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Meet Our Pastor

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Rev. Stanley R. Wright

"Jesus Christ is the Head of Rev. Stanley Wright’s life and household.  He is overjoyed with witnessing – and actively participating in – this being lived and displayed in the everyday details of life!  In this light, he has a passion for serving and ministering to the holistic needs of individuals of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds, regardless of their faith/”non-faith.”  Rev. Wright maintains a genuine enthusiastic heart for helping those in broken situations or who have been marginalized, taken for granted or underserved.

He has a passion for assisting those in need within and outside of the  Faith-Based Community and within and outside of any one specific denominational context, in order to support diverse local needs, being used by God to Serve and Support:  The Development of Effective New Programs and Ministries; Equipping, Educating and Empowering Persons of all backgrounds and demographics, especially the Unique Needs/Issues of Seniors, Young Adults and Youth, Single Parent Households, Those who have been Abused, and The Disabled; Marital & Family Wholeness; Holistic Well-Being for Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Planning Health/Stewardship; and Providing and Supporting Mentoring Programs; Educational Services; 501(c)(3) Formations; Non-Profit and Board of Directors Orientations; Grant Proposals for Funding New Initiatives for Non-Profit and Faith-Based Organizations; Financial/Administrative Servicing; Internal Controls and Policies & Procedures Development; Christian Education; Outreach for Displaced Residents; and Engaging Ethnic Diversity and Multi-Cultural Issues.

 

 

Rev. Wright also has a heart for – and is blessed and honored to serve in – the following 501(c)(3) capacities: 

  • The Edith P. Wright (EPW) Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. – Board Member/Treasurer, Compliance Officer and “Eydie’s Angel Volunteer;”

  • New Beginnings Foundation, Inc. (Care and Assistance to Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence) – Board Member;

  • Virginia Williams High School Career Association (VWHSCA), Inc. – Vice President;

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Xi Alpha Lambda Chapter:  Alpha Academy Mentoring Program (Fairfax County) – Program Chair;

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Xi Alpha Lambda Chapter, Ira Dorsey Scholarship Endowment Fund – Audit Committee Chair; and

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Xi Alpha Lambda Chapter – Scholarship Committee.

Rev. Wright is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is an Active Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.  He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Finance from Virginia State University and his Master of Divinity from Howard University School of Divinity.  He is a Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), with a professional background in Financial Management Consulting, Business Management and Development, Auditing and Review Services, Risk Assessments, and Client Advisory Services.  He recently served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 

 

Rev. Wright was blessed to be licensed to preach in 1997 under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Grainger Browning at Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD, having served in pre-licentiate and pre-ordination Ministry for 8 years.  He was then blessed to serve under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Ronald Boykin at First AME Church – Manassas as Servant Youth Minister for 5 years.  He was ordained Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 2002 under the Episcopal Leadership of Bishop Vinton R. Anderson.  He was then blessed to serve under the pastoral leadership of, now, Presiding Elder Ronald Braxton in a dual role as Assistant Pastor – Pastoral Care Ministry & Assistant Pastor - Young Adult & Youth Ministries for 3 years.  At the Washington Annual Conference in 2005, Rev. Wright was blessed with his first Pastoral Charge and appointment by Bishop Adam J. Richardson to serve as Pastor of Lee Memorial AME Church in Kensington, Maryland!  In July 2022, he was blessed with his second Pastoral Appointment, under the Episcopal Leadership of Bishop James Levert Davis, and currently humbly serves as the Pastor of Pilgrim AME Church in Washington, DC.

 

Rev. Wright’s On-going Desires/Aims/Goals/Passion to SERVE are:

 

  • Living fully and dynamically to be the best/most faithful/obedient human being God has called him to be, leaving the most honorable and impactful footprint on this planet and others while allowed to breathe/live!

  • Continuation of Facilitating Financial Planning Seminars for Communities/Educating and Edifying Families and Individuals.

  • Christian Ministry: Interdenominational Contexts/Non-Denominational Contexts/Inter-Faith Opportunities – Looking forward to the LORD using all of his gifts and talents to help women and men of all ethnicities, nationalities, ages, and backgrounds experience true victory and fruitfulness in every area of life - holistically - in the Church and beyond the walls of the Church, through Christ and His Word!

  • A more intimate daily walk/communion with God/Jesus!

 

The 2 most dynamically impactful, life-transforming blessings of Rev. Wright’s life are:  Responding to the call of a Holy God to receive His Son, Jesus Christ, as his personal Savior and Lord during his last semester of undergraduate college at Virginia State University and being blessed to be the father of 2 amazing, beautiful human beings – his sons, Wesley Wright and Isaiah Wright!  Rev. Wright’s personal witness is grounded in Acts 20:24 – ”However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace,” in the opening of Matthew 6:33 – “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…” and in the closing of Joshua 24:15 – “…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

Email: pastor@pilgrimame.org

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