Embassy
Metro Detroit.
The flagship campus of Embassy Covenant Church International, the anchor of a Kingdom Nation, the home of Bishop Hugh Daniel Smith's apostolic teaching, and a covenant community two decades deep.
Bishop Hugh Daniel Smith & Pastor Letha Smith.
For over two decades, we have been shepherding this house under apostolic order, raising up Kingdom citizens, and watching God do what only God does. Whether you are new, returning, or covenant, there is a place for you here.
Embassy Metro Detroit is not a performance. It is a house. We worship in spirit and truth, we teach the scriptures with apostolic clarity, and we form people. If that is what you are hungry for — come.
One house. Clear spiritual oversight. Shared responsibility.
Embassy Metro Detroit is the flagship of Embassy Covenant International churches. We are not built around personality, atmosphere, or consumer preference. We are built around order: apostolic order and the intentional formation of God's people.
Our worship is Spirit-led and theologically grounded. Our teaching is substantive and scripturally rooted. Our community is covenantal — defined relationship, mutual obligation, shared identity. We do not gather to be entertained. We gather to be formed and sent.
We are Embassy Nation. A people. A culture. A commission.
The Apostolic Committee.
The apostolic office of the house. Governs the formation, deployment, and stewardship of the ascension gifts. Chair: Apostle Hugh Daniel Smith. Members: Apostle Rodrick Jenkins, Apostle Donna Stallings, Apostles Jeff & Sandy Nelson.
Committee Lead · Apostle Hugh Daniel Smith, Chair
The Prophetic Committee.
The prophetic body of the house. Company of Prophets, intercession, prophetic services, and the incubation of emerging prophetic voices.
Company of Prophets
The prophetic voice, in company.
Recognized prophets within Embassy Metro Detroit, in operational alignment with the apostolic order of the house.
Lead Prophetess Mary Lou Cole, Lead Prophet
Intercessory Prayer
The prayer engine of the house.
Embassy's intercessory prayer ministry. Trained intercessors standing in the gap for the church, the city, the nation, and Kingdom assignments.
Lead Prophetess Marlena Daniel, Lead Intercessor
Prophetic Services
Training, ministry opportunities, and coordination of prophetic ministers.
Prophetic Services supports the prophetic ministry of Embassy Metro Detroit through training, ministry opportunities, and the coordination of prophetic ministers serving throughout the house.
Lead Prophetess Melissa Walker, Lead, Prophetic Services
OverviewProphetic Teams
The Prophetic Teams of Embassy Metro Detroit — trained ministers deployed to bring the prophetic word to the covenant community during Prophetic Services.
Lead Minister Elsa Duckworth, Prophetess Althea Anthony, Minister Breanna Armstrong
Baby Dedications
The Baby Dedications ministry of Embassy Metro Detroit — the sacred act of consecrating our children to the Lord and covenanting to raise them in the fear of God.
School of the Prophets
Embassy Metro Detroit's formation school for the prophetic. A dedicated teaching, training, and equipping environment for identified prophetic voices in the house, under the covering of the Prophetic Committee.
Lead Prophetess Melissa Walker
Prophetic Alignments
The Prophetic Alignments ministry of Embassy Metro Detroit — apostolic and prophetic ordering, confirmation, and alignment of leaders and members through the prophetic word.
Prophetic Incubator
Where emerging prophetic voices are formed.
The incubation environment for identified emerging prophetic voices at Embassy. Formation, mentorship, and accountability under a managed collaboration of the Company of Prophets.
Lead Prophetess Mary Lou Cole, Prophetess Marlena Daniel, Prophetess Melissa Walker, Managed Collaboration
The Pastors, Elders & Ministers Committee.
The pastoral, eldership, and ministerial function of the house. Sheepfold pastoring, formation environments, deliverance, critical care, the Gifted and Called Academy for our children and youth, the worship arts, the Ministerial Alliance, the Deacons' Board, EMD Protocol, eChurch, and the New Members journey.
