Ellen F. Alston is president and founder of Inspired Word Ministries, Inc., established in September 2000, and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating in Austell, Georgia, and Newark, Delaware. 

She is a conference host and teacher, training inspired women (IWMC) to mobilize and serve through established faith, prevailing prayer, and divine connections.

Through the Brown Bag Club, founded in 2005, she is feeding and nurturing the homeless in communities in Georgia and Delaware.