Pastor Jenkins is a native of Kansas City, Kansas. He is a graduate of the Kansas City, Kansas public schools, American Baptist College (1978), Nashville, Tennessee and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (1981), Evanston, Illinois.
Since 1993, Pastor Jenkins has lead St. Paul United Methodist Church in discovering the joy of dynamic worship, becoming active in community ministries that target real needs, thirsting to learn more about the Bible, taking risks of faith, trying new things and encouraging church members to discover and use their God given talents and spiritual gifts. The church has active ministries for all ages and several significant outreaches into the community.
Pastor Jenkins’ goal is to reach church members and persons looking for a church home with the encouraging truth that our God is a God upon whom we can and should depend. “Our God is able.”
Pastor Jenkins is a clergy member in full connection in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church and has served the conference on several committees. He has serve or currently serves on several community boards.
Pastor Jenkins is married to Denise A. Jenkins, a native of Nashville, Tennessee. They are the parents of one daughter, Brittany. Pastor Jenkins is also the father of three adult children, Donald, Daniel, and Yvonne.
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