CHURCH OF GOD AND TRUE HOLINESS, INT'L

Bishop Wilbert Stephan Simmons is the Pastor of Restoration True Holiness Temple located in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Bishop Simmons has a heart for all people and believes that salvation, health, and deliverance is available to everyone through the Lord Jesus Christ. He is quickly becoming a leading voice for a new generation of ministers. 

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Under the guidance of his parents, Bishop Wilbert and Mother Barbara Simmons, at an early age he was introduced to the way of Holiness. In April 1973, he was baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and received the Holy Ghost. Having the opportunity to travel extensively with his father across the country, Bishop Simmons grew significantly in the word of the Lord. 

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For more than twenty years, he played the lead guitar for many choirs, groups and solo artists. When Bishop Simmons started Restoration, Pastor Stephan, then affectionately known as Minister Teady, was appointed the Minister of Music and choir director. He quickly began working in his new ministry and started the Restoration choir, which began almost twenty years ago. 

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After working at the Prince George's County Correctional Center for more than twenty-five years, Bishop Simmons looks forward to soon being able to work for the ministry full-time. He has an earned Master's degree in Theology, and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Ministry in Christian Education. Bishop Simmons is the husband of Elect Lady Angela and together they are the proud parents of three lovely children Brianna Caszmir, Wilbert Stephan III, and Skyler McKinley. 

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In 2000, he became the Pastor of Restoration and in October 2004, he received double honor to serve as the Fifth District Elder over the Maryland Churches of God and True Holiness. District Elder Simmons is grateful to the Lord for affording him the opportunity to lead and teach the people of the Lord. It is a great responsibility to serve as the under-Shepherd for a group of people from all walks of life, but with the Lord's help Bishop Simmons believes nothing shall be impossible.