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.
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)