Introduction Throughout my career, I have attended countless continuing education events and read a dozen books on church leadership all with the same theme: congregations need a clear mission and Continue Reading
Introduction Trinity Church is a historic United Methodist congregation located in the heart of downtown Savannah, GA. In fact, it is so historic, it is listed as one of Continue Reading
Introduction America’s history demonstrates that White Supremacist thought became a racist reality. In nascent colonial America, the ideas of ethnic superiority were being developed and shared. Eventually these ideas became Continue Reading
An Unforgettable Day I’ll never forget Sunday, March 15, 2020. On this day, Cascade United Methodist Church, where I serve as the technology director, suspended its in-person services and weekly Continue Reading
PANDEMIC AND PANDEMONIUM! It was not just our imagination in March of 2020, when the world shifted as we entered a period of change that was unprecedented in our lifetimes! Continue Reading
Campus ministry ought to create a welcome, safe space for first-year students to begin their college journey, to celebrate their faith and their gifts, and to be and become their Continue Reading
Looking Back to Move Forward: Navigating the Impact of Nostalgia on Church Growth in Rural Methodist Congregations “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is Continue Reading
The Myth Exposed The age-old saying that poverty is the fault of those who experience it is far from the truth. That is a myth; better yet, a lie! The Continue Reading
How I Got Here In 2019 I was sitting in the meeting for the commission on statistics and finance, for the General Board of the AME Church, in Atlanta Continue Reading
What is the condition of your soul? For far too many Christians in America, the condition of the soul is in a state of decay and despondency, only exacerbated by Continue Reading