Pastor E. W. Lee & First Lady Betty Lee

    Our vision here at Shiloh is to G. R. O. W. First, we want to Grow the people. We want every member, and every searching and visiting non-member, to have a church-sponsored opportunity to grow in Christ; to grow spiritually and in the knowledge of what it means to be a servant of God. Second, we want to Reach our destiny and we can only do that through the commitment of you, the body of Christ. Next, we want to provide the avenue for you to Operate in your gifts; the Holy Spirit has gifted every one of us with a gift to help build and uplift the body of Christ. And, finally, we want to Win our community; we want to be beacons of light in a sometimes dark and dreary existence for those who live in our community, but are not familiar with our faith.

In our efforts to G. R. O. W., we need everybody to “…press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14). We have a number of ministries outlined in this booklet, ministries that will help you discover your spiritual gift, if you have not already, and allow you to work in that gift, manifesting the will of God. “Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does” (Eph. 6:7-8). I encourage all of you to find your “sweet spot” and serve from there. If your first attempt does not work, try another ministry and keep trying until you find your “sweet spot”. The Lord will direct you as long as you are available.

Pastor Bio

    As pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church of McDonough, Georgia for more than 36 years, Shiloh has witnessed a phenomenal growth that is nothing short of a miracle! Under Pastor Lee’s servant leadership and with God’s guidance, Shiloh has successfully transitioned into a new 30,000 sq. ft. building with a seating capacity of 1100 – a big jump from the 350-seat legendary church of former days. This feat was no small task, but his vision was simple: - G.R.O.W. - Grow the people, Reach our destiny, Operate in our gifts and Win our community! He knew that in order for his church family to grow in every way and reach the destiny that God wanted for them to win their community, they needed to operate in the spiritual and natural gifts that God had given them.

Shiloh has been a “grounds for exchange”, and Pastor Lee is passionate about bringing the next stage of Shiloh’s growth to fruition. “Grounds for exchange” refers to the inheritance that God wants for Shiloh to take charge of to further bring positive changes in McDonough and Henry County. In the book of Joshua, we observe Joshua positioning and preparing the tribes of Israel to do what numerous leaders and generations had not been able to do: Take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of their fathers, had been given. Through the BLESS Campaign (a capital stewardship plan), he is now leading the congregation through a three-year faith walk to raise funds for Phase II of Shiloh’s expansion: a family life center, all-purpose gymnasium, office space and classrooms, commercial kitchen, expansion of current sanctuary, renovation of current Christian Education Center to convert into a pre-school child care academy, debt cancellation on current sanctuary, etc.

He is blessed to be able to devote his life to fulltime ministry, but there was a time when he concurrently worked a full-time job while serving as the pastor of Shiloh. He was the Executive Director at the Campbellton YMCA before retiring after 33 years of service (June 2002). He was also blessed to have a room named there in his honor.

Currently, Rev. Lee serves as Chaplain for the Henry County Police Department. He is also Chairman of the Henry County United Way Advisory Board, President of the Henry County Ministerial Alliance, Board Chair of the New Era Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Moderator of the Shoal Creek Baptist Association and is a McDonough Housing Authority Board member. He previously served as Director of the New Era State Congress of Christian Education and member of the Board of Directors for Henry County Residential Housing. As a result of his service in McDonough and Shiloh’s long-standing as a beacon in the community, former Mayor Richard Craig of McDonough, Georgia declared Sunday, April 3, 2005 as Reverend Edward W. Lee Day.

Rev. Lee was licensed to preach in March 1963 by Shiloh’s former pastor, the late Reverend R. H. Milner. He graduated from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta (April 1963) and was ordained as a minister in October 1964. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Morris Brown College in Atlanta (June 1969). He was blessed to receive his Doctor of Philosophy in Religion from North Carolina College of Theology, Wilberton, N.C. (May 6, 2008).

Reflecting on all that God has allowed him to do, he is blessed to be married for 42 years to his dynamic wife and soul mate, Betty. They are equally blessed to have two sons; Ted (married to Melva) and Eric (married to Miek) and five grandchildren; Eric, Elizabeth, Emanuel, Endia and Ellis.