Having grown up fatherless in extreme poverty in the rural South in the United States, Narlene McLaughlin never imagined she would one day travel the globe, touching and impacting the lives of coun...view moreHaving grown up fatherless in extreme poverty in the rural South in the United States, Narlene McLaughlin never imagined she would one day travel the globe, touching and impacting the lives of countless individuals. Graced with a full college scholarship, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and she later earned her master's degree in Christian education administration from Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida. Laboring alongside her husband of thirty-five years, Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin, she has served as chief administrative officer of a multifaceted mega-church ministry located in Jacksonville, Florida for over twenty-five years. Her duties include teaching, counseling, staffing, mentoring, church governing, assistance in church planting, business development, and a host of other “as needed” duties. She and her husband have been featured in several newspaper and magazine publications, and they travel the world empowering others to greatness in God. Narlene and her husband have successfully reared two grown children of their own, Angel and Stephen, and nurtured and housed countless others.view less