portrait of Bishop Adrian Ware

Bishop Adrian D. Ware is the Founder, Senior Pastor, and Chief Executive Officer of The Church Triumphant Global – one of the most exciting ministries in the metropolitan Jackson, Mississippi area.  Having received the call to preach the Gospel in June of 1977, Bishop Ware hesitated because (1) he had wanted to become a physician since the age of six, and he wondered how he could do both, and (2) he had a severe stutter.

After much prayer, study, and unsuccessful negotiations with God, he accepted the Divine Call in June 1983 and preached his first official message.  While a member of his father’s church, his gift was nurtured and adequately cultivated.  There, he served in Intercessory Prayer, Altar Ministry, Senior Adult Sunday School Teacher, Consecration Coordinator, Bible Class Teacher, Associate Minister, Board of Directors, and any other position where he was needed.

Bishop Ware was personally mentored and taught the basics of teaching and preaching by Bishop Noel Jones, Senior Pastor of the City of Refuge Church, Gardena, California. He completed his three-year Ministerial Alliance Course. There, Bishop Ware learned Hermeneutics, Homiletics, Church History, How to Study the Bible, How to Prepare a Biblically Sound Message, How to Capture and Hold Each Audience’s Attention, etc.  Before founding The Church Triumphant Global, Bishop Ware taught at a three-year Bible Training School where he taught classes such as The Pre-Adamic World, The Seven Dispensations, Jesus – In the Volume of the Book, The Gift of Salvation, Proper Administration of the Gifts of the Spirit, and the teachings of Eschatology.

On June 1, 1997, Bishop Adrian Ware and his wife, Pastor Tonya, opened the doors of The Church Triumphant Global with seven (7) people in attendance. Since then, the ministry has blossomed into a unique, growing, vibrant community of excited Believers. God’s mandate to Bishop Ware is two-fold: (1) prophetic, revelatory teaching, and (2) the gifts of healing. God has consistently confirmed His Word as thousands have been impacted by teachings filled with the Word of Wisdom and the Word of Knowledge. Through Bishop Ware’s ministry, countless persons have been delivered from oppression and healed from sicknesses and incurable diseases. Bishop Ware majors in teaching the living Word of Truth in a manner that brings understanding and, ultimately, lasting transformation.

Bishop enjoys cooking, reading, writing, traveling, and spending quality time with his family in his leisure time.

Bishop Ware began his formal education at Saint Gabriel Catholic School. He graduated from Gentry High School as the Salutatorian. Having been born into a family that places education as a major priority, he always excelled in academics. He graduated from Delta State University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He received a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Mississippi College – concentrating in Business Law and Finance. He also studied at Millsaps College and Texas College. Bishop Ware received a Doctor of Ministry from Portland Seminary of George Fox University, Portland, Oregon.

Bishop Ware was born a fourth-generation member of the Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. He received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and was fellowshipped among those in Pentecost. The Church Triumphant Global is a charter member of the Faith Ministries Alliance under the leadership of Dr. William S. Winston of Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, Illinois. The Church Triumphant Global is a non-denominational WORD Church that strives to teach the whole counsel of God.

Bishop Ware serves as a Transformational Coach in Pre-Marital and Post-Marital Guidance. He is a certified leadership coach in the John Maxwell Group and a Transformational Coach with Jack Canfield, the author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. He is a gifted dream interpreter and one of the most prolific teachers of the Word of God in this area and abroad.