About EL & EM Community Ministries
We Serve in the Spirit of Christ
Pastor Leon Dillard Sr. and Elder Darlene Dillard were both ordained and commissioned to go out and take the gospel of Jesus Christ to other parts of the nation according to Mark 16:15. Under EL & EM Community Ministries, they have traveled extensively- preaching and teaching in the states and abroad. For more than 20 years, Pastor Leon Dillard, Sr. and his wife Elder Darlene Dillard served and received ministerial tutelage under the dynamic leadership of Abundant Life Ministries of Richmond, VA. This leadership included the founder, Apostle Steve I. Foreman and Lady Olivia Foreman and Senior Pastor Gary Foreman and Lady Latonya Foreman. We thank all who have and continue to co-labor with us, with special thanks to Elders George and Gloria Thomas of ALCC for their priceless wisdom.
Vision
We envision the lives of ordinary people being transformed by the word of God through the acceptance of Jesus Christ in their hearts and the gift of the Holy Spirit working as their leader and guide. We see a community of believers walking in their God-given authority and teaching others of the foundation of the apostles and prophets.
Ephesians 2:20
Mission
Our ordained purpose for this ministry is to have the everlasting gospel preached without compromise unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people as commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein those that hear and follow His instructions will be faithful to teach others, therefore becoming partakers of a legacy of discipleship.
Revelation 14:6, Matthew 28:19-20
We Love and We Honor
The EL & EM Community Ministries is currently based in Yale of Sussex County, VA. El and EM was derived from the first names of Pastor Leon and Elder Darlene's mothers, Ellen Dillard and Emma Gaines. Honoring their parents is a driving force for their ministry as they know that their mothers would want them to reach the highest heights for Jesus Christ. Pastor Leon and Elder Darlene hold in their hearts a love for all people. Their focus is to introduce the world to Jesus Christ and teach people to live an enhanced and abundant life in Christ.