Our Minister: Reverend Kent Lederer
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You'll enjoy hearing Reverend Kent! He's a warm, inspiring and engaging speaker. Each Sunday, he delivers spiritual concepts in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. His talks gently and humorously encourage people to ask the deeper questions that allow for genuine personal transformation.
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Reverend Kent's training is based in the Bible, Unity, New Thought and the Ancient Wisdom philosophies. His teaching style is experiential and interactive. He was licensed as a Unity teacher by the Unity School of Christianity in 1995, and was later ordained as a Unity minister in 2002--through the Association of Unity Churches' Field Licensing Program. He's originally from Western Kansas and holds a B.A. degree in Religion and Philosophy.
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In 2006, we invited Reverend Kent to join our Unity of Greater Lansing team—as our minister and spiritual leader. He says of his ministry here in Lansing:
"Growing up, I imagined a place where people could come together in joy and enthusiasm to discover the unconditional and absolute love of Spirit. Unity is this place! As we experience the Divine Love in ourselves, we will naturally encourage everyone around us to express their own inner love and light. Peace IS possible and it has begun with us!"
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Reverend Kent's enthusiastic approach to spiritual ministry is truly pastoral—as he believes and actively demonstrates that "God loves us—through one another!" Come celebrate and experience the goodness in you!
| Reverend Kent's Background |
Reverend Kent came into Unity through the Unity Church of Practical Christianity in Houston, TX in 1970. While attending there he served on their Board of Trustees. In 1987, he was promoted to the home underwriting office of Northbrook P&C Insurance Company and transferred to Chicago, IL. There he began attending Unity in Chicago and met the Reverend Mike Matoin. Mike asked Kent to teach. Over the next several years, Kent's simple and easy teaching methods attracted more than 3000 participants to his classes at the ten Unity centers in the Chicagoland area.
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As a respected and highly-sought-after teacher, Kent has been repeatedly asked to present his "Teach the Teacher" workshop at various regional Unity conferences, as well as at the Licensed Unity Teacher week held annually at Unity Village. In June of 2004, Kent was asked to be a presenter at the Unity People's Convention held in Overland Park, KS. Later that same year, the Reverend Christopher Ian Chenoweth asked Kent to present a workshop during the annual Carribean Cruise sponsored by his prayer ministry: www.PositiveChristianity.org
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In 1998, a steering committee organized a new Unity church in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago. Kent was asked to become its founding minister. The new Unity Church of Peace (now Unity in Lincoln Park) received its full-church status with the Association of Unity Churches in 2000. From 2002 to 2008, Reverend Kent also served on the Association's Field Licensing Committee, a four-year ministerial candidate program. He mentored a candidate who is now ordained and leading a Unity congregation in Louisana.
In 2004, Reverend Kent received a call from Unity of Savannah, GA. Under his leadership, the Children’s Church was re-activated, a regular schedule of adult spiritual classes was added, Quickbooks was established for internal accounting and a successful fund-raising, building-improvement program was completed. The Chatham County District Attorney's office asked Kent to present on the topic "Preventing Child Abuse in the Church" at a clergy seminar they conducted. He also worked with the Youth Challenge Program at Ft. Stewart, GA—a program that assists high school dropouts with the GED and job-training.
In 2006, we invited Reverend Kent to come to Lansing to be our minister. He accepted! |
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In the Summer of 2008, Reverend Kent was asked to present both a lecture on reincarnation and a workshop on creativity at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY. He also is a participant and ardent supporter of the Faith Action Network of Michigan.
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