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HEALING ROOMS MINISTRIES OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

How We Came Into Being

During the summer of 2000, Cal Pierce, Director of the Spokane Healing Rooms, was scheduled to conduct a conference in Knoxville, Tennessee in December, 2000. Leonard Sisson,  Pastor of Grace Connection Church in Knoxville, was the conference coordinator. During that time, God impressed on Pastor Sisson that He wanted a Healing Rooms ministry established in Knoxville and that the congregation at Grace Connection should lead the effort. Pastor Sisson shared his vision with the church leadership of Grace Connection during a meeting on Thursday, August 24, 2000. They agreed to seek the Lord for a confirmation. The first session of a Prophetic Conference with Jim Goll and Bobby Conner was held the next evening, Friday, August 25, at New Covenant Fellowship in Knoxville. The speaker that night was Jim Goll, who had no prior knowledge of the Healing Rooms conference scheduled for Knoxville nor any knowledge of Pastor Sisson's leading to begin a Healing Rooms ministry here. Jim came into the meeting that evening wearing a Spokane Healing Rooms shirt. At the end of his message he prophesied that Healing Rooms were coming to Knoxville. As a confirmation of the prophetic word, the conference hosts then asked Pastor Sisson to come forward and tell of plans for a Healing Rooms conference in Knoxville, which he did. At that point Jim Goll explained that God had instructed him earlier that day to wear the Healing Rooms shirt that evening and that He would show him the man he was to give the shirt to who would be directing the Knoxville Healing Rooms ministry. Jim then pointed to Pastor Sisson and declared, "You are the man!"

After further prayer and consultation with church and ministry leaders in the Knoxville area, the establishment of Healing Rooms Ministries of Knoxville, Tennessee, was initiated. Cal and Michelle Pierce along with four ministry team members from the Spokane Healing Rooms conducted a Healing Ministry Conference in December, 2000, and helped inaugurate the Knoxville ministry. Training for the first ministry team members was conducted January through mid-March, 2001 with over 100 individuals from several churches participating. 

Healing Rooms Ministries of Knoxville opened for operation April 27, 2001.