User:Glory Generation

Pastor Tony Lay,1970-present,was born at home in Pine Lake, Georgia to Shirley and Robert Lay. From the time of his birth, the enemy was after him seeking to snuff out his life. His mom was in labor for 12 hours with him stuck in the birth canal without medical attention. It was a miracle that he came out alive.Early on in life, at the tender age of 5, he was diagnosed with epilepsy and a learning disorder.The school reports stated that his IQ was lower than 70 and that he would never live on his own, but would always need someone to take care of him. Those words were a lie from the enemy that Tony, with the power of the word of God and faith, had to fight.

When Tony was nine he realized his need for a Savior and became a Christ Follower. He was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit in 1979.However, growing up was not easy. His parents divorced when he was the ten. From that point on, he was raised by his single mom in Tuscon,AZ. When he was eleven years old, he suffered a grand mal seizure while swimming and his friend, Rev. David Herzog, (a child himself at the time) rescued him from drowning. Tony struggled through school and missed many days of school due to the seizures.

By the time he reached 18 years old, he had hardened his heart toward the Lord.Some Christian friends invited him to go hiking in the Catalina Mountains. He told them he would go as long as none of them tried to talk to him about God.They agreed. Tony and his friends ventured out on their overnight hiking trip. The next morning as they were hiking back the weather suddenly changed and a snowstorm hit. It was impossible to get out. They were lost in the mountains for 5 days.Tony and his friends all suffered from hypothermia and frost bite. At one point, Tony's heart stopped beating and his friend did cpr to revive him. While Tony's heart was stopped, he had an encounter of a life changing degree. He says he was in a tunnel falling, hearing demonic laughter. He yelled out "Jesus save me" and then he came back to life.A few hours later the helicopters found them. Tony surrendered to the Lord that day and to the call of ministry on his life.

Pastor Tony Lay entered the ministry in 1990 as a Children's Pastor. He then went on to study the Word through Berean University and then later on to earn his doctorate in theology with Kings College and Seminary. In 1995, he joined his life and ministry with his wife Angela. Together they founded Pillar of Fire Ministries. Pastors Tony and Angela were ordained in 2005 with Glorybound Ministries. Since entering full-time ministry in 1990, Tony Lay has served as a Children's Pastor,Youth Pastor, Assistant pastor, co-pastor, a Sr. Pastor, an Evangelist, and has planted two churches. He is an author and a song writer.

Pillar of Fire Ministries is a faith healing Ministry.  Many churches welcome its evangelistic and prophetic outreach. Pastor Tony's focus in ministry and teachings are of the supernatural. He believes Christians need to return to the original apostolic faith of the Bible,not apostolic in the sense of man made religion, but in true intimate relationship with Jesus. He believes that every Christ Follower can operate in the supernatural realm with signs and wonders following them. Tony often refers to Mark 16:16-17, Malachi 4:5-6, Hebrews 13:8, and the great faith chapter Hebrew 11. He believes that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever so modern day Christ Followers should be walking in the supernatural just as the early Apostles did.God used the Apostles to lay the groundwork for us to build upon. We are called to keep on building from glory to greater glory. The things of the supernatural such as healing, prophesy,angelic visitations, trances, visions, dreams, translations,signs and wonders are available to the body of Christ today. Pastor Tony Lay's desire is to open training centers where Christ Followers can learn how to operate in the supernatural, glory of God and take the good news of the kingdom into the lost world.

Now back to the start of the story, in the early years of his life there was a word, a lie spoken over him. The doctors and teachers said he would never be able to function in society due to his seizure and limited mental capabilities. The enemy wanted to halt and stop the plan of God in his life. Well into his adult life he was still battling with epilepsy.In 1998 Jerry Gaffney prayed over Tony commanding the spirit of fear to leave and prophesied that he would have a great healing anointing like William Branham and John G. Lake. Tony and his wife Angela stood on that word for years before it became manifested. In 2000, Tony suffered several grand mal seizures that almost took his life. Shortly after that in a service in El Paso,TX Tim Storey called him out in a crowd of about 5,000. Tim Storey confirmed the words of Jerry Gaffney that the Lord was bringing healing to him and his family and that the Lord had put an incredible healing anointing on his life. Pastor Tony Lay has had NO MORE SEIZURES sense that day. The Lord has been using the ministry of Pastor Tony Lay along with his wife Angela in incredible ways. Together they have ministered with miracles, signs,and wonders following the preaching of the word.

Recently Pastors Tony and Angela relocated to Missouri.They have two sons, Robbie and Collin. The Lays are in the process of starting a new work "The Glory Realm Ministry Center" in Sikeston,MO.