Apostle Young Exudes Enthusiasm
When He Talks About The United
House Of Prayer For All People
A young man enthusiasti
cally once stated while giv
ing a high school Junior
Declaration Speech: “I
love the American way of
life. I must, for it is the only
life I know!" Apostle JJL
Young exudes that same
enthusiasm as he talks
about The United. House of
Prayer for All People.
“This is the greatest or
ganization in the world and
if you want to be saved, you
must come through here!"
r To provide proof of his
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statement he points to
Isaiah 56:7 and Isaiah 2:2,
scriptures from the Holy
Bible. '
Apostle Young was born
in Dallas. N.C., in 1925. His
mother and father enrolled
him as a member of the
House of Prayer in 1928, the
year it was brought to
Charlotte, N.C., by Bishop
C. M. "Daddy” Grace. The
first House of Prayer in
the city was a tent pitched
at the corner of Third St.
and Caldwell St. His family
moved to Charlotte in 1930
where he attended Char
lotte-Mecklenburg public
schools.
As a dedicated House of
Prayer member. Apostle
Young has served in many
capacities. As a young man
he served as a band mem
ber at the Mallard Creek
Mission House of Prayej-.
He was called to be an
Elder by Daddy Grace in
1951 and served as Young
People’s Pastor at the Mal
lard Creek Mission until
BWiop Walter McCollough
...Participating in Baptismal immersion
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1959. During one of those
years he served as Assist
ant Pastor at the Mother
House of Prayer in Char
lotte, which was located on
McDowell St. Apostle
Young was appointed Pas
tor of the North Carolina
Mission House of Prayer in
1999 by Daddy Grace and
served in that capacity for
10 years.
In 1970, The Mother
House of Prayer in Char
lotte was relocated from
McDowell St. to Beatties
Ford Road. He was ap
pointed as Assistant Pas
tor by Bishop W. “Daddy"
McCollough, the present
day leader of The United
House of Prayer for All
People. He was later ele
vated to the level of Apostle
By Daddy McCollough and
is serving in that capacity
at the present.
Apostle J.R. Young and
his wife, Vera, have been
blessed with five children.
They are: Vera A. Young,
Sarah I. Young, James E.
Young, Robert F. Young,
and Floyd L. Young. All
reside in Charlotte and all
attend the House of Prayer.
Apostle J.R. Young
.Dedicated HOP member
THE ONYX BAND
Appearing LIVE
Saturday. Sept. M. IMS
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BISHOP McCOLLOUGH
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