Conference Speakers.
Timothy Reddick - Worship Leader
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in February of 1990, Timothy Reddick was raised by his mother who kept him in the church. She made sure that he played and sang for various revivals and other church functions.
In the year 2000, at the age of 10 years old, Tim played the keyboard for his first church in Cleveland, where his Grandfather is the pastor.
At the age of 12 years old, he began to pursue music education at The Cleveland School of the Arts, majoring in vocal performance. Since then, has has studied at Interlochen Center of the Arts Academy, Broadway School of Music & Hubbard School of Music.
Timothy has had the privilege and honor to share platforms with Tye Tribbett, JJ Hairston, Jonathan Nelson, Jason Nelson, Travis Greene and more.
Timothy pays tribute to who he calls his mentors: Mark T. Jackson & Maranda Curtis. They have taught, encouraged and pushed Tim into the person, christian and creative he has become.
He previously served as a Minister of Music at “The Word” Church inCleveland, OH under the leadership of Found and Senior Pastor Dr. RA Vernon. He worked directly under his mentor, Mark T. Jackson who serves as the Director of Music and Fine Arts.
Following the voice of the Lord, he ventured to Dallas, TX successfully pursuing his dreams of traveling the world providing worship experiences through his music. He owes everything and gives all credit to God, for without Him none of this would have been possible.
He currently resides in Atlanta, GA where he acts as Musical Director at All Nations Worship Assemblies ATL and is still traveling the world in heavy pursuit of all that he’s called to be.
Yet… this is only the beginning.
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Marcus Wiley - Comedian
Marcus D. Wiley is a comedian, a college professor at Texas Southern University, and co-host of the Yolanda Adams Morning Show. He is best known for his hilarious impressions of Bishop Secular, who is his alter ego on the Yolanda Adams Morning Show.
He is a stand up comedian who has toured around the nation performing ‘Clean Edgy Comedy.’ Born in Houston, Texas, the son of a pastor, Wiley attended high school at Willowridge High School in Missouri City, Texas. Marcus Wiley is also known as a trend-setter for bringing clean stand up comedy to the masses.
Wiley began his stand-up comedy career in September 2002. His clean comedy approach caught the attention of four-time Grammy Award winner, Yolanda Adams and she offered him a spot as her co-host on her highly acclaimed radio show, ‘The Yolanda Adams Morning Show’.
Wiley received major recognition during his stand up comedy tours for performing much of his routine from his popular DVD series including: “Pretty Women Never Get Married,” “The Devil Ain’t The Only One Busy”, “When The Church Met The Club,” “How To Live Holy When You’re Horny”, and “Comedy Is Sexy and Acting Married.”
Wiley most recently worked as a producer. As SVP and co-head of comedy development at Fox, he shepherded the development of such half-hour series as "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "New Girl," "The Mindy Project" and "Bob’s Burgers." In addition, he was very involved in bringing "Last Man On Earth" to the network. Marcus’ resume also includes stints as literary and packaging agent at the William Morris Agency and as a development executive at Regency Television where he worked on such series as "Malcolm In The Middle" and "The Bernie Mac Show."
Snapchat hired Wiley as Head of Program Planning and Development in an effort to create content geared towards their young audience.
Pastors LaMorris & Megan Crawford - Speakers
Born on the south side of Chicago, LaMorris Crawford was only ten months old when his mother was shot to death at the young age of seventeen; to this day he still has no idea who his father is. Growing up without parents, in poverty and a city of violence, LaMorris found his own way of survival through gangs, drugs, popularity, and basketball.
Although he was a popular athlete, this attention could not fill the void in his life. When LaMorris was nineteen years old he had an encounter with Jesus Christ that changed him forever. Christ completely changed the course of his life. The first in his family to attend college, LaMorris earned both an undergraduate and graduate degree.
LaMorris and his wife Megan have four beautiful children, and they serve as the team chaplains to the Cincinnati Bengals. They also serve as the Marriage and family pastors at Relentless Church in Greenville, SC.
He has a passion for preaching, communicating clearly and effectively the Word of God by sharing with others how God can also do incredible work in their lives.
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Dr. Danielle Brown - Speaker
The Reverend Dr. Danielle L. Brown saved and filled with the Holy Ghost at an early age, The Reverend Dr. Danielle L. Brown finds great joy and satisfaction in learning, living, and preaching the Gospel.
Rev. Dr. Brown was Licensed to preach on July 17, 2003 by Cathedral International (The Historic Second Baptist Church) in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and ordained by the American Baptist Churches and the Covenant Ecumenical Fellowship and Cathedral Assemblies on June 3, 2012. An increasingly sought-after preacher and workshop leader with the ability to communicate across multiple generations, Dr. Brown has had the opportunity to share the Gospel in various states and South Africa.
Educated in the Perth Amboy Public Schools, Rev. Brown went on to attend Virginia State University where she was a Provost Scholar and three-sport athlete. After teaching in the Richmond Public Schools, Rev. Brown responded to God’s call to return to the church of her rearing under the leadership of Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr. (Senior Pastor) and The Reverend Dr. Bernadette Glover (former Executive Pastor). Currently, she serves as the Pastor of Church Life at Cathedral International.
A natural leader, Rev. Dr. Brown has served in various capacities where she has worked to develop and implement ministry programs and strategies. She also has a passion for mentoring and assisting in the development of faith and community leaders. As such, she has served as a supervisor in the Princeton Theological Seminary, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and Pillar College Field Education Programs. She has also taught on the adjunct faculty of New York Theological Seminary and is currently serving a second term on the Board of Trustees of New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Dr. Brown is active with the Raritan Association of the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey where she has served on the Ordination Committee and as past Moderator of the Association. In addition to her ecclesiastical work, Dr. Brown is active in her local community, she is a member of the Perth Amboy Area NAACP and has served on the Mayor’s Strategic Planning Team in the City of Perth Amboy. Most recently Dr. Brown became a member of the Perth Amboy Board of Education. Through the years, Dr. Brown has been the recipient of multiple awards and recognitions for her work in the church and community.
Both servant and scholar, Rev. Dr. Brown holds Master of Education and Bachelor of Science Degrees from Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia; and Master of Divinity and Master of Arts Degrees from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She also holds an earned Doctor of Ministry Degree from Palmer Theological Seminary in Easton, Pennsylvania, where she studied Leadership and Church Renewal.
Rev. Dr. Brown loves God, God’s Church, and God’s people and counts it an honor and a privilege to serve.
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Pastor Charles Olmeda - Speaker
REV. NEFTALI “CHARLES” OLMEDA BIO Rev. Charles Olmeda along with his wife Pastor Reina, is the Senior Pastor of the Multiethnic, Bi-lingual, Transformation Church, LV; a thriving ministry affiliated with the Assemblies of God and a church he has pastored for the last 20 years. Pastor Olmeda also serves as the founder and president of Solutions Services, Inc., a Non-profit community development company. Solutions Services, Inc. is the administering agency for the Advanced Mentoring Enrichment Network or A.M.E.N., an inner-city mentoring, anti-gang and anti-drug initiative that has served more than 2000 predominantly inner-city youth. Pastor Olmeda has a heart for community. As such he has served many communities and faith organizations including serving as President of the Board for the Lehigh Conference of Churches; dedicated to addressing hunger, homelessness, mental health, At-risk youth and Christian unity. He also serves as board member and east coast liaison for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) an organization committed to serving the 16 million Evangelical Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico across generational and denominational lines on issues that pertain to family, immigration, social justice, and societal transformation. Pastor Olmeda’s studies include banking management, Assemblies of God Institute of Theology, Desales University, a Masters of Theological Studies from Moravian Theological Seminary and is finalizing his dissertation as a PhD candidate at Regent University. Pastor Olmeda has been married for 30 years, has two daughters, and resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Pastor William McDowell - Speaker
“The best you can do is to prepare your heart and be obedient you have to be willing to become invisible. It’s never about you. Nothing in the service is about you. People aren’t coming to see you. They are coming to experience God.”
With this underlying approach, during 40 days of fasting and prayer prior to the recording, new songs began to emerge. As an example, McDowell points to the song “Withholding Nothing,”
“What started in rehearsal as a way to re-work our song ‘Give Myself Away’ became the title track after the event,” he explains. “As we were singing the chorus of what would become ‘Withholding Nothing,’ the response was overwhelming. The whole evening was like that… at least 45 minutes of the project was unrehearsed.” Six months later, McDowell finished writing “Withholding Nothing.” And that finished song is now the album’s first radio single and a bonus “radio edit’ track on the CD.
Referring to both the song and the entire recording, McDowell adds, “No one expected that. We just rehearsed and then followed the leading of the Holy Spirit.”
With 14 unforgettable tracks recorded on CD and 20 total on the DVD, including standouts from Arise and As We Worship, Withholding Nothing reverberates with anthems of surrender and praise, overcoming and victory and a clarion call to change the world in Jesus’ name.