Committee Lead · Apostle Hugh Daniel Smith, Chair
Gifted and Called Academy
Forming Kingdom citizens from the earliest years through the teen years.
Embassy's umbrella ministry for children and youth. Three age-focused programs — Kingdom Kids (6 months–10 years), The C.R.E.W. (grades 6–12), and Men and Women N' Making (ages 12–17) — under one formation vision. A managed collaboration of the three program leads, with no single director.
Lead Minister Adrielle Hardnett, Ministers J'vion & Breanna Armstrong, Pastors Daniel & Alexis Alanis, Managed Collaboration
OverviewKingdom Kids
6 months – 10 years
Embassy's children's ministry, part of the Gifted and Called Academy. Safe, age-appropriate, expository Bible teaching that forms Kingdom citizens from their earliest years. Available at every Sunday gathering for ages 6 months through 10 years.
Lead Minister Adrielle Hardnett
The C.R.E.W.
Grades 6 – 12
Embassy's youth and teen ministry, part of the Gifted and Called Academy. Introducing teenagers to Jesus Christ, nurturing them in their faith, and equipping them for a lifetime of worship and Kingdom assignment.
Lead J'vion & Breanna Armstrong
Men and Women N' Making
Embassy's young-adult formation program, part of the Gifted and Called Academy. Identity, calling, and Kingdom manhood/womanhood for the season between the teen years and full adulthood.
Lead Pastors Daniel & Alexis Alanis
Family Builder Program
You don't have to accept a broken family.
An online course and companion handbook that teaches family leaders and members how to establish biblical principles in the home. Practical tools for family restoration, reconciliation, and Kingdom-ordered household leadership.
Young Adult Ministry
The 18 to 33 season — formed for what's next.
Embassy's ministry to young adults, ages 18–33. Community, formation, and vision for the young men and women of the house navigating early adulthood.
Lead Brandon & Brianna Baldwin, Leads, Young Adult Ministry
Discipleship Circles
Ongoing formation and one-on-one mentorship, open to every member.
Embassy's ongoing discipleship environment. Formation and mentorship for every member, new or long-standing, led by Elder Nikki Jones and the Discipleship Circles team.
Lead Elder Nikki Jones, Lead, Discipleship Circles
Inner Healing & Deliverance
Freedom that endures.
The Inner Healing and Deliverance ministry of Embassy Metro Detroit. Prayer-based, scripturally-grounded, pastoral ministry addressing spiritual bondage and inner wounds.
Lead Pastor Kathy Miller, Lead, Inner Healing & Deliverance
OverviewOathbound
A 5-Level men's faith journey, according to Kingdom theology.
Embassy's men's covenant program. A multi-level framework that develops identity, loyalty, and purpose among men through five sacred oaths — God, Self, Family, Church, and Community — anchored by spiritual, familial, and biblical principles.
Lead Prophet Brandon Macklin (Program Director) · Apostle Rodrick Jenkins & Elder Raymond Cleveland (Facilitators & Co-leads), Oathbound Leadership Team
Critical Care Pastors
Pastoral presence in the most difficult seasons.
Embassy's trained pastoral responders for hospitalization, bereavement, family crisis, and other seasons that require immediate, sustained pastoral presence.
Lead Pastor Iron & Amy Johnson, Critical Care Pastors
Deliverance Team
Trained deliverance ministry under the covering of the house.
Embassy Metro Detroit's dedicated deliverance team. Trained members serving alongside the Inner Healing & Deliverance ministry in the deliverance-specific work of the house.
Lead Minister Michele Macklin, Lead, Deliverance Team
Flourish
The women of Embassy, growing in every season.
Embassy's women's ministry. Formation, community, and covenant for the women of the house.
Lead Evangelist Algene Hammond, Lead, Flourish
Masculinity Campaign
A focused space for the men of the house.
Embassy's dedicated Men's Group. A focused environment for men to grow in Kingdom masculinity — identity, formation, and brotherhood in a specific gathering rhythm distinct from Oathbound.
Lead Apostle Rodrick Jenkins, Lead, Masculinity Campaign
Music Department
Worship led with excellence and reverence.
