About our Founder

Dannet Mitchell founded the Women In Fellowship and Encouragement (W.I.F.E.) ministries 17 years ago. W.I.F.E. 's mission is to engage, encourage, equip, and empower women in their faith journey. The ministry facilitates gospel-centered opportunities for women, calling them to passionately reflect upon and declare the gospel of Jesus Christ through biblical fellowship and accountability. 

W.I.F.E. provides a functional platform for women to minister to and mentor one another through their life stories and the Word of God. That is in their welcome, worship, and walk.

Dannet, a native of the beautiful Caribbean Isle of Jamaica, currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  In 2015, Dannet and her four children, Kameron, Christian, Gabrielle, and Benjamin, lost their dearly beloved Edgar Allan Jr., who was a devoted husband and father.  Today, they still reside in their family home in Philadelphia, where Edgar's legacy of love of family, ministry, and community permeates their daily lives and inspires them to grow and thrive in all they do. The family is an active member of the Risen Hope Church in Prospect Park, PA, where Pastor Alex Chen is the Senior Pastor. Dannet serves her church community as Co-Leader of the Risen Women’s Ministry, where she enjoys coming alongside a diverse demographic of women to exemplify the Titus 2 model of “ the mature woman mentoring younger women.”  At Risen Hope, Dannet is also the Lead coordinator of the Risen Prayer Ministry, where her passion is to support the Elders in creating a culture of prayer at Risen Hope. Dannet also teaches Bible Study, promoting Bible Literacy- knowing God's Word by reading and comprehending for obedience and prayerful application. Dannet is very committed to supporting the women in her community to consistently grow in treasuring Christ and living out the gospel graciously and truthfully.

Beyond her ministry passions, Dannet works in her community as the President and Co-founder of B.E.S.T. (Building Educational Success Together) Academies LLC, which she and Edgar established over 20 years ago. B.E.S.T Academies LLC operates as an educational support and training company dedicated to preparing the next generation of learners to compete adequately at every level of academic and professional pursuits.  Tucked between work and ministry, Dannet continues to actively home-school her youngest son and finds great pleasure in practicing what she preaches at home, which she considers her first ministry.

Those who know Dannet well would agree and share that she passionately promotes the message that educational, spiritual, emotional, and social preparation begins at home. Dannet celebrates her love and commitment to Christ-centered living by sharing in fellowship, relationship, and encouragement with all within a listening ear of the message of salvation, redemption, and spiritual victory.

Through the influence of sound doctrinal teaching facilitated by the pastoral leadership at Risen Hope and her personal passion for studying, researching, and practically applying the truth of God’s Word, Dannet has realized and upholds that at the end of the day, our fervent resolve should be to treasure, proclaim and grow in deeper fellowship with the Gospel and others in the body of Christ.  Dannet has many favorite verses of scripture, but the ones she is reminded to hold fast to most are Col. 3:16, “ Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching, and admonishing one another.” and Psalm 19:7-10  “The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise. The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad the command of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold than an abundance of pure gold and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.”