Pastoral Accomplishments/Milestones
 

• Elected Pastor July 17, 1996 and installed on November 17.
• Initiated the Challenge to Build campaign which led to $1.5 million mortgage and paid off in 2014.
• Increased membership from 200 to over 600 members
• Mentored 5 to preach their initial sermon and five others ministers licensed.
• Launched Food Commodity, Helping Hands Food Pantry, FEMA, and blood drives as community support.
• Helped organize financial relief campaign for Hurricane Katrina and church assisted with relief efforts.
• Established 5^th Sunday and Relationship Restoration Reunion
• Received his 4th Doctor of Divinity Degree.
• Served as Dean and teacher at Heavens Avenue Baptist University and Seminary.
• Involved in community activities including roles on the Life Enrichment Center Board, Chaplain of the Shelby Law Enforcement Association, Chaplain of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department, Chaplain and Pastoral Council of Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
• Currently involved in basement Renovation Project

 


From the Pastor's Heart

It is beyond a doubt, a privilege and a “Plum Sweet Pleasure” to serve this People of God.  As I stroll down Memory Lane, I am reminded of  the commitment I covenanted between God, the Church, and Myself; not just as a Preacher but more so as a Christian . . . . “We engage therefore by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; in knowledge, in holiness, and in comfort; to promote into prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines: . . . We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love;”