Pastor Jonathan Wesley Wallis is our Founder and President. In 2010, Pastor Wallis visited Pastor Ismael Wagonga and his orphanage in Nakuru, Kenya. Upon returning from a 3-week mission trip and after much prayer and fasting, Pastor Wallis felt God calling him to help the orphans and needy children of Kenya. n 2010, Elim Ministries International was founded to help the orphans and needy children in Kenya. Over the next 8 years, “Helping the Orphans” Thrift Stores were established in and around Fayetteville, NC to finance mission work in Kenya.
Over the years, Pastor Wallis has gained much work experience and has a wide range of ministry experiences over his career as a pastor and minister.
- Senior Pastor of Walstone Memorial Baptist Church, Fayetteville, NC-12 ½ years
- Senior Pastor of Sea Level Missionary Baptist Church, Sea Level, NC- 3 years
- Baptist Children’s Homes of NC, Kinston, NC-Child Care Worker-2 years
- Ahoskie Christian School, Ahoskie, NC-Principal/Educator, Interim Pastor at Ahoskie FWB Church-1 year
- Divorce Recovery Counselor, Florence, AL.-3 years
- Senior Pastor, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mill Creek, NC-2 years
- Correctional Officer, Central Prison, Raleigh, NC-5 years
- Evening Chaplain, Raleigh Rescue Mission, Raleigh, NC
Presently, Pastor Wallis is serving as a missionary in Rongo, Kenya, East Africa along with his wife, Cindy Babb-Wallis. Pastor Wallis and his wife Cindy have four children; Cody, Savanah, Hannah, and Malachi and three grandchildren; Liam, Lorelei, and Greyson.
6 years ago, after living in Nakuru, Kenya for a month, Pastor Wallis and his wife, Cindy took in a 13-year-old Kenyan boy, Sylvestar who had a blind mother and an alcoholic father. Sylvestar came to live with the Wallis Family and has been thriving ever since.
3 years ago, Sylvestar alerted the Wallis family to the fact that someone had given his blind mother a newborn baby. The 8-day-old baby boy was abandoned by his mother. Sylvestar’s mother was unable to care for the child. Pastor Wallis and his wife, Cindy became the foster parents of the baby boy that they named, Joseph James.
Please pray for Pastor Wallis and his family and ask what you can do to financially help them help the orphans of Kenya.