Dr. Cleveland Houser is an ordained minister of the gospel in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He is a graduate of Oakwood College, Andrews University, and Gulf Coast Seminary. He has served as a pastor in the South Central Conference for ten years and as a Psychiatric Chaplain for the Tennessee Department of Corrections for sixteen years. He was Adjunct Professor of Sociology for the American Baptist Theological Seminary for five years, and Associate Professor of Social Science at Selma University and John C. Calhoun State Community College for four years.

Dr. Houser is a prolific writer having been contributing editor for the Regional Voice, and the Southern Tidings magazines, the author of The Credit Restorer, and Don’t Follow Me newsletters. His participation in community outreach has won him numerous awards, honors, and citations from USA Today, the Philanthropic Award from Fisk University for Youth Outreach, and a Humanitarian Award for “His War on Drugs”. Dr. Houser was cited by former Governor Ned McWherter of Tennessee, for leading the war on drugs among Tennessee youth.

Dr. Houser and his wife, Joyce, have united their efforts to continue to reach out to those who are shackled by the vices of Satan, helping them to know and to come to Jesus Christ.

Currently, Dr. Cleveland Houser serves as the Executive Director for the Don’t Follow Me organization, and is the Prison Ministry Consultant and Trainer for the North American Division.