Melvyn E. F. Hayden, III
12609 Shoal Creek Terrace
Beltsville, MD. 20705
Email: pastormhayden@aol.com Website: pastorhayden.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• An accomplished ordained Minister and Pastor.
• An Evangelist & Church Planter with experience leading small groups from bands to organized churches.
• Experienced Biblical teacher on topics of The Sabbath, Angels, The Sanctuary, and Daniel and
Revelation.
• Creative leadership with Youth Ministries, Men’s Ministry and Marriage Counseling.
• Experienced event planner, writer of dramatic presentations and competent musical director.
EDUCATION
• Masters of Divinity, pending, Andrews Theological Seminary, Berrien Springs, MI 49102
• Bachelor of Arts, Andrews University, Religion and Theology, Berrien Springs, MI 49102
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Bible Teacher and Chaplain at the Takoma Academy in Takoma Park, MD. Potomac Conference 2005-
present.
• Restoration Praise Center (formerly known as The Bowie Project) Assistant Pastor January 2010- present.
• 4th Church Plant: He started the Bowie Project in the living room of one families home as a Bible study.
He led the group for two years as they grew large enough to launch its first Sabbath service. Now under the
leadership of Pastor Paul Graham has no less than 500 in attendance each Sabbath and brought in over 400
thousand dollars in tithe in 2009.
• Associate/Youth Pastor at the Community Praise Center SDA Church, Alexandria, Virginia. 2005-09
Senior Pastoral Experience, April 2000-05
• Ordained Pastor, The Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2004
• Pastored The Lima Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church and Capital City SDA Church, Lexington and
Frankfort, Kentucky.
• 3rd Church Plant: Lima Drive Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church (recognized by the South Central
Conference as an official company), Lexington, Kentucky.
• Ministerial Intern, August 1998-2004 South Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, North
American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
• Senior Pastoral Experience, July 1998-2000 Called to pastor by Dr. Norman Miles of the Lake Region
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
He Pastored The Praise Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lake Region Conference South Bend,
Indiana. 2nd Church Plant: He Led The Praise Fellowship SDA Church from a branch to an official company
and later a church.
• Associate Pastor, 1995-1998 Pastored The New Life SDA Church, Berrien Springs, Michigan. He
functioned as head of Pastoral Nurture and Care by caring for all those who responded to the appeal each
Sabbath.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Ordained Pastor, The Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2004
• Licensed Commissioned Minister 1998-2004
• Literature Evangelist, Berrien-Elkhart, Michigan City area, Summer 1997.
• Founder and Director, L.I.F.E. (Living in Full Effect) Ministry, 1996-1999- A 50 member group, who
actively sang, preached and dramatized the Word of God on and off Andrews University Campus. Functioned
under the auspices of the New Life SDA Church, Elder Don Edwards, Pastor, Dr. Newton Hoilett, Sponsor.
• Singspiration, Campus Director, Columbia Union College, September 1994. A Friday evening worship
program at the campus.
• Student Pastor, Pisgah SDA Church, 1994. Under Pastor M. Hayden, Jr.
• Ordained Elder, The Seventh- day Adventist Church, 1993.
• Student Missionary, Australia- 1993-1994. A Crusade led by Elder C.D. Brooks and Breath of Life
Crusade team in Moree, NSW.
• 1st Church Plant: Organized and Pastored, the Moree Aboriginal SDA church (36 members joined a result
of the Breath of Life Crusade) 1993-1994.
• Bell Tower Ministries, a founder, Oakwood College, 1989-1992. Ministry brought approximately 100
youth to Christ through baptism/rebaptism.
• Religious Vice President, Oakwood College United Student Movement, 1991-1992.
• Literature Evangelist, Miami, Florida, Summer 1991.
• Director of Power Hour, Oakwood College Campus Ministries, 1990-1991.
• Literature Evangelist, Nashville, Tennessee, Spring 1990.
• Founder and Director, SWAT (Soul Winning Action Team), 1991- 1992. Columbia Union College,
Takoma Park, Maryland.
EVANGELISM AND PRESENTATIONS /CRUSADES
• Youth Retreat July 2005, ‘06, ’07, and ‘08.
Youth of the Way, Community Praise Center, Alexandria, VA.
