Men’s Day Service at Wentz Memorial Congregational United Church of Christ to feature Rev. Roger Hayes
In photo above: The Rev. Roger E. Hayes
Special to The Chronicle
The Rev. Roger E. Hayes, senior pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit Fellowship, will deliver the keynote address for the 2015 Men’s Day Service at 11 a.m. at Wentz Memorial Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC), 3435 Carver School Road, on Sunday, June 21.
Hayes is also the founding elder of Perpetual Word Ministry, a ministry designed to spreading the clear, plain and unadulterated Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. He was named one of 42 most influential gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) leaders in America by the Huffington Post.
Hayes is a 1994 graduate of Lees-McRae College with a bachelor’s degree in social studies with a teaching certificate. While in college, he was the founding president of the Organization of African-American Students and the recipient of the H.C. Evens Fidelity Award (highest honor given to a graduating senior).
Hayes is a graduate of the True Vine Pentecostal Preparatory Academy for Ministers. He received his orders from God and his licenses from Macedonia True Vine Pentecostal Holiness Church of God Inc.
He was ordained in 1997 as an elder within the True Vine body. In 2003, he became affiliated with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries under the leadership of Bishop Yvette Flounder and was duly ordained in 2005 within that Fellowship.
He furthered his education at Wake Forest University receiving his Master’s of Divinity degree in May 2013.
Rev. Renée Griffin, pastor of Wentz Memorial, invites the public to attend this service.
