Our Leading Lady, Elder Trina, lives to encourage others to discover their purpose, deepen their faith, and reach their full potential. She accomplishes this mission through ministry, teaching, preaching, leadership development, and organizational consulting.
At Second Baptist Church, she serves as the Director of Christian Education, providing leadership for the church’s Christian education and spiritual formation ministries. She develops opportunities for others to engage Scripture, strengthen their faith, and apply biblical principles to everyday life. Through initiatives such as Faith Lab, Bible studies, and leadership development experiences, she creates spaces where people can ask meaningful questions, grow spiritually, and discover new ways to live out their faith.
As a preacher and teacher, Elder Trina is passionate about helping people navigate life’s transitions with faith and hope. Her preaching addresses the realities of uncertainty, loss, change, disappointment, and new beginnings, encouraging people to wrestle honestly with life’s difficult questions while trusting God when the path forward is unclear.
In 2006, she earned a Masters of Divinity from Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and in 2014 a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership with a focus on the Ecclesial context. Elder Trina was licensed to preach the Gospel in 2007 and ordained an Elder in 2010.
For seven years, Elder Trina served as Executive Pastor alongside her husband, Dr. Steven J. Daniels, Sr., at Smithfield Baptist Church in Gloucester, VA and transitioned to Ann Arbor in 2015.
God blessed Elder Trina to marry her best friend Dr. Steven J. Daniels, Sr. and mother three children: Davion, Yhasman, and Steven II. She holds firm to Philippians 1:6 which encourages confidence that God who began the good work will perform it until Christ Jesus returns.
Reach her at:
- [email protected]
- 734-663-9369, ext 108