SHE REAPS BEYOND EXPERIENCE
SPEAKER BIOS
 Candice Barlow and  her husband team pastor the Lighthouse Church. They have three children. They’ve actively served in ministry for nearly 25 years. Candice is a UPCI Licensed Minister, the Section 10 Ladies Director of the Missouri District and a preacher of the gospel. She has evangelized both nationally and internationally. Her passion is helping those that need hope find THE ONE who gives hope! 

 Pamela Chavous is a licensed UPCI minister who attended JCM College of Ministries and is devoted to teaching, worship, and equipping the Body of Christ. She has served as Music Minister, Sunday School Director, and Hyphen Teacher, and currently assists with a North American Missions church plant while serving as WNOP Director for the Georgia District. Alongside her ministry, she is the owner of Chavous Interiors, where she has worked as an interior designer for over 25 years, specializing in kitchens, baths, and commercial church design.

 Dr. Lula (Lou) Varist Gholson is the founder and pastor of New Jerusalem Worship Center in Forest Park, GA. She is married to Elder Edward Gholson, a military veteran who served 24 years.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Doctor’s degree in Christian Counseling and Therapy.  Dr. Gholson is registered with The Board of Examiners for Georgia Christian Counselors and Therapists and Pastoral Counselors.  She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.  She is a registered Counselor and Therapist for Rhapsody Counseling Services she owns and operates.  Dr. Gholson is a license Minister with UPCI and works faithful in the body of Christ.  She serves as a Board member of Forest Park Ministers Association.  She also serves as Regional Southeast World Network of Prayer Director.

 Shavon Gray is married to Melvin Gray, who founded Life Point    Church in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. She serves in her local church as Secretary and Family Ministry Director. Shavon Gray was elected this year as Section 3 Ladies Leader for Minnesota. She has a degree in Sales and Business Administration. She has three children and two grandchildren, with two more on the way.
 Tonda Henry is the wife of Rev. Dave Henry and the mother of five.  They currently reside in Atlanta, Georgia, where they founded The Pentecostals of Stone Mountain. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of R.E.A.C.H. Community Development Center, Inc.  Tonda has been a licensed minister in the U.P.C.I. for 18 years and serves as Building the Bridge Ladies Ministries Liaison. She is also the Founder of King’s Daughter Project where she invites everyone to experience the joy of going beyond and living life more abundantly. She’s loves family, nature’s play ground, gardening, reading, research and tea.

Connie Jordan is married to Frank Jordan, Pastor of Word Aflame Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. She and her husband have 30+ years of ministry experience. Connie holds two Masters degrees,  one in Nursing and another in Health Care Administration. She has 40 years of experience in medical-surgical, critical care and mental health nursing. 

 Sybil Bates McCormack is the wife of Rev. Michael McCormack, Pastor of LifePointe UPC in Snellville, GA. She was blessed to be awarded a Local License in ministry with the UPCI in July 2025. A Georgia lawyer since 1998, Sybil is currently Associate Vice President, Legal Counsel, at Keyfactor, Inc., a cybersecurity company headquartered in Independence, Ohio. She has worked from home exclusively since March 2020 and resides with her husband, two adult children, Erin and Ian, and their moody cat, Victor, in Loganville. Sybil received the gift of the Holy Ghost while at college in upstate New York in 1983 and was baptized in Jesus’ name the following Easter. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she has called the great State of Georgia home since 1998.

 Donna Ten Eyck is an ordained minister with the United Pentecostal Church International. She currently serves as the Mississippi’s Ladies Prayer International Director and the Administrative Assistant for the Mississippi Prayer Force. Traveling
nationally, Donna is an anointed speaker, whose passion is repairing the breach by promoting unity of prayer and loyalty to leadership. She assists Pastor Dennis Davis at First UPC of Raymond, MS. and also serves as the Office Administrator for the Mississippi District UPCI.

 Tina Wilson serves as the Promotions Director for the Southern California UPCI Ladies Ministries. She is a Certified Anger Management Educator, Lay Counselor and the Office Administrator for Covenant Behavioral Health. She is passionate about encouraging women of all ages in their daily lives as moms, wives and young adults by offering Bible based solutions for a joy filled life. She works alongside her husband, Dr. Carl Wilson, presenting at seminars and workshops. She serves with her husband, Dr. Carl Wilson, at Family Worship Center, in Colton, Ca as assistant pastor. They have been married for 30 years and celebrate the lives of their three adult children Carleón, Cazine and Carena.