Objective

To serve in a role that allows me to use the leadership skills, and people skills I have developed in seventeen plus years as a minister/evangelist serving with Inner City Ministry/Inner City church of Christ, and as an evangelist performing outreach related ministry in other areas. I want to encourage, equip, and prepare my brotherhood for local evangelistic outreach. I am able to conduct an evangelism workshop/seminar for your congregation and teach your membership, leadership and staff how to implement and follow through with a local outreach effort that will reach the lost and build the church numerically with new souls added to the Kingdom. I am able to teach and train your congregation on how to effectively minister the Gospel to the poor, as well.

Public Speaking/Community Evangelism

I have over seventeen years of public speaking experience which include preaching, seminars, workshops/training events, fund raising, classroom teaching of all ages, television/media, and forums. I have addressed crowds ranging from less than twenty people to over eight hundred. My effectiveness in my preaching ability comes from candor and confidence before the crowd, and a strong working knowledge of the Bible. I have officiated weddings and funerals. I have worked in the field as a community evangelist, which includes door to door work, home Bible studies, visitation, preaching outdoor gospel meetings, and baptisms. I have the ability to develop a good rapport and trust with the community.

Ministry Development

Provided leadership and guidance, working within a team structure, to plan and develop programs and agendas with clear objectives and goals. Some of these programs/ministries include:

• Ministry development with long term and short term goals and objectives

• Community Outreach

• Benevolent programs, such as clothing and grocery distribution.

• Educational programs, such as Bible School for inner city children

• Volunteer involvement programs geared to team recruitment and team building

• Summer camp development for inner city teens/children

• Church involvement campaigns geared to outreach agendas/Leadership Development

• Prison ministry development serving the needs of incarcerated juveniles and adults

Activity and Events

Planned, and coordinated Church events/activities for both children and adults, which numbered from small groups to very large groups (a few hundred). This would include:

• Outdoor activities/events

• Activities and events involving the serving of food

• Training events for teens thru adults

• Fund raising activities and events

• Mission Trips/Campaigns

• Activities and events that included extensive logistical planning for transportation, food, and housing

• Fun activities for kids

• Work projects/Community service activities

• Several years of being involved with “Night Out Against Crime” related activities and events

• Activities and events for incarcerated juveniles and adults

Related Work History

• 1991-1993, Vocational Missionary (see Acts 18:3), Nashville Inner City Ministry, Nashville, TN

• 1993-2000, Evangelist/Minister, Nashville Inner City Ministry, Nashville, TN

• 2000-2009, Evangelist/Minister, Mobile Inner City Ministry, Mobile, AL

• 2009-Present, Outreach Minister, Ethridge church of Christ, Ethridge, TN

Education

• 83/84 Perry County Schools, Linden, TN
  High School Diploma

• 86/88 United States Army
  Infantry Training – Mortar Gunner
  Honorable Discharge

• Presently attending Heritage Christian University: I have completed my first semester with three 'B+' and one 'A'

I have a good working knowledge of the Bible, and have proven that over the years. I have not completed a formal education as of yet, but I do have heart and a passion for reaching the lost and encouraging my brothers and sisters to grow in their knowledge and faith.

God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called - Acts 4:13.
 

Additional Information

I have spoken at the evangelism forum at Freed-Hardeman University, The Urban Ministry Conference, Chapel service and missions class at Heritage University, evangelism workshops in Pensacola, Mobile, and Nashville for groups and congregations. I have spoken before numerous congregations on the topics of outreach ministry and evangelism, and numerous campaign groups visiting during mission trips. I have trained and supervised many interns and missionaries.

I have a class ‘B’ Commercial Drivers license, with a ‘P’ endorsement (passengers), and with no restrictions, which means I have passed the air brakes portion of the CDL test - I can drive a church bus, and so can my wife.

I have received the ‘Philanthropist Award’ from The Time is Now organization for Prison Ministry work in Nashville/Davidson County, TN.

I am the owner and website developer for www.fools4christ.com

Baptism: November 17, 1990 by Waymon Love, minister, Forest City church of Christ, Forest City, NC.

Date of Birth: February 25, 1966, Winston-Salem, NC (43 years old)

Scripturally Divorced: I can produce documentation, and the testimony of others if necessary. I do not mind answering questions concerning this with elders in a closed meeting. My divorce was made final in August of 2003.

Married: to the former Miss Jane Robinson of Norfolk, Virginia June 7th, 2008. My wife, Jane, is currently finishing her certification requirements in early childhood education. She has graduated from Old Dominion University in December 2008 and received her bachelors degree at that time. She will have one more semester of student teaching to complete her teacher certification requirements. She aspires to teach preschool through third grade. She is 38 years of age.

References

Brother David Stofel - Brother Stofel is someone I have served with on campaigns for Christ, other brotherhood events and activities, and have known for over three years. Presently, Brother Stofel is the pulpit minister with the Ethridge church of Christ, and active as one of the directors of Horizons leadership camp. His congregation that he serves with is an active supporter of my work as an evangelist, and at the present time has entrusted me with the role of outreach minister. Brother Stofel is a father of three children and a husband to a wonderful wife. He has served with the Ethridge church of Christ for fourteen years.

Brother Stofel has preached outdoor gospel meetings in the housing projects I work in, and has been instrumental in his congregation's involvement with the Lord's work in the inner city of Mobile, where I served as an evangelist. Along with being a good friend he has also provided me with mentorship which I am thankful to God for blessing me with a doctrinally sound brother to get advice from.

You can reach David Stofel at pops7@hotmail.com or by cell phone at (931) 242-1114.

Brother Kenny Purvis - Brother Purvis is someone I have worked with on a team, and have known for over twelve years. Presently, Brother Purvis is serving with the Montgomery Inner City Ministry in Montgomery, Alabama. Prior to this he lived an hour a way in Pensacola, Florida, where he served as the director of the Pensacola Inner City Ministry.

Brother Purvis and I served as evangelists on staff together with the Nashville Inner City Ministry in Nashville, Tennessee from 1995-2000.

You can reach Kenny Purvis at kpurvis@juno.com, or through his cell phone; (334) 328-2201.

Brother Lynne Briscoe - Brother Briscoe and I have known each other for approximately ten years. We first met at the Inner City Leadership Development Camp at Hylake Christian Camp in Quebeck, Tennessee. He served as an evangelist with the Montgomery Inner City Ministry while I served as an evangelist with the Nashville Inner City Ministry. Brother Briscoe currently serves as the minister for the Prichard church of Christ in Prichard, Alabama which is a neighboring city to Mobile, Alabama where I lived and served as an evangelist and minister for over eight years. Brother Briscoe drove a church bus for me on Tuesday nights with the Mobile Inner City Ministry Bible school for inner city children, which I coordinated. He and I also served together at our summer camp for inner city children at Gulf Coast Bible Camp in Lucedale, Mississippi. Brother Briscoe is also a retired member of the US Navy where he served our country as a medical corpsman for twenty years.

You can reach Lynne Briscoe on his cell phone; (334) 324-1181.

Dr. Gary Grandison - Brother Grandison and I have known each other for eight years. He and his wife Angel attended the Inner City congregation in Mobile, Alabama for several years while helping us with our teen-agers. He has been a source of encouragement to our inner city teens in helping them to make the decision to further their education.

Dr. Grandison is a professor of marketing at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama.

Dr. Gary Grandison can be contacted by email at garyig@yahoo.com or by cell phone; (334) 318-0725.

More references are available upon request.