Lighthouse Church is dedicated<\/strong>, in every aspect, to the Light<\/strong> \u2013 to acknowledging the Light of Truth, to shedding the light of God\u2019s Word into a dark world, and to equipping people to live joyfully in His light everyday.\u00a0 It is about our relationship with the light of the world, Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n Situated high on a hill on the east side of Wausau<\/strong>, Lighthouse is easy to find.\u00a0 From our vantage point at 1525 Townline Road (County Road N), we enjoy a beautiful panorama of the city and river valley, as well as a great view of Rib Mountain.\u00a0 With a spacious sanctuary and plenty of parking space there is room for you, too!<\/p>\n Established in 1965<\/strong>, Lighthouse Pentecostal Church has been providing an Apostolic house of worship for the residents of the greater Wausau area for more than 40 years.\u00a0 Our pastors have led the church in a continual pattern of growth:<\/p>\n Founding Pastor John S (Jack) Leaman\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01965 until 1971 Pastor R.J. Schuenke\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02022 to Present<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At its early inception<\/strong>, the United Pentecostal Church of Wausau, (it\u2019s original name) purchased a small church building and parsonage on Broadway street near Grand Avenue.\u00a0 Later, under the direction of Pastor Wolfram, the assembly purchased the property at the top of Townline road.\u00a0 Pastor Randall McCoy then led the church family in the prodigious endeavor of building this very fine house of worship which is enjoyed by all unto this present day.\u00a0 The name \u201cLighthouse Pentecostal Church\u201d was adopted during the ministry of Pastor Bennett.<\/p>\n We are thankful to each of these men and their families for their forward vision<\/strong>, their selfless sacrifice, and boundless labor in bringing the Pentecostal message to this beautiful area of Central Wisconsin.\u00a0 We are always thankful for the comfortable place to call \u201chome\u201d.<\/p>\n As a church family, we continue to strive to be like the churches which were established in the New Testament<\/strong> \u2013 focused on relevant, inspiring, Bible-centered teaching, solid friendships, genuine worship, fervent prayer, and compassionate care for those who are hurting or in need.\u00a0 In essence, to continually \u201cwalk in the light as He is in the light.\u201d\u00a0 (I John 1:7)<\/p>\n At Lighthouse you matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our Local History Lighthouse Church is dedicated, in every aspect, to the Light \u2013 to acknowledging the Light of Truth, to shedding the light of God\u2019s Word into a dark world, and to equipping people to live joyfully in His light everyday.\u00a0 It is about our relationship with the light of the world, Jesus Christ! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/1659"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPastor Manuel W. Rogers\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01971 until 1979
\nPastor John M. Wolfram\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01979 until 1983
\nPastor Randall B. McCoy\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01983 until 1997
\nPastor Paul N. Bennett\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01997 until 2005
\nPastor Derrald J. Hilderbrand\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02005 until 2022<\/p>\n