About Us

A place to grow in the Spirit.

How we came to be

Pastor Emmanuel Essien, Senior Pastor of King’s Praise Church, came to a personal knowledge of Jesus as Lord and Savior in 1980 while in high school. He began his Christian Service as a Sunday School teacher to kids while still in his late teen years. But it was at Household of Love church under the leadership of his Pastor, Rev. Yinka Yusuf, in Nigeria, Africa that he developed and grew in grace in his calling as a Teacher of the Word, which should be seen as a major prerequisite among other things according to Scripture for any would be effective pastor over a congregation.

There at Household of Love Church he served for about 10 years (between 1992 to 2002) as a teacher and as the Pastor in charge of the Counseling Department, Pastor in charge of the Sunday School, Pastor in charge of the Victory Bible school (a Bible School Arm of the Church), and the Assistant Resident Pastor of one of the satellite Churches of the Ministry.

Pastor Emma (as he is fondly called) was also one of the Associate Pastors with the Christian Fellowship World Outreach Church based here in Dallas where he served as the pastor. over seeing the Sunday school among other responsibilities for close to 5 years.

Pastor Emma is a firm believer of the power of the Word of God as being the conduit to bring about the power of God for a change in our situations, if effectively handled and harnessed as emphasized by Apostle Paul in his writing in Romans 1: 16-17, where he refers to the Gospel as the “power of God unto salvation” and also in Ecclesiastes 8:4 where it states, “where the Word of the King is there is power”.

This has also become and would be the Mission of King’s Praise Church International; a place where the effective Teaching and Preaching of the Word of God creates amongst other things an environment for divine intervention and visitation. We expect salvation of souls, the healing of the body and mind, marriages, financial growth, etc, knowing that this would be inevitable if we become good stewards in the effective handling of the Word of God which God would always honor to perform.

Pastor Emmanuel, a Registered Pharmacist with the State of Texas Board of Pharmacy, is married to Evangelist Emem Essien and they have 4 children.

We are convinced that everybody has a destiny to walk in, already completed in the Word of God. We are persuaded that the greatest fulfillment in life comes when we discover our destiny and walk in it.

Therefore, we disciple people to discover, develop and harness the gifts, treasure and potentials that God has placed within them for his own glory.

Our Mission

Kings Praise Church is a church whose primary mission is to teach and preach God’s Word in such a way as to create an atmosphere for Divine intervention and visitation. Our Passion is Souls! We want to win as many souls for our Master Jesus. We are very conscious that our God is not nervous about giving us the supernatural as long as His word is in place and effectively harnessed.

Our Vision

The effective teaching and preaching of the Word of God to create an atmosphere for Divine intervention and visitation in every area of our lives. We are also called to Praise Jesus the King at all times for He is worthy to be praised.

Our Church

“For God has also chosen to enlist us in this end time move of His to win others to the Kingdom of His dear Son Jesus. We love you and ask that you pay us a visit anytime you are around the Dallas Metroplex. Our Church is right in the heart of the Metroplex. Our interest is in those who need to meet Jesus as Lord and Savior; Who has loved them and still loves them right now no matter who they are or what they might have done!” – Pastor Emmanuel Essien