Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.
Bishop Denise S. Wilson
Bishop Denise S. Wilson is a native of Middleburg, Virginia. She is the eldest daughter of Horace Marlow, Sr. and the late Shirley Tinner. She is the Senior Pastor of The Rock Christian Center in Falls Church, Virginia.
She accepted the Call to Ministry in September 2003 and has degrees in Biblical Studies and Christian Education from Faith Christian University and a Master of Arts in Theology from Newburgh Theological Seminary. In 2012, she received an honorary Doctorate degree from the American Bible University.
Bishop Wilson founded Wilson Ministry Foundation in 2005, a non-profit evangelistic organization. In April 2010, she published her first book "Feed My Sheep" based on her work in the Homeless ministry. Her sophomore book, “You Can Begin Again” was published in March 2018 and can be found both on amazon.com and denisewilson.org.
In June of 2008, she was honored as the first minister in the PreachingWoman.com Kingdom Watch section as a “Preacher to Watch”. She hosted the Heart to Heart segment of “In the Cool of the Day”, a Fairfax Access Cable Station program. She is the first female President and the only President to be elected a second term of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Northern Virginia and Vicinity, Past President of the Falls Church Community Council Services and proud to be a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was awarded the 2015 Community Service Award by the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Incorporated. She was consecrated a Bishop in August 2022. In April 2023, she founded The Naomi Project International; A female clergy mentoring ministry.
She has two daughters: Nykea McIntyre and Janae Strother. She also has three grandsons, Khalil, Korey, Kadir McIntyre, and a granddaughter, Quinn.