Synopsis
This book aims at helping churches and faith communities develop an incarnational ministry of mission toward those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS that embodies "God's mission, God's intentions and purposes, God's use of human instruments in God's mission, and God's workings through God's people in God's world." It also explores Christ's commission during the Last Supper to "Do this in remembrance of me" as a commission to continue the faithful, relevant and empowering ministry of mission that address the needs of all persons especially those who are at the margins of society. The book responds to the issue of HIV/AIDS by offering a model of ministry that can be used by faith communities to be faithful and relevant as they engage in the work of missions. The incarnational model of ministry utilizes Scriptural interpretation, scholarly research, praxis, and leadership competencies in its development of a foundation for missional engagement.
About the Author
Taurus L Myhand is a native of Brundidge, Alabama. He completed his Bachelors of Science of Political Science degree at Troy University in Troy, Alabama and a Bachelor of Science of Liberal Studies degree at the University of Alabama at Huntsville in Huntsville, Alabama. He also received extensive training in Elementary K-6 Collaborative Education. He is a graduate of The Interdenominational Theological Center and Turner Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia with a Master of Divinity degree (M.Div.) concentrating in Missiology, Evangelism, and Ecumenics . In March 2009, he was selected as a teacher for the Certificate in Theological Studies (CTS) program at Metro State Prison for women which is sponsored and funded by the Atlanta Theological Association. After traveling to Brazil, he helped to develop a model for ministry for those affected and infected with HIV/AIDS. He worked secularly as a special education teacher at Pike County High School. He served as a varsity football assistant coach for the 2005 State Championship team. He answered his call to the ministry at the age of fourteen and was admitted on trial to the South Alabama Annual Conference. After five years of denominational studies, he was elected and ordained an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He has served in ministerial leadership positions such as the Annual Conference Board of Examiners, the Annual Conference Finance Committee, the Annual Conference Board of Trustees, and the Chair of the Annual Conference Presiding Elders' Apportionment Committee. Taurus Myhand has served six pastoral charges. He is currently serving as the Senior Pastor of Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church in the heart of Saint Louis, Missouri affectionately known as "The Wayman Nation!" The Wayman Nation has stood proudly as one of the leading congregations of the 5th Episcopal District of the AME Church under the current leadership of Bishop T. Larry Kirkland. Taurus oversees over thirty ministries at the Wayman Nation and he serves as the President / Chief Executive Officer of the Wayman Community Development Corporation. He has been blessed as a gifted singer, an anointed preacher, a skillful teacher, and an accomplished writer. He has a wonderful, talented wife, Denise, who is also an alumnus of Troy University. Taurus and Denise Myhand also have three amazing daughters, Britney, Blair, and Camille.
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