<p>FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN:
ELDER DON WHEAT
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Elder Wheat was born Nov. 10, 1943, in Mt. Vernon, KY. His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. He never attended church growing up, but he loved God and believed the Bible was Holy. As a teenager, he started attending a Christian church, felt a burden to preach, and was encouraged to attend Bible College after he graduated from high school. He met Deborah Downs and attended the Cincinnati Primitive Baptist Church, where she was a member. His first impression was that these people were totally wrong in what they believed. He later found himself defending the beliefs of these Primitive Baptists. He joined the Cincinnati Church in May 1963. On July 18, 1964, he and Deborah were married by their pastor, Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. To this union, two sons and a daughter were born.
He was ordained a deacon at Cincinnati Church in 1971. He still carried the burden to preach, and later was liberated by the Cincinnati Church. He was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry in 1985. He became the pastor of the Salem Church near Means, KY. He served as their pastor for 12 years. He is presently serving the Rock Springs Church at Green Hall, KY.
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Updated: Elder Don Wheat is the pastor of Little Miami Primitive Baptist Church in Loveland, Ohio. </p>
