up.  Members of the church were standing outside fussing at the young people.  By 11:00 AM, news reporters were on the scene.  It was a sight to behold. At the end of the commotion, Eld. Troy was allowed to be in charge of the Saturday Youth Services, but there was a price. Eld. Troy was treated poorly by the adult members of the church. At one of the youth services, Eld. Troy announced his resignation and that he was leaving the church. Many of the young people were hurt.  Most of the young people left the church.

In early 1987, some of the young people began a letter writing campaign. Eld. Troy received so many letters asking him to hold the youth services somewhere. He refused.  Eld. Troy's cousin and close friend, Detroit Samples, talked to Eld. Troy ad talked Eld. Troy into holding services at a local recreation center. Eld. Troy started holding services.  The services were soon packed out. Many of the young people were calling Eld. Troy "pastor."  They also referred to the services as Eld. Troy's church.

One day while Eld. Troy was talking to his grandmother, she said, "That recreation center is becoming an anointed house of prayer." When his grandmother finished, Eld. Troy felt a quickening.  He let it pass without much thought.  One night while Eld. Troy was preparing a sermon, he heard, "Anointed House of Prayer."  Again he let it pass without much thought.  During a revival that Eld. Troy was running, the preacher who was introducing Eld. Troy said, "... Eld Curtis Troy is the pastor of an anointed house of prayer where you will find young people crying out to God." This time, Eld. Troy felt a quickening.  He gave it a lot of thought.

In 1988, Eld. Troy began the Anointed House of Prayer at the recreation center.  The recreation center was packed for the dedication service for Anointed House of Prayer.  The Anointed House of Prayer has continued to grow from its inception.

In 1989, Anointed House of Prayer joined the Greater Buelahland Fellowship.  The church was a welcomed edition to the Greater Buelahland Fellowship.

In 1990, Eld. Troy married Sis. Andrea Shepherd.

In 1992, the church services were moved from the recreation center to a building that the church was renting.  In 1999, Anointed House of Prayer began construction o its new building.  The construction was completed in the winter of 2000.  It was a beautiful edifice that seats 1,000 people.

Anointed House of Prayer is a church of people on fire and working for the Lord.

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