Prophetess | Pastor Diane M. Winbush
Pastor Winbush is a native of Pontiac, Michigan, but later moved to Tennessee to live with her paternal grandparents. Her father, the late Benjamin Watkins Jr. always supported and helped his parents to help his children. During visits from Michigan to Tennessee, he always implied the Word of God and Christian ethics to the pastor to ensure an effective knowledge of God. Through her upbringing in the church, she began Christian ministry as a junior usher at the age of 10. Later as years passed, she became the president of the Senior Usher Board under the leadership of the late Rev. T. J. Lewis. As years passed, the Lord had a different path and assignment for the pastor in leadership, and later was ordained by God as a prophetess in 2001 under the leadership of Prophet and Pastor Gerald Coleman Sr. of Faith Keepers Ministries. in Memphis, Tennessee. There she fulfilled some roles in the areas as a Sunday school instructor, Sunday morning youth instructor, and intercessory prayer team leader. The Lord continued to grow the pastor in other areas of ministry and development and Saint Petersburg Global Ministries was erected in 2013.
Through this ministry, Pastor Winbush has served in many volunteer positions in the Tipton County area as Chaplain for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton, a scribe for the Tipton County Community Advisory Board, a Board member for the Tipton County Library, and a Chaplain for the convalescent homes in Covington, Tennessee. Pastor Diane has always believed, “that a great leader called by God must also know how to serve before {s}he can lead.”
Later in 2014, God-led Pastor Diane to join the Full Gospel International Fellowship as a membership pastor, and there she grew under Regional Bishop Edward Stephens of Golden Gate Cathedral of Memphis, Tennessee, and Overseer Paul K. Reed of New Friendship Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee. Pastor Winbush was asked to join a league of women leaders who were also a part of Full Gospel International Fellowship where she grew under the Prelate of Elder Leonora Wells of Women of Excellence Full Gospel Ministries in 2015.
Here at our ministry, communities are served through God’s ministries and outreach programs for several counties in Tennessee and the ministry continues to serve in diverse outreach ministry efforts to help feed, clothe, and bless the poor.
In education, she holds a Marketing Degree, and a Bachelor of Science in Communications, and continues to study for the Juris Master of Law program to fulfill God’s purpose. Pastor Winbush has been married for 33 years and has two sons and two daughters-in-law with five grandchildren.