Meet our Leaders
Evangelist Antoinette Schwartz
Evangelist Schwartz was born to the Late Cornelius and Olga Toomer, the 9th of 10 children. She grew up in East Berlin NJ and graduated from Edgewood High School. She then went on to pursue a Bachelors degree in Apparel Management at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, now called The Philadelphia University where the Lord Blessed her to Graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree. She has earned a CDA credential in Early Childhood Education at The College of New Jersey in Trenton, New Jersey as well as completed the P-3 Program at Montclair State University. She has worked in the preschool environment for many years and the Lord is continuing to bless in that area. She is now working with children with autism, and sewing/designing like never before.​
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In 1985 Evangelist Schwartz was blessed to marry a wonderful God fearing gentleman; James A. Schwartz Jr. To their union they were blessed with 5 children; Arielle, Alexis, Adrias, Andre, and Amber and one grandson Jackson. With the Lord, He has blessed her to be a good wife to her husband and a good mother to their children.
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Evangelist Schwartz accepted her calling as a Missionary and became a soldier on the battlefield, fighting for the Lord. “My Battles have never been easy; I’ve just had to keep fighting.” With the Lord on her side she is still striving and seeking the Lord to give her strength to fight on and see what the end will be. She currently serves as the First Lady and Women's Department President at St James Pentecostal Church along with her husband Pastor James Schwartz, Jr. Her favorite scripture that gives her the courage to fight on: “I reckon that the suffering of this present time will not be worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us”. Romans 8:18. Cast all your cares on him, for he careth for you.
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So I desire to live a life not of religion but a life lived for Christ a servant to be used by God and for HIS glory! For I am Blessed to do the work of the Lord and I am set on a course toward victory.