Education
* Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) - Harding University Graduate School of Religion (Harding School of Theology) (Memphis, Tennessee)
* Master of Theology (M.Th. (currently called Master of Divinity (M.Div.)), Counseling - Harding University Graduate School of Religion (Harding School of Theology) (Memphis, Tennessee)
* Bachelor of Arts (BA) (magna cum laude), Missions & Biblical Languages - Harding University (Searcy, Arkansas)
* Diploma - Rocky Mount Senior High School (Rocky Mount, NC)
Additionally,
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) - 4 internships at Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
and completed continuing education courses at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts) and other schools and venues
MISCELLANEOUS
Professional Scuba Diving
I was an avid scuba diver with professional credentials by PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)
·Emergency First Responder (EFR) (most recent First Aid & CPR re-certification May 2008)
·Master Scuba Diver (April 2002)
·Rescue Scuba Diver (August 2001)
·Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver (July 2001)
·Open Water Scuba Diver (July 2001)
Specialty Certifications in:
Boat Diver
Underwater Navigator
Search & Recovery Diver
Night Diver
Deep Diver
Dry Suit Diver
Scuba Diving experience in 3 oceans and 3 seas with fellow divers of multiple cultures:
Indian Ocean at
Watamu, Turtle Bay, Kenya and
Mombasa, Kenya and
Karafu, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Pacific Ocean at
Great Barrier Reef (Cairnes, Australia)
Atlantic Ocean at
Aeolus shipwreck, Atlantic Beach/Morehead City, NC
Red Sea at
Sharm el Sheik, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Ras Mohammed, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Mediterranean Sea at
archaeological dive on Cleopatra’s Palace (Alexandria, Egypt) Dec 04/Jan 05
Caribbean Sea at
Turks & Caicos
Fantasy Lake Scuba Park, rock quarry, Rolesville, NC