Dr. R.C. Wells
Evangelist
Minister Emeritus to the Harlem Church of Christ

Dr. R.C. Wells, International Evangelist and Minister Emeritus of the church of Christ in Harlem, New York City, considers himself supremely and sincerely blessed by God to have been granted the privilege of experiencing and fulfilling his life long dreams: first, of being an Evangelist of Jesus, the Christ: a Gospel preacher; and second, of traveling around the world. (Both have been granted through God permitting Dr. Wells to become a Gospel preacher.)

Dr. R. C. Wells began his ministerial preaching career as an adolescent at the age of ten at his home town congregation, the Eighth Street church of Christ, in Waco, Texas. Dr. Wells has been extremely blessed by being associated with "the church," the church of Christ, practically all of his life, becoming a member at the age of nine. His mother, Nora Mae Fisher Wells, grandparents, and almost all of his relatives on his mother's side, were and still are members of "the church." Having grown up in "the church," Dr. R.C. Wells listened to and was exposed to the great Gospel preachers of the twentieth century, both locally and nationally. Through his association with these preachers, he gained inspiration and encouragement, but most specifically, by Dr. R. N. Hogan of Los Angeles, California, as he held an evangelistic tent meeting in and for his local congregation and area in and around Waco, Texas, where Dr. Wells grew up. Dr. Wells still treasures the blessings he enjoyed for having been the reader for Dr. W. N. Hogan during his preteen and teenage years. With Dr. Hogan as his mentor and Evangelist role model, Wells always promised Hogan that he would become a preacher just like him (An impossibility of course--however a man's reach must exceed his grasp), or at least a preacher to the best of his ability.

Dr. R. C. Wells is an educational product of the Waco Public School segregated system, having attended South Waco Public School and A. J. Moore where he was a member of the National Honor Society of American Schools. In his ninth year of school, he was privileged to become a student at the Nashville Christian Institute in Nashville, Tennessee under the unique and special tutelage of the renowned Dr. Marshall Keeble, then President of the unprecedented African American Christian School. Unfortunately, Dr. Wells was not privileged to graduate from Nashville Christian Institute: he returned home due to illness in order to give much needed support to his mother and to assist his family. He thereby graduated from A. J. High School in Waco, Texas.

Dr. R.C. Wells' advanced educational dossier consists of many schools of matriculation, in religion and theology. He holds six advanced academic degrees: AA; BRE; BTH; MRE; MTH and THD from the following schools:

In addition to these, he holds three honorary DD degrees.

Additionally, he has studied law at the Paralegal Institute, the Blackstone School of Law, and the Atlanta Law School and did an apprenticeship with the firm of Hill and Hill in Harlem, New York City, New York.

Dr. Wells passed the New York Real Estate Examination and received a New York Real Estate License and also became a New York City Notary Public.

Dr. R. C. Wells is the founder, President and CEO of the Christian Bible Institute in New York City, which was originally created to assist local persons interested in and committed to preaching the Gospel of Christ, in becoming faithful teachers in local congregations, in becoming successful personal workers, or in improving their scriptural Knowledge of God's Word so as to be “Strong in the Lord:" sharing, living and growing in God's grace.

Dr. R.C. Wells is "set for the defense of the Gospel of Christ." He has consistently and repeatedly in his teaching, preaching and writing, made it irrefutably clear that he is not "ashamed of the Gospel of Christ:" he is willing to say it; he is willing to preach it; he is willing to write it; he is willing to publicly debate it; willing to suffer for it; and willing, if need be, to die for it.

Dr. Wells has successfully engaged in public religious debates against opponents of the Gospel of Christ with:

Several of these debates are still available on audio and/or video tape.

Dr. R. C. Wells has served local congregations in Okmulgee, Okalahoma, Pontiac, Michigan, and in New York City, New York, where he currently serves as Minister Emeritus and chairman of missions, domestic and foreign. He is currently the radio speaker for all radio ministries, domestic and foreign for the Harlem church of Christ, which currently sponsors a World Wide Radio Weekly Ministry.

During his ministerial servanthood with the church of Christ in Harlem, New York City, New York, foreign missionary works have been established in Africa, India and locally in New York State.

A new sanctuary for worship was constructed in 1984, with a current a value of over two million dollars.


Dr. R. C. Wells has done substitute teaching in the public school systems of Oklahoma and Michigan and has served as a college professor at Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, Texas and Northeastern Christian College in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Dr. R. C. Wells annually conducts evangelistic Gospel Meetings locally, nationally and internationally. He has traveled twice around the world, preaching in 43 states of the United States of America; eighteen nations of the world on five continents.

His evangelistic outreach efforts have allowed him to participate in international crusades and campaigns in Liberia, West Africa; Canada; Nassau and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands; Madras, India; St. Lucia, Tortola; St. Vincent, Dominica and Grenada in the West Indies, and nationally, in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Massachusetts and literally dozens of other cities in the United States.

Dr. R. C. Wells has a continuing religious literature ministry. As a tenured author, he has written multiple tracts, various types of classroom materials and is the author of eight books, the majority of which are still in print. They are:

Dr. R. C. Wells currently serves as: