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Thelma Wells
With upbeat, joyous enthusiasm, popular author, speaker and businesswoman Thelma Wells offers information, motivation, inspiration and encouragement to help people throughout the world “BEE” their best.

Thelma grew up to become a trailblazer for black women, a prominent international speaker and author, and a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. As a student at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas (now the University of North Texas), she was a member of the first group of girls to integrate the school’s dormitories.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree from North Texas State and eventually received a Master’s of Ministry from Master’s International School of Divinity in Evansville, Indiana. In 2002 she became the school’s first black female professor.

Thelma received an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Divinity and was ordained into the gospel ministry by the Saint Thomas Christian College and Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida.

In 1980, Thelma became the first black woman in the South to organize her own international speaking and consulting corporation. Her natural talent for public speaking and storytelling attracted the attention of the Women of Faith Tour, and in 1996 she became the first black core speaker for the organization. She has authored several books, including her latest God Is Not Through With Me Yet, an inspiring examination of her own life experiences in which she encourages readers to "sing in the closets of their lives." She serves as the president of The Daughters of Zion Leadership Mentoring Program, an organization she founded in 2000 (another first for a black woman). Through this ministry, "Mama T," as she is affectionately called, has mentored over 100 spiritual daughters.

Thelma has been married to George Wells, her best friend, supporter, and encourager, for over 45 years. The couple lives in Dallas, Texas, and has three children, ten grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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Books by Thelma Wells

Girl, Have I Got News For You

Women today are constantly juggling the never-ending demands of work, family, church, and life in general. The pace never slows, and the consequences are often discouragement, disappointment, and an overwhelming sense of failure. Not only do the demands never stop, but much of the time, life just doesn't go the way we had planned. We face difficulties and dilemmas that seem insurmountable.

God Is Not Through With Me Yet: Holding On to the One Who Holds You Close

Thelma Wells has known a lifetime of achievements and victories over obstacles, as well as a wealth of meaningful relationships and abundant ministry to countless others. But recently, God led her into dark valleys–including an almost fatal illness–as part of His plan to deepen her firsthand knowledge of Himself as the Great I AM. This rich experience is what she shares with you, along with plenty of smiles and laughter, in God Is Not Through with Me Yet.

Listen Up, Honey! Good News for Your Soul

Thelma Wells is a mentor and a friend. Catch her on the run at a Women of Faith conference, or spend a year in her mentoring class, and you're going to be nourished by someone who understands real life and a real relationship with God.