Pastor Vanessa Weatherspoon

After a successful 12-year career as an Industrial Engineer in Corporate America, Pastor Vanessa Weatherspoon accepted her call into ministry.

Pastor Vanessa then enrolled at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma in January 1990.  She was ordained on January 15, 1995. 

She is founder and director of VanNet Works (Vanessa Networks), a networking, instructional self-improvement organization which “introduces the Body to the Body” by joining believers synergistically in the realms of business, academia and evangelism. 

Pastor Vanessa completed her Mathematics (B.A.) and Industrial Engineering Technology (B.I.E.T.) degrees from Spelman College and Southern Technical Institute, respectively.  She later received her Masters of Christian Education (1992) and Masters of Divinity (1994)  from Oral Roberts University.  During her  tenure there, Pastor Vanessa served concurrently as President of both the Graduate Theology Student Government and the  Bible Seminarians Fellowship (BSF) for two years.   Pastor Vanessa was also nominated to “Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities” as a undergraduate and graduate student.  She recently completed her Doctorate of Religious Philosophy from Tabernacle Bible College and Seminary (2005).                                   

Pastor Vanessa has been featured as an expert on radio and television in the area of prophecy, spiritual growth Christian Education,  prayer,  relationships, time management and conflict resolution.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Presently, Pastor Vanessa oversees a full-time Dallas, Texas based ministry.  She serves as the Senior Pastor of Gathering Of The Eagles Worship Center, and also travels internationally ministering  the practical and prophetic Word of God with Gathering Of The Eagles Ministries, along with teaching weekly classes in her Gathering Of The Eagles Bible Institute .  Pastor Vanessa strives to help equip the saints in  becoming the most effective witness for our Lord Jesus Christ.  Her unique approach in expounding God’s Word will stir you,  for she is an anointed mouthpiece used of the Lord to proclaim the Gospel for the Kingdom of God.