About
Rev. Larry Turner
Rev. Larry Turner was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He accepted Christ at the early age of fourteen. He served at David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church under the late Senior Pastor, Dr. James E. Obey. After moving to Waco in 1996, he joined the Pleasant Olive Missionary Baptist Church where Rev. Monty E. Francis was pastor. At Pleasant Olive he accepted his calling to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and served as an Associate Minister for twelve years.
Rev. Turner is currently serving as Chaplain at McLennan County Jail, and he is also the Restorative Justice Jail Ministry Coordinator for the Waco Regional Baptist Association (WRBA). Rev. Turner was endorsed as a Chaplain by the Chaplaincy Endorsement Council of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He has been preaching the Gospel for 17 years. His personal mission, as well as the jail ministry’s mission, is to “Demonstrate God’s love so that others can find TRUE FREEDOM in Jesus Christ.”
The jail ministry has been a blessing to many and has helped to win souls for Christ. He is the founder of Larry Turner Ministries, established in 2021. The mission statement for this ministry is “To extend God’s grace so that captives can be set free, and to revive and to restore through the preaching and teaching of Jesus Christ.”
Min. Shelia Turner
Min. Shelia Turner was born in Houston Texas. She is the proud wife of Rev. Larry Turner, coordinator for the Restorative Justice Jail Ministry, a part of the Waco Regional Baptist Association. Together they have six children, three daughters and three sons. She and her husband reside in Waco, Texas.
Min. Turner attends George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University where she is working on her master of divinity degree. She obtained her undergraduate degree in business administration from Tarleton State University. Min. Turner also holds an associate’s degree in academics from McLennan Community College. She is currently serving as an Associate Minister and Sunday School Superintendent at Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Samuel Doyle.
Min. Turner serves on the Pastoral Staff at the McLennan County Jail as a volunteer with the WRBA Restorative Justice Jail Ministry, under the leadership of Chaplain Larry Turner. She has received her Chaplaincy endorsement approved by the Chaplaincy Endorsement Council of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Baptist General Association of Virginia.
Clogging the Prison Pipeline
Clogging the Prison Pipeline is a faith-based support group aimed at providing support to the ex-offender and those who are disenfranchised and marginalized. This ministry provides a facility where individuals can receive spiritual guidance as well as physical guidance and serves as a liaison connecting individuals with employers and other practical needs that may be necessary to restore wholeness back to their lives.
Tuesdays at 7:00pm
Greater New Light MBC
925 North 18th Street
Waco, Texas 76707-2903
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.