Church Leaders

Reverend Reginald Wooding, of Britton’s Hill Wesleyan, has just celebrated his 11th year as pastor, there.

Described as a hard-working, no-nonsense man, Rev Wooding seeks to find new and innovative ways to reach the Britton’s Hill community members.

He believes in empowering his people, and loves to see them advance their skills through personal development courses, often providing the funding to assist.

Depending on which day of the week you stop by the church, you may see him doing one of many things: cooking, cleaning, preaching, teaching, etc, as he wears many hats.

He is the husband of Mrs Sandra Wooding, and spiritual father of many.

Married to Deaconess Barbara Deane for the past thirty (33) years with one son, two grandsons. Pastor, Cane Garden Wesleyan Holiness from July 2012 to Present. Previously served as Pastor of the Hoytes Wesleyan Holiness Church from January to December 2011. He was ordained in June 2011. He also served as the Assistant Pastor of the Hoytes Church from Nov 2007 to Dec 2010. Other positions held include member of the Local Board Administration, Church Treasurer, Men’s Fellowship Secretary and Chairman of Building and Projects Committee. He committed his life to Christ at the Chalky Mount Wesleyan Holiness Church where he served as Sunday School Treasurer, Youth President, Sunday school Teacher and Christian Youth Director (CYC).

Rev Dr. Lashley, Senior Pastor of the Cave Hill Wesleyan Holiness Church from 2012- 2020. Over the years has seen the congregation grew from a modest 60 in membership to 208 at one point.

Rev Lashley held a Diploma in Christian Education from the Barbados District of the Wesleyan Holiness Church and the Masters and Doctorate in Christian Ministry with emphasis in Christian Education. from the Georgetown Wesleyan Bible College in Guyana and a Master of Divinity from Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University where she was pursuing a Doctorate of Divinity. She became an ordained Minister in the Wesleyan Holiness Church in April 2007.

She has published a book together with Rev Dr Carlyle Williams, retired District Superintendent of Barbados District, entitled, “New Life Course: Foundational Truths for the New Believer” (2007).

At her church she is started a building program to erect a new facility. She operated in ministry together with her husband, Lay Minister, Jefferson Lashley.

Rev Boyce was ordained an elder in the Wesleyan Holiness Church in June 2012. She has served the Kairos Wesleyan Holiness Church, Pie Corner, St. Lucy as Assistant Pastor from 2004, and Pastor from May 2008 until present.

As a child she was a very active member of the Sunday School department at Kairos and later the Youth department. In 1971 she was baptized and became very involved in all areas of the Church’s ministry. She equipped herself for Christian ministry through her enrolment and participation in and completion of many spiritual training and educational programs offered by the District church, among them – the “Life Grow Program.”

Rev. Boyce’s ministry desire is that each person attending worship at Kairos Pie Corner would have a personal encounter with Christ and strives to become a faithful, maturing Christ follower.

Reverend Byron Rudolph Waithe was born on 2nd September 1969 and lives in Robert’s Road, Haggatt Hall, St. Michael.

He started his early education at The Society Mixed School, then went onto The Lodge School and furthered his education at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic.

As an active member within the Wesleyan denomination, first as a member of the Messiah Wesleyan Holiness located in St. John and then moving on to be a member at Cornerstone Wesleyan located in Christ Church, he undertook his ministerial studies at the Codrington College and the Wesleyan College.

He then went on to take-up the Pastoral leadership at the Cornerstone Wesleyan in 2014 for which he currently holds and was called to Elders’s Orders in 2018.

In addition to him being a full-time Reverend of Cornerstone Wesleyan, Rev. Waithe is also a qualified Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Technician (HVAC), but mostly specializing in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration.

He is married to Carol Waithe and that union has produced three (3) children.

Rev. Carlos Brathwaite is an ordained Minister of Religion in the Wesleyan Holiness Church in Barbados and Senior Manager at Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, with a B.Sc. (Hons.) Economics and Yale University, with a M.A. (Economics).
Rev. Brathwaite has come through the ranks of the Wesleyan Holiness Church, holding several leadership positions before assuming his first ministerial position of Lay Assistant to the Pastor at the Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church in 1985.

He was appointed Pastor of the Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church in 1991 and, in 1992, was called to the pastorate of the then Social Hall Wesleyan Holiness Church, now Dunamis Outreach Ministries, where he remains the Senior Minister. During the period 1999-2001, he also pastored the Six Roads Wesleyan Holiness Church, now Rhema Wesleyan Holiness Church.

