OUR PASTORS

Preacher, musician, and civic leader, Pastor Keith S. Goodman, Sr. is a dedicated servant of Christ and His church. A native of the state of Oklahoma, Goodman earned his B.A. degree from Oakwood College in 1996 and attended the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University from 1996 to 1998.

From 1996 to 1998, Pastor Goodman served as an intern at Chicago’s Stratford Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church under the tutelage of Dr. Charles D. Joseph, Sr. In January 1999, Goodman joined the North Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church as the assistant pastor to Elder William E. Hall, Sr. From December 1999 to January 2006, Goodman served as pastor of the Macedonia Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chester, Pennsylvania. In February 2006, he was called again to serve the North Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church, this time as the senior pastor. In 2016, Pastor Goodman became the senior pastor of the World Harvest Outreach Seventh-day Adventist Church (affectionately called “the WHO”) in Houston, Texas. And in October 2020, Pastor Goodman became the pastor of the Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Pastor Goodman is married to Evelyn Goodman, who is herself a gifted singer and anointed preacher of righteousness. They have three children, Keith Spencer, Jr., Charles Winston, and Kaelyn Elizabeth.

KEITH GOODMAN

SENIOR PASTOR

Pastor Ndubuisi Nwade, affectionately known as BC, is a preacher, pastor, mentor, and worship leader. A product of New York City, Pastor Nwade received a BA in theology from Oakwood University with a minor in biblical languages. He also holds an MA in divinity with a concentration in church growth and evangelism from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University.

From 2012 through 2015, Pastor Nwade served as the worship pastor of the New Life Seventh-day Adventist Fellowship in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Pastor Nwade then served as the senior pastor of the Bethel Seventh-day Adventist Church in Akron, Ohio, from 2015 to 2019. In 2019, Pastor Nwade accepted a call to serve as the associate pastor of the Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Pastor Nwade is the husband of the beautiful Jasmine Nwade, and they have a daughter named Jean.

NDUBUISI NWADE

ASSOCIATE PASTOR