Born in Birmingham, Alabama and educated in Birmingham Public Schools, Dr. Michael Wesley, Sr. graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education. He received a Master’s Degree in Music Education; a Class A certification in School Principalship and the Educational Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition, Rev. Wesley received a Bible Diploma and Bible Certification from Birmingham Baptist Bible College. He completed the Beeson Institute for Advanced Church Leadership Program from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. Rev. Wesley earned the Doctor of Ministry Degree from Louisiana Baptist University and Theological Seminary in Shreveport, Louisiana in May 2006.

Dr. Wesley retired in 2003 after a brilliant 26-year career as an educator in the Birmingham Public Schools. He served as a teacher, assistant principal and principal of three different schools (Powderly Elementary; Arrington Middle and was the first African American principal of Woodlawn High School). He served on the Central Office staff as Extended Day Principal and Coordinator of Safe and Drug Free Schools.

Rev. Wesley is regularly sought after to speak in both schools and churches. He has had the privilege of speaking across the nation and in several foreign countries. His spiritual gifts of teaching and preaching are well documented. He is a member of many organizations. His civic and professional associations are too numerous to mention.

Today you can find Dr. Wesley serving as the pastor of the Greater Shiloh Baptist Church in the West End community where he has given twenty years of service. He has a great love for his church family and the community in which Greater Shiloh serves.

He is married to the former Venita Burkes of Columbus, Ohio and is the father of two sons, Rev. Michael Wesley, Jr. and James Edward.

Email: pastorwesley@greatershiloh.org