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 Founding Pastor of The Rock Christian Center in Falls Church, Virginia.
She accepted the Call to Ministry in September 2003 and has earned 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 the 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 Homeless ministry. Her sophomore book, “You can begin again” was published in March 2018 and can be found both on www.therockchristiancenter.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 to a second term of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Northern Virginia and Vicinity in its 120 year history, Past President of the Falls Church Community Council Services, a board member of the Virginia Christian College Pastors Counsel and proud to be a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was awarded the 2015 Community Service Award by National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Incorporated. She was consecrated a Bishop in 2022 in the House of Hope Ecumenical. Bishop Wilson is the Assistant District Leader of the State of Virginia in Global United Fellowship. In April 2023, she founded the Naomi Project International; A female clergy mentoring ministry. In December 2024, She was awarded the Trailblazer Award from Black Women in Ministry and the U.S. President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service.
On November 6, 2011, she founded The Rock Christian Center. The vision of The Rock includes the life of Christ being manifested in the areas of human need, inclusive of, but not limited to, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, equipping the under-privileged and contributing to the positive development of the identity, sensitivity, and affirmation of as many people as possible.
She has two daughters: Nykea McIntyre and Janae Strother. She also has three grandsons, Khalil, Korey and Kadir McIntyre and a granddaughter, Quinn.