 PASTOR MARVIN L. WINANS
Pastor Marvin L. Winans is the Founder and Pastor of Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Perfecting Church was born out of the scripture, “Whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus.” (Colossians 1:28)
God placed a vision in the spirit of Pastor Winans some years ago during a church service at Shalom Temple, which he remembers quite vividly. “After Mother Estella Boyd had laid hands and prayed with me, I was slain in the Spirit. I began to see people trickle towards me as water. It was at this time that the Spirit of the Lord spoke into my spirit, ‘They are coming to you’.” And come they have. Perfecting Church was established with eight members in the basement of Pastor Winans home and held its first official service on May 27, 1989. Since that very humble beginning the Lord has blessed “Perfecting”, as it is affectionately called, to grow into a ministry campus of over 165,000 square feet and a current membership of over 3,000.
Under the leadership of Pastor Winans others have been birthed into the pastorate, including Pastor Donnie McClurkin of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, NY, Pastor Thomas Bibby of Perfecting Unity Church in Roanoke, VA, and Pastor Leslie Walker of Perfecting Word Church in Detroit, MI.
Pastor Winans has always taught that ‘Ministry Means People’, and has held true to that belief by establishing a ministry that touches the full spectrum of the human experience. The ministry has many outreach programs, including the Perfecting Community Development Corporation, which launched the Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts, the Amelia Agnes Transitional Home for Women, and the Jenesta McCraw Youth Activity Center.
Of the numerous awards and accolades that Pastor Winans has amassed over the years, including Grammy, Dove and Stellar Awards, he believes that the awesome responsibility of carrying the Gospel is by far the most rewarding. His greatest joy is to see people come into the full knowledge of Jesus Christ and have their lives transformed forever.
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