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Rev. Gerald L. Savage
   




   

   




   

   
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Sr. Pastor, Aldersgate Community UMC
Illinois Great Rivers Conference
East St. Louis, IL
   




   




   

   

   

   

   

   
Rev. Savage is a retired career military officer.  He specialized in counter terrorism and counter narcotics.  He has had extensive experience in leadership,
special operations,human resource management/organizational behavior and strategic planning.  He is a
combat veteran that came
   




   

   

   




   

   




   




   

   
up through the ranks in the Army where he was the Division
Chief of the Counter Narcotics Division for Headquarters Second Continental United States Army.
There he managed combined Defense Department resources throughout the
Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, in their coordination with federal and state law enforcement agencies in the Presidents National War on
Drugs.

Rev. Gerald L. Savage has attended numerous colleges and universities throughout the United States and Europe.  He completed his undergraduate degree at Duguense University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with degrees in Criminology
and
Political Science.  He attended the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia and received his Masters of Divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary in
1997.

He is an Army brat and has traveled and lived throughout the
world.  Some of his military schooling includes attendance at Command and General Staff College, Organizational Effectiveness Staff College, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the Defense Intelligence Institute and the FBI
Academy.

He began his ministry at Andrews Chapel UMC, Jonesboro, Georgia, Griffin District, North Georgia Conference where he student pastored the three Church Charge of Hampton Parish.  While there he co-founded the “Youth Empowerment Project”, a
comprehensive initiative for “at risk” youth which received governors honors.  He also served on The Board of Director’s of The Simpsonwood United Methodist Conference and Retreat Center, the Carter Project and was the executive assistant to the Director
at the Center for Health and Development in Atlanta, GA.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the United Way, the Leslie Bates Neighborhood House and the Greater Illinois Conference Academy for Servant
Leadership.  He was
recently recommended by the Department of  the newly formed East Saint Louis Housing Board of Commissioners.
      
Rev. Savage graduated from the first class of Meridian High School, in Mounds, Illinois.  He has three lovely children Jamahl,
Jameta, Jamaine.
   




   




   

   

   




   

   
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