Pastor Marilyn Fenderson

Pastor Marilyn is the Co-Founder of One Flesh Worldwide Ministries,  Founder of Marilyn Fenderson Ministries, Speaker, TV & Radio personality, 4x Bestselling & International Bestselling Author/Coauthor, Foreword Author and Self-Publisher. She is a Christian Marriage Counselor, Relationship Coach, Mentor and Breast Cancer Survivor. Pastor Marilyn Fenderson is a wife and mother who lives to inspire her family to use their gifts for the glory of God and live their lives for purpose.


Pastor Marilyn has been in ministry for over twenty years, along with her husband and ministry partner Pastor Francis E, Fenderson III. She is the co-founder of their marriage ministry One Flesh Worldwide Ministries established in 2003 which began as a radio broadcast on WGBX 1570 AM. They are co-authors of the marriage book We Put A Ring On It which was written to provide couples with a set of precepts to help navigate through adversity. They are both inspired to spiritually strengthen and restore marriages through counseling, coaching, teaching, as well as writings and revelation knowledge that is demonstrated on their marriage site and weekly Clubhouse room. Their show Why Did We Get Married airs weekly on the RiseHer TV Network via steaming platforms Roku TV and Amazon Fire TV. 

God has truly anointed her for a great work and she is dedicated to spreading his word through preaching, evangelizing, teaching, counseling, books, social media, the internet and various other forms of media. Through various guest panels, TV guest appearences, podcasts and a radio broadcasting show that ran on air for two years, she has reached souls throughout Chicagoland and Indiana, where the uncompromising Word of God was preached with clarity and spiritual understanding. She has been inspired to strengthen and restore marriages through writings and the revelation knowledge of God demonstated in this marriage blog site.

She is the Founder of Marilyn Fenderson Ministries which is a Christian based ministry with the sole purpose of coaching and mentoring women and youth, providing book publishing consultation and sharing God’s wisdom, word, power and love through her books, magazine articles, blog, social media, radio and TV platforms. In addition, she is dedicated to performing outreach through partnerships with charitable organizations, other ministries, food pantries and shelters to provide food, clothing and various basic needs to disenfranchised and underserved communities.  


Pastor Marilyn has authored/coauthored 13 books, 4 which are bestsellers, written blogs, digital and print magazine articles. She has written forewords for other authors and consults aspiring authors on writing and publishing their books. Her authored books are sold globally and locally and can be purchased on various online book outlets.


She is featured in various magazines articles, cover features, author spotlights, billboards as well as a guest speaker at Women’s conferences, podcasts, iHeart radio, Crawford Media and online radio shows both internationally and locally, with an upcoming guest appearance on Good Morning America. 

Pastor Marilyn is a Cohost of A Time of Inspiration Radio Broadcast aired on WYCA Rejoice 102.3 FM and televised on VTV Network via streaming platforms Roku TV, Amazon TV, Apple TV and Apple Fire TV. She is the author/coauthor of 13 books, writes blogs, magazine articles, forewords, and consult aspiring authors on writing and publishing their books. She also released her latest #1 bestselling book Mom Remember Me in Jan 2023.


She is named a Top Author of 2022, Top Female Business Leader, Triumphant Ascending Impact Leader, Women Making a Global Impact and 2022 ACHI Magazine Award Nominee, and 100 Women To know In 2023. 

She is a woman of honesty, integrity and faith and lives what she preaches. As a praise exhorter, her enthusiasm for God causes spirits to tremble and saints to celebrate with gladness. The gift of God's anointing doesn't stop with her. The Lord has blessed her with an awesome Man of God, Pastor Francis Fenderson and four children. Two of the children are active in the ministry of arts and entertainment, praise, worship, music, prayer and teaching.

Kind regards

Pastor Marilyn Fenderson

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