Morningstar Ministry/former Heritage USA

This weekend I went to a Morning Star conference at HIM (Heritage International Ministries)retreat center formally known as Heritage USA, 22 years ago. It had a water park and and a lot more!It was build by the PTL Club (short for ''Praise The Lord") founders televangelist Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. The area was 2,300 acres and was build by noted church builder Roe Messner. He later married Tammy Faye Bakker after her divorce from Jim Bakker.In the center of the property was a big lake. In the middle of the lake there was a island that they called "Heritage Island" that contained the water park. Since the closure in 1989,projects have been constructed on the grounds of the former theme park with varying success, and portions of the property have been sold to several companies. Heritage USA opened is 1978 and by 1986 it was one of the top vacation destinations in the nation,behind only Walt Disney World and Disneyland, attracting nearly six million visitors annually and employing around 2,500 people.

Morningstar Ministries and Rick Joyner purchased the property a few years for less than $2 million and started restoring the property. Now the property used for Christian worship and teaching conference.