Hello,

 

As you have read on the previous page some of my music performance as a musician and producer, I spent 5 years as Director of A & R for Kingdom Records, 1 year as President of The Well Media Group, and 2 years with Tribute Records in Nashville, Tennessee. Gaining valuable knowledge, insight, and experience within the commercial music arena. Additionally, I have served as the Creative Arts Senior Director at 3 of the nation’s largest ministries by providing full-time department creation, development, enhancement, and leadership. In 2023, I officially launched the consulting wing where I assist ministries to bring synergy and symmetry to all entities within their organization. Currently, I am consulting for ministries within the Chicagoland area. I can provide consulting to your ministry virtually or in person.

 
 
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My aim is to assist leaders to stregthen systems they manage… with integrity.

- Michael Weatherspoon

 
 

I have written four books. “The Cost of Indecision: A Plan for Music & Life”, “Notes to a Leader”, “Wisdom for Creatives Volume I: The Soul”, and the “Creative Arts Ministry Blueprint”. To find out more about these books and receive your autographed copy, click this link: products.

In previous positions, I served as Senior Director of Creative Arts & Development at New Life Covenant Church Southeast in Chicago, IL, Pastor of Worship/Music at All Nations Worship Assembly in Chicago, IL, and Minister of Music at Valley Kingdom Ministries International in Oak Forest, IL.

Currently, I serve on the Board of Directors for American Blues Theater in Chicago, Illinois, and on the Board of Directors for Black Christian Influencers (BCI). In addition, I serve on the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committee for Porchlight Music Theater Company in Chicago. In April 2021, I was ordained as a Pastor at New Life Covenant Church Southeast. In September of 2022, I received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Sacred Music: Praise & Worship from WWMI Seminary and Bible Institute in Indiana.

Additionally, I am working as a consultant for various religious institutions in the Chicagoland area. For more information about those ministries and services, click this link: consulting.

Below is a list of all conferences, institutions, and organizations I have presented:














ACME BAPTIST CHURCH MUSIC CONFERENCE

ALL NATIONS WORSHIP ASSEMBLY (CHICAGO)

ALL NATIONS WORSHIP ASSEMBLY (TORONTO)

ALL NATIONS WORSHIP ASSEMBLY MUSIC SUMMIT

APEX LIFE WORSHIP CENTER

APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GOD CHICAGO

ARISE CONFERENCE (WILLOW CREEK CHURCH)

CANADA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

CENTER OF HOPE WORSHIP AND ARTS CONFERENCE

CHICAGO GOSPEL ANNOUNCERS GUILD

CHRISTOPHER MONTGOMERY GLOBAL MINISTRIES

CHRISTIAN ENRICHMENT MINISTRIES CONFERENCE

CRUSHING THE RUNWAY CONFERENCE (BELIZE)

DEEPER STILL CONFERENCE

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

DESIGNERS WAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (FLORIDA)

ECC MUSIC CONFERENCE

EDWIN HAWKINS MUSIC & ARTS SEMINAR

ENGAGE CONFERENCE

FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHICAGO

FIRE CONFERENCE 

GOSPEL MUSIC WORSHIP OF AMERICA

GRANDE PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY

GREATER HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

HOLMAN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH (HOUSTON)

IRON SHARPENS IRON CONFERENCE

KISHA L. CEPHUS MINISTRIES

LEADER SHIFT SUMMIT (CHICAGO)

LEGACY MUSIC GROUP (TORONTO)

LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS

LITTLE MOUNTAIN OF HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

LIVING WATERS MINISTRIES

LIVING WORD MINISTRIES

LOVE CHURCH

MARS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

MEN OF WORSHIP CONFERENCE

MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH (NASHVILLE)

NEW HARVEST MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

NEW LIFE COVENANT CHURCH SOUTHEAST

NORTHERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

ONE VISION WORSHIP CENTER

PLEASANT RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH

PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE

PROPHETIC RESURGENCE RETREAT

PURE LEAD SUMMIT

ReFRESH SUMMIT

RESPONSIBLE WORSHIP CONFERENCE (TORONTO)

SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHICAGO

SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHICAGO LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

SAVED BY GRACE KINGDOM MINISTRIES

SELAH CONFERENCE (CHICAGO)

SOUTH PARK BAPTIST CHURCH

SOUTH SUBURBAN MBC

SpiritLIFE CONFERENCE

SPRING INTO SPLENDOR CONFERENCE

ST. MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

SUBMERGE CONFERENCE (DALLAS)

TCT NETWORK “PRAYER ON PURPOSE”

TABERNACLE OF PRAISE (BUFFALO)

THE BUILDER’S HUB

THE GO CHURCH (INDIANA)

TOUCHING THE WORLD MINISTRIES (MS)

TRAILBLAZERS CONFERENCE (N.C)

TRITON COLLEGE

URBAN CREATIVES

UNITED FAITH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

UNIVERSITY OF ST. FRANCIS

VALLEY KINGDOM MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

WORSHIP ACTIVATION WORKSHOP

WORSHIP AS IT IS IN HEAVEN CONFERENCE

THE ONE CONFERENCE

THE WORSHIP GATHERING

ZION TRAVELERS CHURCH

12 HOUR PRAYER (JFH MINISTRIES)

1ST JURISDICTION OF ILLINOIS MUSIC DEPARTMENT (COGIC)