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Page 2A THE NORTHSIDE SUN, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wright discusses ministry
Chris Wright was called in
September to be pastor at
North Park Presbyterian
Church in North Jackson. He
recently spoke to Northside Sun
Staff Writer Anthony Warren
about his position.
How did you become pastor
at North Park?
“I pastored a church for four
years in Linden, Ala., and I felt
the Lord was calling me to a
new ministry. I sent my
resume, which we call a data
sheet, to several churches and
North Park was one of the
churches that got it. They invited
me to come out here for an
interview. We talked, and my
wife and I thought the Lord led
us to this church.”
Tell me about the church’s
congregation. I know it’s an
older group, right?
“For the most part, it is. We
have a few younger couples
and some recent graduates
from Belhaven College, but for
the most part, the church has an
older population.”
What are some of your
goals as pastor?
“We’d like to see the church
grow and see new members
come in. But our desire is to
glorify God by being healthy in
the way we do things, meaning
that we reach out to the lost for
the right reason. We seek to
serve the poor communities in
Jackson and follow the Lord’s
leading in how we do things.
We are not willing to water
down the Gospel to attract people.”
What are some of the
church’s ministries?
“At the moment, we’re
reaching out to New Life
Ministries, a ministry to the
poor in west Jackson. Folks in
the church are working at the
camp and teaching at an innercity
after-school program once
a month. New Life also helps
needy families at Christmas
with presents and meals. The
church adopted one family, and
with the church’s generosity,
we ended up with enough
donations to help out a couple
more. We’re also involved in
Child Evangelism Fellowship,
an organization that reaches out
to what they call “Good News
Clubs,” after-school programs
for children. I and another
member go the Reservoir
YMCA and read a Bible story,
do a memory verse and teach
for half an hour to elementary
kids.”
How many members does
North Park have? Do you
plan to grow the membership,
and how?
“Our regular attendance is
between 50 and 65. Part of
growing membership is being
healthy. If we are a healthy
church and doing things for the
right reasons, just like a healthy
body will grow by nature, we
too will grow as well. We’re
doing evangelism, encouraging
folks to talk to their friends and
neighbors about Christ and the
Gospel and are seeking opportunities
to invite the public into
the church.
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Layla Carpenter has been
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Chris Wright
“This summer, we’re beginning
a concert series. We’re
doing a show on one Sunday
evening a month from June to
August. In June, we’ll have a
barbershop choir. And in July,
we’ll have a couple who are
Juilliard-trained pianists who
are missionaries in Japan who
will do a concert for us. Then in
August, we’ll have an old time
hymn singing with members of
the church. We’re trying to find
ways to invite the community
into the church to serve their
needs and let people know that
we care about them and want to
share the Gospel and show
Christ to them in the way we
live.”
If people want to find out
more information about the
concert series, what do they
need to do?
“They can call the church at
(601) 362-2886. We have other
things planned for the fall and
winter as well. We’re always
trying to have something
planned for each season of the
year.”
You mentioned earlier that
you served at a church in
Linden, Ala. What’s the difference
between that area
and the metro area?
“The number of people was
the main difference. Linden is a
very small town in southwest
Alabama with a population of
about 2,000 people and maybe
a couple thousand more in the
outlying areas. My wife and I
both grew up in urban environ-
ments and we both feel very
comfortable here.”
Where are you from? How
did you go into the ministry?
“Originally, I’m from just
south of Tampa, Fla. I became
a Christian when I was 16 and
felt pretty early on that the Lord
wanted me to be in some sort of
full-time ministry. I thought I
would be a youth director, but
when I was 19, the Lord
opened my eyes to the fact that
he wanted me to be a pastor,
something that, at the time, I
didn’t want to do. I didn’t want
to go to seminary and I didn’t
want to go through the process
of learning other languages, but
the Lord convinced me otherwise.
From that point on, when
I graduated from seminary at
the age of 29, I never had any
doubt that this is what I wanted
to do. Being a pastor now for
five years, I have no doubts that
this is what the Lord wants me
to do, and this is where he
wants me to do it.”
Twenty-nine years old?
You spent a pretty long time
in school, didn’t you?
“I went to four years of college
to get my bachelor’s
degree and took some years off
to save money, because I
worked my way through
school. I took a year off for my
wife to graduate. We got married
and I spent another two
years in seminary. I wasn’t 10
years in seminary.”
So Chris, where did you go
to school?
“I went to Covenant College,
where I got my bachelor’s, and
Reformed Theological
Seminary in Charlotte, N.C.,
where I got my master’s.”
How long do you plan to
stay in Jackson?
“As long as the Lord wants
me here. That’s always a question
for pastors, how long do
you stay? We love Madison
and Jackson and we want to be
a part of the renewal we see in
Jackson over the next several
years. We could see ourselves
here until we retire, but it
depends on the leading the
Lord gives us and what direction
he wants us to go. I would
not mind at all this being my
last church, if I could pastor
here for 40 years.”
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