Van Moody
Vanable H. Moody II (born September 30, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Christian minister and author, and the founder and senior pastor of The Worship Center Christian Church on Derby Parkway in Birmingham.
Moody completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy and religion at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1997 and earned a master's in divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta in 2002. He has also studied at Harvard University's Summer Leadership Institute and spent two summers studying religion at Oxford University. He is pursuing a second doctorate from Biola University in La Mirada, California.
Moody served as co-pastor at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta from 1999 to 2002, and as pastor of Mt Bethel Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida until 2005.
Moody was called to succeed Samuel Pettagrue as executive pastor of Sardis Missionary Baptist Church in 2005. He founded The Worship Center Christian Church at his home in March 2006. Since then the congregation has met at L. R. Hall Auditorium and Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church, then to Parkway East before moving to its present location in 2013.
Moody is the author of three books on Christian relationships and regularly contributes columns to periodicals, including The Christian Post, Essence, Investors's Business Daily, Forbes, and Maxim. He has worked as a trainer for EQUIP leadership organization and as a "Core Team Oz" expert for the Dr Oz Show on ABC. He has served on the board of Joel Osteen's Champions Network and is currently an assistant to Kenneth Ulmer, presiding bishop of the Macedonia International Bible Fellowship network. Moody is a member of the 2017 class of Leadership Hoover.
Moody participated in a meeting at the White House with Jared Kushner to express support for the "First Step Act" which would provide early release incentives for persons in federal prisons to participate in rehabilitation programs. Moody's presence at the meeting, which was joined by President Trump, was criticized by some as an endorsement of the administration.
Moody and his wife Ty have two children, Eden and Ethan.
Publications
- Moody, Vanable H (2007) Basic Training. self-published/Maitland Florida: Xulon Press. ISBN 1602666865
- Moody, Van (2014) The People Factor. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 1400205026
- Moody, Van (2016) The I-Factor. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 0718077563
- Moody, Van and Susy Flory (2018) Desired By God. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 0718077571
References
- "Van Moody, Pastor of The Worship Center, on why he met with Trump." (August 3, 2018) The Birmingham Times
External links
- Van Moody website
- Our Leadership at theworshipcentercc.org