The Rev. Dr. Jerry Cannon will serve as church specialist in the Office of African American Congregational Support

The Rev. Dr. Jerry Cannon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Rev. Dr. Rhashell D. Hunter, director of Racial Ethnic and Women’s Ministries/Presbyterian Women for the PC(USA), announced today that the Rev. Dr. Jerry Lytle Cannon, senior pastor at C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, N.C., will take on additional responsibilities and join the General Assembly Mission Council as church specialist in the Office of African American Congregational Support. Cannon will be deployed staff working from his office in Charlotte as well as from the GAMC office.       

As Church Specialist, Cannon’s areas of focus will be African-American evangelism and church growth, congregational transformation and leadership development. Keep reading.

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Learn about grants

The Office of the African American Congregational Support provides resources for African-American Presbyterian congregations in support of their efforts to nurture church growth. Learn more about available funding.

What does the African American Congregational Support office do?

The African American Congregational Support Office provides leadership to all levels of the denomination to strengthen the nurture and witness of Black congregations in order that they may grow in health, vitality and ministry within their communities and the larger church.  Learn more about us.

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