About Minister C.C. Merchant

C.C. Merchant Music Ministry

ccmerchant1984@gmail.com – www.callaycmerchant.com 

USA +01 347-475-7766 -  Liberia +231 088 982  0000

 


 

Introduction of C.C. Merchant

C.C. Merchant  ( Nee Caroline Nelson ) born and raised on Du Port Road, Paynesville, Liberia, is a Composer, Producer and Singer. Beginning at the age of 12 in the Adult Choir of the Effort Baptist Church Music Department, C.C.  served as music minister for Effort Baptist Church for ten years.C.C. is a survivor of the Liberian15-years Civil War, during which her first husband, Emmanuel Siafa Cooper,  was killed, leaving her pregnant with her daughter, now Mrs. Korpo Cooper Awonuga ( Northern Ireland).   She launched her music ministry in the Ivory Coast, while a refugee, With the Give God the Praise Gospel Concert.

C.C.  is a consecrated Music Evangelist, Commissioned Home Missionary and Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her mission is to use her musical talents to exalt the Almighty, win and inspire souls for the Kingdom of God. 

C. C. Merchant received Ministers’ Bible Training at the Bethel School of Ministry ( Now Harvest Ministries -Bishop Darlington Johnson), has a master’s degree  from Strayer University, USA and bachelor’s degree from Cuttington University, Liberia, in accounting. C.C. has worked as an Accountant for more than 20 years, including Price Waterhouse, Liberia, The African Development Bank, Ivory Coast, the Internal Revenue Service, the US Department of Justice and the State of Maryland.

She is married to   Bp. Wilmot T. Merchant, II, the mother of three and lives in South Carolina, USA. 

 

Accomplishments of C.C. Merchant

Founder and CEO

  1. Liberia Hope Society, Inc – www.libhope.org
  2. Liberia Music and Performing Arts Foundation – www.liberianmusicheritage.org
  3. Liberian Books and Music Club – www.liberianbooksandmusic.shop   
  4.  C.C. Merchant Music Ministry – www.callaycmerchant.com  

 

Composer, Singer and Producer - Five CD/Cassette Albums and Two Song Books

  1. God Bless Liberia
  2. God be Glorified
  3. God Sends Angels
  4. Liberia Will Rise Again
  5. One Way Ticket
  6. Give God the Praise
  7. Liberian Music Heritage – Liberian Anthems, Patriotic, Native, Traditional and Contemporary Songs 
  8. Ah Pon Zuo – Liberian Native, Traditional and Contemporary Christian Songs 

C.C. Merchant has composed more and 75 and recorded more than 50 songs

 

 

 

Worldwide Acclaim and Press Coverage

She is known worldwide for putting Liberia back on the music map with her hit song One Way Ticket to Monrovia, inspiring many Liberians to return home after the 15-Years Civil Wars. As C.C. Barnard, C.C. Nelson and C.C. Merchant) her music and videos are on Amazon, iTunes and YouTube, She  was covered by the following news magazines:

  1. The Inquirer, Liberia
  2. The New Dawn Liberia
  3. Washington Post, Washington, DC
  4. Diamondback, University of Maryland, USA
  5.  Washington Informer, Washington, DC
  6. TLC Africa  - The Liberian Connection, Liberia

 

  1. Music Minister and Live Performances

C.C. Merchant has served as Music Minister/Musician and performed, for many years, in many USA states for Liberian Communities, in the presence of Presidents and world leaders including Liberian Presidents Joseph Boakai, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ivorian, Liberian and United States Government Leaders in the Washington DC Area. The following are a few organizations and events she served and ministered:

  1. Music Minister – Evangelistic Harvest Church, Int’l, Atlanta, GA
  2. Music Minister - United Christian Church, Washington, DC
  3. Music Minister - Whosoever Will Christian Church, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
  4. Choir Director & Organist - Protestant Church of Plateau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  5. Founding Member, Pianist and Lead Soloist - Agape Fellowship Choir, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 
  6. Music Minister & Lead Soloist - Effort Baptist Church,  Paynesville, City,  Monrovia Liberia 
  7. Song Books Launching 
  8. King of Glory Lutheran Church, North Myrtle Beach, SC 
  9. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. North Myrtle Beach, SC
  10. Exalting The Most High Concert – Harvest Church, Oxford, GA 
  11. New Hope Church – Atlanta, GA 
  12. International Christian Fellowship, Atlanta, GA 
  13. Liberian Embassy Independence Day Celebrations 
  14. Give God the Praise Concert- University Baptist Church, College Park, Maryland
  15. Give God the Praise Concert – Protestant Church of Plateau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

 

Community Service

  1. Director – Cuttington University Alumni Choir
  2. Treasurer - Effort Baptist Church & Friends USA
  3. President - Effort Baptist Church & Friends USA

 

Music Training

  1. Mrs. Agnes A. Gasu Music School, Paynesville, Liberia    
  2. Mrs. Maude Parker Dennis Music School, Congo Town, Liberia
  3. Mrs. Georgia Payne Cooper School of Music, Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O Magnify The Lord With  Me, Let Us Exalt is Name Together!