Staff

2010 MINISTRY LEADERS 2010
Dr. McKinley Gaither, Founder
Damone B. Jones, Sr., M.S., Senior Pastor

PASTORAL STAFF – Damone B. Jones, Sr., Senior Pastor, Ministry Leader

Senior Pastor’s Personaantl Assist – Min. J. Clifford Jackson
Minister of Discipleship – Min. Michael Robinson
Associate Minister – Min. Min. R. Stephane Hammond
Associate Minister – Min. Khalil Rogers
Associate Minister – Min. Charles Johnson
Associate Minister – Min. Lionel E. Waters
CHURCH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF (full-time)
Church Business Manager – Dea. Jerome Bell
Executive Administrative Assistant to the Senior Pastor – Christine Vanish
Church Financial Coordinator – MaryLouise Waldo
Senior Pastor’s Personal Assistant – Min. J. Clifford Jackson
CHURCH OPERATIONS
Ministry of Deacons – Dea Jerome Bell
Ministry of Deaconesses (vacant)
Ministry of Trustees – Trust. Clifford Roane (acting)
Church Clerk – Josephine Morgan-Smith
Church Treasurer – Dea Alonzo Griffin
Human Resources Ministry – Cheryl Smith
Computer Ministries – Renee Kennedy
Media Ministries – Dea Sherwin Moss
Audio/Visual Ministry – Ron Thompson
Church Sexton – Michael Ramsey
Community Service Program – Dea James Pettyjohn

DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES

Men’s Ministry – Min. Khalil Rogers, Ministry Leader
Women of Excellence Ministry – Lady Melissa Jones, Ministry Leader
Young Ladies of Excellence
New Disciple’s Ministry – Deaconess Martha Dubard, Ministry Leader

YOUTH MINISTRIES

Upper Division – Charles & Lisa Sawyer
Lower Division – A. Christine Reed
Basketball Ministry – Dea. Leonard Macon

FAMILY MINISTRIES – Michael Robinson, M.S. – Ministry Leader

Marriage Enrichment Ministry – Kenneth & Nichet Sykes
Single’s/Single Parent’s Ministry – Miriam Wilson

CONGREGATIONAL (MEMBER) CARE

Seasoned Saints – Alice Lotharp/Sarah Allen
Comfort Ministry – Delores Johnakin
Hope Ministry (Social Services) – Cynthia Nichols
Health Ministries – Annette Nelson
Focus Ministry – A. Christine Reed

OUTREACH MINISTRIES

Missionaries – Deaconess Alene Ward
Whosoever Gospel Mission – Ron Thompson
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission – Deacon Zavon Braggs
Prison Ministry – Deacon Willie Ward
New Choices (Recovery) Ministry – Wayne Rush
Gifts of God (Mobile Feeding) Ministry – Natalie Turner (acting)
Outreach Kitchen – Rochelle Thomas
Clothing Give-Away – Doris Quail
School Supply Give-away – Margie Wilson
Neighborhood Outreach – Dea. Robert & Sis. Margie Moore
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION – Linda Hargrow, Dir./ Christian Education-Ministry Leader
Hour of Empowerment – Ouida Hembry, Superintendent
E.T.A. Biblical Institute – Linda Hargrow
Summer Camp (Tentatively for July only) – Robin Jackson, Director
College & Career Ministry – Garland Thompson/Ebenee Myers

WORSHIP MINISTRIES – Greg Simpson, Ministry Leader

Zavon Braggs, Worship Leader

Spiritual Praise Dance Ministry – Carolyn Hall
Pantomime Ministry – MaryLouise Waldo
Junior Silent Praise Pantomime Ministry – Nikia Boozer
Joyful Noyze – Charleeta Rawlings
Sanctuary Choir – Diane Watson
Men Delivered (Male Chorus) – Wayne Rush
Rosebud Youth Choir – Aleah M. Jones
Majestic – Lynitta Capers

SERVICE MINISTRIES
Gatekeepers Ministry – Grace Hooks
Junior Ushers Ministry – Ella Cunningham
Nursery Ministry – Keisha Morgan
Hospitality Ministry – Ruthie Brooks
Culinary Ministry – Ella Cunningham
Transportation Ministry – Dea Harvey Willoughby/Dea. James Pettyjohn
Van Driver Coordinator– Bradley Jones
Security Ministry – Pam Byrd

Pastor’s Biography

Damone B. Jones, Sr., M.S., Senior Pastor

* Damone B. Jones, Sr., is the youngest of three children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Boykin Jones of West Philadelphia. Pastor Jones is a deeply devoted

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Our Church’s History

After three years of much prayer and deliberation, on February 12, 1952, Dr. McKinley Gaither organized a Missionary Baptist Church in his home at 625 North 48th Street in Philadelphia. This newborn church

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Our Core Values

We value the Holy Scriptures as the complete, inspired, inerrant and authoritative Word of God in all we are to be and in all we undertake. (II Tim. 3:16-17)
We value the Supreme Lordship of
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