LJM Group is the corporate name used for a number of independently registered charities all coming out of the church congregation Temple Of Praise that was planted in Liverpool UK by Drs Tani & Modupe Omideyi.
The Group now includes (i) Love & Joy Ministries Limited which oversees Temple of Praise Church congregations UK; LJM International Alliance of affiliated churches; and a housing project in Liverpool UK (ii) Liverpool Lighthouse Ltd - the U.K.’s first dedicated Urban Gospel Arts Centre committed to working with others to transform communities around Liverpool (iii) Harmonize Academy – an Alternative Education Free School, set to open in September 2012 (iv) Bright Park – the redevelopment of a 5-acre woodland in central Liverpool as an environmental project to engage school children and wider community. The ministry has a trailblazer in the form of its celebrated Love & Joy Gospel Choir that has featured on several UK television and radio networks over the last 15 years and performed at venues around the nation and beyond. Links are provided below to individual websites of Group members and ministries.
Liverpool Lighthouse, the UK's first dedicated Urban Gospel Arts Centre, boasts a 430 ranked tiered seat auditorium and facilities that are home to a range of exciting inclusion, educational, and diversionary projects that use arts and gospel music as a tool for engaging, developing and enhancing the skills of community members.
Based in the heart of Anfield, Liverpool Lighthouse is a fast emerging venue for Gospel Arts and entertainment events in the region welcoming International, national and local artists. Liverpool Lighthouse aims to promote excellence in the arts and make a major contribution to Liverpool city regeneration.
Temple of Praise UK is a lively, international church with a rich gospel music tradition based in the heart of Anfield, a stone's throw from Liverpool Football Club's famous ground. You are promised a wonderful experience of intimacy with God in a warm family church environment that welcomes everyone!
Areas of Liverpool Like Anfield and Everton Ward are part of the highest deprivation areas of the UK with the current economic situation suicide and crime in these areas is rising. Please help us to effect change; each and every contribution is greatly appreciated.
The AEP will be transitioned to ‘Harmonize Academy’ by September 2012.The Harmonize Academy will provide places for 100 students, majority in KS4. A small number of places will be available for KS3 students with close working arrangement with placement schools.
LJGC was formed in 1987 under the directorship of Dr Tani Omideyi, this vibrant, multi-racial choir, based at the Temple of Praise, has for many years been at the forefront of building relationships with communities locally and around the United Kingdom.
The choir has ministered at venues the length and breadth of the country, been invited overseas, appeared on television BBC's Songs of Praise, Granada, Sky, and sung on local and national radio as well as BBCs World Service. The range of venues includes cathedrals, churches, castles, football stadia, universities, St Michaels Cave in Gibraltar and the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
