Dr. Steve
Dr. Steve Davis, our Senior Pastor, has a passion and commitment to reaching and helping every person possible, regardless of background and life situation, to achieve God's goal and purpose for his or her life.
Having a heart for those who are hurting and in need caused Dr. Steve to begin his ministry in the streets during the 70's, and after graduating from Asbury in KY, to return to his home state of Maryland to minister to those in prison and jails, as a Chaplain for the Maryland Department of Corrections.
Dr. Steve married Linda Carter, his college sweetheart in 1977, and in 1979, they responded to God's calling them to be involved in world evangelism, so they joined Operation Mobilization (OM), working with OM founder and International Coordinator George Verwer. Steve and Linda ministered on the International Coordinating Team with OM in London England for four years. During this time, Dr. Steve preached several times a week in universities, colleges, churches, and in the open air in central London. Being a graphic artist and designer, he used his talents to produce illustrated Gospel literature for the Bible Society of India, and other publishers in the middle east and Asia.
When Dr. Steve and Linda returned to the US, the Lord opened the door for them to lead a small home Bible study in Waldorf, MD. Their goal at the time was not to plant a church, but to help people who had gotten hurt in other churches to receive the healing they needed and then to return to a local church and be involved. But, out of that Bible study grew a caring and helping group of people who are compassionate and filled with zeal for the Lord.
Steve & Linda reunite with George &
Drena Verwer
Over the years, Dr. Steve has demonstrated a tireless zeal for getting the Gospel to every person possible. From the early days, he has demonstrated the heart of a shepherd who is willing to lay down his life for the sheep. For the first several years of his ministry at The Worship Center, he and Linda financed the work as heavily as possible, using his skills as a custom car painter, pinstriper and airbrush artist. Later he
worked as Advertising Sales Manager for Selling Power Magazine in Fredericksburg, VA, where he managed advertising sales for the
Midwestern states. After nearly three years at Selling Power Magazine, the work of the ministry required so much time and prayer and energy that he had to leave "tent making" and enter ministry full time.
Dr. Steve sets the example for "redeeming the time," in his personal and professional life as well as in his spiritual life. He has earned his Masters degree in Divinity, and a Ph. D. in Psychology. He is an Ordained Elder in the Southern Methodist Church, and law enforcement Chaplain for the Charles County Sheriff's Department. Dr. Davis is also an
FBI
Chaplain, assigned to FBI Headquarters in Washington DC, and serving at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. During the crises following the September 11 attacks, Dr. Steve served at the Pentagon crash site, bringing spiritual and emotional support to rescue workers.
From 1999
through 2002, Dr. Steve and Linda initiated a nationwide ministry outreach with the daily TV program, Leave it to Jesus, aired nationwide on The Dream Network, on several cable and satellite systems. During
these years of producing six TV shows a week, Dr. Steve and Linda
learned to draw on the strength and energy of the Holy Spirit to bring the positive message of faith and salvation to millions of households throughout the United States.
Since the September 11 attacks on the United States, the
Worship Center and Dr. Steve and Linda are focused more
than ever on meeting the needs of those in law
enforcement, and rescue workers, as well to their local
community, providing ministries and services to as many
people as possible, and raising up and training leaders to
carry out God's great commission in these intense days!
Visit Dr. Steve Davis'
Christian Leadership website and his new eBook!
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