Minister Melba L. Mars
Born and raised in Chicago by my parents who have now gone on to be with the Lord as well as my oldest brother. I am the third child of a sibling group of 4. I am the oldest girl and sometimes have to fight my younger sister for this position. I also have a younger paternal sister, which I met after we were adults, and we keep in touch with each other as we live in different states.
I am a breast cancer survivor-All Praise due to Almighty God. To celebrate and inform others I host Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Parties each October. My go to Scripture is, Psalms 24:13, “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." I love traveling, spending time with my family, reading, quilting, knitting and crocheting. My favorite color is purple, and I love butterflies and swans.
​I am a Licensed and Ordained Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I serve as an Associate Minister at God’s Word Christian Center and Northside Christian Church. I’m also a teacher of the Word of God and I have a passion for teaching. At God’s Word Christian Center
Pastor Amy Jackson
Pastor Amy Jackson accepted Christ at a young age along with infilling of the gift of the Holy Spirit. She preached her first message at the age of 15 years old, “Haste Makes Waste.” To assist her better minister to the human condition, Pastor Jackson has earned multiple degrees in mental health. Her passion is: to know Christ, to be known of Him and to make Him known. Her greatest desire and hope is that God’s people develop an intimate personal relationship with Him, so that they can be filled with the knowledge of His will, with all spiritual wisdom and understanding. She serves the body of Christ by stimulating people, not only to grow in their knowledge of the Word, but to become the living reality of the Word that they read.
She along with her husband, Pastor L.A. Jackson serves as pastor of New Jerusalem Ministries, located in Laurel, Maryland. Pastor Jackson is indeed a woman of God, in whom dwells the Word of Christ richly.
Minister Lisa Garner
Minister Lisa Garner is a woman God Can Use and there’s no me without my Father God. Minister Lisa Garner’s desire is to please God. Her heart is surrendered strictly for the Master’s use. Although her best is but filthy rags, God has whispered, he has great things to do with and through those rags. Therefore, she feels she’s mandated by the call on her life and the convictions of Holy Spirit to be available for the Master’s use. Her heart is fixed on Him and can’t be changed, this means there’s no option…not to serve her almighty God.Minister Garner’s heart’s desire is to walk every day in the newness of life Christ brings to the life of the believer. She is a worshipper at heart and understands that those who worship God must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Prophetess Barbara Miller
Barbara had a dream that one day the songs God had given her would be heard around the world. She understands that intimacy with the Father is critical in order to be used of God. Barbara has had the opportunity to sing, speak and use the gift of prophecy in many places. She is a gifted singer, songwriter, recording artist, speaker, and woman of prayer. Barbara's ministry has touched the lives of those living in the United States and abroad. She is called to facilitate and mobilize people all over the world to pray and understand the significance and the power of prayer through a heart that is completely sold out to God.