Westley West
Religious Leader
American pastor who came to prominence as the founder of Faith Empowered Ministries in Baltimore, Maryland. He attracted a tremendous amount of attention on Twitter where his words of hope have earned him 600,000 followers.
He discovered his calling to join the ministry when he was just 12 years old.
In 2018, he sought election to the Maryland House of Delegates but lost the primary.
He was born to Theresa and Harold West. He has five siblings named Gena, Precious, Westina, Bernard and Emmanuel. His first son, Jordon, was the result of his first marriage to Tara Henderson, whom he later divorced.
He became the Director of Youth for the Baltimore branch of the Nation Action Network which was founded by Al Sharpton.