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Willetta Ar-Rahmaan (Lettie) is the pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Newton, NC and employed as an I/T consultant with a fortune 500 company. She is a native of Hamden, Connecticut.

As a traveling consultant she connects with a local church in the area for fellowship and through those connections she has been invited to preach in several pulpits, consult in ministry and facilitate workshops from the east to the west coasts.

--> Rev. Lettie converted from Islam, baptized and accepted her calling to the preaching ministry in 1997, was licensed in 1998 and ordained in 2005. From 2001-2010, she served the pulpit of First Baptist Church-West in Charlotte, NC as the Minister of Assimilation and advisory to the Women's Ministry. During her tenure she organized and developed a women's weekend conference in conjunction with the annual Women's Day Worship on Sunday. Lastly, she revamped the New Members Orientation process to focus on spiritual growth and what it means to be in the body of Christ.

Education

Associate of Science in Data Processing from Gateway Community College (Formerly South Central Community College)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from North Carolina Central University

Masters of Divinity in Theology from The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University

Masters of Science in Information Systems, Distinguish Degree, from Strayer University
Research Paper: "The Impact of e-Ministry in a Traditional Church"

Methodist and Biblical Languages Study at Hood Theological Seminary

Publication

Authored - Dancing with God 30 Day Devotional Journal for Women

“Breaking the Silence” a sermon in The African American Pulpit (Spring 2007)

“The Sovereignty of God and the Death of Loved Ones” for the Testamentum Imperium, an online devotional http://www.preciousheart.net/ti/2009/aa_53-115_Ar-Rahmaan_Sovereignty_God_Death_Loved_Ones.pdf (2009)

“e-Ministry and the Church” an article in The African American Pulpit (Summer 2010)

"Bloom where you are Planted" a meditation in The Power of Women Praying 2011 Lenten Journal, p. 16.

Preaching Engagement

Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Durham, NC

Hosack Street Baptist Church, Columbus, OH for six months

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Richmond, VA for Good Friday Service

Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, CA for Men’s Sunday

Victorious Christian Living Ministries, Hopewell, VA for Youth Revival

Christian Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, Hamden, CT

First United Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Greeleyville, SC
Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL for Lenten Services
Asbury Temple UMC, Durham, NC
Mt. Pleasent UMC, Walterboro, SC

Workshops Created and Presented