Lee Chapel A.M.E , 2009 Pogue Ave
Cincinnati, OH 513-871-5885
IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL
SUNDAY - 10:30am
Office Hours: T-Wed-Thur 10am - 4pm
Ministerial Staff
Ministerial Staff
Reverend Nigal Dwayne Felder
With the love, compassion, and heart for people, Associate Minister Nigal Dwayne
Felder, a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee is an Ordained Itinerate Elder in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. The youngest of three children, he is a graduate of
Wilberforce University and Payne Theological Seminary. He also studied Electrical
Engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga before beginning a career in
broadcast news at Cable News Network (CNN) and NBC News in Atlanta, Georgia and
Washington, DC.
His passion is teaching, and he particularly enjoys the stories of the Gospels and Gods
intervention into the life of people. He currently assists the Pastor teaching The
Gathering, a weekly bible study designed to engage and help individuals live in our
contemporary world.
Prior to his arrival to Lee Chapel, Rev. Felder served as Pastor of Allen Chapel AME
Church, Marysville, OH, Youngs Chapel, Huntington, WV, Allen Chapel, Portsmouth,
OH, Saint Paul, Louisville, KY, and Embry Chapel, Elizabethtown, KY.
Rev. Nigal has traveled throughout the United States carrying the good news of the
gospel in preaching and teaching. He is married to Reverend Lindoria B. Felder is the
proud father of two daughters, Nikia and Janelle, one son Keith and three amazing
grandchildren, Trinitee Nicole, Marcus Antoine and Makai Maurice.
I love working in ministry. I am blessed to be a part of a ministry that believes bringing
people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is still at the center of Gods call to
the church. How “wonderful” it is when persons are connected to Christ and community
through a loving congregation.
Reverend Lindoria Felder
Reverend Lindoria B. Felder is from Temple Hills, Maryland. She accepted her call to the ministry under the leadership team of Revs. Drs. Grainger and JoAnn Browning, Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, in Fort Washington, Maryland. She was ordained an Itinerate Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Rev. Linda is the only child of Percy E. Byrd, Jr., and the late Joan B. Byrd, of Temple Hills, Maryland. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Arts from Salisbury State University in Salisbury, Maryland and in 2004 she received a Master of Divinity Degree from Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Being in ministry with her husband, has afforded her the opportunity to minister in Maryland, Ohio, Chicago, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. A preacher / teacher, Rev. Lindoria’s ministry speaks to women. She preaches a message of life through faith and God’s love for his daughters. Often you may hear Rev. Linda say “Awomen!” It is her personal understanding of “it is so” between her and God.
Rev. Lindoria is a strong advocate for the families and has favorite passages of scripture that she that she lives by:
• “walk by faith and not by sight,” 2 Corinthians 5:7,
• “Fret Not thyself because of evil doers,” Psalm 37:1-4 and
• 139th Division of Psalms
One important fact she believes everyone should know about God is “God is Love.”
Rev. Linda is currently on the ministerial staff at Lee Chapel A.M.E. Church in Cincinnati, Ohio under the leadership of Rev. Norma Lynn Felts. She is employed by Beech Acres Parenting Center as a Character Effect Specialist that promotes the science of being mindful and the positive psychology of character strengths.
She is married to Rev. Nigal D. Felder and they have three children, Keith, Nikia, and Janelle. She has been blessed with three grandchildren that are the apple of her eye, Trinitee, Marcus, and MaKai. She and her husband currently live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Reverend Darnella Summers
Reverend Darnella Summers was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended the Cincinnati public schools. She joined Lee Chapel A.M.E. Church as a teenager with her aunt, Dorothy Wright. She took classes at a local business college and she was called into the ministry at Lee Chapel under the leadership of Rev. Donald E. Newberry, Sr. and began her training with the A.M.E. Church Board of Examiners under the leadership of Rev. Kevin Cooper. Rev. Darnella received her license to preach from Bishop C. Garnett Henning, Sr. and continued her studies to become an ordained Local Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Darnella has 4 children: Sharla, Keith, Nakisha, and Kevin and four grandchildren. She loves spending time with her family. She loves to sew, shop and travel. Rev. Darnella enjoys visiting the residents at Lincoln Crawford Nursing Home with Sister Lynnda Jelks, attending the bible studies at Lee Chapel, and Vacation Bible School along with other activities of the church. Rev. Darnella is a longtime faithful member of Lee Chapel and a faithful member to the body of Christ.