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Pastor Kenric Conway



 

BIOGRAPHY


SENIOR PASTOR KENRIC CONWAY

Senior Pastor Kenric R. Conway was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1955. He attended St Louis public schools and graduated from Soldan High School in 1974. He was blessed with a Football Scholarship and attended Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo.
He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work, Psychology from Missouri Southern State University, a Masters Degree in Theology from the Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee.
He is married to the beautiful Evelyn Neal-Conway and they have 5 wonderful sons. God Called Senior Pastor Conway and First Lady Evelyn in May 2006.

Pastor Conway is a “KINGDOM FOCUSED” pastor! OUR KINGDOM FOCUSED CHURCH HAS ONE PRIORITY, a growing relationship with GOD (God Builds His People One Person at a Time)
The Family of God Baptist Church is not a typical American church. What make our church unique is that the whole person is nurture and equipped for spiritual warfare. It is a Great Church. Our church is not a Body of Christ, which is filled with many different philosophies. We have the philosophy of the Pastor, deacon, charter member, young people, the older people, those who believe they have paid their dues and have the right to control (by the way, only one person paid their dues “Jesus Christ” and that gives Him control). This is the age of Market Driven, Slick Advertisement, Easy do-it church in contrast to taking the Gospel of Love to the community.

With all these philosophies floating around is it any wonder that high % of churches are out of focus at their mission and declining in the vertical focus? Is it any wonder that many (if not most) of the churches find themselves in conflict? It seems to be a philosophy of “everyone does what he thinks is right in his own eyes.” Candidly, this has been done before and the results were disastrous Proverb 14:12. Pastor Conway has a Plethora of Clinical, Pastoral and Academic experience. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Baptist College of Florida.
Pastor Conway has served in over twenty different countries, including: England, France, Germany, Italy, Panama, and Australia. In 2003, he was hand-picked to serve as the 1AF Command Chaplain for Operation Noble Eagle, supervising Chaplain Readiness Teams throughout the United States. He is a veteran of Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, Noble Eagle, and numerous other humanitarian missions. In December 2006, he retired as Regional Director of Chaplain Services for five medical centers in Biloxi, Mississippi. Pastor Conway led one of the Veterans Health Care Administration’s strongest nationally recognized pastoral care programs in the country. Under his leadership, the pastoral care programs have consistently been recognized for innovation, effectiveness, and for its talented staff of full/part-time, fee-based and contract chaplains. In 1998, he received the Hands and Heart Award and in 1999, his program was recognized by the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs, with the National Secretaries Award for Excellence in Chaplaincy. Additionally, through effective leadership, four chaplains under his guidance received the National Secretaries Award in 2000 and 2001. He has co-created and led a state of the art Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Program and nationally recognized homeless program. For three years, he served as a faculty member teaching and counseling over 300 scholarship athletes at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Previous assignments include Director of Chaplains at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, and Director of Chaplain Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, California.

EDUCATION:
1978 B.S., Bachelor of Social Work Studies degree in Social Services, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, Missouri
1983 M.Div., Master of Divinity degree in Religion and Counseling, Mid-America Baptist Thelogical Seminary, Memphis, Tennessee
1984 Memphis Institute of Medicine and Religion Certified Advanced & Basis Clinical Pastoral
Education Memphis, Tennessee

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
First Lieutenant, United States Air Force Reserves, 1987
Captain, United States Air National Guard, 1992
Major, September 1995
Lieutenant Colonel, March 1999

BOARDS AND EXECUTIVE TRAINING:
Baptist College of Florida Board of Directors - present
National Master Mediation Trainer-2001
National Mentors Training Program – 1998/99
Stephen Covey Principle Center Leadership Training Program Facilitator – 1997/2012
Leadership VA Executive Training - 1991
Veteran Administrative Management Training Program $5,000 Scholarship, 1 Year
Texas A&M University, Management Development Program
National VA Board of Directors - present
VA Medical Center Executive Management Board of Directors - 3 years

AWARDS RECEIVED
Outstanding Community Service 2011
Florida Governor’s Dr ML King Jr. Leadership Recognition Award 2011
Network 22 Outstanding Leadership Award 2001
Network 22 Special Emphasis EEO Program Excellences in Leadership Award 2001
U.S. Air Force, Meritorious Service Award – 1999
National Chaplain of the Year Award – 1998
Commendation Award, Air Force Research – 1998
U.S. Air Force, Meritorious Service Award - 1994-1996
The National Guard Association of Tennessee, Outstanding Service Award
Outstanding Achievement Award - 1992
Director’s Management Excellence Award - 1992
Director’s Management Excellence Award - 1991
Outstanding Performance Appraisal Award and Step Increase - 1989
Director Nominee to “Leadership VA Program” - 1988
Paul Quinn College, Outstanding Community Service Award - 1988
Director’s Special Service Award, VA Medical Center - 1987
All American, All-Conference, and All-District Award at Missouri Southern State College 1975-1977