Rev. Dr. Cody Watson
Associate Director
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Contact Information 2517 Hawksbury Lane |
BACKGROUND AND CALL
Cody was raised in an Air Force family. At 16 he attended a Presbytery Sr. High summer camp where he realized that Jesus accepted him for who he was. Later, he entered Emory University with the intention of becoming a pilot in the US Air Force. That dream was changed because of an accident. Through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ’s Institute of Biblical Studies in Mexico, Cody acknowledged Christ as Lord. He says, “That was when my Christian life really began”. After graduation from Emory, Cody entered Columbia Theological Seminary. While there, he attended InterVarsity’s Urbana Mission Conference and made a commitment to serve in cross-cultural mission should God open the door.
SERVICE
During Seminary, Cody was as an intern with the Lay Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ in inner city Atlanta. He also worked as a PC(USA) Volunteer in Mission in Korea, served a two church pastorate, directed the Presbyterian Center for Mission Studies in Pasadena, served as a PCUSA mission co-worker in Bangladesh, and as missionary in residence in New Harmony Presbytery in South Carolina. His international travel experiences include trips to Berlin, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Japan, Egypt, Sudan, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Mexico and Central Asia.
MINISTRY FOCUS
Teaching in and promoting the course “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” is part of Cody’s passion and ministry focus. Cody says, “Perspectives is the best instrument I know to mobilize a local church to become a missional congregation”. Currently, Cody is PFF’s resource person for Frontier Mission in South Asia, India (especially the state of Bihar), Nepal and Bangladesh.
HOW CODY CAN HELP YOUR CHURCH
- Seminar and Retreat Themes
- Introduction to Islam
- Mission as the Basis for the Bible
- The World of India
- Reaching Internationals Locally – Christmas International House
- What in the World is God Doing?
- Consultation with Mission Committees
- Coordinate Mission Trips
Our sincere "thank-you" for being such a highlight of Evangelism Month at Church of the Good Shepherd. Your presence, the messages, and the positive influence on the youth visiting us from Talladega and Huntsville were the essence of outreach and mission.
Elder Buck GillespieThis week really changed the life and thought of our Leaders about Evangelism and Mission.
Muan of the Zou Synod after taking Perspectives