• Evangelistic Crusade, Barbados, 2004
Black Rock SDA Church, Barbados with the General Conference’s, Global Evangelism Program, led by Elder
Robert Folkenburg, to lead the Barbados evangelistic team in a three-week crusade. Baptized 32 people.
• Men’s Workshop, Venezuela, 2004
Sponsored by Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky
• Four Week Tent Crusade, summer 2000
Under Capital City SDA Church, South Central Conference, Frankfort, Kentucky. Baptized six souls.
• Three-week Revival, May 1999 Birmingham, England. Baptized six souls.
• Annual Andrews Academy Bible Camp, January 1998
Camp AU Sable--Gayling, Michigan led twelve young people to dedicate their lives to Christ and be baptized.
• Daniel & Revaluation Seminar/Revival, January 1998
Andrews University Co-Evangelist and Speaker for revival where two students stood for baptism.
• Week of Prayer, November 1997
Oakwood Academy, Huntsville, Alabama. He prepared sermons that were tailored for specific age groups.
Ages ranged from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Led twenty-five young people to make their decision for Christ
and to baptism.
• Youth Week of Prayer, April 1997
Ebenezer SDA Church, Philadelphia, PA Speaker for week of prayer and led five people to dedicate their lives to
Christ.
• Tent Crusade, August 1994 Ocala, Florida. Conducted a Three-week evangelistic tent crusade under the
direction of Pastor John Damon. Twenty-five souls were baptized.
• Tent Crusade, 1992 as United Student Movement Religious Vice President, Oakwood College. He was
Organizer and Director of a campus-wide evangelistic tent crusade. Twelve souls were won for the Lord as a
result of this crusade.
• Evangelistic tent crusade, summer 1992,
Bell Tower Ministries, Oakwood College. He was Invited to organize and direct a 14- member youth team in a
five-week evangelistic tent effort in Frederick, Maryland. He served as one of the two preachers for the five
week crusade and baptized five new souls into the Seventh-day Adventist world church. This project was
sponsored by former Allegheny East Youth Director, Elder Daniel Davis.
• Four Week Crusade- summer 1991
Bethel SDA Church, Miami, Florida. One of four preachers in a four-week evangelistic crusade led by Bell
Tower Ministries of Oakwood College. Worked with Pastor John Damon of Bethel SDA Church, Miami,
Florida.
• Sabbath Speaker at the end of a Student Week of Prayer at Oakwood University, spring 1991. 40 students
gave their lives to Christ in baptism.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Interdenominational Community Ministry- Chairperson of Chronic Pain Support Group ministry 2002- 05.
• Lexington Junior Academy, Lexington Kentucky- ad hoc School Board member, 2003-present
• South Central Conference- Olympic Director of - Camp meeting Olympics (plan and organize basketball
tournaments, track and field, etc. for ages 3 and up) from 2002- 05
NOTABLES WHILE ATTENDING TAKOMA ACADEMY
• Elected Class Pastor by the Takoma Park Academy Freshman, Sophomore, and Senior Classes, 1985, ’
86, and ’88.
• Elected Student Council Representative by the Takoma Park Academy Junior Class, 1987-1988
• Voted Most Congenial by the Takoma Park Academy Senior Class, 1989
• Member of the Junior Varsity Basketball team and the Track and Field team at Takoma Park Academy,
1987 and 1988-1989
• Member of the Takoma Park Academy Choir, 1985-1989
PERSONAL
• Born in Norfolk, VA. 1971. Married for almost 15years with 4 children. Adrianna (12 yrs.), Melvyn IV
(10 yrs.) Brianna (7 yrs.) & Cianna (6 yrs.) He loves traveling, sports, singing & most important preaching
Gods Word.
REERENCES
Pastor Henry Wright, Senior Pastor Community Praise Center, Alexandria, VA
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Elder C. D. Brooks, Former Field Secretary GC of SDA Silver Spring, MD.
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Elder Melvyn E. Hayden, Jr., Pastor, Liberty SDA Church in Baltimore, Maryland
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Elder Henry J. Fordham, III, Ministerial Sec. AEC of SDA in Pine Forge, PA.
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Elder Ron Edmonds, Senior Pastor Berea Temple SDA Church Baltimore, MD.
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Dr. Clifford Jones, Pastor New Life SDA Church Berrien Springs, Michigan
12609 Shoal Creek Terrace
Beltsville, MD. 20705
Email: pastormhayden@aol.com Website: pastorhayden.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• An accomplished ordained Minister and Pastor.
• An Evangelist & Church Planter with experience leading small groups from bands to organized churches.
• Experienced Biblical teacher on topics of The Sabbath, Angels, The Sanctuary, and Daniel and
Revelation.
• Creative leadership with Youth Ministries, Men’s Ministry and Marriage Counseling.
• Experienced event planner, writer of dramatic presentations and competent musical director.
EDUCATION
• Masters of Divinity, pending, Andrews Theological Seminary, Berrien Springs, MI 49102
• Bachelor of Arts, Andrews University, Religion and Theology, Berrien Springs, MI 49102
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Bible Teacher and Chaplain at the Takoma Academy in Takoma Park, MD. Potomac Conference 2005-
present.
• Restoration Praise Center (formerly known as The Bowie Project) Assistant Pastor January 2010- present.
• 4th Church Plant: He started the Bowie Project in the living room of one families home as a Bible study.
He led the group for two years as they grew large enough to launch its first Sabbath service. Now under the
leadership of Pastor Paul Graham has no less than 500 in attendance each Sabbath and brought in over 400
thousand dollars in tithe in 2009.
• Associate/Youth Pastor at the Community Praise Center SDA Church, Alexandria, Virginia. 2005-09
Senior Pastoral Experience, April 2000-05
• Ordained Pastor, The Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2004
• Pastored The Lima Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church and Capital City SDA Church, Lexington and
Frankfort, Kentucky.
• 3rd Church Plant: Lima Drive Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church (recognized by the South Central
Conference as an official company), Lexington, Kentucky.
• Ministerial Intern, August 1998-2004 South Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, North
American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
• Senior Pastoral Experience, July 1998-2000 Called to pastor by Dr. Norman Miles of the Lake Region
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
He Pastored The Praise Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lake Region Conference South Bend,
Indiana. 2nd Church Plant: He Led The Praise Fellowship SDA Church from a branch to an official company
and later a church.
• Associate Pastor, 1995-1998 Pastored The New Life SDA Church, Berrien Springs, Michigan. He
functioned as head of Pastoral Nurture and Care by caring for all those who responded to the appeal each
Sabbath.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Ordained Pastor, The Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2004
• Licensed Commissioned Minister 1998-2004
• Literature Evangelist, Berrien-Elkhart, Michigan City area, Summer 1997.
• Founder and Director, L.I.F.E. (Living in Full Effect) Ministry, 1996-1999- A 50 member group, who
actively sang, preached and dramatized the Word of God on and off Andrews University Campus. Functioned
under the auspices of the New Life SDA Church, Elder Don Edwards, Pastor, Dr. Newton Hoilett, Sponsor.
• Singspiration, Campus Director, Columbia Union College, September 1994. A Friday evening worship
program at the campus.
• Student Pastor, Pisgah SDA Church, 1994. Under Pastor M. Hayden, Jr.
• Ordained Elder, The Seventh- day Adventist Church, 1993.
• Student Missionary, Australia- 1993-1994. A Crusade led by Elder C.D. Brooks and Breath of Life
Crusade team in Moree, NSW.
• 1st Church Plant: Organized and Pastored, the Moree Aboriginal SDA church (36 members joined a result
of the Breath of Life Crusade) 1993-1994.
• Bell Tower Ministries, a founder, Oakwood College, 1989-1992. Ministry brought approximately 100
youth to Christ through baptism/rebaptism.
• Religious Vice President, Oakwood College United Student Movement, 1991-1992.
• Literature Evangelist, Miami, Florida, Summer 1991.
• Director of Power Hour, Oakwood College Campus Ministries, 1990-1991.
• Literature Evangelist, Nashville, Tennessee, Spring 1990.
• Founder and Director, SWAT (Soul Winning Action Team), 1991- 1992. Columbia Union College,
Takoma Park, Maryland.
EVANGELISM AND PRESENTATIONS /CRUSADES
• Youth Retreat July 2005, ‘06, ’07, and ‘08.
Youth of the Way, Community Praise Center, Alexandria, VA.
