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Anointed & Appointed for a time such as this

I am Edward Ackerman, a full-time Evangelist and the founder of LightLife Ministries. I grew up as a foster child not knowing my biological parents. I led a life of gangsterism, drug addiction, and imprisonment – which is my personal testimony. I eventually surrendered my life to Jesus after being brought back to life miraculously after multiple fatal gunshot wounds. I completed three years of Bible study and was then ordained into pastoral ministry in 2007, after which I was led by God into full-time evangelistic ministry. God has blessed me with my awesome wife Anthea,

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