Rev. Dr. Jerryl Valentto Moody
Gaston
Summary
Dynamic entrepreneur with a robust history of launching and scaling successful ventures, demonstrating expertise in strategic planning, business development, and financial management. Recognized for fostering team collaboration and consistently delivering high-impact results while adeptly navigating changing market conditions to drive innovation. Proven ability to identify and capitalize on viable opportunities for expansion, enhancing profitability, reducing costs, and elevating customer service standards. Extensive experience in leading operational and sales teams, showcasing exceptional leadership skills and a results-oriented approach in fast-paced environments.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder / Teacher
JVM Outreach Ministries
- Current
- Virtual Weekly Bible Studies, 11AM Sunday Worship Services [In Person Bimonthly], each Wednesday at Noon, Senior Power Hour [Via Conference Call], & In Person, Ahoskie, NC [Bimonthly]
- JVM Outreach Ministries not only provides spiritual empowerment and enlightenment, but we aid with families, students, and community efforts.
Senior Pastor
Israel Baptist Church
01.2020 - 10.2021
- Maintained Virtual Worship Services, Bible Study, Sunday School, and Appropriate Communications through the 2020 / 21 COVID Pandemic.
- Maintained a favorable financial endeavor while completing major repairs. With this, the church has been able to meet all financial obligations while establishing a financial surplus throughout the entire time of this pandemic closure.
- Established Virtual Discipleship. This allowed persons to be able to join the church during the pandemic closure.
Senior Pastor
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
04.1997 - 01.2020
- Provide Spiritual, Practical and Pastoral Leadership Instruction for over 400 congregants and the surrounding community. Lead and develop servant-leadership ministries composing of 8 ministers (2 Currently Pastoring), 18 Ministries, 4 Auxiliaries, and 1 Administrative Assistant.
- Preach and teach a weekly Sunday Service, weekly Bible Study, weekly Church School, and a monthly Assisted Living Care Facility Service. Provide prayer, support, and “IV” (Inspiration Visitation) for hospitalized, homebound, schools, and incarceration facilities.
- Collaboratively established the church’s mission statement as a means of an understood cohesiveness of directional focus towards God’s purpose for the church.
- Established a Disciples’ Training Class for the development of better-equipped church leaders.
- Created New Members’ Class to welcome and effectively acclimate new lives to operations of the church.
- Assisted in the clarification of the church’s bylaws, which has positive affects towards church policies and procedures.
- Organized a church food pantry to meet the nutritional needs of persons within the church and community that have been hampered by financial shortfalls.
- Launched a wellness program that deals with exercise, proper dieting, promoting of regular doctor visits, and the understanding of stroke and heart attack symptoms.
- Established a weekly youth bible study that would deal with questions and concerns from a generation that differs from the senior congregants.
- Formed a Women’s Ministry and a Men’s Ministry to promote the true essence of “Godly” women and “Godly” men.
- Recommended and assisted in several modifications and improvements to the church including computerized record keeping, procuring new musical instruments, purchasing church transportation, complete renovation of church’s sound system, kitchen and fellowship hall renovations, and the purchasing of vacant adjacent property for potential expansion.
- Facilitated the eradication efforts of the mortgage of church’s rental property, and accumulated debt.
- Established an annual Church / Community Picnic. This was an effort to unite the church within and with its community.
- Hosted and collaborated the West Roanoke Baptist Association & North Carolina General Baptist State Revival
- Organized Youth and Adult Praise Dance Ministries
- Created an alternative to gangs’ ministry called the “D.O.G Pound” (Disciples Of God)
Pastor
First Baptist Church of Kelford
01.1995 - 01.1997
- Provided Spiritual and Pastoral Leadership instruction for a small rural congregation of about 150, the majority of which was senior to the pastor. Organized an effort to grow the church spiritually, numerically, and financially. The leadership ministries included diaconate of 2, and 6 Deaconess, 8 ministries, and 1 auxiliary.
- Licensed the first minister in the history of the church. (Currently pastoring)
- Justified the church moving form bimonthly services to meeting 3 times per month with the vision of every Sunday service. This was an effort to meet the spiritual needs of the entire congregation.
- Established a weekly youth bible study that would deal with questions and concerns from a generation that differs from the senior congregants.
- Established an annual Church / Community Picnic. This was an effort to unite the church within and with its community.
- Salary - $12,000 / Yr.
Youth Minister
Roanoke Salem Missionary Baptist Church
01.1994 - 01.1996
- Under the guidance and supervision of the Pastor Robert E. Sessoms, my duties were to teach the Youth Bible Study, Youth Ministry Supervisor, and serve as the link of communications for the youth of the church and the pastoral leadership. During my tenure was I was blessed in leading some 30 members of the Youth Ministry.
