The Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Family along with our pastor, Dr. Michael W. Wesley Sr. welcomes you to our website! We are so excited that you decided to visit us to find out what we are all about and to see what’s going on. Feel free to look at the tabs and the information contained within them. We ask that you visit us frequently as we continue to update and improve the website to better serve you.
We invite you to join us each Sunday for worship at 8:00 am, Sunday School at 9:45 am and again for worship at 10:45 am. For those of you with small children, we offer nursery services for each service (ages 0-4) and Children’s Church during the 10:45 am service only (ages 5-11). On Wednesdays we offer:
- Free dinner for children 18 and under @ 5:30 pm
- Intercessory Prayer in the Sanctuary @ 6:00 pm
- Bible study for the entire family each Wednesday @ 6:30 pm.
In addition, we offer a special worship service on the first Wednesday of each month @ 6:30 pm, called “1st Wednesday”. For more information, please call the church office, Monday – Friday from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. May God bless you!
Meet Our Pastor
Dr. Michael W. Wesley Sr. is a native of Birmingham, Alabama where he was educated in the public school system. He graduated from Tennessee State University, Nashville,Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education. He received a Master’s Degree in Music Education; a Class A certification in School Principal ship and the Educational Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition, Dr. Wesley received a Bible Diploma and Bible Certification from Birmingham Baptist Bible College. He completed the Beeson Institute for Advanced Church Leadership Program from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. Dr. Wesley earned the Doctor of Ministry Degree from Louisiana Baptist University and Theological Seminary in Shreveport, Louisiana May 2006.
Dr. Wesley retired in 2003 after a brilliant 26-year career as an educator in the Birmingham Public Schools. He served as a teacher, assistant principal and principal of three different schools (Powderly Elementary; Arrington Middle and was the first African American principal of Woodlawn High School). He served on the Central Office staff as Extended Day Principal and Coordinator of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
Dr. Wesley is regularly sought after to speak in both schools and churches. He has had the privilege of speaking across the nation and in several foreign countries. His spiritual gifts of teaching and preaching are well documented. He is a member of many organizations. His civic and professional associations are too numerous to mention.
Most recent is the evidence of his leadership, occurred with the completion of a multimillion dollar edifice and education facility located in the heart of the West End community.
Dr. Wesley is currently the pastor of the Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in the West End community where he has given thirty years of service. He has a great love for people and for learning.
He is married to the former Venita Burkes, and is the father of two sons, Rev. Michael Wesley Jr. and James Edward, one grandson and two granddaughters.
Dr. Wesley is the author of three books, When God Changes A Church, Everybody Deserves A Good Funeral and Reaching the Unchurched_Pathway to Church Growth.
