Glorious Full Gospel Tabernacle Center, Inc.

1930 Hutton Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19802

(302) 655-5354 - Telephone

(302) 655-5350 - Facsimile

Apostle Patricia C. Williams, Pastor and Founder

Pastor Tyson E. Williams, Pastor

Elder Tawana D. Ricks

Evangelist, Composer, Psalmist, Worshipper

Tawana Denise Ricks was born in Wilmington, Delaware on Valentine’s Day to Elder Tyson E. Williams and Apostle Patricia C. Williams.  Tawana was educated in various schools throughout New Castle County, graduated from Newark High School in 1987 and attended Virginia Union University on an athletic scholarship.

Tawana was raised in the church.  Singing by the time she could talk.  Tawana and her younger sister Theresa “Treety” Williams would display their gifts singing duets at St. Paul’s UAME Church.  Her love for the singing ministry was shown as she actively participated in various groups and choirs such as the Gospel Vessels, Minster Walter Brown & Praise and the Daughters of Faith, which was led by Tawana’s aunt Pastor Linda Henry.  Ministering to large crowds at the Bobby Jones Show and the Gospel Workshop of America helped to prepare Tawana for the call that God was placing on her life.  A call to evangelize to the masses that God was a healer and a deliverer.

 Married for the past seven loving years to Elder Chaun Ricks, Tawana is the proud mother of three children Myesha, Denzel and Briyona and is the primary caregiver to her cousin Dayshanay.  She currently owns and operated the Little Angels Daycare and stays busy offering her administrative services to her local church.

 With a message of hope to women who are troubled with domestic and emotional problems and a strong love to see the youth receive the promise of the Holy Ghost and it’s power, Evangelist Ricks began to preach the Word of God with power and demonstration. As her ministry gifts grew and her knowledge of the word of God increased, Evangelist Ricks was ordained as an elder in The Glorious Full Gospel Tabernacle Center and set in the office of Youth Pastor where she works hand in hand with her husband, mother and father.  Choir director, wife, worship leader, financial administrator, youth pastor, Sunday School Superintendent, composer, arranger, producer, daughter and friend. . . . all these things embodied in one woman but her most important title is being the “called” of God.  Her ministry has taken her in new territories with a significant message to those who have been oppressed at the hands of the enemy. . . YOU WILL SURVIVE.