A Confession: I Thought I Was Overqualified for My Church

Transformation is not something you impose. It is something you build.

When I arrived at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in November 1990, I did not expect to stay long.

If I am honest, I thought I might be there five years at the most.

The church, as I saw it then, was far behind where I believed it needed to be. There were too many choirs, too much attachment to tradition, and very little administrative infrastruct…