Chosen to Be Challenged (Paperback)

Chosen to be Challenged was written toreaffirm that challenges are meant to beovercome. God designed them that way! Thisbook will help reshape the thought processregarding obstacles and their intended purpose.Remember, if it doesn’t challenge you, it will neverchange you. You have been chosen for this challenge.

Cory A. Graves was born and raised in Brown Summit, North Carolina and currently resides in Colfax, North Carolina. He is a graduate of East Carolina University, where he majored in Special Education and Psychology. He is a former educator and currently serves as the Senior Pastor of White Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, located in Greensboro, North Carolina. He serves on several boards throughout the triad area that focuses on children and adults with mental and physical disabilities, as well as at risk youth and adolescents. He is the founder of a mentoring group known as SFC (Strong, Focused and Confident) that mentors African American boys and young men. He teaches that every challenge and/or adversity should be used as a reason to succeed, as opposed to an excuse to fail.