The House of God Saints in Christ, Inc. was founded by the late Bishop Nick Hightower, Sr. in 1927. The first church was formed on Florida Avenue in Jacksonville, Florida where it stands to this day.
Bishop Hightower established the church in an era of excessive brutality toward Blacks. He persevered despite being jailed and later thrown off his property for preaching the gospel to "the poor...to heal the brokenhearted and preach deliverance to the captives." Bishop Hightower's persistence helped spread the word to Georgia, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
