GIDEON FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Senior Pastor
TERRILINE CELEVLAND
Terriline loves God, His Church and His People! A native of Los Angeles, California, her time in ministry spans more than three decades to include music, preaching, and teaching. She served as the Executive Pastor of Gideon, under the leadership of Bishop La’Tresa Jester; and in 2022 she was installed as the Senior Pastor. With a heart to help people, the first initiative she brought to the church was Gideon’s Pantry, a community feeding effort designed to meet the needs of food-insecure families in the South Tucson area. She still enjoys her 20+ year career in Healthcare Administration as the Manager of Crossroads OB/GYN.
Pastor T’s mantra is “We’re in This Thing Together!” She will quickly tell you: it’s not about me, it’s about how we, all of us, can best advance the principles and the Kingdom of God. ...And she seeks out those who will partner with us to walk out the mandate of the church – together.
Bishop
LA'TRESA JESTER
La’Tresa is an innovative and results driven servant leader, a visionary and an entrepreneur. In 2017, she was consecrated as Bishop. She served as the Senior Pastor of Gideon Baptist church for 13 years. In December of 2021, La’Tresa graciously took on the full-time assignment as Bishop of Disaster Service for Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International -- an assignment focused on bridging the gap between emergency management organizations and vulnerable communities. Throughout the last 17 years she has traveled the country training on the importance of disaster resiliency within the faith community.
