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Our Ministries

Welcome offers over 60 ministries where you can serve, grow, and make a difference. Take a moment to explore our list of ministries and see where God is calling you to get involved. For more information, feel free to contact our church office with any questions.

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Academic and Education Ministry:

Linda Ware Smith

Tanesha Taylor

Erica Chappell 

Administration:

Derinda Shaw – Office Manager|Clerk

Odessa McClellon  

Ann Porterfield - Assistant Office Manager

Announcement Ministry:

DeAon Akemon    

Nicole Broome

Salina Spears

Andria Hodges

Verna Carthane

Sharon El-Shabazz   

Linda Becks

Vivian Williams  

Derinda Shaw - Lead 

Tanoa Ford

Athletic Ministry:

 Tarlton Smalls

Rawl Marshall

Black History Ministry:

Linda Hamlet- President

Katheryn Armstrong

Gloria Ford 

Bookstore Ministry:

Tanoa Ford

Andrea Williams

Deaconess Shirley Cleary

Deaconess Chifonda Ellsworth

Cancer Support Health Ministry Team Outreach:

Carolyn Price

Tamara Myles

Cynthia Howard

Christian Education:

Deacon Clayton Pirtle – President

Steven Drake - Vice President 

Deacon Stanley Gay

Deacon Deon Metoyer 

Deacon Frank Smith

Church Custodial Maintenance: 

Deacon Willie Shaw - Director

Emerick Boykins Jr. - Grounds  

LaToya Croft - Lead

J.C. Madden

Tomas Moreno

Dwight Chappell

C-L,W

Civic Committee Ministry:

Vernita Duvall - President

Odessa McClellon

Barbara Harris

Lakita Sims - Vice President 

Debra Harris

Deacons Ministry:

Howard Cobb-Chairman-EMT

Earnest Cleary - Co-Chairman-EMT

Deaconess Ministry:

Deaconess Nevell Pirtle - President 

Deaconess Earnestine Bush - Vice President

Domestic Violence Ministry:

DeAon Akemon - President 

 

Electrician /HVC:

Cleodus Love


Golf Ministry:

Linda Ware Smith - President 

Melvin Lee - Vice President

Woody Williams 

Grandparents Ministry:

Bertha Stephens 

Phyllis Taylor 


Greeters Ministry:

Dell Jones - President 
 

Health Ministry:

Dorothy Herron - Co-Leaders

Earlene Dowell - Co-Leaders 

Kitchen Ministry:

Estelle Butler - Chair

Ruth Ramsey - Co-Chair

Gloria Hodge - Co-Chair 

Akua Watkins - Co-Chair

Tempye Byrd - Co-Chair

Zula Hunt

Legal Honorable:

Ronda Fowlkes Gross

Summer Parker

Darryl Seager

Tracey Richards

Willing Workers:

Dianne Frazier - President 

Queenie Jones - Vice President 

 

Women’s Bible Fellowship:

Sister to Sister - Tanoa Ford

 

Women’s Day:

Chiffonda Ellsworth 

Linda Becks

M-Y,C,K

Marriage Ministry:

Deacon Ernest Cleary

Deaconess Shirley Cleary

Men’s Day:

Kenneth Bush 

Richard Ellsworth  

Akua Watkins

Reggie Dixon

Anthony Shelton

Mission Ministry:

Bessie Davis - President

 Cornelia Crooks - 1st Vice President

Dr. Lawrence Woods - Teacher

Deacon Ernest Cleary - Teacher

Mothers Ministry:

Delphine Allums  - President 
 

Music & Arts Ministry:

Sean Ginyard    

Corey Rodgers 

Michelle Johnson – Director of Music

Demetrius Herrell

Clarence Johnson

Brian Burnett

 

Combined Choir:

Carolyn Jennings

Monica Lamb

Phyllis Taylor

Shelia Sullivan

 

K.A.R.A.R:

Altronyse Cunningham - President

Rejoice Dancers:

Summer Parker

Georgina Thompson

Lashaun Green

Tanesha Taylor

Steppers Ministry:

LaShan Green - Leader 

Summer Parker

 

Mime Ministries:

TBD
 

Young Men Making A Difference:

John Rentie

George Muskevalley

Dwight Chappell

Brien Becks

Min. Akua Watkins

 

Youth Ministry:

Violet Swazer

Betty Harper
 

CICA:

Brad Townsend 

Karra Townsend 

N-W

Nurses Ministry:

Deborah Bilbo - President 

Earl King - 2nd Vice President 

Mildred Simpson -1st Vice President

Norma Carter - Secretary 

Brenda Montgomery - Treasurer 

Marilyn Jewell - Chaplin 

Outreach Ministry:

Marilyn Jewel - Clothes

Hellen Guthery 

Pastor’s Care Ministry:

Ann Porterfield - President 

Deacon Howard Cobb - Vice President

Donna Cobb - Program

Lisa Menard - Secretary

Dorothy Herron - Treasurer 

P.A.T.H:

Rev. James Hill

Min. Akua Watkins

Dwight Chappell

Bro. Roosevelt Campbell

 

Security Ministry:

Willie Ramsey - President 

Robert Carter – Vice President

 

Sunday School Ministry:

Deacon Clayton Pirtle - Superintendent

Steven Drake – Vice Superintendent

Deacon Frank Smith
 

Tape and Audio|Video:

Kevin Fowlkes - Co-Chair

Joshua Turner   

Xavier Myles 

Dr. Lawrence Woods - Co-Chair

Dequan Dean 

Aisha Ellis

Transportation Ministry:

Minister Akua Watkins

Earl King

 

Trustee Ministry:

Kelley Drake - Chairman

Sharea Chappelle - Vice Chair

Ushers Ministry:

Nicole Davis - President 

Dwayne Barrett - 1st Vice President 

 

Website Ministry:

Asia King - Splash of Design

 

Wedding Ministry:

Ann Porterfield – President

Derinda Shaw - Vice President

Tamara Myles

Lou Hawkins

Gloria Rodgers

Perrean Dexter

 

WMBC Wolverine State Officers for 2023:

Deaconess Doris Tony - Chairperson of State Deaconess Wives & Widows

Deaconess Shirley Cleary - Co-Chairperson of State Deaconess Wives & Widows

Sister Deborah Bilbo -  Co-Chairperson of State Nurses & Ushers

Sister Lynetta Walker - Treasurer of Nurses

Perrean Dexter

Welcome Missionary Baptist Church

(248) 335-8740

wmbc143@yahoo.com

143 Oneida Street

Pontiac, Michigan 48341

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