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About Reverend Don's Ministry

Our Mission Statment

Our mission is to lead mankind to accept Christ as Savior and to inspire Christians to serve Him as LORD. To teach and preach the Word of God with Holy Spirit interpretations that can be trusted, taking the ancient Word and making it contemporary for today's family.

Our Outreach

Our outreach is first to the greater metro-Detroit area, and secondly to every open field of mission that the LORD opens.

Meet Reverend Don M Welch

Reverend Welch was educated in the Detroit Public Schools system attending Southwestern High School, Wayne County Community College, and the University of Detroit-Mercy. Reverend Welch received four years of ministerial training under the Michigan Conference Institute for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, gaining the Certificate of Deacon’s Ordination in 1983 and the Certificate of Elder’s Ordination in 1985. He served his country in the United States Air Force as a “Reciprocating Aircraft Engine Technician,” servicing C121, C123, and C124 Aircraft.

Reverend Welch retired in 1991 from the Finance Department of the City of Detroit as a Senior Income Tax Investigator. In 1986 he founded Christ Temple AME Church (now Christ Temple Evangelical Ministries). Reverend Welch is the Vice President of the Ministerial Alliance of Detroit Area Community Churches. Starting in 2015, his messages are broadcast on radio station “Gospel 1440 WMKM, Detroit.”

Our Vision

Our vision is to see the Kingdom of God on Earth. To prepare believers for the soon return of our Savior.