Welcome to Metro Praise International! We are an independent Pentecostal church with a local vision and a global calling. As a Spirit-filled non-denominational multi-cultural body of believers, our vision is to love God with all of our hearts and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

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Fall 2026 Ordination Service

November 1, 2026

TITUS 1:5-9 5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. 6 An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being…

Acts 8:26-40

October 18, 2026

ACTS 8:26-40 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road-the desert road-that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of…

Acts 8:4-25

October 11, 2026

ACTS 8:4-25 4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, impure spirits…

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November 1 | Heroes of the Faith

November 1, 2026

Hebrews 12:1, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” The Bible is full of inspiring stories about ordinary people that did extraordinary things because God…

Lesson 2: Overcoming Laziness.

November 1, 2026

Definition A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. Scripture Reading Proverbs 18:9, “One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.” Main Points LAZY IN WORK: The Bible clearly teaches that if a “man doesn’t work, they shouldn’t eat,”(2 Thessalonians 3:10), therefore every able-bodied adult…

October 31 | Overcoming Ageism

October 31, 2026

Joshua 14:10-12, “10 “Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! 11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m…