Pastor Doug and his wife, Karen, were called to found Church on Fire Ministries after almost 20 years of working in youth ministry. In August of 1996 they moved from their position in Georgia to Harrison, Ohio to start the church.The CFM congregation has grown so quickly over the years that often a larger building was needed. The church is now in its fifteenth building. In 2004, a 40,000 square foot grocery store was purchased and was turned into the existing church facility and a second campus in Batesville, Indiana was added in 2014.