Meet Our Leaders
Apostle Ernest Gwinn III
Ernest Gwinn III is an affirmed Apostle and the founding pastor of The Church of Glory in Eight Mile. With over 20 years of experience in Apostolic and Prophetic Ministry, he also established the Dunamis School of the Prophetic. Apostle Ernest Gwinn III is the author of several impactful books, including Don’t Miss Your Next Promotion, 21 Keys for Successful Living, and Power to Prophesy.
Apostle Gwinn holds a certification in biblical counseling from Master’s International School of Divinity, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California Coast University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from St. Thomas Christian University. He is married to Prophetess Linda Gwinn, and together they have four children: Sarai, Ethan, Zion, and Zoe.
Prophetess Linda Gwinn
Prophetess Linda Gwinn is the Elect Lady of The Church of Glory in Eight Mile, AL, where she faithfully labors together with her husband, Apostle Ernest Gwinn, III, who is the founding Pastor. Prophetess Gwinn is an ordained and licensed minister, preaching and teaching God’s Word as she helps establish the Kingdom of God as the spirit instructs her. She is a praise and worship leader, exhorter, songwriter, choreographer, Health and Wellness life coach, and founder of the Jehovah Riders dance ministry.
Prophetess Gwinn is also the founder of Woman to Woman Women’s Ministry at The Church of Glory and in 2017 she launched Grace Girl LLC She is impacting today’s youth and women across the region and the world. She has ministered here in the U.S. from coast to coast and has also had the opportunity to minister in Ghana on the continent of Africa. Linda Gwinn, with a passion, exhorts the body of Christ and helps build and reconstruct the lives of people by influencing them through guidance and demonstration into their own divine purpose.
Prophetess Gwinn is known as a profound spiritual leader, which brings life, hope, revelation, and practical concepts. She mentors young women through the ministry of self-awareness and self-confidence. She also ministers inspiring messages of deliverance, and can be heard on the intro of 21 Keys for Successful Living, an audiobook by Apostle Ernest Gwinn, III and the theme song “Successful”, in which she is the co-writer, and the newly released CD Free to Worship.
She is the mother of four beautiful children: Sarai, Ethan, Zoey Gwinn, and Zion Gwinn.
Prophetess Linda Gwinn's passion is to “Empowerment and Impact today’s women for a strategic Kingdom purpose.
Declaration of Faith
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to Make Disciples for Jesus Christ
Vision Statement:
To Equip Disciples, strengthen the family, and the advancement of the Kingdom of God
We believe the Holy Bible is inspired by God (II Timothy 3:16-17)
All of the Bible is true and anyone or anything that does not agree with it is false
You cannot use scripture out of context to justify your opinions concerning a particular subject (II Peter 1:20-21)
We believe there is one God, eternally existing through three persons (I John 5:7)
God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit
We believe in the deity of Christ (John 1:1)
We believe in His virgin birth, (Matthew 1:23)
We believe in His atoning death (I Corinthians 15:14)
We believe in His body's resurrection from the grave. (John 20:25-29)
We believe in His ascension into Heaven. (Acts 1:9)
We believe in the personal return to the Earth in power and great glory. (Revelation 19:11-16)
We believe in the resurrection, the saved and the lost; the saved unto eternal life, and the lost unto eternal damnation. (Revelation 20:12-15)