Cheryl Torain's Biography
 Cheryl
Torain is a
resident of Baltimore, MD and is a widow with two adult daughters
and four grandchildren. She is a member of and accountable to Pastor
Wayne Cockrell of Genesis Bible Fellowship Church of Baltimore,
MD.
Cheryl currently serves as the Director of the Women's Ministry
Leadership Council.
In October 1972, Cheryl received Jesus Christ as
her personal Savior. She teaches women at seminars, retreats, conferences
and workshops, and has an extensive teaching tape ministry. Cheryl
has written a gospel tract entitled "Gods Woman:
His Special Creation". She also had a radio
program called “ A Portrait of God’s Woman” on
WFSI. In August 1989, Cheryl Torain Ministries was started which
encompasses her speaking and singing ministries.
Her first album, He Cares for You, was produced
in 1989. Her sophomore effort, From My Heart to You
Lord, was released in April 1997 on Virtue/Christ-Centered
Records and was well received across the country and charted on
various Gospel radio stations.
On Cheryl’s latest CD project, Prepared
to Praise…(Lifetone Records, June 2004),
she serves as co-producer and co-writer, having penned eleven
of the fifteen cuts on the disc.
Cheryl has appeared on various TV and radio stations.
Cheryl's video "Have You Heard about Jesus?" aired on
Bobby Jones BET Gospel Video. Her video "Maintain”
premiered on the new online television show “Virgil Taylor's
Music Machine.” Cheryl also had the distinct honor of being
the first guest artist on this show.
She has had opportunities to sing and teach women
in West Africa, India and Brazil. In 2006, she served as the Women’s
Ministry Leader for the Franklin Graham Festival held in Baltimore,
Md. In 2008, she became a speaker with Ruth Graham and Friends
Ministry. Also, in April, 2008, she released her first book Color
Me A Woman of God: Break Me, Melt Me, Mold Me, Fill Me and Use
Me.
The purpose of her ministry
is found in 2 Corinthians 5:9-“Therefore, I make it my
aim, whether present or absent to be well pleasing to Him.”
|
