Pastor Alice L. Martin

PASTOR ALICE L. MARTIN IS THE FOUNDER AND SENIOR PASTOR OF VOICE OF PRAISE WORLDWIDE MINISTRIES. NO STRANGER TO LOYALTY, SHE ATTENDED AND SERVED GOD AT THE B.M. OAKLEY MEMORIAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS. PASTOR MARTIN HAS SERVED UNDER THE FOUNDER, THE LATE BISHOP BRUCE MADISON OAKLEY AND UNDER THE LATE PASTOR IRENE A. OAKLEY. PASTOR MARTIN HAS SERVED DILIGENTLY UNDER THE PASTORSHIP OF PASTOR MARIA GARNDER.

PASTOR MARTIN WAS A FAITHFUL, COMMITTED AND SUPPORTING MEMBER OF THE MINISTRY. SHE HAS SERVED IN SEVERAL CAPACITIES WITHIN THE CHURCH; SUCH AS, YOUTH LEADER, HEAD OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT, PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM LEADER, JUNIOR USHER, BIBLE SCHOOL TEACHER, SUNDAY SCHOOL SECRETARY, MISSIONARY BOARD AND FINE ARTS' INSTRUCTOR.

 UNDER THE PASTORSHIP OF THE LATE PASTOR IRENE A. OAKLEY, SHE WAS ELEVATED TO THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT PASTOR OF THE B.M. OAKLEY MEMORIAL CHRUCH AND IS NOW SERVING EFEECTIVELY IN THAT OFFICE. PASTOR ALICE MARTIN IS A FIRM BELIEVER THAT GOD WANTS US TO BE INCREASED IN OUR NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL LIVES, AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO DO SO.

SHE HOLDS AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIZING IN ACCOUNTING WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. ALSO, SHE HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE B.M. OAKLEY AIDE TO WORKING PARENTS DAY CARE AND LEARNING CENTER. EVANGELIST MARTIN IS ALSO A LICENSED REALTOR AND AGENT WITH KELLER WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES.

SHE HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES ONE DAY AT A TIME. PASTOR ALICE MARTIN WAS ALSO EXAMINED AND LICENSED AS AN EVANGELIST MISSIONARY BY THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN CHRIST COMMONWEALTH JURISDICTION AND LATER ORDAINED AND LICENSED AS AN ELDER IN THE EVANGELISTIC DELIVERANCE CHURCH.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, PASTOR ALICE L. MARTIN IS A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER OF FOUR AND, A VERY PROUD GRANDMOTHER OF NINE. MOST OF ALL SHE IS SAVED, SANCTIFIED AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND SHE TRULY LOVES THE LORD.

BEING FAITHFUL TO WHERE SHE HAS PLANTED HER SEEDS, GOD INSTRUCTED HER TO BRANCH OUT TO REACH A PEOPLE THAT NEEDS TO HEAR HIS VOICE FROM WHAT IS BUBBLING IN HER BELLY.