Evangelist Shevelle Ford is an aspiring author and co-founder of Higher Grounds International Worship Center, where she serves as Chief Executive Administrator (CEA). She is a native of Phoenix, LA, and the tenth of ten children of the late Rev. Dr. Percy Murphy and Irene Williams Griffin. Shevelle is married to Bishop Joseph “AJ” Ford, the founder and Senior Pastor of Higher Grounds International Worship Center. They are the proud parents of two children, Trinity and Joseph Anthony (AJ).

Evangelist Ford not only ministers the Word to the spirit-man but also has a pharmacy ministry that offers free home delivery of prescriptions to patients throughout the state of Louisiana. Shevelle is a graduate of Xavier University, New Orleans, LA, where she received her degree in Pharmacy in 1993. She is a Captain in the United States Army Inactive Ready Reserves (IRR).

Shevelle loves to cook and desires to open her own restaurant. Ministry is her passion, and at this juncture in her life, she has committed to preaching the Word of God full-time.