Rev. Brathwaite was a member of the District Board of Administration of the Wesleyan Holiness and Chairman of Family Heartbeat International Network Ministries Inc. – an organization specializing in family life ministry.
Rev. Brathwaite’s ministry gifts are in the areas of teaching, pastoring, worship, healing and administration. He has ministered throughout Barbados, in Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and North America. He is contemporary in worship and fundamentalist in doctrine. His ministry focus is church growth and missions based on the great commission, ‘Go ye therefore and teach all nations ….’ Matt. 28:19. His favourate scripture is Rom. 8: 36-39.
Rev. Brathwaite is the husband of one wife and father of (3) grown daughters. His hobbies are watching cricket and television and listening to music.

Senior Pastor of the Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church

The Best part of job - I get to listen to people tell their story of what God has done in their lives.

My favourite things – Walking, visiting the beach, sleeping through TV shows.

Passion for - What Christ has a passion for, but also Chocolate Ice Cream, Bajan Ham and Bajan soup

What I do? - I listen to people and talk with God, I listen to God and talk with people.

Best known for - Creating a Friendly environment. Connecting with the community

Outstanding achievement - Still working on that, some of my children still live at home.

Training - Ministry, Leadership, Banking, Counseling, story-telling, drama and singing

Other skills. Cooking (Bajan Soup Only), Planning, Drama and Singing

Best thing about Ellerton Wesleyan. A group of talented, gifted and cooperative persons who makes pastoring enjoyable. A friendly atmosphere, given to us only by the Holy Spirit. Great leadership teams.

Family ties. – The last of 12 Children. Married to the beautiful Sonja with one daughter, Shonnelle and three (3) sons, Theo, Travis and Romario.

Inspired by. - People who lead well, are able to make decisions and speak without saying ‘ahmmmmm’

Speed Testimony. - Attended Church all my life, God decided to speak to me strongly as a teenager while doing my homework at the dining table, He won, I won. Since then I messed up many times, big time, but He has forgiven me many times, big time. My homework now is leading men and women to Jesus Christ and I love it.

Rev. Livingstone T. Trotman is very passionate about people and loves to listen to what God is doing in the lives of persons around him. He also has a deep passion for Christ along with chocolate ice cream, Bajan ham and soup.

Rev. Livingstone T. Trotman loves the members of Ellerton Wesleyan and he considers them to be a group of talented, gifted and cooperative persons who makes pastoring enjoyable.

Senior Pastor of the Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church
Chaplain of the Ellerton Sports & Social Academy
Counsellor, Mentor, Father & Husband

The Best part of job - I get to listen to people tell their story of what God has done in their lives.

My favourite things – Walking, visiting the beach, sleeping through TV shows.

Passion for - What Christ has a passion for, but also Chocolate Ice Cream, Bajan Ham and Bajan soup

What I do? - I listen to people and talk with God, I listen to God and talk with people.

Best known for - Creating a Friendly environment. Connecting with the community

Outstanding achievement - Still working on that, some of my children still live at home.

Training - Ministry, Leadership, Banking, Counseling, story-telling, drama and singing

Other skills. Cooking (Bajan Soup Only), Planning, Drama and Singing

Best thing about Ellerton Wesleyan. A group of talented, gifted and cooperative persons who makes pastoring enjoyable. A friendly atmosphere, given to us only by the Holy Spirit. Great leadership teams.

Grew up where. – Coach Hill, St. John, a scenic, eastern parish in the beautiful island of Barbados.

Family ties. – The last of 12 Children. Married to Sonja for thirty three (33) years with one daughter, Shonnelle and three (3) sons, Theo, Travis and Romario.

Inspired by. - People who lead well, are able to make decisions and speak without saying ‘ahmmmmm’

Speed Testimony. - Attended Church all my life, God decided to speak to me strongly as a teenager while doing my homework at the dining table, He won, I won. Since then I messed up many times, big time, but He has forgiven me many times, big time. My homework now is leading men and women to Jesus Christ and I love it.

Reverend Julia Angela Parris’s journey of faith began in 1992, when she became a member of Church Village Wesleyan Holiness Church now Shekinah Wesleyan under the Pastoral Ministry of Rev. Dr. McAthin Hinds. Her journey continued under the ministry of Rev. Caroline Cumberbatch.

