FEATURES
REVEREND RODNEY GREEN CELEBRATES 14th ANNIVERSARY OF
CHANGING A GENERATION OUTREACH MINISTRIES
DURHAM, NC – Celebrating years of helping
the homeless and the poor, Northeast Baptist
Church (3204 NC Highway 55) is the site of
the Rev. Rodney Green’s 14th Anniversary
Commemorative Services on Sunday August
17 at 4:00 pm. The Rev. John C. Fitzpatrick,
Jr., Founder
and Pastor
of One Love
Ministries,
will deliver
the keynote
address. Dr.
Wesley L.
Elam, Pastor
of Northeast
Baptist
Church, is the
Host Pastor.
Rev. Green is greatly
involved in the Durham
community and maintains
membership in various
organizations that support
the community. Such
organizations include
Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance of
Durham and Vicinity;
Durham Ministers
In Prayer; Durham
Committee on HIV/
AIDS; American Heart
Association’s Power to
End Stroke Task Force;
and honorary member of the Durham County
Sheriff Department.
Educated at the Union Christian Bible College,
Rev. Green received his Bachelor of Theology
degree in 2004 and completed his Master
of Theology in 2009. Rev. Green strongly
believes in the words of 2
Timothy 2:15 - “Study to
show yourself approved
to God, a workman that
needs not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word
of truth.”
In addition to ministering
to prison inmates, Rev.
Green is licensed by the NC
Dept. of Health & Human
Services for vocational
rehabilitation services for
released prison inmates.
He is a licensed educator
by the State of North Carolina to provide
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)/HIV
counseling. Moreover, he has successfully
completed the “Mentoring the 100 Way
Curriculum” and was certified as a Mentor
in 2006 by Joshua W. Murtree, PhD, who is
the National Mentoring Chairman for the 100
Black Men of America, Inc. organization.
Free haircuts are provided during events and
at selected schools by independent barbers. As
Rev. Green states, having a haircut is important
because it provides a person’s self-esteem
when looking for a job.
Rev. Green was presented the Martin Luther
King (MLK), Jr. National Holiday Keeper of
The Dream Award in 2004 for outstanding
community service as awarded by the Durham
Steering Committee of the MLK organization.
In 2005, he received a certificate of
recognition from the American Red Cross for
his participation in helping displaced persons
after Hurricane Katrina. In 2006, Changing
a Generation Outreach Ministries was invited
to participate on The Word Network, an urban
African-American gospel television network
(www.thewordnetwork.org).
In 2012 Rev. Green expanded his ministry to
Roxboro, NC. Today,
in addition to Durham
and Roxboro, he has
full-time ministries in
Henderson, Oxford,
Bahama, Rougemont,
and Timberlake in
North Carolina and in
the Virginia towns of
Lynchburg and South
Boston.
Rev. Green receives
help and support with
meals preparations
and distribution by
volunteers from local
churches. He persists
on his mission with an
optimistic attitude and
strong conviction in
his mission to help the
needy of Durham. He
is performing a great
service to Durham
and his continued
leadership is important
to the community. His
example of selfless
service is a standard to
be held high for all to
seek.
In 2000,
Rev. Green began his life’s work by founding
“Changing a Generation Outreach Ministries”,
a non-profit religious organization. An
ordained minister of the gospel, motivational
speaker, author, spiritual poet, Rev. Green
started as ‘The Parking Lot Pastor. During
2003, he established a storefront ministry on
East Main Street in the heart of Durham, NC
where he expanded his outreach ministry by
providing three free meals a day to the poor.
In 2004, he moved to a house on Holloway
Street. Rev. Green now provides many
services to Durham’s needy, including food
distribution at the Mission House, to nursing
homes, to churches and to other organizations
that prepare meals for the needy. In this
capacity, he works closely with the North
Carolina Food Bank and the Inter-Faith Food
Shuttle. Hot meals are provided to the poor on
special occasions such as Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
For more information
call 919-519-6678.
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