Nurse Ministry
Establish to provide service in the church to the Pastor and members at worship and funerals. We also assist seniors and members with special needs.
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Read MoreBishop Dr. Howard Willis, Jr.
Bishop Howard Van Willis, Jr. was reared in Petersburg, Virginia. He is the third child of Deacon Howard and Deaconess Virginia Willis Sr. He is married to the former Ms. Sabrina D. Thomas of Hampton, VA., and they have two children, Howard III and Vanessa. Bishop Willis has been active in service for the Lord since the age of 16. As a layperson, he served in comfort and healing ministries, Men’s ministries, street evangelism, usher board, and choirs. He has headed Easter fellowships and alternative fellowships during Halloween for youth that have served over 800 children in each event from toddler to teenager. As a minister he has served as Pastor, assistant to the pastor, Sunday school teacher, Bible study leader, chairperson of a stewardship committee to raise 1 million dollars, and he is the past president of the Minister’s Council of the American Baptist Churches of the South. Bishop Willis was licensed to preach the gospel in June of 1999 at the Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church, New Kent County, Virginia, and was ordained at the Faith Missionary Baptist Church, Capitol Heights, Maryland in November of 2001. Being a champion of education, Bishop Willis completed his undergraduate work at Virginia State University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. In acknowledgement of his calling to the ministry, he matriculated to the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University where he obtained a Master of Divinity degree. In December 2006, he completed a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Preaching and Leadership from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. The title of his dissertation is The Associate Minister Preaching in The African American Baptist Church. Since his installation at Greater Mount Pisgah in 2007, the church has more than doubled its Sunday’s attendance, deacons and deaconess have been ordained and consecrated, ministers have been ordained and licensed to the Gospel, and revitalization and creation of ministries has been dynamic. Under the theme, “Serving Christ in Excellence” Bishop Willis and the Greater Mount Pisgah Family are intent on being faithful Disciples of Christ. With a desire for world evangelism, Bishop Willis graduated from Lott Carey’s Pastoral Excellence Program in 2010. He has taught and preached in Guyana, Jamaica and Italy. On November 5, 2016; Dr. Willis was consecrated as a Bishop by The Eagles World Evangelism Council of Bishops (EWECOB), and currently serves as Vice Continental Chairman of North America for The International Evangelism Council of Bishops (IECOB). Above all, Bishop Willis is a man of faith and seeks nothing else, but to serve God in every capacity and holds fast to the scripture “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek...
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Galatians 5:13 NIV
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
