LADY NARLENE MCLAUGHLIN

LADY NARLENE MCLAUGHLIN

Chief Administrative Officer

Lady Narlene is currently the Chief Administrative and Operations Officer for the overall ministry of The Potter's House International Ministries, Inc. Her duties include numer-ous responsibilities of the church, as well initiating and providing oversight for the church-owned entities which consist of: Kingdom Plaza Mall, The Soul Food Bistro, King Pins Bowling Center for over 20 years, Temple Builders Fitness and The Potter’s House Christian Academy.

Email:

nmclaughlin@tphim.org

Having married her amazingly gifted and anointed husband, Vaughn McLaughlin, in June of 1978, Narlene and Bishop Vaughn have been married for over 37 years. They have two wonderful children, Angel Chatman and Stephen Vaughn, both now grown, as well as 4 grandchildren. However, the most important event in Lady Narlene’s life was when she accepted The Lord Jesus Christ and was born again in September of 1982. Ever since that day she has passionately devoted her life to Christian service and has earnestly attempted to demonstrate a Spirit-filled life in Christ while serving others.

Lady Narlene’s faith and devotion to God was put to the test shortly after her husband began pastoring in 1987. In August of 1988, she clearly heard the Lord and took an enormous leap of faith and left her job in corporate America to work alongside her husband in full-time ministry as they founded what is now known as The Potter’s House International Ministries.

Having worked at three major insurance companies for over 9 years her final position was serving as Operations Manager with American Heritage Life Insurance Company. It was there that she was trained and equipped to start a for profit property and casualty insurance company which prepared her for the administrative experience needed in starting and administrating the various areas of a not-for-profit entity.

As demonstration of her faithfulness and commitment to God, Lady Narlene has worked in virtually every phase of ministry within the church including:

Initiated and directed the Nursery and Children’s Ministries for over 5 years;
Initiated and produced tapes for the Tape Ministry for over two years;
Initiating, directing and overseeing the Financial Stewardship/Accounting Ministry for the past 38 years;
Participated in regular Jail and Prison visitations and corresponding to inmates;
Serving with the Inspirational Care/Nursing Home and Hospital Visitation Ministry for the past 40 years;
Taught as many as 200 women each week in Sunday school class for 18 years, and later taught the young ladies’ group (18-29) for approximately 2 years;
Has hosted and spoken at numerous women’s retreats and conferences;
Founding Principal and served as Administrator of the ministry’s once over 500 student Christian Academy for 10 years; also taught Psychology to senior students, and presently serves along with her husband, Bishop Vaughn, as School Chancellor.
Served for 3 years as an instructor for Logos Bible College;
Since the ministry’s inception has provided, and presently provides extensive spiritual, marital and financial counseling for countless individuals, couples and families;
Presently serves as Chief Administrative Officer of The Potter’s House Christian Fellowship, Inc., assisting the Bishop McLaughlin in all the administrative and corporate duties of the ministry, including overseeing staffing (presently over 260 full and part time employees), personnel benefits, facility acquisition and maintenance, construction management, budgeting, accounting and stewardship, marketing, ministries operations, etc.
Lady Narlene has served on the Board of Directors for numerous organizations, including The Potter’s House International Ministries, Inc., The Potter’s House Community Development Empowering Center, Logos Bible College, and School of Success Charter School and SISTERS OICU, Inc., a prison release program for women.

Lady Narlene’s academic credentials include:

1970-1974 – Graduate of Germantown High School, Germantown, Tennessee with a major concentration in English and Biology. Graduated summa cum laude.

1974-1978 – B.S. Degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Martin, TN. Graduated Magna cum laude.

1982-1984 – Florida Community at Jacksonville. 18 credit hours in Property and Casualty Insurance Management and Basic Principles of Life Insurance.

1992-1994 – Logos Christian College. 9 credit hours in Biblical Studies. Later served as Instructor for Christian Education Courses

1994-1996 – Master of Science Degree in Christian Education Administration, Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida.