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Jarvis J. Ross
Pastorate Experience, Letters of Recognition, Credentials Available Upon Request

Hello, I am a seventy-two-year-old, physically fit, mentally sharp former high school and college basketball player “called” to ministry while in college. Later I became ordained through three denominational churches and two local churches. My credentials for consulting in all the areas mentioned on my website, counseling, and coaching are an extension of my nine sacerdotal duties as an ordained minister recognized by the IRS. They are preaching and teaching that cover a broad range of subjects, including spiritual counseling and finding solutions to an array of problems that I apply to my consulting service, and all the remaining duties of an ordained minister mentioned below. 

 

My cultural experience encompasses living in the north, and south, and interacting and communicating cross-culturally with different ethnicities. After serving in the pastorate, I retired at the age of 66 and began serving as Adjunct Professor at Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary in Charlotte NC. I served for approximately four and a half years from 2012-2016. I taught Urban Studies which included the subjects: Urban Theology, Urban Ministry, Urban Demography, CrossCultural Outreach, Urban Community Development, Urban Evangelism, Urban/Cross-Cultural Church Planting, Contemporary Urban Issues, Black Church History, Planting & Growing Urban Churches, and Nonprofit Vision & Development. In 2016, I founded JJ Planter Books and now serve as Editor-in-Chief that later I dissolved and started my current business/ministry, JJ Planter & Middle Mission Writing & Consulting.

 

 I have been married to Doris W. Ross for 45 years, and she is a Clinical Nurse at the Mecklenburg County Health Department. We have three adult children, Jeremy Ross (43) Loomis Security, Kassia Ross (37), Utility Administrator, Danielle Ross (35), and Nurse Practitioner. 


CIVIC/CIVIL SERVICE

Appointed by the Mayor of Knoxville to the Civil Service Merit Board. Legislated issues,

concerns, and complaints from the fire and police departments.

1985-1989

Served as President of Neighborhood Housing and Commercial Services Board mandated by the

Federal Government to revitalize declining neighborhoods in the inner city.

1990-1991

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Nativity Pageant Advisory Board for annual citywide nativity pageants.

1995-2002

Served as Associate Chaplain to the University of Tennessee Football Team. Held chapel

services before home games and visited the players at practice for counsel and prayer.

1998

Fort Sanders Health Center Pastoral Care Board. Connected patients and families to hospital

services and personnel.

1996-2000

AWARDS

City of Knoxville Outstanding Service

1989

Knox/Knoxville Community Action Committee Leadership

1990

The City of Knoxville Proclamation–Jarvis Ross Day

1991

University of Tennessee College of Law Speakers Award

1998

UT Phil Fulmer Letter of Recognition

1999

Church Planter Assessment (CPAC) Rating: “Well Qualified Church Planter

2004

WRITINGS

Books

“Agenda for Racial Reconciliation”

“The Proactive Agenda for Racial Reconciliation”

“Urban Discipleship” (How to Grow Plants through Concrete)

“Season of Discontent” (A Visionary’s True Confessions)

New Projects: Race Relations Matter to God; The Art of Reconciliation (Breaking Down Historical

Stereotypes); “kingdom of the iconic god” (Novel); “What a Man Really Wants” (Novel); “The

Road Back Home” (Identifying Your Biblical Heritage); “Picking Up the Broken Pieces of Life.”

Compilation of Curriculum and Various Lecture lessons

Booklets

Cross-Cultural Development Process & Program

Predestination: God’s Eternal, Pre-Ordained Plan of Salvation

Human Sexuality and the Christian

The Tabernacle Concept of Ministry (Cross-Cultural Worship; Service; Fellowship; and Witness)

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Parenting: The Ideal Model for Discipleship

Plays

Wrote, produced, and directed play productions at a local theater: Ordinary People; Rhapsody; The

Kisss

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Playing Chess. Working Out at Home. Reading and Writing. Traveling and meeting different

people. Shopping with my wife for clothes and household goods. Debating the issues, socializing,

and listening to good music. 

I’d love to hear from you!

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