Pastor Sheraine
Lathon
Founder of Sheraine Lathon Ministries
Richton Park, Illinois
is the senior
pastor of Liberty Temple Full Gospel Church and World
Outreach Ministries in Chicago, Illinois. She is a
powerful and fiery preacher, prophetess, and teacher
to the nation, with a cutting edge message to God’s
people. Pastor Lathon has been anointed by God in
the area of church administration and finance and
has a burden to see order come to the House of God.
She has an uncompromising call to holiness for the
people of today and because of it, thousands have
turned their hearts toward God.
Sheraine Lathon joined Liberty
Temple in 1984. She was ordained Elder and Minister
of the Gospel in November 1987. She has served as
Administrator and Chief Financial Officer at Liberty
Temple for over 18 years. In December 1999, after
15 years of the then Elder Lathon’s dedication
to God and the ministry, Apostle Clifford E. Turner,
Ph.D. (founder and overseer of Liberty Temple and
Pastor Lathon’s mentor and father in the gospel),
ordained this dynamic ministry gift as Senior Pastor
of Liberty Temple – Chicago.
Pastor Lathon is a dedicated
servant of God whose ministry is born out of her relationship,
loyalty, and commitment to God’s service. She
is a tremendous Prayer Warrior, who leads and guides
the church into deeper levels of commitment to God
by calling the House to greater levels of prayer,
fasting, and consecration to the Lord. Through her
efforts, a School of the Prophets has been established
to train the Body of Christ to hear, discern, and
accurately deliver the Word of the Lord to a dying
world.
She has established an early
Sunday morning church service to specifically reach
the Sunday workforce as well as those who are seeking
God, but are not comfortable with the length of traditional
church services. To supplement the church’s
Sunday school curriculum, she has established Life
Application classes that assist in the emotional,
mental, and physical healing of the saints as well
as their continued spiritual growth.
Pastor Lathon has mothered
the motherless, encouraged the depressed and despondent,
prayed for the sick, and labored with families through
various crises. Out of her dedication to God’s
people, she has established ministries for every stage
of life growth and development, from the babies to
senior adults; married couples as well as singles.
Pastor Lathon reaches out to the Chicago Metropolitan
Area by participating in and training Hospice volunteers
to minister to HIV/AIDS patients and other terminally
ill patients and their families. She established the
church’s Care Committee that ministers to those
in need of prayer and hospital or home visits. She
established a Social Services Committee that reaches
out to victims of HIV/AIDS as well as to substance
abusers, the homeless and those in shelters. She participates
in citywide prayer initiatives with other pastors
of all races and denominations, praying for business
and government leaders, and encouraging the Church
to support our nation’s political process on
every level of government. Pastor Lathon is currently
serving on a board of ministerial advisors for the
State of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
As one of God’s Scribes,
she helps in the writing of training and instruction
manuals for the ministry. Pastor Lathon was also nominated
and her name appears in publications of 1998/1999
Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1998/99/2000 International
Who’s Who of Professional Management, Who’s
Who in America, Who’s Who of American Women,
Who’s Who in the World, NAFE (National Association
of Female Executives), and International Who’s
Who of Professional and Business Women.
Pastor Lathon received her
A.A.S. degree from Prairie State College (where she
merited a placement in “Who’s Who Among
Junior College Students” in 1972). She earned
her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in
Church Administration in 1992, and 1994 respectively.
In 1997 she obtained a Doctorate of Divinity from
Friends International University. She is an Associate
Professor at Logos Ministerial Training Institute
and Friends International University, where she specializes
in Church History, Homiletics, and Hermeneutics.
Pastor Lathon gives honor to
her husband, Willie Lathon, and her sons, Eric and
Chris, for their sacrifices, prayers, and encouragement
in allowing her to pursue God’s plan for her
life.
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