MISSIONARY BRENDA RICHMOND WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MILWAUKEE,
WISCONSIN.  SHE IS THE SIXTH CHILD OF SIX CHILDREN, BORN TO THE LATE ELDER
JOSEPH DeSHAZER & MOTHER VIRGIE DeSHAZER.  MISSIONARY RICHMOND IS
MARRIED TO ELDER TONY C. RICHMOND AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE
BORN, BRENTON & BREYANNA RICHMOND.

MISSIONARY RICHMOND CAME TO FLINT, MICHIGAN IN 1988.  SHE WORKS FOR
CITIZEN'S BANK.

MISSIONARY RICHMOND WAS SAVED, SANCTIFIED AND HOLY GHOST FILLED AT THE
AGE OF 13.  SHE BEGAN TO SERVE IN THE CHURCH AND WORKING IN VARIOUS
POSITIONS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HER FATHER THE LATE ELDER JOSEPH
DeSHAZER AT GREATER HOLY TEMPLE C.O.G.I.C., IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.   SHE
SERVED AT THE AGE OF 14 AS CHOIR PRESIDENT, YOUTH PRESIDENT AND SERVED IN
THE YWCC DEPARTMENT.

AT THE TIME MISSIONARY RICHMOND BEGAN TO SING WITH THE NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN STATE CHOIR, AND MINISTERED AS ONE OF THE CHOIR'S LEAD
VOCALIST. DURING THIS TIME IT WAS THE FORESIGHT OF THE STATE SUPERVISOR,
AFTER HAVING EXAMINED MISSIONARY RICHMOND, SHE FOUND HER FAITHFUL AND
UPRIGHT IN CHARACTER AND GAVE HER THE LICENSE OF AN EVANGELIST
MISSIONARY.   IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT GOD BEGAN TO MOVE HER INTO HER
MINISTRY AND GAVE HER A BURDEN FOR HURTING WOMEN, THE YOUNG WOMEN, AS
WELL AS THE MATURE WOMEN.  EVANGELIST RICHMOND ALSO HAS THE HEART FOR
CHILDREN.  SHE HAS OBTAINED HER CREDENTIALS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CDA,
FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

EVANGELIST RICHMOND WANTS TO OPEN A DAY CARE TO PROVIDE GOOD CHRISTIAN
CARE FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND A WOMEN'S SHELTER FOR WOMEN WHO WANT A
SAFE PLACE TO MAKE A HEALTHY CHANGE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

EVANGELIST RICHMOND PRESENTLY SERVES WITH HER HUSBAND PASTOR TONY C.
RICHMOND, AT AGAPE (GOD'S LOVE) C.O.G.I.C., WHERE SHE IS PRESIDENT OF THE
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT, CHOIR DEPARTMENT, CHURCH MUSICIAN AND THE YOUNG
WOMEN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND FOUNDER OF THE SISTER-TO-SISTER
MINISTRY.

THOUGHT THE SISTER-TO-SISTER MINISTRY COUNTLESS WOMEN HAVE GIVEN THEIR
LIVES TO THE LORD, HAVE LEARNED HOW TO BE BETTER ROLE MODELS FOR THEIR
CHILDREN, HUSBANDS AND FAMILIES.  SHE HAS ORGANIZED A YEARLY WOMEN'S
CONFERENCE, THAT COUNTLESS WOMEN ATTEND TO OBTAIN INFORMATION TO
ENHANCE THEIR SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL LIVES.

EVANGELIST RICHMOND HAS SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT EVANGELIST FOR
FAITH DISTRICT OF NORTHEAST MICHIGAN JURISDICTION.  SHE PRESENTLY SERVES
AS DISTRICT MISSIONARY FOR FAITH DISTRICT.

MISSIONARY BRENDA RICHMOND, "MEANS JESUS ALL THE WAY."
MISSIONARY RICHMOND'S BIO
DISTRICT MISSIONARY
BRENDA RICHMOND

FIRST LADY OF AGAPE
MISSIONARY PREACHING THE
WORD OF GOD ON WOMEN'S
DAY.
AGAPE (GOD'S LOVE) C.O.G.I.C.
MISSIONARY PLAYING THE
ORGAN