Raising Kids in the Ministry with Marshelle Wilburn

In Episode Three of Coffee Chats, Diane gains insight on what it was like for today's guest, Marshelle Wilburn, to raise five kids while serving in the ministry along side her husband.

Marshelle Jackson Wilburn, is a California native, born in sunny Southern California and raised in the fog and hills of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a wife, mother of five, inspirational speaker, author, international leadership trainer, and urban church planting missionary to the San Francisco Bay Area.

 Since 2005, she has partnered with her husband, Port, in urban missional strategies, ministry/community leader development and coaching, training, and care for church planters, their spouses and families. Together they replanted a dying ministry and birthed Rock Harbor Christian Fellowship, which is a multi-ethnic, multiplying ministry, and ministry center.

Marshelle's heart for excellence and empowering others has been shown in her roles as a business owner, academic adviser and teacher in primary and secondary education, management at one of San Francisco Bay’s largest homeless shelters, and advocacy and care for women in ministry, She has been a member of church planter assessment teams, a church planter and leadership trainer for North American Mission Board’s SEND Network and currently serves as the Director of H.E.R. Care Women's Network for San Francisco Bay Area Baptist Associations. She has been a published author for LifeWay Christian Resources since 2015 and is also an international Leadership Trainer for LifeWay Women's YOU Lead Women’s Leadership Development.

Marshelle's passion for teaching and encouraging people of all ages to discover their value and life purpose is manifest in her inspirational and practical messages and development series STRONGLife. As a lifelong learner with a degree in Clinical Psychology from Patten University, and a member of Gateway Seminary community as a student and Women’s Forum trainer, she brings a wealth of professional experience and knowledge which inspires audiences and organizations to authentically and practically strive for their greatest potential.

​The loves of her heart are being a wife, mom of four daughters and an only son, and Noni to her first granddaughter, spending time with family, studying and teaching the Bible through her "Simmer In The Word" Series on Facebook and Instagram Live, developing others for exponential impact, oceans, beaches, and coffee.