University of Mount Olive
Bachelor’s degree in Religion
Our Bishop
Senior Pastor and Bishop
Biography
A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Christopher Lind Howell Sr. currently resides with his family in Wilson, North Carolina. He is the proud husband of First Lady Valerie Howell and the proud father of three children.
Bishop Howell has been preaching since he was twenty-two and has been in the ministry for 30 years. He served as the Youth Pastor of Apostolic Deliverance Church of Christ in Kinston, North Carolina, for five years.
A legacy of service
In 1997, he started Apostolic Deliverance Church of Christ 2 in Wilson, North Carolina. Under Bishop Howell’s ministry, churches were started in Tarboro, Greenville, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
In 2022, he was ordained Bishop.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Religion
Associate and bachelor’s degrees in Theology
Master’s degree
Kingdom focus
Bishop Howell is focused on making maximum Kingdom impact throughout the eastern region of North Carolina. His biblically sound and thought-provoking preaching and anointed delivery have paved the way for him to minister to many lost souls.
Bishop Howell has been blessed with gifts, graces, and information that he is mandated to share with the body of Christ. Inspired by this charge, he is able to transcend the vestiges of traditionalism to reach a diverse audience.
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