Reverend Arlene Bates

She is the founder of the Step Along Side (SAS)Conference which is conducted each year to help bring families together to be refreshed and reminded they matter.

The mother of five adult  daughters and two sons-in-law; grandmother to five, and great-grandmother to nine. Rev. Bates was also the primary caregiver to her mother since 2005. She is a prayer warrior and has designed a line of personal prayer products, ab.ppp.

Rev. Bates does all she can to be a blessing to all the people she can. Her primary goal is to bring glory to God with her life by helping others come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.