Community Center Church · Jonesboro, Georgia
"Most pastors don't start their bio with 'I've been divorced, broke, unemployed, and raising three kids alone.' But then again, I'm not most pastors — even after graduating from seminary."
I wasn't born with a collar or a seminary nameplate. I was born to a teenage mother, adopted twice, spent time in foster care and a children's shelter. I've been unemployed. I've been on welfare. I've raised three kids on my own. I've gone through a divorce. I know what it's like to fight for custody, to choose between groceries and gas, and to cry behind a closed door so the kids wouldn't see.
I've also started over. Worked three jobs. Built businesses. And through it all, God has been building me.
I didn't start Community Center Church because I had it all figured out. I started it because I didn't. Jesus didn't start with a building. He started with a conversation. After years of being told I didn't fit the mold — too divorced, too poor, too outspoken — I realized the mold was the problem.
I preach from the inside of the struggle — not from a comfortable distance from it. Our theology is deep but our words are plain. We're not here to entertain you. We're here to build you up, break chains, and create space for honest conversation and spiritual growth.
I am not the pastor of this church. I am pastoring this church. There is a difference. This belongs to God and to the community it serves. My job is to show up faithfully, tell the truth, and get out of the way when the Spirit moves.
I'm shaped by Howard Thurman's religion of Jesus, Bonhoeffer's costly grace, and the uncomfortable truth that Jesus wouldn't be welcome in a lot of churches today — nor would I. My theology is rooted in Bonhoeffer's Creation and Fall and Discipleship — the foundation of understanding what I didn't know I didn't know, and what it actually costs to follow. I believe the gospel should lift the low, confront power, and build bridges — not walls.
If you've been hurt by church, you're not alone. If you've ever felt like you don't belong in Christian spaces — this might be the space you've been looking for.
I'm not perfect. But I'm committed. To people. To healing. To Jesus. And if that sounds like something worth showing up for — I'd love to meet you.
Howard Thurman
The Religion of Jesus & the Disinherited
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Costly Grace. Creation and Fall. Discipleship. The Church for Others.
Karl Barth
Bible in one hand. Newspaper in the other.
John Wesley
Go where the people are. Grace upon grace.
Jonathan Edwards
Faith as transformation. Not performance.
Augustine
Restless hearts. The examined life of faith.
Community Center Church didn't start in a building or with a budget. It started during a pandemic, with a Nextdoor post, and a simple question: what does the Bible mean for life today? That question is still the whole mission.
"I'm not here to impress you. I'm here to walk with you."
We meet online because that's where we started and it's where we can reach people who won't walk through a church door. We minister in person because presence is the witness. We don't just go to church — we are the church.
How We Gather
Sundays — 1st, 3rd & 5th — 3:00 PM via Zoom. Conversation and The Word. Come as you are.
Community Conversation
Tuesdays 6:00 PM. Any topic. Any question. No topic off limits. Check Facebook for next gathering.
All Ministry In Person
Cleanups. Meals. Festival booths. Barbershop visits. We go where people are and ask what they need.
How Can We Pray For You?
That's the whole ask. No membership required. No strings attached. Just reach out.
If you've been looking for a church that tells the truth, shows up in the community, and doesn't require you to clean up first — you may have just found it.
