In the video above, Dr. Minor's speech begins at the 29:22 mark.

In the News

For the latest about Dr. Minor, Google "Michael O. Minor" or "Michael Minor" and health.

• Mid-South Pastor to Meet with First Lady

• Preaching a Healthy Diet in the Deep Fried South
• Local  Pastor to Meet with Obama
• Healthful Message Earns an Invitation from First Lady 
• Minor Selected Food Hero by Cooking Light Magazine

• Mississippi pastor Michael Minor on crusade to fight obesity
• Diet, Exercise, and Temples of the Holy Ghost
• Baptists, Easter Seals join to make first 5 years 'count' for at-risk kids

• Some Colorado Pastors Preaching Health
• Hernando-area Pastor Taking Faith-Based Wellness Gospel to Colorado
• Guideposts: The Gospel of Health

• NPR Podcast: Rev. Minor Preaches Health from the Pulpit
• Childhood Obesity–Can Faith-Based Organizations Make a Difference?
• Dr. Michael Minor - Faith-Based Community Health and Wellness

• Dr. Minor included in NBC News Video on Obesity 
• Southern Churches Lead Campaign to Fight Obesity
• How Three of the Nation’s ‘Fattest’ States Are Fighting Obesity

• White House and HHS Host Sickle Cell Disease Roundtable
• Churches Pair Faith with Fat-Fighting to Curb Obesity
• Pastor Minor Appears on Segment of MPB's Southern Remedy Show
• Healthful Living Is Gospel Truth for Hernando Pastor Michael Minor Faith Healing

• Groups Targeting Obesity Rates
• The Colorado Health Foundation 2012 Symposium Speakers
• Church Leading the Fitness March



• USA Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Hosts 2012 Symposium
• Healthy eating requires good habits
• German TV Crew to Focus on Fitness

• Church Has Healthy Rx for Life
• Grant Will Help Desoto Fight Childhood Obesity
• Healthy Congregations Nourishing Body and Soul

• Health Ministry Recognized as November Health Champion
• Rethink church food, experts say – and hold the fried chicken
• Hernando pastor gets big pulpit to preach healthy life

• Kids Count Recognizes Foundation
• Helping Kids Get a Life
• Healthy Congregations (Training Session) 
• Pastor promotes health conscious congregation

What We Do

• FAITH-BASED HEALTH AND WELLNESS MOBILIZATION
• LEADERSHIP TRAINING
• ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

Resources

Rising Sun Usher Federation 2011 Usher Guide
Congregational Health Guide 2012
2013 Suggested Health and Wellness Observances

Feedback 

• Can Faith-Based Communities Influence Childhood Obesity?
• Could 'Faith' Be the Cure for Childhood Obesity?
• Is Black Church Culture Unhealthy?
• Hallelujah! Thank God for Healthy Foods!!
• Preaching a New Diet From the Pulpit in the Deep South
• Breaking the Unhealthy Eating Cycle
• Preaching a Healthy Diet in the Deep-Fried Delta
• Preachers Preach the Value of Good Nutrition
• Church and State Fighting Obesity
• Consumption and Overconsumption at Tables of Plenty 
• Spreading the Gospel of Healthy Eating in the Delta

• Improving the Health of Communities from Within
• Mississippi Pastor Leading the Way Toward Community Health
• Church Fights Obesity
• The Body is a Temple, Not a Garbage Disposal - Preach It!
• U. S. Churches Join the Struggle Against Obesity
• Reuters: Mississippi preacher bans fried chicken from church dinners
• Yom Kippur Sermon, 2012/5773, Rabbi Cohen
• Preaching the gospel of healthy eating
• Preaching a Healthy Diet in the Deep-Fried Delta
• In Mississippi, a New Gospel Gains a Foothold: Eat Healthier
• Get to Goal Pilot Program Uses "Health Ministry" to Fight Hypertension

• National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services

• The Church That Could…And Lessons for Community Weight Loss

• Preachers Preach the Value of Good Nutrition 

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April 28, 2013
9:00 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

May 5, 2013
9:00 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

May 12, 2013
10:50 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

May 16-18, 2013
NBCUSA H.O.P.E. Health Ministry Training
Selma, AL

May 19, 2013
9:00 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

May 26, 2013
9:00 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

June 2-3, 2013
Share Our Strength's Conference of Leaders
Washington, DC

June 6, 2013
7:00 p.m. Region 1 Christian Education Institute Closing Session
Mid-South Churches Cooperative Conference
New Zion Baptist Church
4202 Highway 8 East
Ruleville, MS

June 9, 2013
10:50 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

June 17-21, 2013
National Baptist Congress of Christian Education
St. Louis, MO

June 30 2013
9:00 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

July 7, 2013
10:50 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

July 14, 2013
10:50 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

July 21, 2013
11:00 am Morning Worship
Zion Hill Baptist Church
6030 Robertson Gin Road
Hernando, MS

July 22-26, 2013
Hammond Hill Congress of Christian Education
1190 West Oak Grove Road
Hernando, MS

July 28, 2013
9:00 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

July 29-August 1, 2013
H.O.P.E. Health Ministry Training
Alabama Missionary Baptist State Convention Congress of Christian Education
Selma, AL

August 4, 2013
10:50 am Morning Worship
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3440 Wheeler Road
Hernando, MS

August 9-10, 2013
Million Hearts Closing Celebration
Birmingham, AL

August 20-22, 2013
H.O.P.E. Health Ministry Training
Tuscaloosa, AL

August 25, 2013
Family and Friends' Day
Mt. Olive
Sledge, MS
Pastor Lacy Reed, Host

September 3-4, 2013
H.O.P.E. Health Ministry Training
Charlotte, NC

September 2-6, 2013
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Annual Session
Charlotte, NC

September 10-11, 2013
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Fall Conference
Healthy Communities Healthy Lives
Baton Rouge, LA

September 25, 2013
Faith-Based Leadership Roundtable Conference
Chicago, IL

October 21, 2013
American Heart Association
Dallas, TX

October 24-26, 2013
Tri-Regional Faith and Community Health Conference
Atlanta, GA

November 14, 2013
7:00 p.m. Region 4 Christian Education Institute Closing Session
Mid-South Churches Cooperative Conference
St. John Baptist Church
Sardis, MS

Seminars/Workshops

• GETTING TO SERVICE AFTER THE BENEDICTION
• SICK MEMBERS CAN'T TITHE
• TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
• ORGANIZATIONAL REFRAMING
• TRANSFORMATION TRIAD

Adult Learner Research

• Sense of Community as a Predictor of Adult Learner Persistence in Accelerated Degree Completion Programs (ADCPs)?
  
• What is the efficacy of using an integrated model in measuring sense of community (SOC) in accelerated degree completion programs?