Brother Dennis R. Wharton has been
the Pastor of Beacon Missionary Baptist Church (BMBC) for
16 years. He is a graduate of Fresno Missionary Baptist Seminary
and has received his Masters in Biblical Counseling from Shasta
Bible College. He has been a spiritual leader, counselor, and a friend of our congregation throughout
this time. Bro. Wharton received Jesus as his personal
Savior on a Friday night in August 1959 at a church camp in Iowa.
His wife, Linda, was saved in 1966 and is also a wonderful
spiritual leader, counselor and role model, especially for the
women. She has received her Bachelors and Masters degree in
Biblical Counseling from the Shasta Bible College.
It is our hope and pleasure that you will come visit us at BMBC and
experience the joy of serving Jesus with us.
Fax: (530) 221-7849
Phone: (530) 226-1989
Email Address:
denwhar@pacbell.net
Assistant Pastor: Ray Velasquez
Bro. Ray Velasquez accepted
Jesus Christ
as his Savior in the summer of 1986, and not long afterward was
baptized at
First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church of Woodbridge,
Ca. In 1990 the Lord called bro. Ray into the ministry and six
months later he quit his city job and left to attend Fresno
Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary. Bro. Ray graduated
FMBI with a Bachelor’s degree in Theology and a Graduate of
Bible Languages degree. He has spent 13 years pastoring
Missionary Baptist churches in Southern California and
one year in Washington State as a Missionary Pastor. He has also
traveled to the Philippines to visit a missionary friend and
assist him with preaching the Gospel.
His wife, sis. Claudia, was also saved in 1986. She spent three
years studying at Latin American Bible Institute in
La Puente, Ca. and has spent time in Guatamala, South
America, as an assistant to missionaries. In 1994 she was
baptized at Ebeneezer
Missionary Baptist
Church in
Rosemead, Ca. Sis. Claudia and bro. Ray met at a local
association of Missionary Baptist churches in 1996 and then
married in 1997 while bro. Ray was pastoring his
first church in Camarillo, Ca. Sis. Claudia is best known
for her infectious smile wherever she goes.
Webmasters:
Elijah Allen,
Dennis
Wharton
