Rev. LeRoy Thompson is the Senior Pastor of Global Truth Ministries in Springfield, Virginia. He is a gifted Bible teacher with a passion for revealing the truth of the innocence that Jesus provided to us by his death, burial, and resurrection. He and his wife Rita have served as missionaries in Kenya, Uganda, Mexico, and Haiti.He has a heart for outreach and taking the message of the gospel outside the church walls. This has led to him performing jail and prison ministry, coaching collegiate sports, serving as a Fairfax County Virginia Community Chaplain, and teaching parenting and fatherhood classes. He is a certified Master Trainer for the National Partnership for Community Leadership's Fatherhood Development Curriculum. LeRoy also conducts the Fairfax County Public Schools Family And School Partnership's Dads Matter Class and is a parenting program instructor for the County's Department of Family Services. He is certified in Critical Incidence Stress Management and Pastoral Counseling Intervention. LeRoy was educated at Harvard University where he received a Bachelor's degree in English and American Literature and Language, and a Master's degree in Finance and International Business from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. LeRoy received his Doctor of Divinity from Master's International School of Divinity and his PhD in Biblical Studies from Trinity Theological Seminary. He has done Talmudic studies at Yeshivat Har Etzion (Israel). As a bi-vocational pastor, he has also operated an independent management consulting practice in corporate strategy and organizational development.