• Evangelistic Crusade, Barbados, 2004
Black Rock SDA Church, Barbados with the General Conference’s, Global Evangelism Program, led by Elder
Robert Folkenburg, to lead the Barbados evangelistic team in a three-week crusade. Baptized 32 people.
• Men’s Workshop, Venezuela, 2004
Sponsored by Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky
• Four Week Tent Crusade, summer 2000
Under Capital City SDA Church, South Central Conference, Frankfort, Kentucky. Baptized six souls.
• Three-week Revival, May 1999 Birmingham, England. Baptized six souls.
• Annual Andrews Academy Bible Camp, January 1998
Camp AU Sable--Gayling, Michigan led twelve young people to dedicate their lives to Christ and be baptized.
• Daniel & Revaluation Seminar/Revival, January 1998
Andrews University Co-Evangelist and Speaker for revival where two students stood for baptism.
• Week of Prayer, November 1997
Oakwood Academy, Huntsville, Alabama. He prepared sermons that were tailored for specific age groups.
Ages ranged from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Led twenty-five young people to make their decision for Christ
and to baptism.
• Youth Week of Prayer, April 1997
Ebenezer SDA Church, Philadelphia, PA Speaker for week of prayer and led five people to dedicate their lives to
Christ.
• Tent Crusade, August 1994 Ocala, Florida. Conducted a Three-week evangelistic tent crusade under the
direction of Pastor John Damon. Twenty-five souls were baptized.
• Tent Crusade, 1992 as United Student Movement Religious Vice President, Oakwood College. He was
Organizer and Director of a campus-wide evangelistic tent crusade. Twelve souls were won for the Lord as a
result of this crusade.
• Evangelistic tent crusade, summer 1992,
Bell Tower Ministries, Oakwood College. He was Invited to organize and direct a 14- member youth team in a
five-week evangelistic tent effort in Frederick, Maryland. He served as one of the two preachers for the five
week crusade and baptized five new souls into the Seventh-day Adventist world church. This project was
sponsored by former Allegheny East Youth Director, Elder Daniel Davis.
• Four Week Crusade- summer 1991
Bethel SDA Church, Miami, Florida. One of four preachers in a four-week evangelistic crusade led by Bell
Tower Ministries of Oakwood College. Worked with Pastor John Damon of Bethel SDA Church, Miami,
Florida.
• Sabbath Speaker at the end of a Student Week of Prayer at Oakwood University, spring 1991. 40 students
gave their lives to Christ in baptism.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Interdenominational Community Ministry- Chairperson of Chronic Pain Support Group ministry 2002- 05.
• Lexington Junior Academy, Lexington Kentucky- ad hoc School Board member, 2003-present
• South Central Conference- Olympic Director of - Camp meeting Olympics (plan and organize basketball
tournaments, track and field, etc. for ages 3 and up) from 2002- 05
NOTABLES WHILE ATTENDING TAKOMA ACADEMY
• Elected Class Pastor by the Takoma Park Academy Freshman, Sophomore, and Senior Classes, 1985, ’
86, and ’88.
• Elected Student Council Representative by the Takoma Park Academy Junior Class, 1987-1988
• Voted Most Congenial by the Takoma Park Academy Senior Class, 1989
• Member of the Junior Varsity Basketball team and the Track and Field team at Takoma Park Academy,
1987 and 1988-1989
• Member of the Takoma Park Academy Choir, 1985-1989
PERSONAL
• Born in Norfolk, VA. 1971. Married for almost 15years with 4 children. Adrianna (12 yrs.), Melvyn IV
(10 yrs.) Brianna (7 yrs.) & Cianna (6 yrs.) He loves traveling, sports, singing & most important preaching
Gods Word.
REERENCES
Pastor Henry Wright, Senior Pastor Community Praise Center, Alexandria, VA
=====
Elder C. D. Brooks, Former Field Secretary GC of SDA Silver Spring, MD.
=====
Elder Melvyn E. Hayden, Jr., Pastor, Liberty SDA Church in Baltimore, Maryland
=====
Elder Henry J. Fordham, III, Ministerial Sec. AEC of SDA in Pine Forge, PA.
=====
Elder Ron Edmonds, Senior Pastor Berea Temple SDA Church Baltimore, MD.
=====
Dr. Clifford Jones, Pastor New Life SDA Church Berrien Springs, Michigan
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