Rev. Marcello R. Wheeler, Sr. is a native of Columbia, SC where he grew up and was groomed in ministry as a member of Apostolic Temple Church along with his parents and grandparents. He continued his education at Central Christian University of South Carolina. He served as the Associate Minister at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Ridgeway, South Carolina where he served alongside Pastor T.A. Moore. Rev. Wheeler is the former Pastor of Darian Baptist Church, Pelion, South Carolina and also the former Pastor of New Life Worship Center, North East, Columbia, South Carolina.
Rev. Wheeler is a testament to the healing powers of God. He tells his testimony everywhere he goes of how God delivered him from his sick bed. Rev. Wheeler is a two-time liver transplant recipient and continues to tell the world of how good our God is.
His wife of 18+ years, Vernette Belton Wheeler, sons Imari Belton and Marcello Wheeler, Jr., daughters Alliyah and Laykn Wheeler, all in which gives him inspiration to continue to be the best of all God has him to be.
In the words of Psalm 27:1, Rev. Wheeler’s scripture of mediation, “The Lord is my Light and my salvation-whom shall I fear. The Lord is my stronghold of my Life-of whom shall I be afraid.”