Associate Ministers

Associate Ministers

  • Elder Linda in Hope Mills, NC

Associate Ministers

  • Elder Linda Beatty

    Elder Linda Shaw Beatty. A true soldier in Army of the Lord. Born and raised in Bladen County North Carolina. Handled with care by two God fearing parents, Ollie and Louise Shaw. My parent’s relentless dedication couple with the desire for me to get to know Christ influenced me to learning about Jesus for myself.


    I accepted God in my life as a teenager. His grace and Mercy allowed me to attendand graduate from Bladen County High School. My desire to seek Christ compelled me to attend and join Murphy Chapel located in Harrell North Carolina.


    My wiliness to allow his direction to become my own placed me into some awesome positions for him to use me. I was part of the Adult Praise team along with teaching Vacation Bible School. God allow Jerry Beatty to become part of my life. We honor 23 years of Marriage.


    God allow two awesome children to become part of this union. My first born a beautiful and bless daughter Teneshia and a very talented and gifted son Matthew. God has truly smiled on my life.


    The gift of Preaching placed in me as a child matured, and I embraced my calling August of 2012. I am a member of Embrace Hope International where my Growth and Faith continues to launch forward with leaps and bounds. My dedication to God gives me the opportunity to impress upon other to serve him; therefore I became a member of the Praise Team.


    God infinite wisdom has placed me alongside the Man of God, (my Pastor) by fulfilling the position of his Armor Bearer. The gift of caring has also embraced my life. I volunteer to feed the Homeless, hungry and financially challenged daily thereby allowing them to see and feel the love of God. I am a very devoted wife to my husband, a devoted Mother to my children, a devoted Child to my parents, a devoted friend to my friends, but most of all a devoted servant to God.

  • Elder Sean in Hope Mills, NC

Associate Ministers

    • Minister Kathleen Chisley

      Elder Linda Shaw Beatty. A true soldier in Army of the Lord. Born and raised in Bladen County North Carolina. Handled with care by two God fearing parents, Ollie and Louise Shaw. My parent’s relentless dedication couple with the desire for me to get to know Christ influenced me to learning about Jesus for myself.


      I accepted God in my life as a teenager. His grace and Mercy allowed me to attendand graduate from Bladen County High School. My desire to seek Christ compelled me to attend and join Murphy Chapel located in Harrell North Carolina.


      My wiliness to allow his direction to become my own placed me into some awesome positions for him to use me. I was part of the Adult Praise team along with teaching Vacation Bible School. God allow Jerry Beatty to become part of my life. We honor 23 years of Marriage.


      God allow two awesome children to become part of this union. My first born a beautiful and bless daughter Teneshia and a very talented and gifted son Matthew. God has truly smiled on my life.


      The gift of Preaching placed in me as a child matured, and I embraced my calling August of 2012. I am a member of Embrace Hope International where my Growth and Faith continues to launch forward with leaps and bounds. My dedication to God gives me the opportunity to impress upon other to serve him; therefore I became a member of the Praise Team.


      God infinite wisdom has placed me alongside the Man of God, (my Pastor) by fulfilling the position of his Armor Bearer. The gift of caring has also embraced my life. I volunteer to feed the Homeless, hungry and financially challenged daily thereby allowing them to see and feel the love of God. I am a very devoted wife to my husband, a devoted Mother to my children, a devoted Child to my parents, a devoted friend to my friends, but most of all a devoted servant to God.

    • Youth Pastor Talicia in Hope Mills, NC

    Associate Ministers

    • Youth Pastor Talicia Smith

      Youth Pastor Talicia Lynette Smith was born on April 20, 1977 in Tallahassee, Florida to Leroy and Joyce Edwards. As a child she always sensed God had a great destiny for her. She received the Lord Jesus Christ and was baptized at a very young age at Star Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Climax, Ga.


      In the process of time God began to groom her for ministry. Under the leadership of Pastor Hilton and Minister Aurora Wells, the Lord began to call her forth at the River of Living Waters church in Deridder, LA. While there from 2007 to 2009 she labored for the Lord as a youth and adult Sunday school teacher, praise and worship team member, youth department director,  intercessor, and an assistant to the van/ transportation ministry. She was also a member of the finance team. In June of 2009 she relocated with her husband and family to Clarksville, TN where she preached her first sermon on October 11th at Family of Faith Worship Center under Bishop Anthony L. Alfred. She was later officially licensed as a Minister on June 27, 2010. While at Family of Faith Worship Center, God used her mightily in the gift of exhortation and as a member of the Praise & Worship Team. She was licensed as Elder on February 24, 2013 under Embrace Hope International. Elder Smith also taught adult Sunday school, worked with the hospitality, and finance committee. She was also the Youth Minister and Finance Secretary for the duration of her time there.


      In 2011 the hand of the Lord moved her to Fayetteville, NC and established her in Embrace Hope International Church of Hope Mills, NC underneath the teaching and leadership of Pastor Elder Julius Davis. God continues to move her forward in her calling as she continues to offer up of the sacrifice of praise as the Praise and Worship Director, Youth Minister and preacher of the gospel. You will always find her hands busy with the work of the Lord.


      Youth Pastor Smith is also a gifted writer who has been featured in Gospel Talk Magazine of Atlanta, Ga., By Faith News and Up & Coming Weekly of Fayetteville, NC. She is currently working on several Christian inspirational books.


      Youth Pastor T. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Science from Colorado Sate University and studied Civil Engineering at Florida A & M University. Currently Elder Smith is studying Middle School Science at Fayetteville State University.


      She is the proud and beloved military wife of Sean D. Smith who serves alongside her in ministry and has two beautiful daughters Kaelyn and Nichelle

    • Minister isalenna in Hope Mills, NC

    Associate Ministers

    • Minister Isalenna Ham

      Minister Isalenna Ham is a wife, a mother of seven children, and a grandmother of 17 beautiful grandchildren. She dedicated her life to Christ at the age of 18. As a child, she was not raised in the Church, but she always had a desire to serve the Lord. She always felt she belonged to God, and He was her Father in Heaven.


      On April 19, 1987, Minister Ham accepted Christ into her life as her personal savior. She was a member of Faith Deliverance Church under the leadership of the late Pastor Deborah Mitchell, where she began doing outreach ministry.


      Ten Years later, Minister Ham moved to another location in Queens, New York where she began her missionary ministry at Power Temple True Heritage Assemblies under the leadership of Bishop Samuel Smith. After two years of being a faithful member, a member of the choir and Praise & Worship Team, as well as, a youth Sunday School Teacher, God led Bishop Smith to ordain Minister Ham to become a Missionary for the Lord in 1999.


      In 2003, Minister Ham moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina. She consistently fellowshipped with churches, but did not find her church home until she joined Embrace Hope International in 2015, under the leadership of Pastor Julius Davis. It wasn't long before God showed Pastor Davis the anointing over Minister Ham's life and God touched him to lead Minister Ham into her ordained purpose and divine destiny.

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