FRED GARMON, PhD

 

Fred Garmon, the president and founder of LeaderLabs, holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies, and a master of divinity with an emphasis in Ministerial Ethics and a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia. His doctoral dissertation research examined leadership and conflict in the ministerial context.

 

Garmon was born and reared in Charlotte, NC. He was the youngest of eight children, and following a childhood of tragic events, became the first of his family to graduate from high school. He shares his personal testimony and transformational story in one of LeaderLabs session called “Sabotaged To Fail: Grace Enough to Succeed," and also in his book, Lucky Number 8.

 

A university-level lecturer and instructor— Fred speaks from experience, but he also understands theory and research. He is involved daily in the life of the church. During his 45 years in the ministry, he has served as Senior Pastor for over 25 years; as superintendent of Southeast Asia for the Church of God World Missions; as Executive Director of PCL (People for Care and Learning), a humanitarian arm of the denomination; a professor in the doctoral program at Regent University and the Pentecostal Theological Seminary; as board member of SOW (Serving Orphans Worldwide); and as consultant to administrative bishops and pastors across the country and around the world. 

 

Dr. Garmon has presented his “Ten Essential Skills” material all across the United States in conferences and workshops as well as internationally in over 42 countries.  

 

Fred is a marathon runner and was honored as an Olympic Torchbearer in 2002. Fred and his wife, Shirley, have two daughters, two sons-in-law, two granddaughters, and one grandson.

 

For more information about Fred's transformational life-story, get his book "Lucky Number 8," from Amazon.com.