Pastor  Sandra Whiteside

Pastor Sandra Louise Whiteside is a native of Candor NC, and is the daughter of Pastor Odessa Talley and the late Elbert Bittle.  She attended public school in Montgomery County and is a proud 1982 graduate of East Montgomery High School, Biscoe NC.  Her spiritual foundation was formed at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church where she received Jesus as her Lord and Saviour under the leadership of Pastor Michael Anthony Isaac of Hoffman, NC.

Elder Whiteside attended Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst NC for two years and transferred to North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro NC in 1985 receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management in 1989.  She also earned a Master of Divinity degree from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 2016.

After graduating from A&T, she united in holy matrimony with her college sweetheart, Tony Alton Whiteside, native of Greensboro NC.  In their union, the Lord blessed them with 3 wonderful children.  Marcus Anthony, Jonathan Lamar (wife Nicole Lee), Gabrielle Mikaela Whiteside.

Her and the Children were blessed to venture the journey of life in the Air Force throughout the US, as Tony served in the USAF until his retirement in 2008. Elder Whiteside was licensed to preach the gospel at Faith Deliverance Church in Newport News Va. on February 28, 2010 and was ordained in July 2014.