WILSON, N.C. — September 28, 2022 — The Center for Vocation and Rural Ministry at Barton College is pleased to welcome Dr. Daynette Snead Perez, founder of Diaspra, LLC and Domestic Disaster Response Manager for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, as the featured speaker for the fall Light of Life Series Lecture on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. in Howard Chapel. She will address “Leadership in Times of Challenge and Change.”
This lecture is open to the public at no charge, and the community is invited to attend. Ministerial leaders who serve in small, rural churches in eastern North Carolina are particularly encouraged to attend.
Dr. Snead Perez is an ordained minister and a successful model entrepreneur. While building a six-figure business, she served as the missionary pastor for a refugee congregation in North Carolina and founded DIASPRA, an intercultural-focused ministry dedicated to equip churches for growth by building new relationships in their own communities. Her personal mission is leading churches across cultural boundaries of race, gender, generation, and social class.
Using her authentic experiences of encountering people from all walks of life, she guides church leadership and congregations to move from mission to ministry and from strangers to neighbors. With her program Stranger to Neighbor Ministry, she ushers the local church out of congregational sameness and into welcoming intercultural relationships for growth and outstanding discipleship outreach.
Dr. Snead Perez serves as the Domestic Disaster Response Manager for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She earned a Master of Divinity degree at Regent University and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Gardner-Webb University. She lives in Charlotte with her husband.
For additional information about this event, please contact the Reverend Malinda Fillingim, director of the Center for Vocation and Rural Ministry at Barton College, at mdfillingim@barton.edu.
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