Education
Doctor of Ministry -
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, New JerseyDoctor of Ministry - Preaching Prophetically in a Postmodern Culture: Communicating with Contemporary Audiences
United Theological Seminary
Dayton, Ohio05.2015
Masters of Divinity - undefined
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Divinity at Virginia Union University
Richmond, Virginia01.2012
Bachelors of Theology - undefined
Eastern North Carolina Theological Institute
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina01.2003
Skills
- Accessible & Down-To-Earth Personality
- Strategic & Effective Planner
- Exemplified Leadership
- Excellence to Details & Execution
- Innovative Communicator With Multiple Generations
- Seminary Trained
- Proponent of Education
- Life-Long Learner
- Team leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Entrepreneurial and innovative
- Ethics and integrity
- Organizational structuring
- Strategic planning
- Visionary leadership
- Team engagement
- Start-up operations
- Strategic vision
- Project management
- Operations management
- Goal setting
- Growth mindset
- Process improvements
- Staff management
- Consulting
- Human resources
- Board reporting
- Board collaboration
- Team building
- Innovation management
- Adaptable and flexible
- Analytical and critical thinker
- Relationship and team building
- Leadership and people development
- People and culture
- Management team leadership
- Effective communicator and public speaker
- Solution innovation
- Innovative and visionary
- Approachable leader
- Annual planning
- Operations oversight
Accomplishments
- Student Mentor - Volunteered as temporary student guidance in Herford County Elementary Schools to help encourage students to succeed in all of their learning.
- Served as New Testament adjunct professor at University of Virginia Lynchburg
Affiliations
- Brother of the Rho Theta Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
- Former Councilperson: Township of Garysburg North Carolina
- Former Volunteer Fireman: Garysburg North Carolina
- Past 1st Vice Moderator: West Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association (Bertie & Hertford Counties, North Carolina)
- Past Moderator: West Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association (Bertie & Hertford Counties, North Carolina)
- Member – Roanoke Salem Missionary Baptist Church
- Member – General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
- Member – National Baptist Convention, USA Inc.
- Member – NAACP
- Collegiate Mentor (Male Freshman at Shaw University, Raleigh NC)
- Former Northampton County Emergency Relief Volunteer
- Member of the Healthy Preachers’ Movement
Certification
- Ordained: October 14, 1995 - Neuse River Missionary Baptist Association; Rev. Dr. C. C. Lawrence, Moderator (Deceased)
- Licensed: July 24, 1994 – Roanoke Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Garysburg North Carolina; Rev. Robert E. Sessoms, Pastor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Former adjunct professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Virginia of Lynchburg, VA.
- Former director of area of “At Risk Youth” with We Are All Connected, nonprofit communities’ outreach organization. Was responsible for the procuring and the writing of grants for the program. Also developed a curriculum of social preparation for attendees.
- CEO of JVM Outreach Ministries, a nonprofit organization established to help individuals of all ages and race economically, educationally and psychologically. Produced two fundraising events that included local high school students as ushers and performers The event was highlighted by the talents of comedian / ventriloquist Willie Brown, and the song and comedy of David and Tamela Mann.
- Founder of Jazmia’s, a clothing store that focuses on reasonable clothing, accessories for church attendees, choirs, and ushers.
- Platform presenter for Union Baptist / Bishop Sir Walter Mack’s Annual Drug Dealers’ Conference
- Conference preacher for the Luther Barnes Song Ministries Annual Conference
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Service Award: Luther Barnes Song Ministries, Leadership Award: U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield, Service Award: Township of Ahoskie, NC, Pastoral Service Recognition: President Barak Obama, Recognition Award: Hurricane Relief Volunteer
PERSONAL
Hobbies: Reading, Watching Classic Movies, Traveling, & Recently Picked Up My First Golf Clubs, Future Goals: To operate fully in ministry, through preaching and teaching, social activism, and sharing the illumination of hope for all throughout the world.
Timeline
Senior Pastor
Israel Baptist Church
01.2020 - 10.2021
Senior Pastor
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
04.1997 - 01.2020
Pastor
First Baptist Church of Kelford
01.1995 - 01.1997
Youth Minister
Roanoke Salem Missionary Baptist Church
01.1994 - 01.1996
Founder / Teacher
JVM Outreach Ministries
- Current
Doctor of Ministry - Preaching Prophetically in a Postmodern Culture: Communicating with Contemporary Audiences
United Theological Seminary
Masters of Divinity - undefined
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Divinity at Virginia Union University
Bachelors of Theology - undefined
Eastern North Carolina Theological Institute
Doctor of Ministry -
Princeton Theological Seminary