DR. GUSTA BOOKER

Rev. Booker is the youngest of nine children born to the late Rev. Gusta Booker, Sr. and the late Mrs. Gussie Booker, on August 11, 1943 in Columbus, Texas. He was united in holy matrimony to Theola Massie in 1964, and they are the affectionate parents of three children, Ronald, Gusta, III , and Alita Corine; two daughters-in-law, Valree Booker and Nicole Booker; one son-in-law Kelly Reed, two grandsons, Ronald, Jr. and Joshua; and two granddaughters, Peyton Nicole and Tess.

Rev. Booker's education begins in Columbus, Texas where he graduated in 1962. He received his B.A. degree in Education from Texas Southern University in 1966. He has done graduate work toward a Master Degree in Counseling and Guidance.

Rev. Booker accepted his calling in the ministry in 1967. He later founded Greater St. Matthew Southeast, and in 1994, he founded Greater St. Matthew Southwest - One Church in Two Locations. In 1995, the Lindler-Booker Family Life Center (Gym) was constructed.

He has published two books entitled, After The Honeymoon and Living Beyond the Pain. Rev. Booker is founder and First Moderator of Gulf Coast Baptist Association, Past President of Central State Convention of Texas, and Chairman of the Christian Education Board of the National Baptist Convention of America.

His television and radio Ministries can be seen and heard in Houston, Beaumont and Austin, Texas.

Rev. Booker is continuing to strive and work for the Lord. He is a firm believer that by faith all things are possible, and with God's continuous blessings we will all shine within the Grace of God.

His Message to Youths, As we enter into a new millennium, I want to encourage the young to stay focused as you face many many obstacles in life. The pull of the world is every bit as strong as earth's gravity. Pay close attention to the commercials on television and observe what they're advertising and how virtually every word, picture, and sound is designed to pull you in. To make you dissatisfied with what you have, what you look like, and who you are.

It's not just on the television. The world influences you with bad thoughts and opinions.