Meet our Leaders
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Pastor James A Schwartz, Jr
Pastor James Schwartz Jr. was born to James and Thelma Schwartz Sr. in 1962. He was raised in Berlin, New Jersey and graduated from Edgewood High School in Atco, NJ. Later, he pursued his digital electronics degree at Gloucester County College in Sewell, New Jersey. He currently works with digital electronics and crown molding at Pandrol USA in Swedesboro, New Jersey.
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On November 2, 1985 Pastor Schwartz Jr. married the love of his life, his high school sweetheart Evangelist Antoinette Schwartz. The Lord blessed their union with five children; Arielle, Alexis, Adrias, Andre, and Amber Schwartz. In 2018 they were excited to welcomed their first grandchild, Jackson
At the age of 22, Pastor Schwartz Jr. was saved and filled with the Holy Ghost at St. James Pentecostal Church, The Powerhouse Center in Swedesboro, New Jersey under the Pastorate of Superintendent James Schwartz, Sr. In 1998, Pastor Schwartz Jr. was ordained an Elder in the Churches of God in Christ under the late Bishop Esau Courtney, Sr. of the New Jersey First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
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For many years, Pastor Schwartz Jr has enjoyed doing ministry and has implemented a number of initiatives at St. James Pentecostal Church, such as creating a Food Bank of New Jersey center to feed the hungry, and founding the Powerhouse Day Care Center to provide child care services for families in need. Pastor Schwartz Jr has served in many capacities within the Powerhouse including, Minister of Music, Choir President, Evangelist, and Sunday School Teacher. Superintendent James Schwartz Sr. appointed Pastor Schwartz Jr. as Assistant Pastor in 2006, and he was elevated to Pastor in 2012, when Superintendent Schwartz Sr retired. Pastor Schwartz Jr. strives to seek the Lord for divine revelation to serve, prepare, and train the Lord’s people for His coming.
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Pastor Schwartz Jr, has many favorite scriptures divinely given from God. In this season, his favorite scripture is: Romans 8: 35 – 39: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, for thy sake, we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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