Heritage International Ministries

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Heritage International Ministries (H.I.M.) is the new name given to the former Heritage USA facilities in Fort Mill, South Carolina purchased by MorningStar Fellowship Church in 2004. MorningStar purchased the former 501 room Heritage Grand Hotel and Conference Center, the adjacent unfinished 21-story Heritage Grand Tower, the "Sand Castle" (originally to have been a Wendy's restaurant) and 52 acres of adjoining property. The facilities are currently undergoing renovations. MorningStar holds church services in the hotel lobby and has restored a majority of the five hundred and one hotel rooms. The hotel is now used as a retreat and conference center. The adjacent Main Street USA shops have been reopened and are used as retail shops and classrooms with the hotel rooms above having been converted to apartments/dormatories. The uncompleted high-rise tower will be finished and used as an assisted living facility/retirement complex. It is slated for a 2011 completion. [1] The Sand Castle will be renovated and used as a youth ministry/children's center. MorningStar Ministries was founded by Rick Joyner and wife Julie.