Heritage International Ministries

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Heritage International Ministries
Company typeChurch & K-12 School, Conference Center & Hotel Complex
Industry church & hotel operator
Founded1978 (as Heritage USA), hotel & convention center reopened in 2004 as Heritage International Ministries
Headquarters375 Star Light Drive, Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715
Key people
Rick Joyner
Parent MorningStar Fellowship Church, Inc.
Website http://www.heritageconferencecenter.org/

Heritage International Ministries (H.I.M.) is an Evangelical Christian hotel and convention center in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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History

MorningStar Ministries was founded by Rick Joyner and wife Julie in 1985. [1] In 2004, MorningStar Fellowship Church purchased Heritage USA. The facilities include a 501-room Heritage Grand Hotel and Conference Center, the adjacent unfinished 21-story Heritage Towers, the area of the now demolished "Sand Castle" (originally to have been a Wendy's restaurant) and 52 acres (210,000 m2) of adjoining property.

MorningStar holds church services in the hotel atrium and has restored practically all of the 501 hotel rooms. The hotel is still used as a hotel with some rooms having been converted to privately owned condominiums. It also features a Christian retreat center and one of the state’s largest conference centers. The adjacent Main Street USA shops have been reopened and are used as retail shops and classrooms with the hotel rooms above converted into apartments/dormitories.

In 2007, plans for the uncompleted high-rise tower included an assisted-living facility/retirement complex; when completed, it will be known as Heritage Towers. [2] The Sand Castle was demolished in 2013, due to it "being too expensive to do anything with". [3]

In June 2021, MorningStar Ministries held a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony to celebrate the starting of renovations to the 21-story tower. They claim the development will be a, "close-knit residential community for active adult Christians." Local journalists attempted to get the permits and building plans from York County but no permits or plans had been applied for nor submitted. [4] This comes after a 2018 federal lawsuit filed by MorningStar Ministries accusing York County of religious discrimination for blocking attempts to renovate the tower. [5] In a separate lawsuit, York County contends the property is a nuisance and didn’t meet financing requirements. In that case, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in favor of the county. [6]

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References

  1. MorningStar Ministries, About MorningStar Ministries, Official Website, USA, Retrieved June 18, 2017
  2. Kimberly Dick, Herald Online, MorningStar to expand tower, September 6, 2007
  3. "Bakker's 'King's Castle' Being Demolished". www.christianpost.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. "Groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Heritage Tower repair project in Fort Mill". wcnc.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. "Fate of Heritage Tower moves to federal court". wcnc.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. "SC Supreme Court rules on MorningStar tower near Fort Mill". Rock Hill Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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