Dr. Mike Welch
apostle
Mike Welch: Pastor/Apostle
Patty Welch: Co-Pastor/Women's Ministry
Biography of Apostle Mike Welch
West Fork Christian Fellowship
Mike Welch has been a minister of the Gospel for 32 years. He was delivered from drug and alcohol addiction at the age of twenty-eight through a powerful encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Since the time of his conversion, Mike has sought to follow the Lord as closely as he can. He began ministry as an evangelist, sharing the good news in the work place, in jails and in churches. Before long, he began to travel to other nations under the direction of the Holy Spirit. In 1993, on his return from the island of Jamaica, he felt the call of God to move to that nation and oversee a network of churches that had been established. So for close to three years, he, his wife Patty, and daughter Rachel lived and ministered there. Upon their return to the U.S., they reestablished themselves in Indiana to work in their home church overseeing missions, small groups and leading mission teams on short term outreaches. In the years since that time Mike has traveled to 21 nations. He established God With Us Ministries, an international apostolic missions ministry, which includes the work of 80+ churches, a Bible training center and an orphanage with 72 children in India. This ministry has birthed 8 Bible training centers in Bolivia, South America.
In 2003, Mike was asked to step in as Interim Pastor at Cornerstone Fellowship in Cincinnati, Ohio. After several months as Interim Pastor, the Holy Spirit encouraged Mike and Patty to speak to a Pastoral Search Committee and see if they would be interested in establishing a new work out of the old work and birthing West Fork Christian Fellowship with Mike as the Senior Pastor and Patty as co-Pastor. After a time of prayer and seeking the Lord it was decided that this was the will of God, so in July of 2004 West Fork Christian Fellowship was birthed.
In November 2010, Mike and Patty received their Ministry Ordination at White Horse Christian Center under the direction of their pastor and friend, Pastor Jeff Johns. Mike received his Doctorate of Theology at White Horse School of Ministries in 2018, and continues to pursue his education in Biblical Studies.
West Fork Christian Fellowship reflects Mike and Patty's commitment to developing healthy relationships in the body as well as a strong apostolic desire for the nations. He believes that the church has an absolute responsibility to equip every believer for the work of the ministry through the Ephesians 4 ministry model. Mike exhibits a father's heart and has a tremendous desire to see the lost redeemed and prodigals restored.
Mike and Patty have been married for 43 years and have two children, Michael Jr. (Kathleen) and Rachel (Jason Bosket), and three grandchildren, Nathaniel, Abigail and Joy.
Kimberly and Daniel Maloy - Lead Pastors
After years of serving at West Fork, Kimberly and Daniel stepped into the role of lead pastors in February of 2021. They began in a leadership role in the church by leading the youth in 2013 and then were welcomed on staff in 2015. They have over 20 years of ministry experience organizing youth crusades, leading missions trips and touching lives.
Both Daniel and Kimberly are highly anointed in the prophetic teaching of the Word. They have a passion for revival, to see a young generation on fire for God, and to see the Church unite to reach the lost and see it restored to its book of Acts roots. Kimberly is anointed in worship with flags and dance and stewards the presence of God powerfully and desires to release God's creativity through the arts in the church. She is also an anointed prophetic artist who has been trained by the Holy Spirit to capture the Father’s heart in her work. Daniel has published Kingdom Shift - It's Time, a prophetic call for the Body to return to Kingdom principles and work together.
Both Daniel and Kimberly are highly anointed in the prophetic teaching of the Word. They have a passion for revival, to see a young generation on fire for God, and to see the Church unite to reach the lost and see it restored to its book of Acts roots. Kimberly is anointed in worship with flags and dance and stewards the presence of God powerfully and desires to release God's creativity through the arts in the church. She is also an anointed prophetic artist who has been trained by the Holy Spirit to capture the Father’s heart in her work. Daniel has published Kingdom Shift - It's Time, a prophetic call for the Body to return to Kingdom principles and work together.