C.C. Merchant Music Ministry 

ccnelsonmusic@yahoo.com – 347-475-7766 / 231 088 982 0000 – www.callaycmerchant.com 

Introduction

C.C. Merchant  ( Nee Caroline Nelson ) born and raised on Duport Road, Paynesville, Liberia, is a Composer, Keyboardist and Singer. Beginning at the age of 12 in the Effort Baptist Church Music Department, C.C. Merchant served as music minister for Effort Baptist Church for ten years. She launched her music ministry  in the Ivory Coast, With the Give God The Praise Gospel Concert.

She is a consecrated Music Evangelist 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 has a master’s degree from Strayer University, USA and bachelor’s degree from Cuttington University in Accounting. She is married, the mother of three and lives in South Carolina, USA.

Accomplishments

• Founder, C.C. Merchant Music Ministry – www.callaycmerchant.com 
• Produced Five CD/Cassette albums 
  • God Bless Liberia
  • God be Glorified
  • God Sends Angels
  • Liberia Will Rise Again
  • One Way Ticket
  • Give God the Praise
• Song books Release - 2026
  • Liberian Music Heritage - Great Liberian Anthems and Folk song book  
  • Ah Pon Zuo – African Native, Traditional and Contemporary Gospel Song book 
• C.C. Merchant has composed more and 75 and recorded more than 50 songs
• 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.
• C.C. Merchant has served as Music Minister and performed, for many years, 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
• Music Minister – Evangelistic Harvest Church, Int’l, Atlanta, GA
• Music Minister - United Christian Church, Washington, DC
• Music Minister - Whosoever Will Christian Church, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
• Choir Director & Organist - Protestant Church of Plateau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• Founding Member, Pianist and Lead Soloist - Agape Fellowship Choir, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 
• Music Minister & Lead Soloist - Effort Baptist Church,  Paynesville, City,  Monrovia Liberia 
• Founder and Director – Yeeblee Festival Liberia
• Director – Cuttington University Alumni Choir
• Treasurer - Effort Baptist Church & Friends USA
• Founder and President – Liberian Hope Society – www.libhope.org 
• President -  Effort Baptist Church & Friends USA
• Director – Protestant Church of Plateau, Ivory Coast

Training and  Certification

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

Professional Memberships

• Association of Liberian Christian Ministers – Georgia, USA

Press Coverage

• The Inquirer, Liberia
• The New Dawn Liberia
• Washington Post, Washington, DC
• Diamondback, University of Maryland, USA
•  Washington Informer, Washington, DC
• TLC Africa  - The Liberian Connection, Liberia

Live Concerts/Performances

1. King of Glory Lutheran Church, North Myrtle Beach, SC, September 2025
2. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. North Myrtle Beach, SC, August 2024
3. Exalting The Most High – Harvest, Atlanta, GA – November 2024
4. New Hope Church – Atlanta, GA, October 2024
5. International Christian Fellowship, Atlanta, GA – July 2024
6. Liberian Embassy Independence Day Celebrations – 2006-2012
7. Give God The Praise - University Baptist Church, College Park, Maryland, 2006
8. Give God The Praise – Protestant Church of Plateau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1992

www.ccnelsonmusic.com – ccnelsonmusic@yahoo.com

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