TRAILBLAZER ~ ENTREPRENEUR ~ MINISTER |
Michael Eley, Jr. is called for his generation. He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of seven. In 2013, he was inducted into the Academy of Preachers. He preached his initial sermon and was licensed into the gospel ministry in 2015 at Mount Peace Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Michael is a Spring 2018 honors graduate of Hampton University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing. While at Hampton, Michael was a member of the prestigious Greer Dawson Wilson Student Leadership Program, President of the Hampton University Chapter of the American Marketing Association, and served as Executive Minister of the Interfaith Collegiate Fellowship (Campus Ministry). Michael serves as the North Carolina Regional Chaplain of the National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc. |
In the community, he is a member of the Wendell-Wake County branch of the NAACP, Inc. He serves as Executive Committee Member of the Young Preachers Network of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc.
Michael is the Minister of Young Adults at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC, under the pastoral leadership of the Rev. Dr. Enoch E. Holloway, Sr.
Spring of 2021, Michael graduated from Wake Forest University School of Divinity, where he earned the Master of Divinity and a certificate in Faith-Based Nonprofit Leadership. In student life, he served as Vice President of the Black Student Association known as AKONI.
Michael is the CEO and founder of Outpour, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization that has impacted over 1,400 college-aged students, distinctively in HBCU's, through live events and digital community building. He was recognized as a 2019 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion "Stories of Strength" honoree for this work.
Michael has the unconditional support and guidance of his parents, Pastor Michael and First Lady Tonya Eley.
Michael is the Minister of Young Adults at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC, under the pastoral leadership of the Rev. Dr. Enoch E. Holloway, Sr.
Spring of 2021, Michael graduated from Wake Forest University School of Divinity, where he earned the Master of Divinity and a certificate in Faith-Based Nonprofit Leadership. In student life, he served as Vice President of the Black Student Association known as AKONI.
Michael is the CEO and founder of Outpour, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization that has impacted over 1,400 college-aged students, distinctively in HBCU's, through live events and digital community building. He was recognized as a 2019 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion "Stories of Strength" honoree for this work.
Michael has the unconditional support and guidance of his parents, Pastor Michael and First Lady Tonya Eley.
