Reverend Wanda N. Golden

Lady Golden, Our Queen!

In November 1994, alongside my husband and pastor, Reverend Johnny N. Golden, Sr., I was blessed to receive God’s call to serve the great and glorious family of New Unity Baptist Church Ministries—a clarion call to be premier in Worship, in Witness, and in Works.

The heartbeat of our ministry remains the same:

To Equip & Empower the People of God for the Work of the Kingdom.

As First Lady and co-laborer in this beloved fellowship of believers, my calling is clear and unwavering:

• To fiercely empower women and girls to live fully into who God created them to be.
• To promote their sense of self-worth and God-given dignity.
• To champion their right to choose, act, and lead under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

• To advocate for their sacred birthright to influence change for themselves, their families, and their communities.

As the writer Jill Briscoe reminds us:

“Love comes as we serve, as we get involved, as we work closely together. We need to be near enough to see the tears, to catch the sigh, to touch each other’s hands!”

Women and girls were never an afterthought in the ministry of Jesus. Throughout the Gospels, He saw them, honored them, healed them, taught them, and entrusted them with His message:

• John 4:7–26 – the Samaritan woman at the well
• John 8:10–11 – the woman accused of adultery 
• Luke 7:12–13 – the widow of Nain
• Luke 8:48 – the woman with the issue of blood
• Luke 23:27–31 – the women who wept along His path to the cross

In each encounter, Jesus addressed their needs with compassion, spoke truth with love, and affirmed their worth as image-bearers of God. He valued their prayers, fellowship, service, financial support, witness, and testimony—recognizing them as vital partners in His Kingdom work.

My vision as a minister of the Gospel is to support God’s people everywhere, especially women, in “seeing divinity in the totality of life,” as Dr. Raquel Lettsome so powerfully states. I believe we must pray for God to work His will in us—and then step boldly into that calling.

Like the 5 daughters of Zelophehad, we must move from complaint to action. We are Imago Dei—created in His image—and we have a rightful inheritance in Christ. We must be willing to be willing, and then to work “God’s good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13).

“Beloved, I wish above all things that you prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.” — 3 John 2

It is my heart’s desire to please God in all I do. Serving the church—especially the sisterhood—brings Him glory and allows me to bless women wherever there is need and opportunity.

In Sisterly Love

Reverend Wanda N. Golden