ABOUT OUR PASTOR

Hey there! Thank you for stopping by our website. If you are searching for a church home, know that we would count it a joy to claim you as part of our church family and I would be honored to be your pastor. Feel free to check out the "New Here" page linked below where you can find the answers to all your questions. If you have never been to our church before, come by this Sunday! We would love to get to know you and be a part of your life as we journey together on the road of faith seeking to follow Jesus. If you are curious or skeptical, know your questions and curiosity are welcome. Wherever you are on the road of faith, there’s a place for you here. We look forward to meeting you! ~Pastor Alan Felton

Meet Pastor Alan Felton

 

I am on the Capital District’s Board of Ordained Ministry and serve as its representative to the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. I also serve as chair of the Capital District’s Dismantling Racism Team and as secretary for the District’s Building and Location Committee. I sit on the board of directors for the NC Institute for Spiritual Direction and Formation. I serve on the Governing Board of the NC Council of Churches and chair its Legislative Committee. I am a trained Conflict Transformation Minister as well as trained as a Transitional Intentional Interim Ministry Specialist. I am currently pursuing my doctor of ministry degree in the area of preaching and homiletics at Hood Theological Seminary. I served for eight years on the NC Conference’s Connectional Table and as chair of the Table’s Diversity and Racial Equity Team.

 

I am the vice-president of the Methodist Federation for Social Action’s NC chapter and a member of the advisory board for Duke Divinity School's Center for Reconciliation. I worked for a number of years as a teaching assistant at DDS in the areas of worship and sacraments, preaching, Methodist polity and doctrine, Christian ethics, Black Church studies, and leadership. I continue to teach various courses as a part of Duke’s Course of Study Program and for Lay Servant Ministries.

 

I have a passion for the proclamation of the Gospel, making disciples through personal and organizational development, and working for justice in the world particularly at the intersections of race and gender. Before arriving at Benson Memorial, I served as pastor in churches in Oxford, Henderson, Apex, Durham, and Raleigh North Carolina.