Over the years Rev. Parris has served at the Church Village Wesleyan Church now Shekinah Wesleyan in various areas, this includes Usher (local and District), the Women’s Department (Secretary/Treasurer), The Youth Department (Additional Member, Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President), The Sunday School Department (Teacher and Sunday School Superintendent), Worship Leader, Dancer, Production writer, Local Board Secretary and Local Board Treasurer)
At a District level she served as District Youth Camp Director and Prayer Co-coordinator and an actor in various District Youth Good Friday Productions.

Rev. Parris holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theology with a Minor in Pastoral Counseling with Honours from the Caribbean Wesleyan College.

Presently Rev. Parris serves as the Pastor of the Fairy Valley Wesleyan Church and as a teacher at The Alleyne School.

Pastor Clarke is married to Sis. Marsha Clarke for the past eighteen years, he says His quiver is full with four children. . In addition to being a qualified Mechanic He has his own Family Business. He delights in the Lord who saved him real good at the age of 23 yrs and have not looked back. One of His favorite verses is “I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me”.

Pastor Clarke believes that man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, and signs can follow every believer as they pursue intimacy with Jesus Christ and His Church.

Rev. Gloria Forde is Pastor of the Fustic Wesleyan Holiness Church; a position she held from 1999 until present. She has been pastoring for 31 years on the Barbados and previously served at the Chimborazo, Hopewell and Benthams Wesleyan Holiness Churches. Prior to that she performed pastoral duties for 10 years in Guyana, her birthplace. She served on the Barbados District Board of Administration for 3 years as District Secretary.
Rev. Forde has been married to Mr. Olvin Forde for the past 32 years.

Rev Kenrick C Reeves joined the Black Rock Wesleyan Holiness Church when he returned from the UK in 1971. He served in the offices of Sunday School teacher, Choir Master, Lay Leader, Men’s President and Vice Chairman of the board.

At Black Rock, he quickly established himself as a great asset to the music department and was diligent concerning studying the Word of God. He developed into an expository preacher, delivering sound sermons, steeped in research. It was brought to the attention of the late Rev I M Wickham, the then District Superintendent of Barbados, and Rev Reeves was approached with an offer to be appointed as a member of the board of Governors for the Barbados district of the Caribbean Wesleyan College. He filled this role for 11 years.

He attended the LIFE GROW program of the Wesleyan Holiness church, which was run at the Barbarees Hill campus site. The programme is made up of elective courses, however, he completed all the courses in the program. While he was a student of this program, he also engaged in an internship under the supervision of Rev Carlysle Williams, the then District Superintendent and Pastor at Black Rock, which lasted for 18 months. It became known that in his secular field, Mr Reeves was a Quality Specialist who had completed the internal and external Quality Auditor programs of the I.S.O. (International Organisation for Standardisation), and had participated in Quality Management programs in Barbados, Mississauga, Brazil, Ecuador & Martinique to mention a few. As a result of these displayed people and team management skills, in 2004 Rev Reeves was asked to go to Hoytes Wesleyan Holiness Church as a supply Pastor. He and his wife have remained there until present.

In 2007 he was awarded the Diploma in Christian Ministry and in 2009 was ordained as a Minister of Religion. Rev Reeves is the husband of one wife, and father of three children, Kenrick Jr, Karen and Keturah. He is Grandfather to 3.

Reverend Muriel Taylor is a wife, mother, preacher and teacher who loves the Lord with all her heart.

She did not always walk with the Lord. Though having a moral and religious upbringing under the supervision of her parents Samuel and Edith Atherley, Reverends Hamilton Taitt and Dorothy Millington from the Chimborazo and Coconut Grove churches respectively, decided she had enough of church on becoming a young adult.

However some years later under the spirit filled preaching of the Reverend James Bend at a Quarterly Service, where her elder son was being accepted into the Wesleyan family, she said yes to the Lord.

Ever since then she has laboured in his vineyard at all levels, in the church year 2018 she was elected Pastor of her home church Woodbourne Wesleyan in that same year she was ordained Reverend.

She has been married to Ezra Taylor for thirty five years, together they four children of whom three are active members in the church.

Having being been called to God’s kingdom building at a time such as this, it’s her desire to continue representing and reflecting in all aspects of her life.