The worship arts of Embassy Metro Detroit. Vocalists, musicians, worship leaders, and audio and production teams that carry the sound of the house.
Lead Elders Amir & Joshlyn Edwards, Leads, Music Department
OverviewAroma
The praise team of Embassy Metro Detroit. Vocalists carrying the sound of worship on Sundays and at Embassy gatherings, part of the Music Department.
Lead Elder Joshlyn Edwards
Creative Arts
The Creative Arts ministry of Embassy Metro Detroit — art, design, and creative expression that serves the worship life and visual language of the house.
Lead Elder Kira Daffin
Kingdom Culture Choir
The Kingdom Culture Choir of Embassy Metro Detroit — the choral ministry that leads the covenant community in worship.
Lead Minister Tamika Carthane
Sound & Lighting
The Sound & Lighting team of Embassy Metro Detroit — the technicians who steward audio, lighting, and stage environment for every Embassy gathering.
Rooted
Singles building lives grounded in the Kingdom.
Embassy's singles ministry. Community, formation, and Kingdom vision for the single men and women of the house.
Lead Elder Se'Fana Samples, Lead, Rooted
Lost Coin Ministry
Uncovering gifts. Finding your place to serve.
The gifts-and-placement ministry of Embassy Metro Detroit. Named for the woman in Luke 15 who swept the house looking for the lost coin, this ministry helps members uncover their gifts and talents and find their place to serve.
Lead Elders Claude & Nicole Shelton, Leads, Lost Coin Ministry
Worship Experience
The environment and flow of Sunday.
The team that stewards the Sunday worship experience at Embassy Metro Detroit — the environment, flow, atmosphere, and coordination that makes room for the Spirit to move.
Lead Elder Regina Woodson, Lead, Worship Experience Department
eChurch
The digital-first expression of the house.
eChurch is Embassy Metro Detroit's digital-first ministry — the online pathway into Embassy's teaching, prayer, community, and new-member journey for anyone who cannot be with us in person. Belonging without physical proximity.
Lead Ministers Maurice & Dominique Sylvers, Leads, eChurch
New Members
Welcome home. Now let's build.
Embassy's onboarding pathway for new covenant members. A three-phase journey — Growth Track, the Discipleship Reformation Course, and the Ministry of Helps Course — walked with you from your first day.
Lead Pastor Terri Miller, Lead, New Members
OverviewGrowth Track
The first phase of the Embassy new-member journey. Five On-the-Same-Page sessions on the foundations of Kingdom life, taken online, culminating in graduation and reception.
Lead Pastor Terri Miller
Discipleship Reformation Course
The second phase of the Embassy new-member journey. Eight weeks of foundational teaching on biblical discipleship, spiritual formation, and Kingdom living, taken online and led by trained facilitators.
Lead Elder Mark Hansel
Ministry of Helps Course
The third phase of the Embassy new-member journey. A twelve-week training course that equips you with the biblical understanding, practical skills, and spiritual maturity to serve effectively in the local church.
Lead Minister Denise Thomas
Holy Ghost Impartation
Encounter that transfers.
Focused ministry environments where individuals who desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit receive the gift, and where those seeking a refreshing are ministered to. Held every other 3rd Sunday.
Lead Pastor Debran Jenkins, Lead, Holy Ghost Impartation
Ministerial Alliance
The ministers of Embassy Metro Detroit, staying current together.
The Ministerial Alliance is for confirmed ministers at Embassy Metro Detroit — a place for training, ministry updates from the areas of leadership, and staying current with the work of the house.
Lead Pastor Teri Miller, Lead, Ministerial Alliance
OverviewAltar
Embassy Metro Detroit's altar ministry. The team that stewards the altar space for prayer, consecration, and pastoral response during and after gatherings.
Lead Prophetess Tekeyah Gaines
Jabula Licensing & Credentials
The Jabula Licensing & Credentials ministry stewards the licensing and credentialing of Embassy's ministers under the Ministerial Alliance.
