Rev. Sylvia Copeland champions her life as a servant of the underprivileged, underserved, and lost souls. She is the CEO and Founder of a faith-based nonprofit organization; a licensed and ordained preacher where she serves as the Assistant Pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church; and employed as the Constituent Services Director for the U.S. House of Representatives.
          Pastor Sylvia, as she is affectionately known, received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications with a Journalism Minor from Norfolk State University. She advanced her studies further at Norfolk Seminary and College in Theology and Biblical Counseling. Additionally, she has obtained 31 years of expertise working with various Housing Authorities and operating her nonprofit organization. Pastor Sylvia is an accomplished Grant Writer and has secured numerous grants for businesses and nonprofit organizations.
          Her ministry comprises the establishment of the Women’s Ministry, Radio Broadcasts, Conferences, Revivalist, Workshop Facilitator, Biblical Counselor and Educator, and Mentor. Pastor Sylvia is proficient in the administration and development of staff training for church and the secular marketplace.
          Pastor Sylvia’s most notable mention is the publishing of her first book, “Church Inbreed—When the Church Dates the World”. She is a great orator and gospel preacher and has been a lifetime member of Oak Grove Baptist Church (Suffolk, VA).