Pastor
Stanley E. Wilson
Reverend Stanley E. Wilson was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Grew up in Notre Dame, Indiana and
completed his high school education in 1976. In 1979 Stanley accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and
Savior and was baptized at the New Testament Missionary Baptist Church under the late Allen Gary.
While there he served as a Deacon and as a quartet singer until relocating to Kentucky. Upon moving to
Louisville, Kentucky in 1986 He enrolled in Louisville College of Medical & Dental Careers where he
completed the Associate of Science Degree in Substance Abuse Counseling in 1988. It was at the age of
30 in the same year October of 1988 that he yielded to the esoteric call of God on his life to proclaim the
Gospel of Jesus Christ under the leadership and watchful eye of Reverend Anguish A. Wade ,Pastor of
the Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church and preached his first message in November of 1988.
He was licensed in December of 1988 and ordained in 1989. While serving as an associate minister to
reverend Wade Reverend Wilson was over the youth and evangelism. During this time Reverend Wilson
was serving at the Wayside Christian Ministries as a Case Manager for 40 Chemically Dependent
homeless men .It was in 1992 That Pastor Wilson enrolled in Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
/Boyce Bible School, and completed the Associate of Arts in Biblical Studies and was awarded the
Carmen J. Hardin Academic excellence scholarship. Reverend Wilson completed that phase of his
training in May of 1995. In that same month Pastor Wilson was chosen to part of an 8 person inner-city
Mission team where they went to various cities sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. He served as the
Recreation and team Pastor as they went to some 15 different cities leading youth to personal
relationship with Jesus. May of 1996 Pastor Wilson was extended the opportunity to serve as the
Children and Youth Pastor at The Greater Corinth Baptist, where he served faithfully under the
leadership of Dr. Carl Johnson until 2000. During that time Pastor Wilson served as a youth consultant
for Centrifuge. In 1999 Reverend Wilson was accepted into the National leadership program called The
Devos Urban Leadership Initiative and completed the intense 15 Month Certificate Program in the
summer of 2000. During this time frame Pastor Wilson was employed with Methodist Healthcare
Ministries as a Young Dad Site Coordinator until 2006.
In 2004 Pastor Wilson founded and organized The Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Church. Currently
Pastor Wilson has been working with the City of San Antonio as a Recreation Specialist and is currently
seeking to complete the Bachelor of Theological Studies from the Newburgh Theological Seminary in
Newburgh, Indiana 2015. Pastor Wilson is married to his sweetheart of 25 years Diane M. Wilson. He has
lead the church in Paying off the Mortgage and now preparing to build an education extension and
fellowship hall.