Meade Ministries is a cult church group located in Columbia County, Florida

Columbia County, Florida

Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 56,513. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 64,040 . Its county seat is Lake City, Florida....

 just south of Lake City, Florida

Lake City, Florida

Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, in the United States. In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 12,614. In addition, it is the Principal City of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had an...

. Their founder was Charles Meade

Charles Meade

Charles Meade was the leader of an end-of-times Christian church based in Lake City, Florida.Meade was born to a farming family in Oil Springs, Kentucky , the ninth child of his mother...

(1916-2010), who relocated his ministry from South Dakota and Indiana to Lake City, Florida in 1984.

Meade Ministries' current worship center was built in the mid-1990s with seating for over 2000. The church is gated behind iron bars with security guards at the entrance. Services are held 3 times per week and are closed to the public. There is a Bible study Thursday evening, Sunday morning worship and sermon, and a youth service Sunday Evening. As of 2006, it has about 2,000 members.