Lead Pastor Terri Miller
Covenant Life
Covenant Life is the Ministerial Alliance ministry that stewards covenant formation and the everyday life of the household of faith at Embassy.
Lead Min. Andrea Douglas
Doctrinal Studies
Doctrinal Studies is the Ministerial Alliance ministry stewarding doctrine, biblical study, and confessional clarity across Embassy Metro Detroit.
Lead Min. LaVawn Scott
Apologetics
The Apologetics ministry of the Ministerial Alliance equips Embassy citizens to defend the faith with clarity, charity, and biblical rigor.
Lead Sis. Celeste Ivey
Ministerial Etiquette & Protocol
Ministerial Etiquette & Protocol stewards the standards, order, and ceremonial etiquette of Embassy's ministerial body under the Alliance.
Lead Elder Katrina Mitchell
Baptisms
The Baptisms ministry of the Ministerial Alliance stewards water baptism at Embassy Metro Detroit — the public seal of covenant with Christ.
Lead Evangelist Andrew Gaines
Funerals & Bereavements
The Funerals & Bereavements ministry of the Ministerial Alliance walks with families through the passage of loss — funeral services, pastoral care, and covenant presence.
Lead Min. Valeria Davie
S.A.L.T Ministry
Seniors, honored and gathered.
Embassy's ministry to seniors 65 and up. Community, formation, and celebration for the elders of the house.
Lead Mother Nellye Hodges, Lead, S.A.L.T Senior Ministry
Deacon's Board
Ordained service to the body.
The Deacon's Board of Embassy Metro Detroit. Ordained deacons carrying practical service, benevolence, and pastoral support functions in the life of the house.
Lead Deacon Rodney Lawler, Chair, Deacons Board
EMD Protocol
The order and etiquette of the campus.
Embassy Metro Detroit's campus-level protocol ministry. Governs the order of Embassy gatherings, the hosting of campus guests, and the standards of ceremony and etiquette across EMD.
Guest Services
Ushers, welcome, and the first face of Embassy.
The ushers and guest-services team of Embassy Metro Detroit. The team that welcomes every guest, directs every gathering, and carries the hospitality of the house on Sundays.
Lead Min. Pealar Ledsinger, Lead, Guest Services
Mediation
Reconciliation and mediation under covenant.
Embassy Metro Detroit's mediation ministry. Trained deacons and members walking with the community through relational, familial, and covenant-related mediation situations.
Lead Deacon Jermarx Marsh, Lead, Mediation
Ministry of Helps
The serving heart of the house.
Ministry of Helps is Embassy Metro Detroit's operational serving ministry — the body of trained members who serve across the daily work of the house wherever a need is known.
Lead Minister Denise Thomas, Lead, Ministry of Helps
EMD Defense
Standing watch over the house.
EMD Defense is Embassy Metro Detroit's campus safety and security ministry — the trained team that stands watch over the gathering, protects the flock, and coordinates emergency response across the flagship.
Lead Prophet Brandon Macklin, Lead, EMD Defense
The Missions & Outreach Committee.
The outward mandate of the house. Community service, local missions, and global mission engagement.
Committee Lead · Evangelist Mikhaella Norwood
Missions & Outreach
Kingdom witness across our city and beyond.
Embassy Metro Detroit's missions and outreach umbrella — Community Services, Local Missions, and Global Missions — extending Kingdom witness through practical service, sustained mission partnerships, and international engagement.
Lead Evangelist Mikhaella Norwood, Lead, Missions & Outreach
OverviewCommunity Services
Embassy's local community-service ministry. Serving neighbors, community partners, and the city of Metro Detroit through practical service and sustained presence.
Local Missions
Embassy's local missions ministry. Sustained ministry partnerships and mission engagement across Metro Detroit and the region.
Global Missions
Embassy's global missions ministry. International mission trips, partner ministries abroad, and global Kingdom engagement.
Lead Minister Valerie Johnson & Arianna Jordan
Under the Senior Pastors' Offices.
Ministries stewarded directly under the Executive Office of the Apostle — including the Kingdom Order of the Ascension Gifts (KOAG), Embassy's apostolic response ministry.
