James Mayo Faison Jr

Minister James M. Faison, Jr., is a native of Clinton, NC and the only son of Mr. James & Denise Faison. He is a first generation college graduate as well as a UNC Football Letterman who earned his BA in Biology, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December 2003. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Information Science with a concentration in Information Management from North Carolina Central University.

In October of 1999, Min. Faison dedicated his heart to Jesus Christ, and he accepted his call to ministry 10 years later. Min. Faison has dedicated his life to being a humanitarian and has volunteered with UNC God First Campus Ministry for over 12 years in the capacity of a student, to a Men's Fellowship Coordinator, to a Campus Minister for 6 years, and he was recently awarded the Campus Legend award by his Pastor Dr. Patrick L. Wooden Sr. of the Upper Room COGIC for his dedicated service to College Ministry. Min. Faison is also an award recipient of the NIH MTRF (Minority Trainee Research Forum) Acres of Diamonds Award in 2005.

Currently Min. Faison resides in Durham NC, and he works as a Liaison II, at Integrated Laboratory Science, in Research Triangle Park, NC. Min. Faison is married to his high school sweetheart, Dee, and they have been blessed with a son, James Mayo Faison III (Manny)!