Welcome to WORD OF LIFE CHURCH! Our World Headquarters is located at 2120 Collier Avenue in Fort Myers, Florida.

Word Of Life is a full gospel Christian church embracing people of every race and nation, and we strive to continually be on the cutting edge of what God is doing in this hour. Throughout our history, we have moved strongly in inner healing, helping real people with real problems find real answers. Word Of Life is definitely not church as usual!

Word Of Life started 25 years ago in an old movie theater in Freeport, New York, a village on the south shore of Long Island. Gaspar Anastasi was a young, newly ordained pastor with zero experience. But the one thing he and his wife Michele did have was an unquenchable passion for Jesus, and that has been the earmark of Word of Life Church for the past 25 years. It’s a passion to see the kingdom of God advance in our communities, our nation and in our own personal lives.

God gave Pastor Anastasi a vision that reaches beyond the church’s four walls. His vision was to go to the streets and preach to the drug addicts, prostitutes and homeless. Word Of Life Church has taken the message to the community through street rallies, tent outreaches, the New Life Centers, door-to-door and street evangelism, food and clothing bank, “God Has the Answer” television and radio broadcasts, home and hospital visits, Care Groups, Bible Education Center, Christian Academy, Global Leaders Fellowship International, our Conference Center and our outreaches to Israel.

Over the years, we’ve seen God dramatically change individuals and entire cities. When Word Of Life started, Freeport was overrun with racism, drugs and prostitution. People didn’t want to pass through the village, much less live there. The Freeport of today is a thriving village, and it can’t build homes fast enough to accommodate all the people wanting to move there. People of every race come together to worship. Drug addicts and alcoholics are set free. Families are restored. What God has done in Freeport is a miracle. What God has done through Word Of Life is definitely not church as usual!

Through a move of the Holy Spirit, in July 2003, Bishop Gaspar and Michele Anastasi relocated the Word Of Life world headquarters from Freeport, New York, to Fort Myers, Florida. We’ve grown and changed, but we’ve never lost our love for people and our burning passion for God. After seeing God move so mightily in Long Island and New York City, we look forward to being a part of what God has planned for Southwest Florida.

Check out our locations page, visit us, and see for yourself that Word Of Life is definitely not church as usual! Or if we never meet you face to face, browse this site, glean from the many resources we have to offer and let God minister deeply to your heart. May He bless you richly!