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About
Pastor Sam's Bio
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In 2006, Pastor Sam became a licensed minister in the Baptist tradition and an associate minister at Morning Dove Baptist Church in Perdido, Alabama where he was later ordained. He began attending Candler School of Theology in Atlanta Georgia at Emory University in 2012 and graduated in May 2015 with a Master of Divinity degree and a certificate in human rights. Pastor Sam’s master of divinity focus is on justice, peacebuilding, and conflict transformation; leadership in church and community; and theology and ethics. He served as the student body president from 2014-2015. During seminary, Pastor Sam worked as the Associate Campaign Coordinator for the Pan-Methodist Campaign for Children in Poverty, volunteered at Genesis Homeless Shelter, and led students in demonstrations and protests against racial injustice. Sam received awards and recognition for social justice, community service, and his leadership and academic performance at Emory University. In May 2016, he earned a second advanced master’s degree in theology from Emory University.
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The Reverend Samuel Lee White III serves as the Senior Pastor of Greater Liberty Hill Baptist Church in East Atlanta. Pastor Sam is a theologian, community activist, and spiritual adviser from Bay Minette, a small town in Alabama. Pastor Sam received his call from the Lord at the early age of twelve and began singing in local churches. He attended the University of Alabama and attained a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Information Science. While in college, he joined the Afro-American Gospel Choir and during those years served as president, vice-president, chaplain, and spiritual adviser. While in the choir, Pastor Sam had the opportunity to travel throughout the United States and minister through music. In 2006-2007 he became the national president of the College Student Union Retreat and presided over the annual summit with over 300 college students.
Sam has traveled the world and studied abroad. In the summer of 2014, he served as an interim pastor and summer intern at Wesley Methodist Church in Inagua, Bahamas. In March 2015, Pastor Sam traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil to research global care and community-building. In May 2015 he traveled to Seoul, South Korea to study moral leadership and the reunification between North and South Korea. In the summer of 2015, Pastor Sam served as the pastoral intern at Christ UM and Bethlehem Wiley United Methodist Churches in Chattanooga, TN. In November 2015, he traveled to the Middle East to study Palestinian liberation and oppression. And in the summer of 2016, Sam Traveled to South Africa to participate in an international leadership training program.
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In the summer of 2022, he became the 10th pastor of Greater Liberty Hill Baptist Church