2011 Passports

I was preparing to leave a pastoral position in one conference to take a position as a departmental director in another. The wife of one our legendary pastors in the conference I was leaving called me and said, “ I am happy for you. The farther you get away from the people in the churches [...]

“WHEREAS, The present development of the work among the colored people in North America has resulted, under the signal blessing of God, in the establishment of some 233 churches with some 17,000 members and WHEREAS, It appears that a different plan of organization for our colored membership would bring further great advance in soul-winning endeavors, [...]

Beginning with the 1st Quarter of 2012, we have been making references to Constituency Meetings that were to take place in this calendar year.  There were four planned; three have occurred and the last one is in October.  additionally, there was a presidential change in one conference as a result of the sitting president accepting [...]

Leaders come to power and take their places in the stream of their predecessors.  Often they give honor to them by saying that they are standing on the shoulders of those who have served before them. Standing signals lack of motion. A leader, who operates within his own sphere, rarely looking outside of his assigned [...]

Congratulations to Us Ten years ago the unimagined happened People who were not supposed to think for themselves thought. People who were not supposed to stick together stuck. People who were not supposed to challenge status quo did. People who were not supposed to know how to do big business are doing it. People who [...]