Dr. Priscilla E. Felton is the first lady of the Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ, where her husband of 40 years, Bishop J. Louis Felton, is the Senior Pastor and Servant Leader, since the summer of 2010. Bishop Ernest C. Morris, Sr., is the Founder.
A native of Canada, Dr. Priscilla E. Felton has served with her husband during three pastoral assignments: The House of Prayer Community Church, 1984-1991; The Galilee Baptist Church of Kalamazoo, MI., 1991-2010, (where she was formally ordained and consecrated a minster of the gospel and in association and fellowship with the Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention); and, for 12 years with The Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ.
Dr. Priscilla E. Felton has received numerous awards and citations, including YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, Woman of the Year and Outstanding First Lady, Northside Ministerial Alliance, where she served as secretary of the Northside Ministerial Alliance (Kalamazoo, Michigan), as her husband served as the President of the Alliance from 1989 through 2010. Her husband, Bishop Felton, is the 1st Vice President of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity as well as the 1st Vice President of the NAACP of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Dr. Priscilla E. Felton is a member of both the black clergy and the NAACP of Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Priscilla Felton has attended Western Theological Seminary and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in Michigan. While attending Davenport University she served as an administrations officer and special
assistant to the President of the University. Dr Felton is a founding member of the Links, Kalamazoo, Michigan Chapter.
The mother of a son, Clarence (deceased) and a daughter, Dr. Natalie E. Morton Russell, the First Lady of Greater Fairview Baptist Church of Jackson, Mississippi, serving with her husband, Pastor Vincent V. Russell. Dr. Natalie Russell is also an ordained minister and former administrator of Changing a Generation Ministries Full Gospel Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Felton is also the grandmother of five.
Dr. Priscilla Felton masters the ministry of helps, as she helped her husband to expand the membership of the Galilee Baptist Church from less than 100 to over 2000 souls and the construction of a 33,000 square foot, $5,000,000 facility, encompassing an entire city block and owning the four corners at of the intersection.
The Lord has graciously added over 2100 souls to the Mount Airy Church Membership. This year is the 55th Anniversary of the founding of Mount Airy Church of God in Christ. The church now appears weekly on the WORD Network and continues to broadcast on WNAP each Sunday morning from 11:00 AM until noon, along with Facebook live streaming and the vimeo.com platform.
Dr. Priscilla E Felton has successfully led the Mount Airy Kingdom Women's Conference for a decade. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual conference luncheon averaged 750 people in attendance. Dr. Felton also organized the Mothers Mentoring Ministry to assist families in these crisis written times, as well as being instrumental in developing Children's Church Worship and serving as the President of the Elders and Ministers Wives Ministry.
“TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY”