Pastor Simeon Corum

People know Pastor Simeon Corum as a devoted father and grandfather, a dedicated and faithful husband, a committed friend, a pastor, preacher, teacher, a worshiper, prayer warrior, but he is much more than that.

He was born in Washington, DC and attended the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC and majored in Communications and Psychology. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Breakthrough Bible College in August 2013 and further his education with an Associate’s degree and a Master in Theology.

Pastor Simeon Corum was baptized and filled with the precious Holy Spirit in June 1982 at the age of 24 and served under the tutelage of the late Apostle C. L. Long for over 30 years. As he was faithful to the call of our Lord Jesus Christ, God made him a servant as a deacon, minister, elder and church administrator at the Scripture Cathedral, 810 “O” Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

As Pastor Simeon Corum grew up in the northwest, Washington, DC area, he was involved in the entertainment field which he witnessed drug-abuse, alcoholism, crime and juvenile delinquency that ran rampant in the area and needed a change for him and others around him. Seeing many of his peers destroyed by the “street violence,” guns and drugs, the destruction of sin has made him determine to submit to the life-changing power of the “Word of God” to the oppressed and down-trodden.

Pastor Simeon Corum was sent out to pastor with his lovely wife Joanne whom they been married for over 39 years with their three lovely children in Alexandria, VA in 2004, who then moved to the Maryland area at the Matthew Henson Elementary School where he pastored until 2006. That’s when he launched an event of “Bringing the Gospel to the Neighborhood” in 2006, which brought many souls to Jesus Christ. He published a book “The Ultimate Christian Portrayal.”

Pastor Simeon Corum is a passionate minister with a heart for souls. The Lord Jesus Christ has grace him to preach the gospel of good news to those who are lost, hurt and the broken hearted. He ministers with relentless faith that God will deliver the body of Christ and God’s love is ever present and working in their lives in all circumstances and situations. Pastor Simeon Corum realizes, having been snatched from the clutches of natural and spiritual death, he is persuaded that God uses circumstances and persecutions to reveal His plan of salvation, healing, deliverance, and blessings to the body of Christ.

Since Pastor Simeon Corum has submitted his will to God’s will, God has made him a shepherd over the parishioners of the Goshen Worship Center Church along with his family in Forestville, Maryland, where he is serving as the Senior Pastor. One of Pastor Simeon Corum favorite scriptures in the Bible found in Romans 8:35 – Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Joanne Corum

About Joanne Corum

Joanne was born in the United States and married to Simeon Corum on October 15, 1983. The two have three lovely children who serves closely in ministry, Ashley, Simeon, Jr., Jahmal and six grandchildren, Elijah, Mackenzie, Shiloh, Matthias, Adalyn, and Sarah. Joanne realized that serving God first is real ministry. God called Joanne at the age of sixteen where she experienced the sweet adorable Holy Spirit that changed her life completely. Joanne was given a dream from the Lord that she would be singing to millions around the world and through that dream she has developed a consecrated prayer life, and intercedes for the Body of Christ. God has graced her to be a psalmist, worship leader, an intercessor. Joanne realizes that serving in the ministry of God is a divine privilege and she has embraced that called as a soloist, choir director, worship leader and a teacher, along with assisting her husband as the Senior Pastor of the Goshen Worship Center Church, located in Forestville, Maryland. Joanne life changing experience of salvation has equipped her for the call of God upon her life.

Education and Achievements

Joanne was taught the Bible and mentored by Apostle Clarence. L. Long of the Scripture Cathedral, and Bishop Alfred A. Owens of Mount Calvary Holy Church, in Washington, DC, and is currently being taught Biblical Studies by Pastor Benny Hinn at the Benny Hinn Bible Institute. Joanne understands the value of good Christian Education and studied Homiletics I and II, Introduction to Preaching and Women in Ministry at the Calvary Bible Institute in 2016, and The Art of Preaching at Calvary Bible Institute in 2017. At the Scripture Cathedral Bible Institute, she completed courses in the Making of a Leader, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, The Book of Revelation and Jesus is Coming in 1983.

Joanne also appreciates general education and completed courses at the Prince Georges Community College for Business Management, 1980; Jefferson Business College for Business Administration, 1984; National Education Center for Medical Assistant, 1990; Washington Education Center, CEO System Manager Data General, 1992.

Joanne received several Awards and Certificates for her quality work performance and appreciation for her more than 41 years of service in the Government of the United States, which includes working for the United States Congress of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Democratic Headquarters in Washington, DC, and the National Institutes of Health, where she retired April 2015.

Outreach Ministry

Joanne assists with the Goshen Worship Center Outreach Ministry “Feeding the Hungry” and “Bringing the Gospel to the Neighborhood in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC areas and also assist around the world with other outreach ministries such as Samaritan’s Purse with Franklin Graham, Benny Hinn, Marilyn & Sarah, Daystar, Trinity Broadcast Network, Israel, and give clothes to the shelters in the metropolitan areas, and many others. In Matthews 25:35, For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.

Vision and Goals

Joanne’s life-long vision is to build a senior citizen home(s). She has love and adoration for the elderly and wants to give them a place where their needs are met physically and spiritually, and that their hearts will flourish with God’s love. Joanne believes that the GWCC ministry has its focus on unity of souls and families, and she glories that day when all God’s people regardless of their race will experience the saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ together in the beauty of holiness.

Joanne also has an overwhelming passion and desire to teach and to minister to the “hurting in the body of Christ”, Christians that have been wounded and broken, misunderstood and isolated in the house of God. She wants them to know that God has a secret place of security. A place of intimacy with him that protects and preserves us even as God uses the experiences of disappointment to prepare us for our call-in ministry. The Bible said, “He who dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty…Because thou hast made the Lord, who is my refuge even the Most High thy habitation….” Psalm 91.