Rev Benn completed the Diploma in Theology at the Wesleyan Bible College in 2012. Upon completion of this programme of study he did his Pastoral Internship at Dunamis Wesleyan Holiness Church in 2012 under the supervision of Reverend Carlos Brathwaite. During this time at Dunamis, he was exposed to the full range of Pastor Care duties including officiating at Weddings and Funerals.

He was subsequently appointed Pastor at Martins Bay Wesleyan Holiness Church on April 28, 2013. Prior to this appointment he worshipped at Cornerstone Wesleyan Holiness Church, and Dunamis Wesleyan Holiness Church.

As Pastor at Martins Bay Wesleyan Holiness Church he has been blessed to see the church grow. A number of ministries have been established or revitalized. A music ministry was established and musical instruments purchased. Audio-visual aids were also introduced to enhance the worship experience. Most importantly, the Sunday school ministry was re-established and it is very active. The Youth Ministry is also doing extremely well by the grace of God. This Ministry has moved from bi-weekly to weekly meetings.

Regular community outreach sessions are being conducted and the Pastor his wife have visited every household in the Martins Bay and New Castle areas, in some cases on multiple occasions. Extensive evangelism work is also being conducted in the Church View and Glen Burney and Foster Hall Communities.

Since being called to Pastoral Ministry by the Holy Spirit he thoroughly enjoyed his calling and feel very privileged to have been given this fantastic opportunity to serve. He has been blessed by being elevated to Elders Order in the Barbados District of the Wesleyan Holiness Church in 2017. This is a very humbling appointment, and he is blessed to be called to such a distinguished Order.

He is happily married to a most wonderful person Cheryl, for the past thirty-seven years and the father of a grown son. To God be the glory.

Rev. David Garner serves as pastor of the Shekinah Wesleyan Holiness Church, with a calling to equip believers to reach their God-ordained destinies.

His passion is to lead individuals into personal and transforming relationships with the Lord Jesus Christ.
His acute thirst for knowledge drives Him to constantly expose himself to various sources of self-development. A graduate of the Diploma in Christian Ministry program, Rev. Garner has also completed several Counseling courses. Additionally, he holds an Associate degree in Music and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Linguistics and Sociology (U.W.I. –Cave Hill). He has also earned The Diploma in Education from Erdiston Teacher’s Training College, in association with The University of the West Indies.

Rev. Garner has served in the field of Education for some 25 years -the last 21 of them at his Alma Mater, The Lodge School.

He has been married to Carolanne for 21 years, and together they have a son, Dominic.

Rev. Norma Kellman’s spiritual walk began as a Sunday School student at the then Ellerton Pilgrim Holiness Church. It was there that the foundation for the Holiness movement was laid. In 1988 she was baptized by the now District Superintendent Rev Dr, McAthin Hinds. She then joined the Church at Six Roads Wesleyan Holiness now known as the Rhema Wesleyan Holiness Worship Centre. There under the tutorledge of Revs McAthin Hinds, Andrew Gamble, Carlos Brathwaite. Anthony Worrell and Norman Belgrave she matured in the Christian faith and became a very active member.

Her love for her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ caused her to make a contribution to the following ministries over the years: Sunday School teacher for over twenty- five years, Sunday School Superintendent (5years), Women Missionary Director, Secretary to the LBA, Lay Leader & Vice Chairman for nine (9) years , Preacher, Group Ministry Leader and Worship Leader.

In her quest for Kingdom building she was cognizant that she needed to be sound in the word of God and hence she decided to enroll in the Christian Education Program where she completed the Diploma in 2013.

She is presently the Pastor of Unity Wesleyan Holiness an assignment she values highly and deeply loves the membership. Since becoming the chief shepherd she has instituted The Men’s Chapter and the Group Ministry.

She enjoys Cooking and Baking and has a special love for young people. She is married to Clyde Walter Kellman for over forty-five years. This union produced three sons Ricardo, Korey, and Ryan. She also has six grandchildren.

Rev. Esther Willoughby is the Senior Pastor of the Whitepark Wesleyan Holiness Church. Prior to assuming this office in 2016, she served as Assistant Pastor twelve years. Her involvement in church life has been wide ranging.

Rev. Willoughby holds a Master of Arts in Theology (Codrington College – UWI), a Bachelor of Arts in Theology, History and Sociology (UWI), a Diploma in Theological Studies (Codrington College – UWI), and a Teachers’ Training Certificate (Erdiston College). Special courses of study in Marriage and Family and Counselling were also undertaken at Caribbean Wesleyan College and the Christian Education department of the Barbados District respectively.

