Welcome to Willie Dean Ministries!
Our MISSION
is to provide resources combined with inspiration to help families learn, grow and succeed.
Willie Dean Ministries aka WDM Community Center was founded by Pastor Willie Dean Jr. in 2009 to offer HOPE to low income families. WDM understands that community matters!
In order for a child to succeed academically their basic survival needs have to be met.
WDM has helped countless families with food insecurities, resume writing, securing employment, senior high school sponsorships and graduation, reducing family stress, increased school attendance and lowered crime among youth.
WDM’s goal is to help children and their families break away from the pitfalls of poverty through education, effective communication, hard work, community resources and support. Giving children and their families a safe place to receive resources, creates an opportunity for increased learning, growth and success.
Josiah's Prayer
is a heartfelt story of an eight year old boy named Josiah who is raised by a single father. His father enrolls him and his sisters into an afterschool program at the neighborhood Community Center where he learns about the power of prayer. And this changed how they saw everything!
There was someting captivating about spending time at the Community Center. Its door was a welcoming sight. The Community Center served as a guardrail from the drugs, youth gangs and the violence that daily played out before his small eyes. Josiah and his siblings were happy there. It was the place where Josiah felt, "free-to-be" . The hugs, snacks, and stories seem to act as a SUPERPOWER; they were a part of the experience that led him and his family to experience the power of prayer and God's love.
Josiah's Prayer ($19.99) reflects a day in the life of WDM Community Center.
All proceeds from the book support the work of WDM (a non profit organization)
