Our Leaders
Rev. Willie J. Webb
Rev. Willie J. Webb
Rev. Willie J. Webb
Rev. Melvin Ware
Rev. Willie J. Webb
Rev. Willie J. Webb
President Christian Association of Public Theologians (CAPT)
email: Melvin.ware@comcast.net
Reverend Melvin Ware
Biography
President
The Reverend Melvin Ware is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and graduated from the Montgomery public school system. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the School of Business Administration. Pastor Ware is a graduate of the Administrative and Services Institute of the University of Tennessee, (Knoxville); a Master’s study program. He holds a Certificate of Theology from the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from Rhema Bible College, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Pastor Ware is the Deputy, Executive Director Case Advocacy for the Internal Revenue Service and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with professional memberships in the Alabama Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).
Reverend Ware has always been a committed soldier for Christ and was ordained as a deacon at the age of 19 at the Old Elam Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. His ministry of service has taken him to various churches in Alabama and Georgia where he has served in the capacities of Church Treasurer, Sunday School Superintendent, Teacher, Trustee, Choir Member, Youth Ministry Leader and leader of various other ministries. He has taught leadership classes within the church and throughout America outside the church. He is currently the Senior Pastor of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Fayetteville Georgia where he has organized various outreach ministries to give back to the community. Included in these are feeding the homeless, routine visits to various shelters, adopt-a-nursing home and benevolence assistance to the needy. His ministry includes a deliberate effort to reach today’s youth.
In the Community, he is an active member of the Fayette NAACP Chapter, where he served as the Chair of the Religious Affairs Committee. He has spearheaded the Fayette Chapter NAACP’s Annual Mighty Men of Valor Conference that provides positive support and encouragement to young men. He is past president of the Fayette County Christian Fellowship (FCCF) and is an active member of the Fayette County Ministerial Alliance (FAMA). He is also President of the Christian Association of Public Theologians (CAPT). In 1999, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of his high school Alma Mater, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama.
He is married to the Reverend Judy T. Ware and is the father of three children, Brandice, Brian and Sharamie and the grandfather of five, Kameron, Symone, Alayna, Brayden and Omari. He is the great grandfather of one – Kameron Jr.
His spiritual motto that guides his life is: "GOD IS STILL IN CHARGE"