From the Pastor's Desk

Pastor Ezra C. and First Lady Gabrielle Penermon bring to our community, integrity, sincerity, and a genuine passion to inspire spiritual growth through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and daily application of the life-changing power of God's Holy Word. They are eager to share God's Amazing Grace with others.

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Pastor Penermon is a licensed, ordained minister with more than 22 years of ministerial experience. He accepted God's call to ministry in 1998 serving humbly for over 17 years as an associate minister under the leadership of the late Rev. Dr. R.E. Price, Senior Pastor of the New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. Pastor Ezra is a gifted Bible Teacher, skilled Church administrator and experienced pastoral care professional. Passionate about preparing God’s people for God’s purpose, he has served as a Sunday School Instructor, Minister of Christian Education, Bible Lecturer, Evangelist and Pastor of Ministries. Prior to God's direction in 2020 leading him to return to his roots in Decatur, IL to launch Good News!! Christian Fellowship Church, Pastor Penermon served for 5 years as an Associate Pastor at Northeast Bible Church of Plano, TX under the direction of Senior Pastor Robert J. Rice. During that time he also worked as a Chaplain at Methodist Health System in Dallas.

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A bi-vocational Minister during his extensive 30-year business career with Texas Instruments, Inc. in Dallas, Pastor Penermon chose early retirement in 2013 to pursue fulltime ministry. In his final executive position as TI Director of Community Relations he facilitated corporate relationships with municipal governments of Dallas and Richardson, elected officials, multiple Chambers of Commerce, churches, schools, non-profits, ISD mentoring programs, neighborhood HOA's and coordinated TI’s global corporate disaster relief strategy. In previous roles with the company, he served as director of State Education Policy, director of Workforce Development, business systems analyst, project manager and other technical roles.   

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Pastor Ezra and Sister Gabby celebrate 38 years of marriage and are proud parents and grandparents of 3 sons, 2 daughters and 3 adorable grandchildren. The Penermons are eternally grateful for experiencing God's abundant grace, mercy and blessings. God is Faithful, His Love is Everlasting, His Word is True, and the Gospel of Christ is the everlasting power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes!! (Rom 1:16)

 

Pastor Penermon holds a Masters Degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary (2005), a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Dallas Baptist University (1997) and 5 units of Clinical Pastoral Education from ACPE, Inc. (2018).