Named after the Archangel, Michael is the grandson of a sharecropper and the son of two preachers. After graduating with honors from North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, Michael was tutored by Elder C.F. Jackson, Elder Ivey L. Cowan, and Dr. Gregg Singer. In 1989 he laid the foundation for Damascus Church. As a bishop in the Emmanuel Churches worldwide, he has performed extensive evangelism and missionary work in South Africa and Alabama, USA. It is the Bishop's hope that the publishing and distribution of this work will greatly enhance the work in South Africa and other developing countries who hunger and thirst after the Word of God.