Elaine P. Walters, Member
Pastor, St. Stephens A.M.E. Church
Founder & Director, New Me Ministries

Rev. Elaine P. Mangrum Walters is a nationally known preacher, author, speaker and teacher. She is much sought-after in social, civic, and, religious circles for her keen ability to integrate theological concepts with social responsibility. Rev. Walters preaches and teaches a gospel that has legs and feet, a gospel of liberation and redemption, and a gospel of love and grace.

Rev. Walters is the Pastor of St. Stephens A.M.E. Church, Hanover, Indiana. She is the Founder & Director of New Me Ministries, Inc. and the former Director of Outreach & Foreign Affairs for Eastern Star Baptist Church. She is a Social Worker in the state of Indiana and a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. She has more than 20 years experience as a social worker, working with disadvantaged families and troubled children. Rev. Walters is a native of California. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Services Administration and a Master of Arts Degree in Urban Ministry.

Her distinguished career includes the keys of the cities of Indianapolis, Kokomo, and Elkhart, Indiana. She was the first female to deliver the city-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day address in Anderson, Indiana. She has served as keynote speaker for the federal and state governments and other human service agencies in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Columbus, OH; Richmond, VA; Tulsa and Oklahoma City, OK. She has ministered internationally serving on the mission fields in Naples, Italy and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Rev. Walters has served as the keynote speaker and conference convener for Victorious Christian Women (Flint, MI), Perfecting Praise Conference (Los Angeles, CA) and women’s groups across the United States, too numerous to name. Rev. Walters is a member of the NAACP, President of Indiana Minority AIDS Coalition, Consultant/Trainer for Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition, Trainer for National African American Tobacco Education Network, Consultant on the Fugitive Safe Surrender Project, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.