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Sis Latisha Rae Cummings is a leader of several ministries in the Ohio Valley, and is known as a woman of excellence.  She is married to Dr. D. W. Cummings.  Pastor and Sis. Cummings are the spiritual leaders of Bethlehem Apostolic Temple, Wheeling, WV.  Pastor Cummings has been the pastor of the Temple since June 15, 1990.  They are leaders also of Shiloh Apostolic Faith Assembly, Weirton, WV.  Pastor Cummings has been the pastor there since April 2004.  They are also the leaders of the North Wheeling Community Youth Center, Wheeling, WV, a branch of Bethlehem Temple Ministries, which works with community efforts and works with the youth in the area.  They also work together in the D. W. Cummings Evangelistic Association, a Greater Love Ministries.  This is the evangelistic portion that does revivals, seminars, and has hosted since 1999 the Timothy Leadership Conference which reaches out to pastors, ministers, and leaders preparing them for God’s next wave of glory.

Sis. Latisha Cummings was born in Steubenville, OH to the parents of Don and Rebecca Turner of Weirton.  She grew up as a member of Shiloh Apostolic Faith Assembly where her family has been a member for the last three generations.  Her grandfather, Willie Tucker, was one of the senior deacons of the church and her grandmother, Bertha Tucker, was one of the mothers of the church where they both were known as hard workers under the pastorate of Elder J.J. Gibson.  Her mother is still presently an executive officer in the church.  In August of 1989 she was baptized at her home assembly.  In the summer of 1990 under the pastorate of Elder Paul Moore, she received the gift of the Holy Ghost.  After graduating from Brooke High School, she went onto Bethany College, Bethany, WV where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. 

She went on to work in various business fields such as Pilot Recruiting in the Human Resources Department for U.S. Airways; Executive Secretary of Urban Missions, Inc.; and then becoming an Admissions Counselor at West Liberty University.  In March 2011 God directed her life to become an Administrator for both ministries at Bethlehem Temple in Wheeling and Shiloh Apostolic Faith Assembly in Weirton. 

For the last 3 terms she has served as Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer for the Southeast Region Young People under the leadership of Elder Jay Agnew, President and Bishop Roy C. Dawkins, Liaison. God has enlarged her borders recently by being asked to speak at a Regional Women meeting, teach marriage seminars, and speak at both churches for various programs.  She has also traveled on Missions trips to the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and South Africa to both speak and assist the ministry.  Since 2017 she has been the senior teacher for the Young Adult Class at Bethlehem Temple.  In 2019 she was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for YWCA in Wheeling, WV.  In October 2021 she received her license from the Ohio District Council of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc as a minister. In July 2022 she became the Asst. Secretary for the O, D.C. Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows Alliance under the administration of Dr. Dolorus Nevels’ presidency.

Sis. Latisha as the ministry’s administrator coordinates Pastor Cummings schedule as the speaker for the “Voice in the Wilderness” radio and television broadcast. She helps co-write weekly and monthly guest editorials for several major newspapers in the Ohio Valley. She ministers with him in the Chaplain’s Department for two State Prisons, one Nursing Home and two hospitals.  Pastor and Sis. Cummings have five children: Melanie Faith, Claude Vaughn, Richard William, Alexis LaShae’, and Savannah Lynn.  It is their mission together to do the work of God’s Kingdom.