About the author
Biography of Lloyd D. Ware, Sr. (as of December, 2015)
1) God blessed me to find my “good thing” 30 years ago when He gave me my wife, Shirley. She is my queen, and still is my bride. Together we have a daughter, Jessica. I also have two sons, Douglas and Anthony from a previous marriage. Douglas is married to Carmen, and together they have 2 sons and a daughter. Anthony is married to LaTisha, and together they have 4 sons. My daughter, Jessica, has one son.
2) I have been a member of Mount Olive Church of Plano (MOCOP), since mid-year, 2010. Samuel L. Fenceroy is my Senior Pastor.
3) Prior to MOCOP, I was a member of Greater Deliverance Apostolic Church (District Elder McKinley Ingram, Pastor) since it was established in 1999 until mid-year, 2010.
4) Organizational Participation. God has blessed me to serve at the district and state level for the Texas State Council of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW)
• Northern District of Texas
• Men’s Ministry Secretary (2003 – 2004)
• Men’s Ministry President (2004 - 2008)
• Co-chair of District Altar Working Ministry (newly formed in 2005)
• State (Texas)
• TSMMA Secretary (2004 – 2007)
• Part of the planning committee for the 2005 State Unity Conference
5) Street Ministries
• Praise in the Park (2000 – 2003),
• Back to School – Back to Jesus (2002 – 2010),
• Neighborhood Block Party (2004, 2006)
• Thanksgiving – Serving those in the Streets (1999 – 2010)
• Christmas – Toy Give-Away (1999 – 2010)
• Organized and/or conducted street ministries in New York, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
• Co-founder of New Beginnings Ministries – which sponsors the “Go Ye Therefore” street campaigns (2008 - 2009)
• Evangelistic Outreach Street Ministry of MOCOP (2011 – present)
6) Mission Servitude
• Domestic
• Organized and/or conducted street ministries in Canada (Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal)
• Participated in street ministry in New Orleans during Mardi Gras (2012, 2014)
• Foreign
• West Africa (2002): Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria
• West Africa (2011): Guinea Bissau
• East Africa (2013): Tanzania, Zanzibar
7) Education
• Central Missouri State University – completed 1970
• New York Bible Institute – Biblical Diploma 1995
8) Awards
• Man of the Year – on 3 different occasions
• Minister of the Year – on 3 different occasions
• Student of the Year – 1994
• “Heart for the Community” – 2004
“TO GOD BE THE GLORY”