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JOEL N. BOHANNON II
Indianapolis,IL
Overview
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Lake Region Conference Of Seventh-day AdventistChicago, IL
Ordained Pastor
02.2013 - Current
Job overview
- Created Reason For Today Ministries, Practical Godliness Live, and The Master’s Class Bible Study community outreach initiatives leading to positive growth growth rate of 45%
- Created and sustained online presence for the Morgan Park church and grew online presence by 2000%.
- Developed Debt Free 2023 campaign in January of 2020 to pay off $180,000 balance owed by the Chicago based Morgan Park SDA Church. Achieved debt free status January 2021.
- Raised congregational awareness of needs and contributions of young adults to church life and operations resulting in active recruitment, engagement and election of young adult leaders to key leadership roles on local church board, monthly young adult led worship and evangelistic initiatives.
- Coordinated and spearheaded programs to increase church members' service through community service including, "The Leona Christian Food Pantry," "The Shelley White Memorial Gardens," "The Master's Bible Study Class,"
- Led renovation projects in the Metropolitan, Mount of Olives, and All Nations Holy Temple SDA Churches, successfully renovating or remodeling existing sanctuaries, multipurpose facilities, kitchens and classrooms
- Promoted responsible biblical stewardship leading to achievement of tax exemption status on all growing partnership with local farming co-ops to develop and maintain"The Shelley White Memorial Gardens," and capital improvements to 24 inner city lots, and parsonage.
Lake Region Conference
Board Chairman Impact Indiana Steering Committee
08.2018 - 06.2020
Job overview
- Board Chair overseeing development and implementation of The Lake Region Conference (LRC) General Conference Session Evangelistic Initiative for Indianapolis, Indiana, "Impact Indiana."
- Developed and implemented three year evangelistic initiative (2019-2021), which included multi-interdisciplinary tasks including financial planning, capital campaigns and serving on diverse GC planning committees
- Raised $500,000 for inner-city initiatives (Indianapolis, Indiana).
- Aligned strategic plans of international, national and local organizations, creating strategy implementation map for 3 year project term.
- "Choose Hope," 2020 summer evangelism reaping meeting resulting in 58 baptisms and seven profession-of-faith with speaker/evangelist Dr. Abraham Jules.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
Education
Oakwood UniversityHuntsville, AL
Bachelor of Arts from Theology
University Overview
- Member of Oakwood University Literary Guild
- Elected to President for Oakwood University Literary Guild in 2007
- Completed professional development in Literature Evangelism (OULETC)
Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, MI
M.Div from Divinity
05.2012
University Overview
- Elected to Vice President for Seminarians at All Nations Engaged in 2011
University of Southern IndianaEvansville, IN
MBA
12.2020
University Overview
- Received Carter Graduate Scholarship
- Coursework in Quality Control, Project Management and Logistics
- Graduated with 3.9 GPA
Skills
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business Management
- Non-Profit Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Public Speaking
Timeline
Board Chairman Impact Indiana Steering Committee
Lake Region Conference
08.2018 - 06.2020
Ordained Pastor
Lake Region Conference Of Seventh-day Adventist
02.2013 - Current
Oakwood University
Bachelor of Arts from Theology
Andrews University
M.Div from Divinity
University of Southern Indiana
MBA
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