About Pastor Keith Echols
Pastor Keith Echols is the Senior Pastor of Word of Faith Christian Center and a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center. He served as Senior Assistant Pastor with Bishop Keith Butler, the founder of Word of Faith International Christian Center from 1986 to 1993. During this time, as an instructor at Word of Faith's School of Ministry, his down-to-earth, practical teaching style helped many students understand God's will for their lives.

With over 18 years of full-time ministry experience, Pastor Echols is now leading multiple congregations.  Word of Faith Christian Center in Philadelphia began in 1993 and has 25 Ministry of Helps departments that meet the needs of the ministry, congregation and the community.  Word of Faith Christian Center located in Newark, Delaware is changing lives everyday through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

He has enjoyed thirty years of faithful marriage with his lovely wife Riena. They have four beautiful children, one daughter-in-law, one son-in-law and six grandchildren.

About Minister Riena Echols
Minister Riena Echols serves as Pastoral Assistant to her husband, Pastor Keith Echols.  A licensed and ordained minister of the Gospel, she also heads the Women of Virtue Ministry which helps to meet the needs of women by equipping them from the Word of God to be victorious and virtuous in every area of their lives.

She is a conference speaker and an instructor at Layperson’s Bible School, from which she graduated with honors.  Minister Echols is equally known for her quiet and gentle spirit as well as for her keen sense of humor.  She has been faithfully married to her “best friend” for thirty years and has four beautiful children, one daughter-in-law, one son-in-law and six grandchildren

In May of 2004 he completed Laypersons II classes at Word of Faith Christian Center. Although he was never pressured into the ministry after completing Laypersons II, licensed and ordained in June 2004 and involved with youth ministry, Pastor Marq realized that God had more for him. He recognized the call of God on his life and in 2005 he obeyed his spirit to become further equipped for what God had in store for him. He and his family went to Tulsa, Oklahoma and after two years he graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in May 2007.

Pastor Marq is now the Assistant Pastor here at Word of Faith Christian Center and is helping others grow in their walk with Jesus Christ. He married his wife Raushanah in 2001 and they have three beautiful children Surayyah, Jaylen and Saniah.