About Next Step Ministries

In 1998, community leaders came to the realization of a sad truth. Many women and children in the Forsyth County area had been beaten, terrorized, and sometimes tragically killed. The truth of the matter is that no woman should have to live in an environment where she consistently fears for her safety. Neither should she have to fear for the well being of her children.

Community leaders recognized that a battered woman and her children need a place of healing and security. They envisioned a place where victims of domestic violence could go for food, shelter, guidance, and safety. This is how Next Step Ministries was born.

Next Step Ministries is a 501c3 non-profit organization with the goal of assisting victims of domestic violence and their children to break the cycle of violence.

Please enjoy our Web site and if you have any questions or require specific site information, please contact us.

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2011 Board of Directors Next Step Ministries, Inc.

President: Nancy Bourn, Owner and operator, Trend Setters Styling Salon, Kernersville, NC
Vice President: Corliss Thompson-Drew, WSFCS Lead Psychologist, Winston Salem Forsyth Schools, Winston-Salem, NC
Treasurer: Sandy Walker, CPA, Cannon and Company, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC
Secretary: Clark Vincent, Sr. Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Kernersville, NC

Dana Caudill Jones, General Manager, Caudill Electric; Board of Alderman, Kernersville, NC
Charlene Caudill, Co-Founder and Owner, Caudill Electric, Kernersville, NC
John Furrow, Retired, Kernersville, NC
Lucy Ortiz, AVP/Branch Manager, Bank of North Carolina
Bertha Prim, Customer Service and Account Services, Wachovia Bank
Amelia Templeton, Aquatics Director, Kernersville Family YMCA, Kernersville, NC
Marlene Smith, John G. Wolfe III and Associates, PLLC, Kernersville, NC
Madeline Busch, Vice President, Marketing, Floor Coverings International of the Piedmont Triad
NSM Board Legal Counsel: WFU Business and Law Clinic