The Civil Rights Movement seems to have been the timeline in which the majority of our greatest African American Leaders came about. I want to speak of a modern-day hero who has cultivated the legacy that they began that has played a salient role, in not just my life, but in my purpose in life. This person’s name is Minister Rachel Owens-Vancobb. The journey of this very significant leader began with her parents, Bishop Philip Owens and Elect Lady Patricia Owens in Lansing, Michigan. This couple devoted their lives to serving and honoring God in everything that they do. Beginning as Elder and Sister Owens they served their pastor by facilitating youth classes and activities, serving as local coordinators for Billy Graham crusades and counseling youth locked in detention centers. At the age of 8 years old Rachel finds out that her parents have been called to start their own ministry which they called Immanuel's Temple. This was the start of humble beginnings featuring low income, battles with self-esteem as a product from being bullied, because now she's a pastor's kid. Caught in a world where a child should be seen and not heard, instead she had seen too much, and her tears were never heard. Betrayals from those closest, threats from congregants, odds stacked against, yet they had to go out smiling to help those in need, exhibiting exhausting patience. Ascending above all challenges at the age of 14 Rachel came to the realization that having the title of a preacher's kid served no benefit for her parent's ministry. She made her mind up, that it was time to help her parents serve the community. Her public speaking began at 15 years old whiling up people to live a quiet and peaceful life in the midst of an immoral time. The debt-free edifice that contained a 2,000-seat sanctuary, 10 classrooms, multipurpose room, and commercial kitchen, had finally been completed in 1999. This building gave the space that Minister Rachel needed to test her administrator skills. Vacation Bible School began, a Theatrical Department was born and a safe for teens rescuing them from the streets and the trappings of this life. With Rachel's administration the ministry expanded, opening a second location in Las Vegas, Nevada which meant a larger platform and more people to reach. Finally, the church began a school with Min. Rachel as the principal which has produced doctors and lawyers already. In 2017 with a husband by her side she was the catalyst for the ministry, taking social media by storm with messages to build the community and creating avenues to call people from a life of drugs, alcohol, and an immoral life that destructs the family unit. She even has an annual camping retreat to teach teens how to overcome their toxic environments. Min. Rachel has many hats that she wears, and it has not always been easy for, and it still is not. She has suffered and toiled for Christ, and she has never complained, even when she is tired. She has continued to let God use her from generation to generation, for example, she was my father’s youth leader, and she is now my youth leader. She has truly defied every stereotype of a preacher's kid. Minister Rachel is a prime example of how not only to serve God, but to serve God with gladness.