Olivia Darling Sharp

Olivia, the little girl who was called by God at the age of nine years old in her doll house would embark upon a phenomenal journey of ministry that would encompass her entire life. As dramatic as her salvation experience was, so has her destiny in the gospel ministry been. Olivia Sharp was born on May 03, 1946, to the late Napoleon and Nellie Mae Vinson of Aulander, NC. She is the youngest of thirteen siblings. Olivia was married to the late Frank Wilson Sharp. From this union was born one daughter, Tonnia and one son, Justus. She is the grandmother to ten  grandchildren and the spiritual mother and grandparent of all her God given children.

Olivia Sharp began her gospel ministry in 1973.  In 1978, the first United Full Gospel Revival Center church was born under the bishopric of King David Johnson of Carrollton, VA.  In 1981, the UFGRC Prayer Tower Outreach Ministry was founded. This was a place of refuge, reconciliation and restoration, and a place where miracles were performed.

Pastor was affirmed in the office of an Apostle in 1987. Today, she stands tall as God’s Ambassador.  She is Apostle, Founder and Overseer of the United Full Gospel Revival Center International Ministries, Incorporated ― nine well established churches in Virginia (Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, and Suffolk), North Carolina (Plymouth, Weldon, and Murfreesboro); and Georgia (Atlanta).  She has also propelled into their purposes other great men and women of God who are not under the covering, but yet are accountable to her.

God has graced her with many accomplishments during her 36 years of ministry. She is Founder and CEO of the Koinonia Fellowship, Founder and President of ODS International Women Conference, author of four books, the Host of the Hour of Diapantos Radio Broadcast. She has established within her churches many outreach ministries such as: prison ministry, foreign missions,convalescence ministry, educational department, and many more. With more new churches and books to come, Apostle Olivia Darling Sharp is endeavored to work the work of the Kingdom with diligence and with tenuous fervor.

In her life time of ministry she has conducted revivals, crusades, workshops, seminars and conferences throughout the United States. She has a God-given ministry of miracles, where the dead is raised, blinded eyes are open, the lame walk, limbs are grown out and all manner of diseases are healed. Wherever you find her, there you will find the workings of the Holy Spirit.  Perfected in all spiritual gifts, she will be found abiding in her mission, fulfilling her call, “totally  annihilating the works of the devil”.