Senior Pastor; First Baptist Church of District Heights, MD.Revitalized a declining church into a growing, vibrant ministry with a reputation for community impact. Provided expository preaching, teaching, leadership, and collaborative pastoral care to the local church and community. Established organizational culture that catalyzed exponential growth of the congregation. Multiplied attendance by 10x and oversaw financial systems that grew financial reserves to over $1M. Established a strong reputation of local community outreach, meeting felt needs, sharing the gospel and establishing partnerships with local civic organizations. Created and established discipleship systems to ensure the systematic discipleship growth of men, women and youth as the church grew numerically. Grew staff to multiple employees and gave direction for effective staff culture across all ministry departments. Oversaw construction renovation projects to update and modernize dated church facilities.

Youngest president in the 25+ year history of a multi-tiered organization that unites clergy leaders with large corporations, financial institutions, small-business leaders, and civic leaders for the purpose of economic empowerment of constituents in the DMV community. Leveraged relationships with Fortune 500 executives, US Senators, State and Local Legislators and business leaders to curate economic resources to benefit the community.

Developed executive leadership skills for mega-church ministry under the tutelage of Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr. Assisted Pastor Jenkins in message development, leadership training, maintaining organizational culture, strategic planning and member correspondence in a mega-church context. Taught expository preaching to developing ministers. Established system of training and onboarding new leaders. Developed and oversaw a thriving ministry to millennials, creating compelling worship experiences, discipleship growth and service opportunities for young adults.