“The DVD highlights 2000 people immersed not in a recording but in worship, people who don’t know they are being heard by anyone but God,” McDowell explains. “We don’t get pre-claps, we don’t stop for any reason. The focus is 100 percent on God and what He’s saying, and the songs just happen the way they happen.”
In fact, when McDowell presented the DVD footage to his distribution company (Entertainment One), booking and management, a collective awe filled the room. They’d never seen anything like it before, a video that focused more on what was happening in the venue, the impact of and response to the encounter, than on the artist on stage.
“We never have a lock on it,” says McDowell. “Each time we bring our hearts to God, it feels as if it is a fresh encounter. We can’t rely on past encounters with God, because he chooses the encounter. We pray and ask him to show up, and if we think it’s something we’re doing, we’re missing the whole point.” ...
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CP LACEY - Speaker
The one word which sums up actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer and Master celebrity impersonator/tribute artist, C.P. Lacey, is SPIRITED. For more than three decades, C.P. Lacey has been performing both domestically and internationally, receiving countless ovations from gratified audiences everywhere. An extraordinary ability to sing, do comedy, dance and act, C.P. flawlessly impersonates top celebrities and public figures with bedazzling accuracy, including Kanye West, Eddie Murphy, Snoop Dogg, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, the legendary James Brown and more. Added to this list are CP’s own originally created cast of characters, “Grandma Yea", “Shark Bait”, “Lil L” and so many more. Such flair has afforded him return appearances to Caroline’s Comedy Club in New York City, appearances on B.E.T’s “Comic View”, “The Chappelle Show” and a featured role in John Kesselman’s comedy movie, “The Hebrew Hammer” alongside actors, Adam Goldberg and Mario Van Peebles. A multi-dimensional talent, Lacey and his alter-ego cast of characters have shared the stage with a variety of Hollywood’s most notable artists, including Sting, Tracy Morgan, Steve Harvey, Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey.
In addition to film and television, C.P. completed 8 years in the hit off-Broadway play, the “Awesome 80′s Prom”, and wittingly charmed the audiences of The Theatre at Madison Square Garden for four consecutive seasons of “A Christmas Carol” and two consecutive seasons of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. C.P. performed in a leading role in the “Jackie Wilson Story“ in London, England’s West End and received the U.N. “Medal of Peace” award for his support and performances at the United Nations in New York. Just recently, C.P.’s work was honored in a display at The Smithsonian National Museum of American History, alongside the world renown Tony Bennett and Elvis Costello. Having completed a tour of “The CP Lacey Show” in Australia and Japan, and continuing his one-man show in the United States even further, Lacey’s reach continues to expand concert halls, theater and television. For the 35 seasons, C.P. Lacey has performed LIVE each week at The Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night show in Harlem, New York he Co-Stars with Steve Harvey in the televised version, “It’s Showtime At The Apollo”, as well as co- starring with Gladys Knight and Doug E. Fresh on “Apollo Live” with Executive Producer Jamie Foxx. “When I hit the stage, I intend to BRING IT!! It’s just what I’m called to do…” shares Lacey.
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MINISTER NABARDA KING - Speaker
Nabarda King is a New York Native who got the nick name Preach at a very young age. He started walking to church at the tender age of 6 years old by himself. At the age 16 he moved to Easton PA and started attending Greater Shiloh Church where he was licensed as minster under the leadership of Pastor Phillip and Kristina Davis. He served in many areas such as an armor bearer, Youth Leader, Men’s Ministry and Youth and Young adult Minister. Nabarda also met his wife, Maygen King, at Greater Shiloh Church and they have been married for 7 years and have two children under the age of 4. He and his family currently reside in Atlanta, GA and serve in their local church. Nabarda believes that God has a purpose for everyone but its your decision to answer the call that God has for you. His Mantra is Die Chosen based out of scripture Matthew 22:14.
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MINISTER CYRUS THOMPSON - Speaker
Minister Cyrus Thompson was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Freedom High School. Cyrus’ grandfather, the late Pastor Edward Arnold Thompson served as the Senior Pastor of Second Baptist Church for 29 years prior to his passing in 2018.
Cyrus accepted his call to ministry and was licensed on October 24th, 2021 at Second Baptist , the church that he has known for his entire life under the leadership of Senior Pastor Paul Patrick. Since 2020, Cyrus has been enrolled in Ministerial Training classes under the leadership of Bishop David G. Evans and Bethany Baptist Church.
Minister Cyrus serves many roles in the local church. In addition to serving Second Baptist’s music ministry in various capacities, he serves as a youth leader, and has a heart to serve wherever else he is needed to see God’s kingdom expanded.
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