Sardis Calls Interim Pastor – Rev. Dr. Daynette Snead Perez

We welcome Rev. Dr. Daynette Snead Perez as Interim Pastor of Sardis Baptist Church, effective December 1st! Rev. Dr. Daynette Snead Perez is an ordained minister, entrepreneur, and the creator of DIASPRA® and Stranger to Neighbor Ministry^TM. She will now add Interim Pastor to her impressive CV.

Daynette earned her Doctor of Ministry degree from Gardner-Webb University in 2019, and has held multiple ministry roles since, most recently as the manager of domestic disaster relief for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Before moving to Charlotte, she served as associate pastor of First Chin Baptist Church, a Burmese refugee congregation in New Bern, NC.

Last year, Daynette led the Sardis congregation through her Stranger to Neighbor Ministry™, based on her recently published book, “CHURCH: What To Do When Everyone Is Like You”. Her courses are designed to help churches break through barriers of race, gender, generation, and social class.