OUR PASTOR
Pastor John Ward, Senior Pastor
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Pastor Cheryl Ward, Pastor
Pastor Cheryl Ward is an anointed, licensed and ordained, preacher and teacher of the Word of God. She has seen the life-changing power of God in her own life and the sincere desire of her heart is to see men, women, boys and girls receive God’s love and power, and to walk in victory in their lives.
As the wife of Pastor John F. Ward and the mother to their two teenage children, Rachel and John, Pastor Cheryl’s first ministry is to her family. She is a committed friend and wife to her husband, serving side-by-side with him in ministry and in life with love, laughter and grace. As a mother, she is passionate about receiving God’s wisdom and direction to raise their children as strong, confident godly seed. She is dedicated to their education and the development of their unique gifts and talents.
Pastor Cheryl and her husband relocated from Southfield, Michigan to Toronto, Canada in 2010 to pastor Word of Faith International Christian Centre Toronto. In her leadership roles there, she was the Executive Pastor, assisting her husband in the management, leadership and outreach of the ministry. She was the Education Director for the Layperson’s Bible College and Pistis School of Ministry, both teaching and leading others in the education of future church leaders. Pastor Cheryl has also served as the Children’s Minister to a growing, successful SuperChurch Children’s Ministry. During the Ontario covid lockdowns, Pastor Cheryl and her husband launched a very successful Coffee With Pastors interactive ministry to provide the Word, hope and connection during the isolation of pandemic shutdown. Pastor Cheryl led the Women of Virtue Women’s Ministry and hosted an annual conference that connected women from all over the world. She and her husband led a vibrant Covenant Partners ministry and hosted an annual Covenant Partners’ XO conference in February.
In February 2022, after 12 years ministering in Toronto, she and her family relocated briefly to Southfield, Michigan. There, she worked with Bishop Butler at Word of Faith International Christian Center in Kidz World, Faith Christian Academy, Keith Butler Ministries and special projects.
Over her 22 years in full-time ministry, Pastor Cheryl has ministered the Word in churches and conferences in the US, Canada, Belgium. While in Ontario, Pastor Cheryl was a professor at Canada Christian College, where she regularly taught dynamic courses, such as Marriage Communication and Women in Ministry.
Pastor Cheryl Ward has been a faithful member of Word of Faith International Christian Center, under the leadership of Bishop Keith A. Butler since 1995. She served the church in the Choir and Praise Team, until she became a full-time staff minister at Word of Faith in 2000. Pastor Cheryl was a full-time instructor in the Word of Faith Education Department, teaching in both the Bible Training Center and Layperson’s Bible School, and was a full-time Counselor until the birth of her daughter in 2006. In 2008-2009, she and her husband moved to Round Rock, Texas to work with Bishop Butler to establish Faith4Life Austin.
In addition to graduating from the Word of Faith Bible Training Center in 2000, Pastor Cheryl earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in French and a Master’s of Arts degree in Education from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She taught grades 9-12 in the Detroit Public Schools and grades 6-8 in Word of Faith’s Faith Christian Academy.
Pastor Cheryl stands for faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, life, and the Christian voice that will not be silenced. Her prayer is that the local church and the Christian family stand brightly as the beacon upon a hill, giving Light and hope.
Bishop Keith A. Butler
Bishop Keith A. Butler travels the world teaching the Word of God without compromise. In his precept upon precept, line-by-line style, Bishop Butler is dedicated to teaching the Bible and how to live by faith. He is the founder of Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield, Michigan–a church of over 18,000 members. He is currently the Senior Pastor of 3 growing, dynamic churches–Faith4Life Churches in both Round Rock and Dallas, Texas, and Faith4Life Church in Jackson, Mississippi.
As Bishop, he oversees 14 churches in the United States. Bishop Butler has also established several international churches, including Toronto, Ontario and London, England. God has not only called Bishop to pastor in the local church, but also to be a pastor to pastors. The Word of Faith Ministerial Alliance is a fellowship of more than 800 ministers and Christian leaders throughout the world who have received Bishop Butler as their spiritual father and mentor. Through its companion website, faithleaders.com, ministers and Christian leaders can find valuable resources to aid them in their ministry callings.
Bishop Butler is the author of over 24 books with such titles as Living Life on Top, The Art of Prayer, Seedtime and Harvest, God’s Not Mad at You and God’s Plan for Man. His television outreach, “The Word of Faith,” can be seen on stations throughout the world. With the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler and his wife, Minister Tiffany Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, & April), Pastor MiChelle, and Minister Kristina Butler, Bishop Butler continues to plant churches worldwide. He ministers extensively at churches, conferences and seminars throughout the U.S. and abroad, with an emphasis on instruction, line-upon-line teaching and a no-nonsense practical application of God’s Word.
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Pastor Deborah L. Butler
Pastor Deborah L. Butler is the first lady of Faith4Life Churches in Round Rock and Dallas, Texas, and Jackson, Mississippi, where she serves in ministry with her husband, Bishop Keith A. Butler. She and Bishop Butler are the Founders of Word of Faith International Christian Center located in Southfield, Michigan.
Pastor Deborah is a licensed and ordained minister of the Gospel. Along with her husband, she is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center, where she was prepared and trained for her ministry calling by Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr. Her encouraging, yet down-to-earth teaching imparts wisdom from the Word of God into all that hear her speak. One of Pastor Butler’s many duties is serving as the Director of the Women of Virtue Ministry at both Faith4Life Church locations in Texas. Pastor Deborah is often called to travel to other ministries to teach and admonish women to walk in the wisdom of God, and to experience peace in every area of their lives.
Pastor Deborah and Bishop Butler trained up their children in the fear and the admonition of the Lord and today they have the pleasure of seeing the fruit of their labor. All three children are graduates of their parents’ Alma Mater – Rhema Bible Training Center. Their eldest child, Pastor Keith A. Butler II, with the assistance of his lovely wife, Minister Tiffany Butler, a graduate of the WOFICC Bible Training Center, pastor Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield, Michigan. Pastor MiChelle A. Butler serves as the Co-Pastor at Faith4Life Churches and travels throughout the world teaching the Word. Minister Kristina Butler serves on the ministerial staff at the Faith4Life Churches and, as a licensed attorney, works as one of the ministry’s corporate counsel.