Dr. Pernessa Seele, community activist, founder and CEO of The Balm in Gilead, Inc., announces the Healthy Churches 2020 Conference, Nov. 4-6 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, NC. This 3-day national event brings together faith leaders, health directors, doctors, nurses and members of congregational-based health ministries to find answers to today’s complex questions and provide the information needed to help ease the troubling issues in our inner cities and third-world like rural areas.Healthy Churches 2020 Conferencehost is former NBA star Earl “the Pearl” Monroe. 2015 Conference Chairpersons are world-renown medical experts James R.Gavin III, MD, PhD and Bishop Horace E. Smith, MD. Organizers expect 350 – 400 attendees from across the country.
Named one of TIME magazine’s “Most Influential Persons in the World,” Dr. Pernessa Seele is an esteemed voice of authority who has worked with three U.S. presidential administrations on critical health issues domestically and abroad.
“African Americans are on life support when it comes to our health,” Dr. Seele states. “We must engage our faith institutions in promoting healthy behavior change; seeking medical attention and adherence to treatment. According to a recent Pew Research Poll, over 80% of African Americans are affiliated with a religion. Engagement with local churches is the most effective way of reaching these people and create change in their lives.”
