by UMC LEAD | Dec 5, 2016
Missiongathering Charlotte and the Hyatt Place Downtown Hotel will host the 2017 LEAD conference from January 22-25 in Charlotte, NC. LEAD is an innovative experience for leaders in ministry where the participants provide much of the content. This includes TED-style...
by UMC LEAD | Nov 21, 2016
Jarell is a graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a Twitter addict, a blogger, and a self-proclaimed Methodork. He attended Baylor University and graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Sociology. He’s an Austinite but not quite a...
by UMC LEAD | Nov 15, 2016
A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Olivia was raised in the congregation of First United Methodist Church where her family was actively involved and her mother continues to teach Sunday school. She attended Auburn University and received a Bachelors of Science in...
by UMC LEAD | Nov 7, 2016
Courtney McHill is the Pastor at Rose City Park UMC in Portland, OR. She is passionate about working with the homeless and the church she serves is hosting up to 25 houseless veterans per night. Courtney is also currently working with the nonprofit The Open Table on...
by UMC LEAD | Nov 4, 2016
Life for Rori Francis Blakeney can be best described as a jazz improvisation. You never know what you are going to get, but you play the best song you can. Originally hailing from Washington, DC, Rori journeyed to Atlanta to study at Morehouse College, where he had...
by UMC LEAD | Nov 2, 2016
Rev. Brandon Wrencher is from a small town in the Sandhills area of North Carolina. Since 2013 he has been serving in Western North Carolina in a cross-racial appointment as pastor of Blackburns’ Chapel United Methodist Church, a once dying rural church that in a few...