God planted the idea of a church called “Walk on the Water Faith Church” inside of Dr. Larry Ollison with a dream in 1992. In his dream he was at a church overlooking the Lake of the Ozarks. The atmosphere was charged with excitement as people were coming by car and by boat – lives were being dramatically changed. He and Loretta had no idea that Larry, himself, would be the pastor of the church. They had no desire to pastor a church!

Larry had been actively ministering through Larry Ollison Ministries for many years. In the fall of 1993, Larry proposed two new outreach programs to his board of directors – a radio program called The Cutting Edge, and a Bible study in Osage Beach. The Cutting Edge started airing on Spirit FM Network early in 1994. The first Bible study met on February 3, 1994, at Inn at Grand Glaize. Larry planned for the Bible study to last four weeks. But God’s plans are greater than our plans. 

The group began meeting on Sunday mornings in June 1994, at Marina Bay, sometimes having to meet in a bar (which was closed). The Walk on the Water Faith Church family was born the first Sunday in June 1994, and rapidly grew out of its surroundings. The church body then moved to Main Street Music Hall in March of 1995. By this time, Larry and Loretta had accepted their calling as “pastors.”

In May of 1998, after praying about a church building, Pastor Larry approached Lake Community Church (LCC) about the possibility of leasing their building for services. LCC not only agreed to the proposal, but also asked Pastor Larry to be their interim pastor. Again, WOW had a new beginning. On the first Sunday of June 1998, WOW held its first services in a real church building. Pastor Larry began preaching a traditional service for the members of LCC at 9:00 am and a spirit-filled service for WOW at 10:30 am. After three months, LCC decided to join the WOW Church family, and the two churches became one.

Soon the church was bulging at the seams and a new building adding children’s classrooms, a fellowship hall and office space was built. New construction never ends at WOW.

Lives are being dramatically changed. The dream is alive and the fields are white for harvest. Join the dream.