Greenville, N.C. — Congressman G. K. Butterfield will host more than 250 area clergy leaders for a summit on how churches and government can form partnerships to combat poverty on Saturday, January 20 at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church.
The keynote address will be given by former Congressman Rev. Dr. Floyd H. Flake of New York. Flake, who served 11 years in Congress, is the senior pastor of the more than 18,400 member Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York. During his 28-year pastorate, Allen has become one of the nation’s foremost Christian churches and community development corporations.
Butterfield has also arranged for panel discussions on how to form partnerships and create Community Development Corporations, tax and accountability issues, technology and faith-based initiative funding. Panelists include Stanley Carlson-Thies, the former Assistant Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Bishop LeRoy Jackson Woolard, Rev. Sidney Locks, Rev. David Lewis Moore and Raleigh-based Certified Public Accountants Ernest K. Leonard and Lolita A. Wynn.