Meet our Chairman

Reverend John D. Hearn Jr. descends from a long line of pastors. His maternal uncle Ned Rushing of Carthage, Mississippi founded the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church after the emancipation. His Earthly and namesake Reverend John D. Hearn Sr., founded People's Community Baptist Church of Inkster (later Westland), Michigan. His older brother Reverend Gerry K. Hearn served the Lord at the First Baptist Church of Perryville Kentucky. His oldest brother Reverend David S. Hearn served as senior pastor of Christian Faith Ministries for 8 years until graduating to his heavenly home in March of 2012.

For our beloved pastor, the call to Christian service was seeded over 160 years ago. The seeds continued to germinate as he worked tirelessly alongside his late brother, Reverend David and choir Maestro Cedric, from the very establishment of Christian Faith Ministries of Garden City.

However, unlike his two brothers (Reverend David Hearn and Reverend Gerry Hearn), who heeded the call to the Ministry during their teen years, Reverend John Jr. was resistant at first. Very much like Jonah, he had to be swallowed up, transported and languished in the belly of the Fish!

He preached his trial sermon in May of 2005 at People's Community Baptist Church, it was titled “The way of Thomas” taken from John 20:24-26. In August 2006, he received his certificate of License to preach the gospel. Then, on November 30th 2010, he received his certificate of Ordination upon the authority of the Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church in Hamtramck, under the authority of the Reverend Dr. Joseph R. Jordan.

Reverend John D. Hearn Jr. is the 4th of five children born to the late Reverend John D. Hearn Sr. and Juanita R. Hearn. He matriculated through the Westwood Public School System in Dearborn Heights he studied Business Administration at Franklin University in Columbus Ohio. He also received Christian Education from Baylor University Truitt School of Theology. He serves as a Chaplain for the Inkster Police Department as well as the Wayne County Sheriff's Department, he is the President of the Inkster Ministerial Alliance and Vicinity, he is a member of the Baptist Pastors Council of Detroit where he serves on the Political Action Committee, he is 2nd Vice President of the Western Wayne County NAACP, he also serves with the Western Wayne County Democratic Black Caucus as Vice chair, He is also a member of Michigan United, and his also President of the Western Wayne Urban Community Development Corporation just to name a few, he's has faithfully served as Pastor of Christian Faith Ministries of Garden City, Michigan for 11 years.