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.

Sermons

Mothers of Zion

May 12, 2025

Powerful Mother’s Day sermon with the female pastoral elders.

Mark 1:14-15 (Part 1)

May 5, 2025

MARK 1:14-15 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

Acts 1:12-26 (Part 6) – Suicide

May 5, 2025

Suicide remains a critical public health issue in the United States. In 2023, over 49,000 individuals died by suicide, equating to one death every 11 minutes. Beyond these fatalities, many more grappled with suicidal thoughts and behaviors: approximately 12.8 million adults seriously considered suicide, 3.7 million formulated a plan, and 1.5 million attempted suicide during…

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Blogs

May 15 | Hot-Tempered

May 15, 2025

Proverbs 22:24-25, “24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.” Everyone at times struggles to keep his or her anger under control. For some all it takes to sin in their anger is a bad day…

May 14 | Drive Out the Mocker

May 14, 2025

Proverbs 22:10, “Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.” Throughout the book of Proverbs the fool is contrasted with the wise person. A certain kind of fool that is often highlighted is the “mocker.” A mocker is “someone who ridicules others or purposely misrepresents something for the sake of…

May 13 | Donโ€™t Love Earthly Pleasure

May 13, 2025

Proverbs 21:17, “Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.” Is King Solomon teaching us that pleasure is bad? No, if he were then he would be contradicting the parts of the Bible that encourage us to enjoy life (Psalm 104:14-15). For example, Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes…