Dr. Green is a preacher and a teacher; a church-builder and an administrator; a community activist and a theological leader. He shows a passion for realizing the church's commission to service the needs of those who are lost, struggling for survival, and are in need of spiritual, physical and/or emotional healing.
Prior to taking the helm at Turner, Dr. Green was the senior pastor at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tallahassee, FL for twelve years. He has completed twenty-four years of experience in the parish ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, primarily in the Eleventh Episcopal District. During this tenure, he pastored Hurst Chapel AME Church, Orlando, FL; Hurst Chapel AME Church in Winter Haven, FL; and Allen Temple AME Church in Tampa, FL. His success in these charges resulted from the unabashed manner in which he demonstrates his skills as a servant leader.
A native of Kissimmee, FL, Dr. Green comes from a family of men in the ministry. He is the son of the Reverend Henry E. and Mrs. Irene W. Green. His love for the African Methodist Episcopal Church grew out of the legacy of his father, who served as a pastor and presiding elder in the Eleventh Episcopal District for forty years before his demise in 1991. Dr. Green's male siblings are distinctive spiritual warriors in the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. His brothers are the Reverend Dr. Henry E. Green, Jr., pastor of Mount Hermon AME Church in Opa Locka, FL; the Right Reverend Samuel L. Green, Sr., presiding bishop of the 15 th Episcopal District, and the Reverend Dr. David W. Green, Sr., pastor of Mount Olive AME Church of Orlando, FL.
The Reverend Dr. Green, an intellectual and enthusiastic conversationalist, holds a Doctor of Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary (Dayton, Ohio); a Master of Divinity Degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center, Turner Theological Seminary (Atlanta, Georgia); and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida). His concerns and innate willingness to serve have earned him numerous awards. Most recently, he was featured in the Tallahassee Community College Black History Calendar, recognized by the Tallahassee Branch of the NAACP as a “Black Achiever,” and honored as a “Leadership Pacesetter” by Leadership Tallahassee of the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce.
Working tirelessly to connect the church to the community, Dr. Green has staunchly promoted education and meaningful outreach programs. Under his leadership, the Bethel Community Development Corporation in Tallahassee constructed and sold fifty-two (52) homes to low-income families, at affordable prices, and made a remarkable improvement in the Bond Community residential area. The Life Recovery Center, an outreach program of Bethel AME Church, provided non-residential and residential treatment for approximately nine-hundred (900) substance abuse and chemically dependent clients.
The Bethel Community Youth Programs Center has provided homework assistance, tutoring, mentoring, test preparation, educational support and exposure, as well as cultural and personal enrichment activities for students and numerous volunteer hours and practicum experiences for students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, (FAMU), Florida State University (FSU) and Tallahassee Community College (TCC).
As a teacher, Dr. Green is energetic, dynamic, and thought provoking. He is well known as a teacher of pastors and an advocate for order the faith and order of the AME Church. Among these experiences he chaired the 11 th Episcopal District Board of Examiners and was vice chair of the Florida Conference Board of Trustees. Dr. Green has been a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Connectional Strategic Planning Committee, the National Congress of Black Churches, the World Council of Methodist Churches, Edward Waters College Board of Trustees and National Council of Churches; and president of the Tallahassee Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance.
John Frank Green is the husband of Phyllis McClendon Green , an active missionary who served as president of the Eleventh Episcopal District Minister Spouses component, and the proud father of Courtney S. Green, a bright and curious teenager. |
