If you missed last week’s 9:41am worship service in person or online, you missed the big news that our mission partner and friend Michael Mozley has been announced as the Grace Church Sarasota’s campus interim pastor. I am super excited about this update here’s why. Not only is Michael a personal friend and colleague, but also I am confident that Michael has the pastoral gifts and graces to shepherd Grace Church into her next season of ministry.
Michael was born and raised in Marietta, Georgia. He graduated from Asbury University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. He spent a year as a short-term missionary in Ghana, West Africa from 1984 to 1985. He received his Master of Divinity in Missions and Evangelism from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1989. In 2013 Michael received his Master of Theology in African theology from Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture from Akropong, Ghana
Michael is an ordained United Methodist minister in the North Georgia Conference. He and his family served as missionaries in Ghana with The Mission Society from 1999 to 2010. Upon returning to the United States in 2010, he served as the Senior Director of International Mobilization for The Mission Society for two years. In the spring of 2013, God led Michael to establish Catalyst For Africa. Michael has traveled extensively throughout the world doing international mission ministry, but his deepest passion is on the continent of Africa. From 1990-1996 Michael served as an associate pastor in two United Methodist churches in the Atlanta area and from 2006-2010 he co-led a church in Accra, Ghana.
Please make every effort to come out in person on Sunday July 4, 2021 to meet Michael and give him a warm Grace Church Sarasota Campus welcome as we gather for worship.
I love your guts. You have a special place in my heart!
