In this episode, Dave is joined by Tyrone Barnette of Peace Baptist Church. Tyrone shares about his life growing up in Roxboro, North Carolina a town he compares to Mayberry. He also talks about his struggles during his college years and how God changed his life in that time (6:15). Dave asks about Tyrone’s journey to Atlanta and founding Peace, as well as his family now (9:20).
Tyrone talks about the unique demographic changes and the community context in which Peace is located in Dekalb County, Georgia (15:00).
Dave asks Tyrone what makes Peace Baptist Church distinctive (12:20) and he shares about the focus on ministering to the community and the many ways they are reaching out. Tyrone and Dave reminisce on a trip they took together many years ago to Leesburg Florida and how that time influenced Tyrone’s work (13:30).
Tyrone shares an important lesson he had to learn (25:00) as well as his advice to young pastors (30:00) to take care of themselves. Tyrone discusses his hope that the church can become the example in all of the chaos of today’s world (32:20).
Dave is joined by Brad Leeper for some closing thoughts.
To Learn more about Tyrone and Peace Baptist church you can visit their website peacebaptistchurch.org
You can also find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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To learn more about the Senior Pastor call mentioned in this episode contact Linda Stanley at linda.stanley@generis.com and mention “Invitation to Senior Pastor Call” in the subject.
