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Begun in 2002 through a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Memphis Theological Seminary, Sustaining Pastoral Excellence is a ministry to support Christian pastors, their families, and their congregations...

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Excellence in pastoral ministry is a gift of the healing and sustaining grace of God in the life of the whole person. Through faithful relatedness to God and others, good pastors maintain balance (wholeness) in their lives and ministries. 

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David L. Boyle

has served as the senior pastor of Antioch Baptist church in Whiteville Tennessee since January 1981.  He is a busy pastor who has led his congregation in building their membership size tremendously and in strengthening service opportunities. He has led Antioch as they have built an addition of a Christian Education complex and a new Worship Center that is valued at over 1.2 million dollars. Active church ministries range from a Senior Citizens Outreach to a Recreation Ministry that includes golf, baseball and aerobics.  

His service in wider denominational work includes being the Dean of Hardeman County Baptist Christian Missionary and Education Association and also the Memphis Baptist Ministerial Association. He now is a member of the faculty of the Greater Memphis Sunday School and Nurture of Baptist Churches’ Congress.  
As a graduate of Bishop College, Memphis Theological Seminary and McCormick Theological Seminary with two Doctor of Ministry degrees, Dr. Boyle is known as a scholarly, passionate and anointed preacher who delivers messages with authority and caring for God’s people.  

David is the husband of Linda Diana Perry Boyle and the father of two children Aronica Yvette and David Larry Jr.

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