D.C. Area Pastor Announces He Feels Distant From God & Taking a Sabbatical to Reconnect

Rev. Howard-John Wesley, senior pastor of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, surprised his congregation earlier this month with an announcement that he is stepping away from…

Randi Myles

Published Dec 12, 2019 10:47 AM EST

WASHINGTON – JANUARY 19: Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, pastor at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA, gives the keynote speech at the People’s Inaugural Project Prayer Breakfast on January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The People’s Inaugural Project, underwritten by the Stafford Foundation, is hosting underprivileged people at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Rev. Howard-John Wesley, senior pastor of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, surprised his congregation earlier this month with an announcement that he is stepping away from his ministry for a season because he feels far from God, tired in his soul and needed to recuperate mentally and physically:

(Source: BCNN1 WP)

Wesley said he wants to, "read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation without trying to write a sermon, travel and go sit in the back of somebody's church and hear the word of God and not be worried about what time we got to get out for the next crowd.”

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Rev. Howard-John Wesley Sabbatical

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