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Leaders
Art Ledlie
Lead Operations Pastor (Media & Member Services)
- Carries life-long vision of seeing the cities of America reached for Christ
- Came to DWO in 1983 as youth and later Evangelism pastor
- Served as an associate pastor in Florida, California, also preaching crusades
and taught evangelism training seminars in Europe, Africa, and South America
- Founder and former Senior Pastor of the inner-city southwest Detroit Metropolitan World Outreach Center and The Good News Gang Metro
- President of the Community Development Corporation and Urban Children's Outreach Organization and Western Storage and Warehouse, Inc.
- B.A. degree in Bible from Central Bible College, and an M.A. degree in Telecommunications from Wheaton Graduate School
- Member of the DWO Elder Board
- Wife Shari is a ordained minister, former Co-pastor of Metropolitan Outreach Center and currently an Administrative Assistant at DWO
- Married for 25 years, has three children, Paul, Jessica and Erica living in Dearborn
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Crystal Burgor
Chief Project & Event Director
- Joined the DWO staff as Executive/Personal Assistant to Bishop Jack Wallace from 2000-2005
- Later served as Executive Assistant to Pastor Ben Gibert from 2005 -2006
- Appointed Chief Project Manager/Chief Event Manager for DWO in 2006
- General overseer over all major DWO projects including construction
- Coordinates all event planning, calendars and logistics
- Married to husband Stephen for 17 years, who has a Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Western Michigan University
- Has children Lindsey, Kelsey and Allyson and resides in Southgate
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Elijah Lewis, Jr.
Chief Creative & Technology Director (Music & Media)
- Integrates creative dynamics in every facet of the ministry and to ensure that the church remains contemporary, cutting-edge and exciting in fulfillment of the distinctive to be a dynamic church
- Collaborates with the various ministry departments to produce cutting edge, multi-media materials, including print, video, audio, and website internet design
- CEO and Founder of Double Portion Media, LLC
- Worked in the music and video industry for 17 years and developed relationships with music greats such as Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, Clark Sisters, and the late Rev. James Moore
- He has also worked along side notable producers such as Fred Hammond, Rodney Jerkins, Joe "Flip" Wilson and produced music and video for artists such as Commissioned, Lexi and Natalie Wilson, Mary Mary
- Married for 13 years to Sheria and has 4 children: Elijah III, Shawn, Shay, and Jaylen
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Robert Purcell
Lead Operations Manager (Facilities)
- Member of DWO elder board
- 14 years of ministry experience as a teacher, deacon, usher and as a part of the MAPS missions program service (trips to Israel, Hungary and the Phillipines
- Attended North Central Bible College
- Retired from General Motors after 28 years of service
- Married to wife Kim, with children Holly and Brooke. They reside in Canton, Michigan
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