Pastor Michael A. Wilson is the son of Reverend James Wilson, Sr. and Mrs. Diane Wilson, the brother of James Wilson, Jr. and Michele Delaney, and brother-in-law of Milton Delaney. He has a nephew named Paul and a niece named Cydney.

Pastor Michael joined Fort Foote Baptist Church on December 31, 1990 while he was a junior at Liberty University . After graduating from college and beginning seminary he returned to the area and became licensed to preach the gospel as the children’s minister in 1993 at Fort Foote .

Pastor Michael married his college sweetheart, Rachel in 1994 at Fort Foote . Reverend Michael was ordained at Fort Foote in 1998 and after 6 years of serving as the children’s minister, he and Rachel began their own children’s ministry at home when they later had two daughters; Jordan and Jayda.

In February 2001, they began a new church in Waldorf called Redeemed Christian Worship Center with the love and support of Fort Foote Baptist. Presently, Pastor Michael is the pastor of Redeem’s loving and serving members- where he is affectionately known as Pastor Michael.

He is also the principal of an elementary school on Capitol Hill in Washington , D.C. In addition to his wife, kids, and other family members, Pastor Michael’s parents are also members of Redeemed where his mother is active in the woman’s ministry and his father serves as the church’s elder.

Pastor Michael wants to be known as a Christian son, father, and husband who’s a friend of God. He wants to be known, as parents are known, as simply servants of God. One of his favorite verses is Philippians 3:10, “That I may know him and the power of his resurrection…”