Plural leadership and shared responsibility remain part of the ministry’s self-understanding.
Who We Are
CRM North America belongs to the wider Charismatic Renewal Ministries story and carries a revival mandate across church centers, homes, and communities throughout North America.
The prophetic birthing of Charismatic Renewal Ministries took place on February 18, 1980, at the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University. The ministry understands itself as God’s idea, commissioned to prepare men for a great harvest.
CRM adopted a Core Group model of leadership marked by plural responsibility and shared stewardship. Within that structure, CRM North America sees itself as part of the wider fulfillment of that original prophetic commission.
What this means in practice is a church family shaped by prayer, Spirit-filled worship, practical discipleship, and a burden to nurture believers who can influence the world through faithful and obedient service.
Plural leadership and shared responsibility remain part of the ministry’s self-understanding.
Church centers, home clusters, cell groups, and ministry departments are treated as revival structures, not only programs.
The work is aimed at forming believers who can receive, enjoy, and share God’s love and light with humanity.
Welcome Message from the Overseer
Dr. Peter Ezekwenna · National Overseer, CRM North America
With great pleasure and delight, we welcome you to Charismatic Renewal Ministries, North America. We are a missional community with a vision and mission to receive, enjoy, and share God’s love and light with humanity.
We believe God has commissioned us as arrows of revival with a mission to ignite revival flames across North America through home clusters, cell groups, revival church centers, and ministry departments.
We also believe the Lord has anointed this work to proffer divine solutions to human problems. That is why the ministry keeps pointing people toward Christ, spiritual growth, worship, fellowship, and practical help for everyday life.
Vision · Mission · Strategy
CRM NA describes its calling as harvest preparation, relational discipleship, and practical ministry that reaches both church and society.
Vision
The vision language in CRM NA is direct and historic: the ministry exists to prepare men and women with faithful and obedient hearts for the Lord’s harvest.
CRM NA frames this vision as molding believers and influencing the world, not by organizational polish alone, but by raising people who know Christ, walk in the Spirit, and remain steady in obedience.
That conviction shapes how churches gather, how leaders serve, and how ministries are built across North America.
Mission
The mission language emphasizes conversion, discipleship, and service. People are not only welcomed into church life, but helped toward maturity, calling, and useful ministry.
To bring people to Christ and help members discover, grow, and mature in their Spirit gifts and calling through serving the Lord.
Our strategy
CRM NA articulates its strategy as practical ministry action that touches both church life and human need.
CRM NA says this mission finds expression through establishing revival centers that bring divine solutions to human problems.
History
The full CRM North America story spans prayer calls, conferences, relocation, and the emergence of church centers—here are anchor moments from that journey.
1980
At the University of Ife, CRM received a prophetic commission to start preparing people for the great harvest.
1985
At a CRM national prayer camp in Ilorin, God said some members would be sent outside Nigeria as arrows of revival.
1998
At the Maryland national conference, the first CRM NA Core Group was formed under Pastor Chris Akpama and the Lord instructed the team to cluster together.
2002
The bi-annual national conference rhythm birthed 'God is Love' in Maryland, marking the beginning of a more settled church-center phase.
Virginia Retreat
During a Core Group pre-national conference prayer retreat in Virginia, CRM NA says God clearly articulated the vision and mission of the North American work.
Today
CRM NA now expresses that mandate through church centers, vibrant youth and children groups, support ministries, and missions across the United States and Canada.
Leadership
The public CRM NA leadership story is expressed through overseers, resident pastors, campus elders, regional coordinators, and branch pastors serving across the United States and Canada.
Our Pastors
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National Overseer, CRM North America
Current National Overseer for CRM North America, founding CRM leader, and member of the founding General Core Group.
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Senior Pastor, CRM Word of Life
Senior Pastor of Charismatic Renewal Ministries Word of Life Fellowship in Woodbridge, Virginia, serving alongside a strong family and pastoral ministry presence.
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Pastoral Leader, CRM Word of Life
Serves within the pastoral leadership of CRM Word of Life and reflects the couple-led ministry presence highlighted in CRM NA public materials.
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Lead Pastor, CRM Praise Center
Lead Pastor of CRM Praise Center and a regional coordinator focused on cohesion, support, and brotherhood across CRM branches.
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Campus Elder, CRM Rhode Island
Pastored CRM Umuzike in Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria from 2003 to 2019 and helped start CRM Rhode Island in April 2020.
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Resident Pastor, Grace & Glory Sanctuary
Resident Pastor and administrator of Grace & Glory Sanctuary in Houston, Texas, and instrumental to its start-up.
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Campus Elder, Grace & Glory Sanctuary
Campus Elder of Grace & Glory Sanctuary in Houston, Texas, with long-standing service in CRM NA leadership.
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CRM NA Youth Director
CRM NA Youth Director and Co-Pastor of Seattle Christian Center (CRM NA Inc.), Seattle, Washington.
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Youth Coordinator — Grace Life Center, Maryland
Pastors Grace Life Center (Maryland) and assists CRM NA Youth Ministry alongside the national director.
Canada
Lead Pastor, CRM Ottawa
Provides local pastoral leadership for CRM Ottawa within the Canadian expression of the ministry.
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Lead Pastor, CRM Alberta
Serves as lead pastor in Alberta and represents CRM NA leadership within western Canada.
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Pastor, CRM North Bay
Pastors the North Bay fellowship and contributes to the ministry's pastoral presence in Canada.
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CRM Canada National Overseer
Provides national oversight for CRM Canada within the wider North American ministry family.
Take a next step
However you connect—locally, personally, or through teaching—we would love to walk with you in this revival family.