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Benjamin Boswell

Ben was born in Lynchburg, VA, grew up in Bethlehem, PA, and graduated from high school in Kannapolis, NC. He was educated at Marion Military Institute (commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant), Campbell University (BA in Religion and Philosophy), Duke Divinity School (Master of Divinity), and Catholic University of America (completed coursework for PhD). Before joining the staff at Meyers Park Baptist Church, Ben served as a First Lieutenant in the North Carolina Army National Guard, Minister of Youth at Samaria Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, Associate Pastor and then Senior Pastor at Commonwealth Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA, Adjunct Professor of Political Theology and Ethics at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, and Senior Pastor at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church in Cary, NC.

For These Next Seven Days: A Prayer for Those Filled With Dread

Benjamin Boswell

October 27, 2020

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Theology

Let not our hearts sink into anxiety and dread by the unceasing spin cycle of 24 hour news or the bread and circuses of the imperial intrigue. Instead . . .

For Every Time: A Prayer for Moral Revival

Benjamin Boswell

September 1, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Race, Revival

For every time we preached about the blood of Jesus and did not talk about the blood of Breonna Taylor…George Floyd…Ahamad Arbury…Jacob Blake…and so many more…[Say all their names!]. We repent and we turn toward justice.

For These Next Seven Days: A Prayer for Those Filled With Dread

For Every Time: A Prayer for Moral Revival

Reaching Past the Obvious to Find Belonging

American Altar: Poetry, Gun Violence, and the Gods to Whom We Sacrifice

Pastor of . . . Doubt?

Why Do You Say You Love Jesus?

In Opposition of the Line 3 Pipeline