| REVEREND DENNIS E. WHITMORE Pastor of Hilltop Christian Fellowship Clear Spring, MD |
Rev. Dennis E. Whitmore is the Senior Pastor of Hilltop Christian
Fellowship in Clear Spring, MD.
Pastor Dennis was born and raised in Baltimore City graduating from
Towson University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration, with concentrations in management and marketing.
Out of college, he pursued a career in health and fitness as a
salesman, personal trainer and manager in Baltimore area health
clubs for eight years. Through his experience in physical fitness
training, the Lord taught him spiritual fitness. From there he was
called into ordained ministry. Graduating in 1995 from Wesley
Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., he served in United
Methodist churches for 12 years. In 2007, he received credentials
through the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
During his four years in seminary, he was the Director of Christian
Education at Catonsville United Methodist Church (1991-1995). Upon
ordination in 1995, he served for seven years as pastor of the
Potomac Charge, which consists of Mt. Carmel, St. Paul, and Park
Head United Methodist churches in Big Pool, MD (1995-2002). He
was appointed Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in
Laurel, a church of 600-plus members. He was active in ministries to
the homeless and those with substance abuse issues.
He served as Vice President of the Laurel Clergy Association. Active
in opposing state-sponsored gambling through slot machines, he
helped form "Side by Side'', a ministry which encouraged Laurel
churches to adopt their local public school as an alternative to
funding through gambling.
After Katrina ravaged the Gulf states, Laurel, MD adopted Laurel,
MS. First Church engaged in its first mission trip in 2006, sending a
team to work with traumatized children. Pastor Dennis rode his bike
1,071 miles from Laurel to Laurel, "Riding for Roofs'' to raise
$10,000 in funds for home repairs for seniors.
Though the Lord was blessing his ministry in Laurel, he felt called to
leave the United Methodist church to pursue the vision for ministry
he received in June 2003, after many months of prayer. It is this
vision which Hilltop is diligently pursuing today.
"To be a church that .....
Knows The Lord, Knows The Word, and Walks In Both''
"In Christ ... being built together for a dwelling place of God
in the Spirit.'' (Ephesians 2:22)
Pastor Dennis and Marcella, his wife sinced 1989, and their
daughters, Elizabeth (1999) and Joanna (2003) live on Saint Paul
Road in Clear Spring, MD.
Marcella was raised in Glen Burnie, MD, she also graduated from
Towson and then earned her Master of Library Science degree from
the University of Maryland, College Park. She was a full-time
librarian with the Baltimore County Public Library until they came to
Big Pool in 1995. She volunteered with the Washington County
Public Library and was eventually hired as Branch Manager in
Hancock. She became a full-time stay-at-home mom for eight years.
She currently works part time at the Boonsboro branch.
Elizabeth and Joanna attend public school in Clear Spring. They
enjoy reading, arts and crafts with their mom, bicycling with their
dad and trips to Sweetsies.
Fellowship in Clear Spring, MD.
Pastor Dennis was born and raised in Baltimore City graduating from
Towson University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration, with concentrations in management and marketing.
Out of college, he pursued a career in health and fitness as a
salesman, personal trainer and manager in Baltimore area health
clubs for eight years. Through his experience in physical fitness
training, the Lord taught him spiritual fitness. From there he was
called into ordained ministry. Graduating in 1995 from Wesley
Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., he served in United
Methodist churches for 12 years. In 2007, he received credentials
through the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
During his four years in seminary, he was the Director of Christian
Education at Catonsville United Methodist Church (1991-1995). Upon
ordination in 1995, he served for seven years as pastor of the
Potomac Charge, which consists of Mt. Carmel, St. Paul, and Park
Head United Methodist churches in Big Pool, MD (1995-2002). He
was appointed Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in
Laurel, a church of 600-plus members. He was active in ministries to
the homeless and those with substance abuse issues.
He served as Vice President of the Laurel Clergy Association. Active
in opposing state-sponsored gambling through slot machines, he
helped form "Side by Side'', a ministry which encouraged Laurel
churches to adopt their local public school as an alternative to
funding through gambling.
After Katrina ravaged the Gulf states, Laurel, MD adopted Laurel,
MS. First Church engaged in its first mission trip in 2006, sending a
team to work with traumatized children. Pastor Dennis rode his bike
1,071 miles from Laurel to Laurel, "Riding for Roofs'' to raise
$10,000 in funds for home repairs for seniors.
Though the Lord was blessing his ministry in Laurel, he felt called to
leave the United Methodist church to pursue the vision for ministry
he received in June 2003, after many months of prayer. It is this
vision which Hilltop is diligently pursuing today.
"To be a church that .....
Knows The Lord, Knows The Word, and Walks In Both''
"In Christ ... being built together for a dwelling place of God
in the Spirit.'' (Ephesians 2:22)
Pastor Dennis and Marcella, his wife sinced 1989, and their
daughters, Elizabeth (1999) and Joanna (2003) live on Saint Paul
Road in Clear Spring, MD.
Marcella was raised in Glen Burnie, MD, she also graduated from
Towson and then earned her Master of Library Science degree from
the University of Maryland, College Park. She was a full-time
librarian with the Baltimore County Public Library until they came to
Big Pool in 1995. She volunteered with the Washington County
Public Library and was eventually hired as Branch Manager in
Hancock. She became a full-time stay-at-home mom for eight years.
She currently works part time at the Boonsboro branch.
Elizabeth and Joanna attend public school in Clear Spring. They
enjoy reading, arts and crafts with their mom, bicycling with their
dad and trips to Sweetsies.
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