About Dr. Curry

Hi am Dr. Curry

He was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 4, 1979, to William and late Helen Curry. Dr. Curry comes from a large family, having seven siblings. He graduated from East Detroit High school in 1998. In August of 1998, Dr. Curry enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. While in the service, Dr. Curry served in many different capacities, from being a Truck Driver, Recruiter, Instructor, Operations Chief, Logistics Chief, to ending his career as Motor Transportation Operations Chief. His work spanned more than 17 years of service. During his service, Dr. Curry traveled to 24 different countries and 42 of the 50 states in the United States. Dr. Curry was always, from childhood, curious about God and His Church. Dr. Curry was 13 years of age when he started actively seeking God. Dr. Curry started going to Bible Studies with a neighbor who was a Jehovah’s Witness, seeking to find out more about who God was. Eventually, Dr. Curry’s home church growing up was Israel Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where the Pastor was the late Rev Samuel S. Jenkins, whose predecessor is, Dr. Edward McCree. Dr. Curry searched different denominations in his search which always led him back to Jesus Christ. Dr. Curry and his family joined The Sanctuary of Jacksonville (SOJ) in December 2010. While attending, Dr. Curry became active in the Church by joining the Usher team. While Dr. Curry was serving on the Usher team, he was selected to become an Armorbearer which was a group of men in the church selected to attend to the Pastor. While serving as an Armorbearer, Dr. Curry began his education in Biblical studies, attending North Carolina College of Theology. He received his Associate’s Degree in 2013 in Biblical Studies. After he deployed to Afghanistan, Dr. Curry continued his studies at North Carolina College of Theology, receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies in 2014. While in Afghanistan, Dr. Curry accepted the calling on his life on January 13, 2014. Dr. Curry “believes God had to get him by himself so He could talk to him”. Dr. Curry was a leader in the Church in Afghanistan, again filling the role as head Armorbearer to Dr. Jeffery Davidson from January to May of After returning home, Dr. Curry was ordained June 17, 2014, by Dr. Jonathan L. Cook, Senior Pastor of The Sanctuary of Jacksonville, who is also Dr. Curry’s Spiritual father. Dr. Curry became the Head Armorbearer at the Sanctuary of Jacksonville and Overseer of all Men’s Ministries, Ushers, Watchmen, and Parking Lot ministries until he retired from the Marine Corps in October 2014. Dr. Curry asked the Lord where He wanted him, and God led him to Fort Wayne, Indiana where Dr. Curry started Fort Wayne Community Church on January 7, 2015. Dr. Curry continued his education and received his Master’s in Theology in 2016 and his Doctorate in Theology in 2017, both from North Carolina College of Theology. Dr. Curry reached out to the Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church, and the two churches merged. Dr. Curry transitioned from working at Noble County Probation as their substance abuse and cognitive behavior instructor in 2018 and became one of the many chaplains at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Dr. Curry became the COO for Our Neutral Voice in 2021. Dr. Curry is married to Caletta L. Curry and they have six children: Elisha, Ja Shawn, Addonus, Andrea, Jocelyn, and Xeriah.

Dr. W. A. Curry Jr