OUR PASTOR
Rev. dr. delores j.cain
 

Rev. Cain is currently the Organizer and pastor of Heritage Christian Community Baptist
Church of Lutz, Florida. She is a native of Chicago Illinois and the daughter of a Baptist
pastor. Pastor Cain confessed Christ at the age of six, and has been secure since
confession and baptism, in knowing that she is saved and called to be a saint.
 

Pastor Cain acknowledged a call to ministry in 1993 and preached her initial
sermon in 1994 at the Bible Based Fellowship Church in Tampa Florida, under the
pastorate of Rev. Arthur T. Jones and Rev Earl B. Mason. She was licensed to preach in
March of 1997 at Beulah Baptist Institutional church of Tampa, FL and was later
ordained and installed as Assistant pastor of Beulah Baptist in 1999. Rev. Cain served as an associate minister for two years and assistant pastor of Beulah Baptist Institutional church, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. W. James Favorite for 8 years, leaving to organize the Heritage Christian Community Baptist church in 2007.
 

Pastor Cain retired as an instructor at the University of South Florida in 2011 after
working in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy as a Master Trainer for the
Child Welfare Training Academy. Rev. Cain works as a private consultant in the area of
child welfare, providing keynotes, developing curriculum and presenting workshops
throughout the USA.
 

She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Illinois and a
Master of Social Work degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee. Pastor Cain
was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Ministry in 2013 from the Richmond Virginia
Seminary in Richmond VA. In December of 2014, Delores was awarded a Doctor of
Ministry degree, as a member of the Curtis/Stewart cohort group; Preaching Prophetically in a Post Modern culture, from the United Theological Seminary, in Dayton Ohio.
 

Rev. Cain is known as a bible teacher, Sunday school instructor, women’s group
facilitator, preacher, gospel soloist, directress, workshop facilitator and soul winner. Rev
Cain is a gospel-recording artist; and has been featured on several Florida Mass Choir
albums, the James, and the Bethel Baptist church in Fort Lauderdale Florida. She has
been invited to preach and teach in several denominations throughout the country. She
has conducted leadership seminars, women’s conferences and retreats, and is a deliverer of the gospel message on any given day of the week. She is dually prepared to reach the lost by preaching and or singing Jesus and the power of his resurrection. She is a proud pastor; often heard saying that “Heritage members make pastoring easy.”