Rev. Tommy Bates pastors one of the fastest growing independent Pentecostal churches, Community Pentecostal Church, in Independence, Kentucky. A powerful preacher, gifted musician, and anointed singer, Pastor Bates ministers in his own unique blend of high energy, devil-defeating, supercharged preaching, coupled with old-fashioned Appalachian singing that is sure to stir your spirit.

While pastor Tommy Bates was preaching under a heavy anointing at Church of God Winterfest in Knoxville, TN, 2007, attended by 23,000 youths, over 11,000 young people came forward for prayer and more than 6000 were filled with baptism of the Holy Spirit in one service.

Pastor Tommy Bates has a unique calling and gift of God to bridge the gap of separation between “that which was” and “that which is” in the full-gospel movement. God uses him mightly to preach a contemporary message with the “old time” anointing. His ministry has no social, gender, racial or generational barriers. All who come are blessed, as his ministry becomes “bread to the eater and seed to the sower.”

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