69^th Anniversary

YOU ARE INVITED

April 18 - 22, 2004
Sunday: 10:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday: 7:00 p.m.

THEME: "What Saith the Scriptures?"
(A Biblical expose of the Gospel Plan of Salvation)

 Leroy Butler, Jr.

Pulpit minister for the Woodlawn Forrest Church of Christ
Nationally and internationally known lecturer,
revivalist and workshop leader

Leroy Butler, Jr. was born in Valdosta, Georgia. He attended Valdosta public schools from 1955 to 1967. After graduation he attended Valdosta State College, Valdosta Area Vocational Technical School, Southern Bible institute, Alabama Christian School of Religion, University of Biblical Studies and Southwest Bible College & Seminary.

Butler is a national and internationally known lecturer, a revivalist and workshop leader. He is in great demand and speaks regularly on national and regional, school and church lectureships. He conducts several workshops and religious meetings each year. He has preached and held meetings in the states of Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. He has participated in religious campaigns, and conducted radio broadcasts in the countries of Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. He serves as an advisor to the National Lectureship of Churches of Christ and is a Committeeman for the Southeastern Regional Lectureship and Southeastern Youth Conference.

Butler has served as pulpit minister for Woodlawn Forrest Church of Christ (formerly West Adair Church of Christ) since July of 1981. Butler was Ordained as one of the Bishops of Woodlawn Forrest in March of 2000.  The church recently erected a much needed, 12,000 square foot, 1.2 million-dollar sanctuary on 17-acres to house a vibrant and rapidly growing ministry.

In 1983 Butler was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men in America. In February 1990 the Black History Action Committee of Lowndes County selected him as an outstanding spiritual leader in the community.

Butler has held real estate, insurance and securities licenses and is a past member of the National Association of Security Dealers, The National Association of Realtors and the Valdosta Board of Realtors.

He is Founder, President and Chairman of the Board of Horizons Unlimited and Associates, a real estate investment company. He is also co-founder of ButGod Enterprises a real estate investment partnership.

In May of 2000 Butler founded the F.A.I.Th Scholarship Foundation, which has raised thousands of dollars to provide scholarships for prospective preachers.

Butler serves on the board of directors of several community based and public non-profit organizations. He is president of The Coalition of African American Churches (COAAC) Treasurer for H.O.M.E. Community Coalition which he help to establish, Secretary/Treasurer for The Central Valdosta Development Authority, board member for The Lowndes County Partnership for Health, and is Chairman of the Lowndes County Board of Equalization where he has server for the past 10 years. He is a past director and charter board member for Valdosta Project Change and a founding member of 100 Black Men of Valdosta, and is a 2002 graduate of  Leadership Lowndes..