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.

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.