"Musical Excellence with Anointing" Dwayne White is the Worship Leader and Music Minister at MCCBR. Dwayne is leading an active Music Ministry with room for all who wish to give praise and thanks to the Creator through music. Click here or on any still photo to go to the main menu page. Back to the Opening Page On to the Main Menu Dwayne White, MCCBR's Music Minister and Worship Leader, is from Savannah, GA. He grew up attending churches in the Church of God and Assembly of God denominations. Knowing there was a call on his life to go into the music ministry, he attended Lee University (a Church of God school) and pursued a B.A. in Church Music. Also at Lee, he received a minor in Bible and completed all course work for a B.M.E. (Bachelor of Music Education). At the age of 18, Dwayne placed 1st in the state and went on to the nationals in the solo piano category in the Church of God Teen Talent Competition.   After graduating, Dwayne worked as a full-time Minister of Music in several Pentecostal churches. At his first church in Fayetteville, NC, he led the Youth Choir to their first ever National-level Teen Talent Competition - placing 1st runner up. From there he moved to Bowling Green's 1st Assembly of God in KY where he led worship and directed the Adult Choir and 15-piece orchestra. In his next church position, he served as Minister of Music for the 1200-member First Assembly of God in Albany, GA where he directed a graded choir program consisting of four choirs including the 80-voice Adult Choir. During his tenure, the Music and Arts Department produced several full-scale multi-media productions with elaborate sets and costumes. The most memorable being a musical/drama reenactment of The Lord's Supper. Although he loved what he did, he knew that he was not being true to himself, so he resigned from his church and decided to pursue a "second chance at life". He attended culinary school and received a certificate in Culinary Arts. He worked at the prestigious Charleston Place Hotel in the Baking and Pastry Department and later started his own catering company, "An Affair to Remember". Dwayne met his partner, Dean, and moved to Greenville, NC where he served 7 years as Music Director and Organist at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. He also taught Choral Music with Greene County Schools and served as Department Chair for the Visual and Performing Arts Department. His choirs consistently received superior ratings at the NC Choral Festivals. Dwayne and his partner moved to Baton Rouge in 2005 and he started with MCC-BR the following year. Dwayne feels like he has been given a second chance at what he loves to do - lead people into worship. His ministry motto is "Musical Excellence with Anointing" - presenting the best we have to offer God and then asking the Holy Spirit to anoint it so that it will make a difference in people's lives.