Pastor Woodrow Walker is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Abundant Life Church,
a 500-member congregation based in Lithonia, GA. Ordained in 1963, Pastor
Walker served in ministry in the St. Louis, Missouri area before relocating to
Atlanta, Georgia in 1978. In 1980, under the guidance and inspiration of the
Holy Spirit, Pastor Walker founded Abundant Life Church with a global vision of
bridging the gap, changing mindsets and transforming cultures to the standard
of Christ.
A Bible teacher, preacher, evangelist, and disciple maker, Pastor Walker is
committed to the defense of Scriptural integrity and spreading of Christ’s
message of reconciliation and revival throughout the world. In pursuit of this
calling, he continues to fulfill pulpit responsibilities in many parts of the
world and has been on many ministry platforms as a conference speaker.
His ministry travels have taken him to Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and
the Caribbean. With a heart for missions,
Pastor
Woodrow Walker has also traveled with his missions teams and planted and
supported churches in different parts of the world.
Pastor Woodrow Walker is also the Founder and Chairman of Global Visionaries
Network (GVN), a global ministry designed to employ effective mission’s renewal
methodology to impact global marketplace climate and behavior through
biblically consistent ethics. His hearts desire is to enlist, equip, empower
and engage Christians in the marketplace with competencies and value-based
principles resulting in personal, spiritual and professional prosperity so they
can impact those within their sphere of influence.
His lifetime of committed Christian leadership has been recognized by his
colleagues, DeKalb County, the State of Georgia and academic institutions.
Pastor Woodrow Walker has over twelve churches under his leadership as well as
providing leadership to several Christian groups including the Fellowship of
Metro Atlanta Churches (FMAC).
He serves on several boards including: Missions Overseas Short Team (MOST),
Beulah Heights Bible College, Project Impact and a Founding Board Member of the
South Dekalb Church Federal Credit Union. He is one of the Chaplains of the
Georgia State Patrol and Founder and President of Atlanta Save Our Youth
(ASOY).
Pastor Walker enjoys the life he shares with his loving wife, Francine, and
their three wonderful children: Krista, Kerys and Woodrow, III.