Bishop John William Wade, II D.P.M.

Senior Pastor and Founder

Bishop J. W. Wade, II is a native of Jacksonville, Florida.

He received his AA degree at Florida State College of Jacksonville. He attended the University of South Florida in Tampa and Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, FL completing his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Mathematics. He attended medical school in Cleveland, Ohio graduating from Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine with a Doctoral degree in Medicine and afterwards completed his residency in Podo-Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Pediatrics.

During his tenure in Cleveland, he attended and received his seminary training at Christ United Theological Seminary School and was mentored and spiritually fathered by Arch-bishop J. Delano Ellis, II of the Pentecostal Church of Christ. He served as Minister of Worship and Assistant Pastor in Cleveland, OH. He is the Bishop of Convocation for the Pentecostal Churches of Christ and was recently appointed as the First Assistant to the Presiding Bishop.

Bishop Wade is the founder and Sr. Pastor of the Pentecostal Worship Center in Panama City, Florida, CEO of Leadership For Life, and the President of the Emerald Coast Theological Leadership College. His mission is to “Restore the Family and Develop One Leader at a Time”. In addition to his ministerial duties, he is an anatomy Professor for Gulf Coast State College and Pre-med professor at Mosley High School.

Bishop Wade is the husband of one wife, Pastor Marie Wade of 30 years and together they have four children: Johnny Willie Wade, III (Jay), Jonathan Wesley Wade, Joshua William Wade, and Makayla Marie Wade.