AboutthePastor

                              A product of a Christian home, Brother Tony
                              accepted Jesus and was born again at an early
                              age. Although born again and on his way to Heaven,
                               he did not experience the joy and victory that
                              God intended for all believers in this life for
                              almost ten years. After graduation from high
                              school, an unquenchable hunger for God began to grow
                              inside of him. He knew that what the world and man-
                              made religion was offering was a weak substitute for the real
                              thing.
                              While in college at the age of 19, Tony curiously listened to a
                              borrowed set of tapes on “Faith” by Kenneth Copeland. He had
                              never heard the Word of God presented in such a
                              bold and uncompromised fashion. The Word of faith and the spirit of
                              faith presented on these tapes lit a fire within Tony, and whet his
                              appetite for more of God.

                              The following months proved to be a life-changing time for Tony. The
                               hunger for God’s Word continued to increase. He had truly tasted and
                               seen that the Lord was good. He would spend hours reading and
                               studying the Word. In addition, Tony received the baptism, or infilling,
of                                       the Holy Spirit during this time. The revelation and understanding of
the
                               Word began to abound. He also accepted the call to the ministry that
                               had been inside of him all of his life.

In preparation for the call to the ministry, Brother Tony attended Rhema Bible Training
Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Kenneth Hagin Ministries). During his second year of
studies at Rhema, he met his wife, Denise. Tony graduated from Rhema in 1985. Two
months later, he and Denise were married.

Now, over 26 years of ministry, 26 years
of happy marriage, and four children later,
Brother Tony is still pressing towards
the mark of the upward call in Christ Jesus.
He has held his ministerial credentials with
Rhema Ministerial Association International
since 1990. Of the 26 plus years of experience
in the ministry, over 19 of those have been
in the pastoral ministry. Tony and Denise
minister side-by-side through teaching,
preaching and music. In addition to the ministry
at Joy of Faith, he has also established his own personal ministry.

Brother Tony is called and anointed to minister the Word of God, with a special emphasis
in such areas as: our identification with Christ, faith, healing, wisdom, how to prosper God's
way, walking in love, the Holy Spirit, our covenant with God, prayer and the principles of
the Kingdom of God. The same message that set him free over 28 years ago and put him on
the road to personal victory in life, is still just as real and alive within him today. Allow the
message and the anointing of God to set you free today through the ministries of Joy of Faith
Christian Center and Tony Cowan Ministries. We believe that you will never be the same again.

Pastor's Biography:

Joy of Faith
Christian Center

...to open their eyes in order to turn
them from darkness to light and
from the power of satan to God
Acts 26:18

Pastors Tony and Denise Cowan