Kingdom Order of the Ascension Gifts
Apostolic teams working cases for members in need.
Embassy's apostolic response ministry. Reports directly to the Lead Apostle in the Executive Office of the Apostle. KOAG assembles teams with all five ascension gifts represented to meet the needs of each individual case.
Lead Prophet Troy Evans, Lead, KOAG (under the covering of Bishop Hugh Daniel Smith, Lead Apostle)
Protocol
Protocol for the Executive Office of the Apostle.
The Protocol team of the Executive Office of the Apostle. Governs the hosting of pulpit guests, apostolic visits, and the ceremonial standards surrounding Bishop Hugh Daniel Smith's itinerary travel and ministry presence.
Lead Min. Matthew Cole, Lead, Protocol · Executive Office of the Apostle
The EMD Operations Team.
Under Dr. Jacqueline Lawler, Executive Pastor. The Operations Team stewards the day-to-day work of Embassy Metro Detroit — campus administration, office, facilities, and marketing & communications — that makes every ministry above possible.
Team Lead · Dr. Jacqueline Lawler, Executive Pastor
Dr. Jacqueline Lawler
Executive Pastor
Elder Raymond Cleveland
Facilities Manager · Oathbound Co-lead
Minister Kynita Grady
Lead, Grounded Cafe
Pastor Ebony Jeffries
Church Administrator
Jasmine Mann
Office Manager
Prophetess Melissa Walker
Communications and Marketing Director
Prophetess Valerie Burgess
The Accounts Manager is a distinct role outside the Operations Team, reporting through the Executive Board's financial track.
Each Operations Team member's specific areas of oversight are detailed on the EMD Leadership page.
Tell us where you want to serve.
Embassy is always launching new ministries as the body grows and the city changes. If you carry a vision for something not yet on this page, we want to hear about it.
Meet the leaders of Embassy Metro Detroit.
Senior Pastors, the EMD Presbytery and Elders, the EMD Operations Team, Sheepfold Pastors, Ministry Leads, and the Deacons Board — every campus-level leader lives on the dedicated EMD Leadership page.
Tell us you're coming. We'll be ready.
Share your visit details so our team can prepare to welcome you. Our hospitality team will help you find your way, answer your questions, and feel at home when you arrive.
Take the covenant step at Embassy Metro Detroit.
Membership at Embassy Metro Detroit is a covenant relationship — a decision to belong, be shepherded, and be sent from this house.
Membership begins with a short profile in our member portal. From there, your Sheepfold Pastor reaches out and walks you through Growth Track, discipleship, and the ongoing life of the house.
Opens in the Embassy member portal · takes about 3 minutes · a pastor will follow up personally
Parking
Free designated parking on-site. First-time guests are welcomed by our parking team and directed to reserved guest parking.
Kingdom Kids
Kingdom Kids meets during the 10:00 AM gathering for ages 6 months through 10 years. Just come — no pre-registration required.
Accessibility
The campus is wheelchair accessible. Please contact the office in advance for any specific accommodations.
What you need to know.
What time should I arrive?
Doors open 30 minutes before each gathering. Plan to arrive 15 minutes early so you can park, get your kids checked into Kingdom Kids at the 10am gathering, and find a seat without rushing.
What should I wear?
Come as you are. You'll see suits, denim, dresses, and everything in between. Embassy is a covenant community — not a fashion review.
Do you have parking?
Yes — free designated guest parking on-site. Our parking team will direct you to a reserved spot when you arrive.
Is the campus accessible?
Yes. The campus is wheelchair accessible. Please contact the office in advance for any specific accommodations and we'll prepare for your visit.
What about my kids?
Kingdom Kids meets during the 10am gathering for ages 6 months through 10 years. No pre-registration required — just come. We have a dedicated nursing-mother space available.
How long is the service?
Sunday gatherings run approximately 90 minutes — worship, the apostolic word, and a clear invitation to next steps.
We can't wait to meet you.
Sundays · 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. · 195 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI