Dr. Stephen Samuel

• Provided spiritual and administrative leadership for Community Church, Community Christian School, and Preschool.
• Managed daily operations of departments, staff and employees.
• Coordinated programs to increase church's influence and ministry throughout the community.
• Responsible for supervising department heads in adhering to annually set budgets.
• Managed financial projections and presented board members with monthly analysis of the organizations overall fiscal position and health.
• Coordinate and manage small group and discipleship and development of future small group leaders.
• Aided church and school in meeting the financial goals of absolving debt and increasing revenue.
• Responsible for writing curriculum and teaching in the Orange School of Minisitry (OSM). OSM is a partnership with the Assemblies of God as a Church-Based Bible Institute.
• Responsible for giving aid to teachers, school administration, and finance office with the process of gaining ACSI (Association of Christian Schools) accreditation.
• Managed financials for Community Preschool to yield profitable margins and sustain healthy relations within community.
• Aiding in renovation and expansion project, successfully renovating and remodeling existing sanctuary, school, and athletic facilities.
• Raised congregational awareness of needs and contributions for global missions and local ministries.
• Regularly meet with missionaries who are going into the field to assess support and how our church can aid their work.
• Have traveled dozens of countries to aid missionaries in the development of Bible Schools, orphanages, and mission bases.
• Serve as a speaker for the international missions organization of Perspectives.org

• Communicated with customers and vendors with particular attention to problem resolution.
• Created, managed, and executed business plan and led company to profitable goals.
• Anticipated financial impact from operational issues and worked with leadership to develop solutions during COVID crisis.
• Executed business plans to further strengthen and maximize homebuilding sales and profits.
• Created spreadsheets to manage contactor costs and profitability for Haley Homes.
• Aided organization in paying off prolonged debt and increased revenue.

• Developed curriculum, schedule, and course work for the Beaumont Revival School of Ministry for six years and graduated 80+ students.
• Coordinated numerous international mission trips and maintained contact with over 60 missionaries in over 30 countries.
• Received license and ordination with the Assemblies of God after completing all academic requirements.
• Responsible for raising a budget each year to support missionaries and numerous mission projects.
• Aided in developing the volunteer department and the assimilation process within our church.
• Pastor of life the development program, which managed and developed small group leaders within the church.
• Provided pastoral counseling to members of congregation.
• Worked with hundreds of organizations to coordinate a community-wide restoration plan for the hurricane Harvey crisis from August 2017-December 2018
• Officiated special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, and nursing home services.

• Responsible for teaching Junior High and High School Bible and public speaking class.
• Conferenced with parents to cultivate students in academic and personal growth
• Responsible for lesson planning, curriculum development, evaluating, and other tasks associated with student education.
• Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
• Participated in parent teacher conference to discuss developments of students and increase support.
• Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations for classes.

• .Targeted new customers to grow geographic reach and increase revenue.
• Managed company schedule to coordinate and arrange jobs for technicians, web-developers, and servers
• Drove marketing initiatives to increase brand recognition, facilitate promotion and boost revenue.
• Optimized customer experience by delivering superior services and effectively troubleshooting issues.
• Created and managed project plans, timelines and budgets.

• Founded and served as pastor over the student organization of Chi Alpha at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX
• Developed and led an onsite internship for five years that aided post graduate students in ministry development.
• Placed graduates from our internship into active roles of ministry within local churches.
• Created a pathway for students to transition as missionary associates in the Assemblies of God World Missions program.
• Led weekly services on campus and developed leaders to manage departments within the ministry.
• Managed a staff of 30+ students and volunteers.

• Responsible for promoting the products of Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals to primary care physicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, and otolaryngologists
• Maintained key relationships with over 160 physicians and specialists
• Nominated and awarded the "most valuable sales representative" award within first year of business
• Ranked within the top 50 out of 300 sales representatives in the nation for sales growth and volume
• Awarded the title of "Super User" for advanced computer and technical skills in the Houston North team.

• Worked with clients to set up webdesign and online presence.
• Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase contributions for non-profit initiatives.
• Organized and compiled annual financials for board of directors.
• Developed strong partnerships with other international ministries to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
• Traveled to missions conferences and served as guest speaker at various missions reflated events.
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• Responsible for the oversight and management of church departments
• Consistently met with department heads and leaders to facilitate overall church health
• Responsible for contacting various international ministries to ensure the effectiveness of the foreign missions department
• Led teams for 2-3 week trips into various countries to aid in humanitarian work and ministry training conferences
• Regularly spoke in local public and private high schools
• Founder and administrator of "Release." A college ministry, which grew to be the largest student organization at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX
• Developed consist community programs to effectively network students and youth pastors on a monthly basis.

• Consistently exceeded expectations in sales at Verizon, the nation's largest wireless provider at the time of employment
• Responsible for inside sales to small local businesses
• Trained new employees in customer service and the sales team department
• Promoted from customer service to sales within three months of employment
• Leader in key performance indicators within the Gulf Coast region in 2005.
• Developed healthy business relationships with local and state-wide authorities.

• Maintained a lead performing role in a highly competitive investment & banking industry
• Discovered and acquired profitable business accounts
• Acquired the Series 6 investment licensing to qualify as an investment broker.
• Acquired the state Series 63 investment licensing to become certified broker in Texas.
• Completed the group one insurance licensing as given by the state of Texas to become an insurance sales agent.
• Transferred major business accounts from rival banking institutions to Chase Bank
• Successfully built personal and business portfolio of loans, investments, and business accounts.