PARADISE OUTREACH MINISTRIES

Pastor Vanessa R. Byrd was born and raised in Williamston, NC. She is the granddaughter of the late Alphonza and Katie Bell Little of Williamston, NC. She has one son, Marcus Shawn Byrd (wife, Lateshia W. Byrd) and one grandson, Marcus Shawn Byrd II of Greenville, NC. Pastor Byrd accepted her call into the ministry in 1989 while she was faithfully serving at Cedar Hill Baptist Church in Williamston, NC during her years of evangelism. She answered the pastoral call and founded Paradise Outreach Ministries in Washington, NC on July 18, 1999. In following the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, who came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many, Pastor Byrd is committed to a lifetime of service. Her ministering is built upon the belief that in the name of Jesus Christ, broken hearts can be healed, the captive can be set free, sight can be restored to the blind, and the oppressed can be liberated. Through it all, Pastor Byrd acknowledges that if it had not been for the LORD who was on her side, none of this would have been possible and bases the success of the ministry upon Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."