How it all started...
November 26, 1992, the Lord gave Minister Welch a vision, this vision was to reach out to the people he had left out in the world. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and He hath anointed me to preach the gosepl to the poor, He hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are blind. (Luke 4:18). The Spirit led Minister Welch to go to the men in the family first. Later to the young men in the neighborhood, to start a ministry for men. The Lord revealed the outcry of men and women who were bound and chained by Satan. The first meeting was held on January 26, 1993 at Minister Welch's home in Detroit, MI. to share the vision. There were seventeen men present. The ministry was agreed to be named: "The R.O.A.D. Ministry", an acronym for Reach Out And Deliver. The ministry thereafter met every Saturday. The men were so excited they begin inviting their friends and relatives. There was so much excitement, some of the women on the block wanted to become apart of the ministry. After seeking the Lord, Minister Welch invited the women to join the ministry on March 27, 1993; there were seven women present. Later that year, a children's ministry was added. By the month of May, the men ministry had grown to twenty eight. The ministry was active until the summer of 1994, because the ministry had outgrown the basement. But, praise be to God, because the Holy Spirit wouldn't leave Minister Welch alone. The Lord called Minister Welch out from Christian Tabernacle on January 28, 1996, where Minister Welch became Pastor Welch of Christian R.O.A.D. Ministries (The ROAD Church).
