Bio

 

 

After hearing a message preached by Mother Hazel Page entitled “Don’t let your love grow cold” Elder Michael Odom was compelled to join the Highway Church in December of 1988. Two months later he married Ms. Pamela Stokes on February 11^th 1989. On May 14^th 1989 he received the gift of the Holy Ghost during a Pentecostal Sunday celebration. Under the direction of his spiritual father Bishop Liston Page, Sr., he served as a Deacon for eight years, until he accepted his calling in 1997 to preach and teach the Gospel. He was ordained an Elder in 1999, under the leadership of Bishop Liston Page II. Elder Odom has also served in the office of the Superintendent of the Sunday school department for over ten years, he has served as the Brotherhood Dept. President, and he has served as the Youth Coordinator. And most recently, he has served as the Senior Elder of the Highway Church, until he was assigned to his current role at the WholeLife Community Church. Elder Odom is also a board member of the National Ordination Committee of the Greater Highway Deliverance Ministry, Inc.

 

Elder Odom has had the honor to be married to Lady Pamela Odom for Twenty years. They are the best of friends, successful business partners, ministry partners and are enjoying growing old together.  He is the proud father of three wonderful children, Michael II, Christopher, and his daughter Jordan.

 

In 2004, Elder Odom and his wife founded “WholeLife Ministries, Inc., a ministry focusing on counseling marriage and families. In March of 2007, he was assigned to Pastor a Church on Rosa Parks and Governor Street, that they re-named WholeLife Community Church.  The population of the existing membership consisted of four adults and one child, today the membership of WholeLife Community Church has grown to over 70 members.

 

Pastor Odom believes that teaching the gospel is essential in facilitating a spiritual foundation that produces life changes. He believes that spiritual counseling is necessary for healing, which will result from a personal, intimate relationship with the Lord. He believes that most stop short by treating symptoms, failing to reach the core issues and eradicate the problem. He believes all problems are rooted in sin and all answers to our problems are rooted in the healing power of Jesus. However, making the connection between the core issues and the ministry of Jesus requires someone skilled in the word of God and called of God. As the bible tells us, the renewing of our minds is a constant process. He strongly believes that aligning people with the truth and dispelling errors will facilitate this renewal process thereby bringing about transformation into the proper relationship with Jesus Christ.