Brandon Burdett Porter Biography

Description- Pastor Maury Davis is the man behind the latest development chapter of the Cornerstone Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Three years later, Stanley became the sixteenth pastor at the First Baptist church in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1977, he named his ministry “In Touch Ministries.” One year later, Dr. Stanley was

Dr. Ron Crandall holds a doctoral degree in Pastoral Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He retired in 2008 from Ashbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, where he was a professor of evangelism and practical theology. He has served as an Elder in the United Methodist Church and is now the Executive Director of ABIDE. ABIDE the program that he helped come up with to revitalize churches. Crandall has researched and written in the areas of evangelism, leadership, and church growth. He is best known for WITNESS: Learning to Share Your Christian Faith, and Turnaround And Beyond: A Hopeful Future for Small Membership Churches.

As the Christ-centered Leader of one of the fastest growing Church’s in Houston, Texas, pastor Keion (pastor k.) Dwayne Henderson is No stranger to change or Leadership. He has grown his church by over 3,500% in less than five years. He has spent countless hours preaching the gospel to audiences in the USA, London, Africa, and around the World via television. Pastor k. has become both a pillar of Faith and a beacon of hope for all who hear his message. Pastor Henderson was called to Ministry in 1995 at the age of 14, just Prior to his freshman year of high School. He attended Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne in his home state of Indiana where he distinguished himself as an athlete and campus leader. During his high school Career he won

Understanding a person’s life and struggles helps explain his or her character and leadership qualities. Smallwood E. Williams was born on October 17, 1907 in Virginia. He moved to Columbus, Ohio with his mother and stepfather when he was only eleven years old. Williams lost his father when he was an infant (Taylor 50). Upon moving to Columbus in 1918, his mother joined Bishop Robert Lawson’s Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (COOLJC) and began taking Williams there every Sunday. A few years later, at age fourteen, Williams started preaching at the church while attending school. In fact, people started calling him “Boy-Wonder Preacher” mainly after his travel to New York City to preach at Lawson’s Refuge Church of Christ

Priests can help you navigate your way through life because God’s voice shines through them. Father Jack Flaherty is one of the most compassionate and driven priest I have ever met. He goes from parish to parish spreading God’s love to everyone in need and goes above and beyond in making sure that everyone feels welcomed wherever they go. Due to his large time commitment, dedication to God and his parishioners, and his exemplary exhibition of heroic qualities, Father Jack is a hero

The majority of the staff at First Baptist Church Pontotoc has served faithfully for a number of years. The pastor, Ken Hester, has served in his role for over fourteen years. In Ken’s tenure as the lead pastor, he has garnered a reputation as a strong leader, counselor, gifted communicator, and a community oriented individual. Lewis Harrell has served as discipleship and evangelism pastor for the last twelve years. Lewis has gained the reputation in the community as a gifted counselor, person with a laid-back attitude, and leader of outreach to the community. Mickey Gentry has served as music minister in the church for the last twenty-five years. Mickey is known throughout the community as a highly driven individual who puts forth great effort to enlarge the kingdom of God.

On Monday, I went to the local Crossroads Baptist Church, located at 850 Edwards Ferry Rd NE, Leesburg, VA. This was my first time experience as I am Hindu and my parents never exposed me to any churches. Dr. Kenneth K. Baldwin was the pastor at the time I went. Luckily, I got the chance to speak with him after the service. After our brief conclusion, I realized that he had a great vision for his church and is leading it to success through his passion. I sensed his passion for preaching and religious beliefs as they were evident during the service. Despite this being my first visit to a church, I learned a lot of valuable things about churches and Christianity.

Audrey is a faithful member of St .Luke Baptist Church in Paterson, where Rev. Kenneth D.R. Clayton is the Senior Pastor. She has been a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.for over 25 years She currently serves as the President of the Paterson Alumnae Chapter, Audrey diligently served the sorority in various leadership roles including serving as vice president for four years, chairperson of Program Planning and Development, chairperson for Scholarship and Education and advisor to The Delta Teens( known today as Delta GEMS). While her sons

He was the second of seven Children. He accepted Christ at the age of eleven (11) and joined the New Tabernacle Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Carter of Yazoo City, Mississippi. He was educated in Yazoo City, Mississippi school system. He served in the U.S. Army in 1951 and served during the Korean War. He was a Corporal, he earned a silver star and was honorably discharged in 1953. He moved to Detroit Michigan where he was employed at Ford Motor Co. and Verno’s Bottling Company. In 1998 he joined Derrick Memorial Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Samuel Thornton, of Detroit Michigan. He was a member of the male chorus. He was a very outgoing and caring person, and most of his friends knew him as

 The Bayou Macon-Madison Baptist Association is located in Epps, Louisiana and is headed by Director of Missions Bro. Jay Morgan. It is an organization of 36 churches that work together to spread the word of Christ and to improve the lives of church members as well as members of the community. Bro. Jay Morgan serves the churches of the association as an advisor. He advises the pastors of the churches and acts as a resource person to them. The association offers different programs for pastors to help them improve their skills so they can better serve their churches.

In his walk with Christ he joined New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Grace. Later recommitment his fellowship with Peaceful Zion Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Dr. C.P. Preston Jr.

Barrows had also served as the Vice Chairman to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Board of Directors. He was a man of prayer and hoped that Gospel would reach millions of people so that they come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.

William Edward Burghardt, also known as W.E.B DuBois, was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. While his father was absent in parts of his life he heavily relied on his mother to take care of him throughout his life.DuBois freely attended white school and was fully supported by his white teachers. Like Dubois Maya Angelou’s father was not in the picture. While visiting her mother, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend and completely stopped talking. Maya’s uncles later killed her mother’s boyfriend for revenge for what he had done to her.

Christ is the leader of the Church, Paul in Ephesians 1:22 said “God placed everything under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the Church” however, God entrusted the authority to lead to his servant whom he set them aside to lead the community. Pastor as a public Leadership is to lead community. A person who is called by God to lead public has a responsibility to be in the community, with the community and for the community. One of best questions raised in the class during public leadership discussion was “How we can be a community pastor rather than just a church pastor?” This really a kind of question we are to consider as pastor especially as rural congregation pastor. In most cases when pastor are called to