Leadership & Team Building:  Going to the Next Level

New Testament Bible Church

416 W. Hull St.

Denison, Texas

Saturday, August 21:Continental Breakfast begins at 9:00 a.m.

                    Program Begins @ 10:15 a.m. Speaking Marian Fields

Sunday, August 22: Program Begins  @ 6 p.m. Speaker Dr. Timothy Sloan

Timothy W. Sloan is the Senior Pastor of the St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Humble, Texas.  A native of Sherman, Texas, he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and a Master of Divinity Degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.  While a student at Princeton, he was ordained in the Christian ministry and served as Assistant to the Pastor at the Friendship Baptist Church in Trenton under the pastorate of the late Reverend Dr. Willie J. Sanders. 

Dr. Sloan is adamant about being well prepared for ministry.  He has studied law at Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey, as well as South Texas College of Law in Houston.  He received the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Transformative Leadership from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York.  He is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.  Dr. Sloan is blessed in marriage to Dr. Sonya M. Sloan, an Orthopedic Surgeon.  They have two beautiful daughters, Sarah Julia and Soren Grace.

Marian Fields is a rising junior at Austin College. Her major course of study is English, and her minor is Philosophy. She is looking to enter the field of journalism or publication editing. Ultimately, God willing, Marian would like to write speeches for the president and other leaders. In high school she was a three-time-winning competitive speaker.  This past school year Marian had the privilege of being the student speaker for the annual Austin College Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.

Marian grew up as a member of Friendship Baptist Church in The Colony, TX. She served in the audio visual ministry, the hospitality committee – delivering the church welcome, and served as an announcement clerk. Christianity is something that Marian holds dear and takes very seriously. Every day she strives to be a good representation of Christ.

        

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