Keith Butler (Michigan)

Keith Butler (Michigan)

Keith Butler is the founding pastor of the nondenominational Word of Faith International Christian Center (WOFICC) Church based in Southfield, Michigan. The Church has an estimated 22,00 member congregation. He is a former Detroit City councilman, and the only Republican elected to the council since before World War II. Butler is currently the Michigan National Republican committeeman.

Butler has written several books, including a popular church best-seller, A Seed Will Meet Any Need. He has also obtained several awards for both church and community services. One of the many was "2005 Inductee- Heritage Hall of Fame" for international cultural excellence. He is also well known for setting up satellite churches from San Francisco to Brazil to the UK, numbering well over 300.

Butler, who was born and raised in Detroit, became a Republican in 1982, and has been a GOP activist in presidential campaigns in Michigan.

In 2006, Keith sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to challenge the incumbent Debbie Stabenow. He was however defeated in the primary by Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, who lost the general election.

In February 2008, Butler replaced Chuck Yob as a Republican National Committee member from Michigan. Mr. Butler is on the Executive Board of Christians United for Israel, the pro-Israel organization founded by Rev. John Hagee.

In late 2008, Butler started a ministry school in Round Rock, Texas called Word of Faith Bible Training Center that was established to teach the doctrines & government of the church and to train individuals in the mission field.