About Our New Minister

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 Minister Wayne D. Shemwell, Sr. is a former      member of the United States Marine Corp holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a masters in divinity. Shemwell has also been active for a number of years in the local community. He has been married to Dr. JoAn Shemwell for 33 years; they have two children Wayne, Jr. (31) and Whitney (29). 

 He is a lifetime member of the NAACP and has served as treasurer for the Louisville, KY branch. Additionally he has served as unit commissioner for the Boy Scouts and Chairperson for the Louisville Urban League’s Annual Youth Golf Scramble. Furthermore Shemwell hosted and produced for eleven years the award winning community affairs television program the "Shemwell report."   

 He served as the chaplain for the Oldham County Sheriff’s Office and as the press secretary for Interdenominational Ministerial Coalition he also serves as the vice chairman of the Noir Lending CDFI, as well as a board member of many other community organizations.   He previously served as an associate minister at the Midwest Church of Christ and  director of Wayne Shemwell Ministries. He is also the author of five books “Now Run and Tell That, the crack cocaine of the Christian community”, ” The Oyster Principle, turning life’s problems into life’s pearls,”  "Drug addiction, Stopping your addiction," "A Light in the Darkness, Illumination For Life's Journey" and "From Crack to Christ, ."