About Us
Vice President  Dr. China M. Ashe, founder and pastor of Hope Ministries of Christ Worship Center received a call from God in 1988 to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At the time, she was a member of New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore, MD under the pastorate of Dr. Harold A. Carter, Sr. Dr. Ashe united with Christ in 1984 under the same ministry. Prior to receiving her calling, she had been a successful businesswoman who owned and operated two beauty salons with 28 employees in Baltimore, MD. But in 1991, being instructed by God, Dr. Ashe entered the ministry fulltime. She gave up everything she owned and moved to Tulsa, OK to attend Rhema Bible Training Institute under Kenneth Hagin Ministry.
After completing Rhema, Dr. Ashe resumed her formal education and completed her undergraduate studies at Morgan State University with a dual degree; B. S. in psychology and a B. A. in religious studies. She also obtained a Tri Masters with a M. A. degree in Theology from St. Mary’s Seminary, a M. Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Coppin State College, and a M. Div. from Howard University. She earned her Doctorate from Howard University School of Divinity in 2001. Since giving up her business, Dr. Ashe has learned to abound and abase by Faith being content in whatever state God has placed her. She has worked at several odd jobs: a missionary in Japan, a counter girl at McDonalds, a hairstylist, a cosmetologist teacher, a substitute teacher, a 3rd grade teacher, a counselor for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children, and an addiction counselor. She is also licensed and certified in several areas of helping relationships. Dr. Ashe also founded “Warriors of Fire,” a youth camp and Hope Radio Ministry.
Dr. Harold Carter, Sr. ordained Reverend Ashe with Reverend A. C. D. Vaughn serving as moderator in May 2001. After her ordination, Dr. Ashe worked in the secular market as a mental health therapist and addiction counselor. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to establish her own counseling agency with two locations, one in Laurel, MD and the other in Randallstown, MD. In addition Dr. Ashe started a counseling institute nationwide that train other professional counselors and therapist. Dr. Ashe also served for three years at Life of Faith Ministries, under the pastorate of Rev. Rebecca Eddins, another “daughter” of the New Shiloh Church Ministry.
In November 2005, while attending the Washington, DC Kenneth Copeland Conference, the Holy Spirit spoke to Dr. Ashe to establish Hope Ministries of Christ Worship Center. Not fully heeding the initial call, with more urgency the Holy Spirit spoke a second time in January 2006 to Reverend Ashe, while she was attending Kenneth Copeland Ministers’ Conference in Forth Worth, TX. This call manifested on Resurrection Sunday, April 16, 2006 when the doors of Hope Ministries of Christ Worship Center opened for the first time. Prior to the manifestation of the call, for the sending away, Dr. Harold A. Carter, Sr. and Dr. Harold Carter, Jr., along with the New Shiloh Church Family laid-hands on her and blessed the work.
ChinAshe@ultimatesoprano.com docashe@hotmail.com
Executive Director .jpg) Malcolm Willoughby, Tenor, is a versatile musician and educator. He has taught music at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Most recently, he has served as a faculty member in the Department of Fine Arts at Morgan State University.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Willoughby received his early education in the Baltimore City Public Schools and is a graduate of the Baltimore City College High School. He began his advanced musical training at Morgan State University studying under the late Dr. Nathan M. Carter.
Mr. Willoughby has spent many years perfecting his craft as a singer, pianist and conductor. He has studied at New York’s Mannes College of Music and the Harlem School of the Arts. As a Young Artist, Mr. Willoughby apprenticed with the Houston Ebony Opera Guild and Studio Lirico in Anghiari, Italy.
Mr. Willoughby was recruited by the University of Kentucky to serve as Music Director of their ensemble Black Voices. This appointment led to an invitation to join the American Spiritual Ensemble as tenor soloist touring Europe and the United States. He is featured on the ensemble’s inaugural compact disc release labeled On My Journey Now and the independent documentary titled The Spirituals.
As a solo concert artist, Mr. Willoughby has performed with the Spoleto Festival USA, Masterworks Chorale, and the Lexington Philharmonic. He is the winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council’s Joseph Di Frances Award and is a member of the National Education Association. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Music degree from the University of South Carolina. While Mr. Willoughby is a professor of Music at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) Liberty Campus, he is pursuing his Master of Music Education degree at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. mwilloughby@ultimatesoprano.com tenorten@hotmail.com
Assistant Director  Miss Raeshawnda Mitchell is an outstanding student of Edgewood  Middle School. At the tender age of 12 she already serves on the board of two organizations, is the head usher of the children's usher ministry at her church, Hope Ministries of Christ Worship Center, and was the spearhead for raising money to open the bookstore at HMOCWC. She already exemplifies an entrepreneurial mind and has the tenacity of a go-getter. Miss Mitchell, of her own doing, researched a candy drive via the internet and through it raised more than $500. She completed the “Biblical Millionaire” course and has studied the Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump courses for “How to become a Millionaire”. She has played the “Rat Race” game and has even devised a 5-year plan for creating wealth through her own Internet business.
This creative young lady received a snowball machine for her birthday and unlike other 12 year olds, she did not enjoy cotton candy snow cones just for herself. Instead, she set up a snowball stand in her neighborhood and sold snow cones $.75 each.
Raeshawnda loves the lord and her family. She prayed for a little brother or sister and God granted her wish. She has a talented 4 year old sister whom she loves to play with everyday after school.
raeshawndamitchell@ultimatesoprano.com raeshawnda@msn.com
Administrative Coordinator 
Mr. David Donnell Marshall is a native resident of Baltimore, Maryland.
David holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a Master of Music Degree from Shenandoah Conservatory.
David’s keen interest in music began at an early age. Shiloh Baptist Church, David’s church home, provided experience and encouragement for David’s musical gifts. He first studied piano at the Peabody Preparatory and then decided to pursue vocal studies at the Nathan Carter School of Music, under the direction of Jean Carter. David started his collegiate musical training at Morgan State University, under the direction of Betty Ridgeway. David went on to study with such renowned vocal teachers as Janice Jackson, Michael Forest, and David Smith. David has coached with Dr. Katerina Souvrova, and Dr. Karen Keating.
David’s musical experiences have a few highlights. He has participated in the Rosa Ponselle Opera competition where he received honorable mention in May of 1998 and again in May of 2000. David entered UMBC as a Fine Arts Award in Music winner. He is the recipient of the Grantham Oratorio Society Vocal Scholarship to Messiah College, and the Shenandoah Graduate Assistantship and Fellowship in Music. In 2003, David toured Italy as a soloist with the UMBC Gospel choir. David has performed such operatic roles as Sam in the opera “Street Scene” and Peter in “Porgy and Bess.” During David’s time at UMBC, he represented the Department of Music in a Master Class adjudicated by Opera Great Simmon Estes. David is sought after as a soloist, recitalist, and choral clinician in churches throughout Baltimore, the US, and abroad. In addition to David’s performing career, he enjoys an extensive teaching career.
David has received such academic honors as the UMBC Music and Academic achievement award. He was inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and the Golden Key International Honor Society. In addition, he was selected for membership in the National Deans List.
David knows that singing is his God given gift. Singing therefore will continue to be David’s ministry.
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