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Staff of New Life In Messiah Fellowship

Senior Pastor (R) Pastor Colley Williams
Assist. Pastor (L) Pastor Danny Davenport

 Pastor Colley was called to preach at the age of 12. Back then he always felt a strong call to pastor and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. In 1987 Pastor Colley began a small church just outside Conyers GA called Calvary Baptist Church. Since the Southern Baptist did not accept gays and lesbians, the church went independent and changed it's name to Calvary Christian Church. Pastor Colley started with only 7 member's and quickly grew to over 2200 during his three years while Pastor at Calvary. After about 3 1/2 years in 1991 Pastor Colley felt the call to come back to Columbus where he and his parents lived since 1984 to get settled in this area. He attended a small church in his hometown until 1996 where they told him he had to either "change" his orientation or leave the church for being gay. He tried for years to change but when he saw he could not change they told Pastor Colley he had to leave until he changed. Pastor Colley left the church crushed and left the ministry for a time.

Pastor Colley heard of a church in Columbus at that time that accepted gays and lesbians and he decided to go and check it out. When he walked in he felt at home and began coming back to the Lord once he knew that God did in fact accept him for being gay. During his time at Fellowship Of Love Christian Church which is now closed, he met his spouse Pastor Danny Davenport at a church conference in Chattanooga TN in October 1999. After meeting Pastor Danny the Lord laid it on Pastor Danny's heart to move to Columbus. During the 6 months that they dated Pastor Danny felt God said for him to move to Columbus so in April 2000 Pastor Danny and Pastor Colley made their Covenant to be one in Jesus and to do what God had set out for them to do.

Since that time He has worked his way back up into leadership and was called in February 2000 to start the first gay affirming Pentecostal church ever in Columbus. Since then God has brought Pastor Colley and his spouse Pastor Danny through a tough road but they have kept the faith knowing that God still had a plan for this church in Columbus. They stopped meeting in Columbus in 2005 and started meeting at their home. The funds were not there for the building they were renting.

They met at their home for 2 years from 2006-2008 and after feeling that God was ready for them to return to Columbus in October 2008, they once again obeyed God and started meeting at a local hotel. During this time God started sending people from this area to worship before Him. Since September 2009 God has exploded New Life and they have had over 15 new member's since September 2009.

We invite you to come see what God is doing at New Life In Messiah where the Spirit Of God is being poured out on ALL People.

Deacons

Deacon Raymond Chambless (R) and his spouse Coty (L)

Deacons James Coast and Larry Bradshaw

Ministries of New Life In Messiah Fellowship

These Ministries will be filled at the annual business meeting on January 10, 2010. If you are interested in one of these positions, please see Pastor Colley for more information on how to apply for these ministries.

Outreach and Evangelism

New Member's Ministry

Music Ministry

Covenant Couples Counseling

Janitorial Ministry (cleaning of the church)

Office Administration

Medical Ministry

Singles Ministry

Building and Grounds Ministry

Last modified: 01/14/10