Rev. Willoughby’s teaching career in the public service spanned some 40 years with 37 of those years being spent at the Graydon Sealy Secondary School formerly called the Garrison Secondary School. Subjects taught over that period included Family Life Education, as well as Food and Nutrition and Religious Education for which students were prepared up to the CSEC (general) level. Her teaching skills especially in the Culinary Arts were extended to the general public through courses taught at the YWCA and the Whitepark Wesleyan Holiness Church for 17 years and five years respectively. Rev. Willoughby is also certified in this discipline with special Certificates in Home Management and Cookery from City Guilds of London Institute (1972).

As a teacher, she was responsible for the Gen-link programme at the school through which students interacted with and established relationships with the elderly at the Geriatric Hospital on Beckles Road. She held the responsibility for the Prefects’ Body and was also the Secretary of the Parent Teacher Association. She honoured by the National Body in 1993 for her outstanding contribution to the association at the school. 1994 the school awarded her the prestigious honour of Teacher of the Year. In 2008, she was honored for coaching a Bible quiz for the school through to the semi -final round of an Eastern Caribbean Schools’ Bible competition held in Dominica.

Today Rev. Willoughby faithfully continues to serve her church, community and country. In fact, the Whitepark Wesleyan Holiness Church is known as a community church. She has been involved in Prison Ministry and President of the Black Rock Hotel Residents’ Council and Hospitality Committee of the Hospital Christian Fellowship in Barbados as well as Chairman of the Hospitality Committee of the 250th Anniversary celebrations of Codrington College.

Rev. Charles is currently Pastor of the Ragged Point Wesleyan Holiness Church where he has served sine 2009. He has previously served as District Superintendent in the St. Kitts District; Assistant District Superintendent; Assistant General Superintendent, General Secretary Caribbean Wesleyan Holiness Church District. He is a member of the International Board of the Wesleyan Holiness Church and is presently serving as a member of the District Board of Administration. He is married to Joyce Charles and have one son and one grand daughter.

Rev. Belgrave was installed as the Pastor of the Rhema Wesleyan Holiness Worship Centre in February 2012. Previously, Rev. Belgrave served at the Cane Garden Wesleyan Holiness Church from March 2004 to 2012. He was the Supply Pastor at the Lakes Wesleyan Holiness Church in 2011 for one year. He is presently the General Treasurer of the Caribbean Wesleyan Holiness Church District. He is married to Roseann Belgrave.

Rev. Kwesi Jones was first granted a ministerial license in 1996 after graduating from the Guyana Wesleyan Holiness Bible College. At the Charlotte Street Wesleyan Holiness Church in Guyana, some of the positions in which he served are Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Youth Pastor, Christian Education Pastor, Assistant Pastor, and Church Treasurer. On migrating to Barbados, he and his family made Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church their home church. He has served at the Ellerton Church, as Youth Pastor from 2010 to 2021. He currently serves as Pastor at the Cave Hill Church

Pastor Andre Beckles

Rev. Pamela Parris is a member of the Carrington Wesleyan Holiness Church where she serves as Assistant Pastor with responsibility for the Children, Seniors’ and shut-in Ministries.

“Auntie Pam” as she is lovingly referred to by the children, commenced her Christian journey when she heard the call of God on her life as a teenager. She has a burning passion to see children won for the kingdom of God and her work with the children has extended beyond the local assembly to the national, regional and international level. Over the years Rev. Pam has served in various capacities including District Sunday School Superintendent for five (5) years.

It was during her tenure as General Director of Wesleyan Children for Missions in the Caribbean 2000-2012, that the call to the Ministry rested heavily on her and she commenced and completed formal Pastoral Studies at the Caribbean Wesleyan College through the Life Grow Programme. She is currently pursuing the Clinical Pastoral Education Training (CPET) program at Codrington College.

Rev. Parris is a trained “Child Evangelist” under the Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) and Operation Christmas Child (OCC) programs and is actively ministering in three (3) Primary Schools. She also serves as a Board member of CEF.
Rev. Pamela Parris is a woman with a love and a passion for the God she serves and is committed to His service. She is married to Mr. David Parris who currently serves on the District Board of Administration.

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