Meet Rev (Mrs) Adelaide Heward-Mills.

Mrs. Adelaide Heward-Mills, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills' wife of almost twenty years, a mother of four children, namely, David, Joshua, Daniella and Paula, is a lawyer by profession.
At an early age of 9, young Adelaide accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and personal saviour, sensing even then the call on her life to be a missionary. In High School, she renewed her commitment to the Lord and became a Bible study reader in the Christian fellowship of the school. Mrs. Heward-Mills says that in spite of this she had certain questions that challenged her faith. It was at this same period of unanswered questions that she came into contact with the then Brother Dag, who revealed to her certain profound Biblical truths she had never known. These included the Holy Ghost baptism and the "7 Great Principles". This dramatically changed her perspective of Christianity.
By 1985, friendship between Sister Adelaide and Brother Dag had resulted in courtship. Their relationship matured and blossomed as the years went by. In her own words, " our relationship was a result of his spiritual uprightness, courage, boldness, powerful and yet caring personality. Above all she adds, "I was slain by his charm and good looks".
The first lady of L.C.I. had over the years held a personal conviction of her own that God had a better plan for her life.. Consequently she took the decision to join her husband in full-time ministry. She believes that her vision is clearer now and she has even become more ministry-minded and sees her husband as her mentor and favourite Bible teacher in the whole wide world.
Being a pastor's wife, a woman in ministry and a mother, she says, there are very challenging roles and she sometimes feels the pressure, but sincerely believes that God gives sufficient grace in whatever area of one's call. It is this amazing grace that has brought her this far. In the area of ministry, Mrs. Heward-Mills is the leader of the following groups in the Lighthouse Chapel International:
Women with Direction International - a ministry for ladies with vision
Called-By-His-Side - a ministry for pastors' wives
Women Of Great Price - a ministry fo lady pastors
Women In Ministry - a ministry for women who work full-time for God
Compassionate International - a ministry that reaches out to lost souls from all walks of life, both the affluent and the underprivileged.
For several years now, she has been the main speaker for the "Daughter You Can Make It" conventions organised in L.C.I. churches the world over, where she ministers powerfully under the anointing to bring encouragement to the discouraged, help to the hopeless and strength to the weak. However, she believes her primary calling is to be the helpmeet to her husband and constantly prays for grace to be in tandem with her husband's vision.

Her administrative functions are the following among others:
Membership assistance (job placement for church members), Pastoral Care (particularly in counselling), Directress, Lighthouse Christian Schools, Oversees the Lighthouse Christian Home, member of the Legal Unit of the church, Chairperson for various Boards in the church, Protocol and Hospitality.

Mrs. Heward-Mills is easy-going and a natural people-person. She is affectionately called Sister Maame. To the L.C.I. family, Sister Maame is gfted to know the right thing to say at all times; she is blessed in her ability to relate with people of different personalities and backgrounds. She knows how to share the love of God abroad. She does all this, not only because she is a Bishop's wife, but also because she knows God personally and loves Him dearly.

The whole Lighthouse family knows it is blessed to have such a precious gift.
To the first lady of the Lighthouse Chapel International, it is not a small thing that God has chosen to separate her unto Himself. He has graciously brought her to Himself to do the service of His House and His House alone and has brought her the great honour of sanding before His precious people to minister! She believes she could not have asked for anything else.