Reverend Juanita G. Wingo is a woman "in God." Reverend Wingo and her husband, the Reverend William F. Wingo, made history during the 1990 Baltimore Annual Conference when they were each appointed a pastoral charge, becoming the first husband and wife "pastoral team" of the Baltimore Conference of the Second Episcopal District. As one conference member commented, there was "just too much power for one house!" The Reverends Wingo have two children: Joshua and Grace.

Reverend Wingo was educated at Morgan State University, Temple University, Howard Divinity School, and St. Mary's Seminary and University. She has served on the ministerial staffs at Bethel A.M.E. Church and Trinity A.M.E. Church in Baltimore and has served as pastor at Allen A.M.E. Church on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Stevenson A.M.E. Church in Baltimore County.

She is presently serving at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Centreville, Maryland where her husband is the pastor. In 1997 Reverend Wingo created The Division of Women Services at Bethel Centreville offering a full ministry of activities, programs, and services, the purpose of which is to "bring women from the Feet of Jesus to the Throne of God." As Spiritual Director of The Division of Women's Services, she leads EMMAUS: A Women's Spiritual Walk Toward Wholeness, a bi-monthly opportunity designed to teach, nourish, heal, and bring women to spiritual maturity.

Reverend Wingo is employed by the Baltimore City Community College where she serves as the Coordinator for Retention Specialists Her duties at this community college serving the urban community of Baltimore include designing support programs that will enable students to excel in their academic pursuits. As part of her commitment to the empowerment, growth, and development of women and men in the college community, Reverend Wingo established two campus-based support programs which received state and national recognition: POSITIVE MEN and WOMEN OF STRENGTH, support groups that meet weekly on the campus of the Baltimore City Community College. The WOMEN OF STRENGTH program received the MAHE (Maryland Association of Higher Education) Award and was honored at the national convention in May, 1994. POSITIVE MEN was recognized as an outstanding program when it received the 1994 Award for Excellence from the National Council on Student Development.

Reverend Wingo has touched the lives of women as founder and Spiritual Director of two women's ministries: SEASONED WOMEN, a ministry of restoration and enlightenment for spiritually mature women and SAPPHIRE WOMEN'S MINISTRY, a ministry of love and healing offering spiritual direction to raise up women for the Kingdom of God. In 1997, NGOZI, which means "blessing," was born of SAPPHIRE for women called to lead women to come together in seasonal retreats for "a time of refreshing." Reverend Wingo frequently serves as a spiritual leader, preaching and teaching the Word of God at women retreats, conferences, and seminars.

Though she is frequently called to minister to the women of the church and the community, Reverend Wingo walks in her prophetic ministry to the church-at-large, delivering powerful prophetic messages to the church body to bring the church into the Kingdom of God.

In 1983, while serving as the Programs Assistant at Bethel A.M.E. Church, she organized the Bethel Christian School, a fully accredited elementary school educating children in pre-kindergarten to grade five. Reverend Wingo was one of the ten top Maryland community leaders saluted for her outstanding abilities in leadership, community service, and humanitarian efforts in the 21st edition of the State of Maryland Minority Business Directory, 1991-1992.

Reverend Wingo is a prolific writer and has established WORDS OF LIFE MINISTRIES, a writing ministry that promotes the written Word of God through sermons, poetry, and meditations. One of her sermons was published in the April-June, 1994 edition of the A.M.E. Review. Her meditations appear monthly in The "Power" Magazine, a monthly Christian Informational NewsCalendar of church services and activities published by her husband.

Her personal statement is embodied in the words of the African-American anthropologist and writer, Zora Neale Hurston: