We are living proof that “if you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done,” a principle we learned from our spiritual father, the late Dr. Lamont D. McLean, who pastored us for nearly 15 years before his death in 2007. The products of less than perfect families, we vowed separately and privately to be different, defining and finding success on our own terms. Yet when we met in 1989, we seemed destined to repeat the mistakes that plagued the generations before us.

As a young adult, Kevin struggled with drugs and alcohol as he sought to discover his purpose in life. Meanwhile, Angela, the product of a bitter divorce, resisted any committed relationship. For us the results would be a pregnancy outside of wedlock when Angela was just a 17-year-old college freshman and Kevin a recent college drop-out. For God it would be the ingredients He’d use to do a new thing and give us a future and a hope.

Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds facing us as a young couple, together we decided to whole-heartedly dedicate our lives to God and one another, forsaking the ungodly habits that defined our past and laying a foundation for God to do something new. In exchange, we experienced the fulfillment of God’s promise in Psalm 37:4 that if you “delight yourself in the Lord, He will give you the desire of your heart” as he’s taken us from poverty to wealth and disappointment to Godly contentment.

Today our union of 31 years has given birth to two, spirit-filled children, KJ and Olivia, and numerous accomplishments. We attribute our Christian family and achievements to consistently seeking and applying God’s word to our lives. We learned this as part of the rich spiritual upbringing we received at Living Faith Christian Center where we were active members for nearly 20 years and Kevin worked as a staff minister from 2005-2007; senior minister from 2007-2009; and senior minister and associate pastor from 2010-2011.

Together we are known to powerfully yet practically minister the Word of God with a transparency that discloses both our tests and testimonies revealing how a perfect God perfects His people so the real you emerges.

But enough about us…let’s discover you.

The Perfecting Church produces change in the lives of men, women and
children through the transforming power of God’s word enabling us to discover and live God’s
unique plan for our lives emerging as holy, purpose-driven, people of influence who extend the
Kingdom of God.

• God is triune, embodying The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:26, John 14:23, Matthew 28:19)
• The Old and New Testaments are God’s divinely inspired words. (2Timothy 3:16)
• All have sinned and come short of the glory of God and are in need of salvation.  Salvation has been provided for all people through Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son.  (Romans 3:23)
• By believing in your heart and confessing with your mouth Jesus as your Lord, anyone can be forgiven, cleansed from unrighteousness and enter into a restored relationship with God who all became separated from as a result of sin. (Romans 10:9, 10)
• It is the will of God that every believer be filled with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 1:4, 5)
• Complete healing spiritually, emotionally and physically is provided through the work of Christ and is available to every person. (1Thessalonians 5:23; 3John 2)
• Every believer in Jesus Christ is to grow in their relationship with Him by learning and applying His Word to their lives, spending time talking with Him in prayer and building relationships with others who call Him Lord. (Matthew 6:33, 2Timothy 2:15, Ephesians 6:18, Hebrews 10:25)
• In the personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ to remove His church from the earth — known as The Rapture. (1Thessalonians 4:16, 17)
• Tithe and offerings are a part of God’s provisional system and His unique plan to meet the physical, material needs of His people in the earth. (Genesis 8:22, Malachi 3:8-11, 2Corinthians 9:6-8)
• In water baptism and participating in the Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion. (Matthew 28:19, 1Corinthians 11:23-26)
• Every believer in Jesus Christ has been given a unique assignment in the plan of God. (Romans 8:28)
• God maintains a never-ending, unconditional love for all people and desires to be in a personal relationship with everyone. (John 3:16)