Bio - Pastor Loretta Gordon
Loretta Gordon hales from a village called, Maskall in Belize Central America, located in the heart of the Caribbean. From the age of nine, Loretta knew there was something different about her life. She always had a hunger for her Creator, and would often find herself alone, having very few friends. “I enjoyed being alone, never knowing at the time that God had orchestrated that part of my life”.
As a young girl, Loretta’s mother would send them to a Spirit-filled church after Catholic Mass. Loretta loved to listen to the teaching of the Word of God and made a decision to know this God they were talking about. Even then, the Holy Spirit was depositing seeds of righteousness in Loretta. She embarked upon a journey in search of Him, wanting to know who He really was. Loretta sought the Lord with all her heart and with every fiber of her being. Soon after, still during her early childhood, she began to have visitation after visitation of the God-kind, including dreams and visions.
Every summer she would do missionary work and evangelize in her country. By the age of 15, Loretta was ministering at revivals, prisons, and hospitals in different towns and villages under the leadership of her spiritual father Bishop George Hulse and Evangelist & Minister Jessie Graham. It was in those early days of ministry that Loretta received the in-filling of the Holy Spirit and embraced the call of the Prophet. It was at a crusade one Sunday that a visiting prophet would single her out in the congregation and prophesy to her that the Lord God Himself had called her to the office of the Prophet. He said she would touch nations and speak what sayeth the Spirit of the Living God.
Loretta would spend hours and hours in search of this God in the Bible. She would speak to Jesus and have long conversations about heaven, angels and her assignment. At 19, she migrated to the United States to be with her father and family. Loretta attended Cosmetology School and became a licensed hair stylist. Later, she became a salon owner.
In the early 80’s, Loretta started visiting Crenshaw Christian Center, where she became a member under the auspices of Dr. Frederick K.C. Price, Sr. Those were some of the first days of her new journey in the United States. Eager to learn all that she could about God, Loretta attended every Bible Study being taught in addition to Sunday worship. It was at one of the Bible Study sessions while the Word was going forth, that the Spirit of the Lord would have Loretta dance for joy during the meeting. She did not know it then, but the Lord was yoking her with a woman that moved in the powerful gift of the prophetic – Apostle and Prophet Beverly Ann Crawford aka BAM Crawford.
When Apostle Crawford started her own ministry, Loretta moved with her. At Bible Enrichment Fellowship International Church, Apostle Crawford mentored, tutored and prepared Loretta for real-life ministry. It was there that she was ordained as a licensed minister. Loretta served as an armor bearer, and in various capacities of the ministry in preparation for “Kingdom building.” Loretta considered it an honor to stand alongside a powerful vessel of faith and virtue lifting up her hands. Iron indeed sharpened iron. It was in those times that she learned the crushing, the travail, and what it meant to truly serve the Living God and His people.
Loretta sat faithfully under the tutelage of Apostle Crawford for 29 years. She felt that nothing could compare to being a servant for the Living God and His people. Loretta grew at Bible Enrichment and learned humility, which prepared her for where God has placed her today – Founder and Pastor of “Gathering of the Harvest House International Ministries.” This ministry was birthed on Sunday, April 16th, 2017. Also birthed was “Women Destined for Greatness Ministries,” where it is Pastor Loretta’s desire for God’s daughters to shatter glass ceilings and take their rightful place in the Kingdom of God here on earth.
Loretta’s journey to pastoring began in her home with intercessory prayer. She taught women how to “enter into” the PRESENCE of the living God by teaching them the word of God and about the power of prayer. God’s tangible manifestation was present at every meeting. Gathering of the Harvest House International Ministries was birthed from this in-house bible study.
Pastor Loretta Gordon is the spiritual mother of many but is extremely proud to be the mother of two wonderful children: Ralton Brown Jr., and Rachel Brown.