Melanie Nicole Hill was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.    Melanie is a 1991 graduate of Carver High School.  She attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and High Point University.  She earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree with honors in Business Management. Melanie plans to pursue a Master’s of Divinity with emphasis in Pastoral Counseling.

 

Melanie received her spiritual foundation at Union Baptist Church where she was active in the Sunday School, Youth Missionary, Youth Choir, and Baptist Training Union.  During her college years and early young adulthood, she was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC where her spiritual walk was even more nurtured.  She later returned to Union Baptist Church where she became active in the Evangelism Ministry, HIV/AIDS Ministry and the Music and Fine Arts Ministry.  She was licensed to preach in October 2003 under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Sir Walter L. Mack, Jr and ordained by the Rowan Baptist Association in August 2008.

 

She is currently a member of Lexington Christian Fellowship under the leadership of her husband, Pastor Robert C. Hill, Jr. Together; they are the proud parents of Courtney, Victoria, Desmond, and Hope; and the proud grandparents of Semaj, Kingston, and Dallas. Melanie is employed at Novant Health.  In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family.

 

Robert and Melanie are founders of “There is Hope Ministries”. This is a ministry to designed to support families are who suffer from infertility, experienced miscarriages and stillborn births.  Because of their journey, they want to support and minister to those who are or have experienced the same pain.  Romans 8:24-25 “For in this hope, we are saved.  Now hope that is seen, is not hope.  For who hopes for what he sees?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience”.