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ABOUT OUR PASTOR



Rev. Dr. Harry L. Seawright, Pastor

Rev. Dr. Harry L. Seawright is a native of Swansea, South Carolina and Pastor of Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Brandywine, Maryland, where he has served for the past twenty years. Rev. Seawright was called to preach in 1977; ordained as an Itinerant Deacon in the AME Church in 1979; and as an Itinerant Elder in the AME Church in 1981. Under Rev. Seawright's leadership and with God's anointing, Union Bethel has over 45 different ministries inclusive of a community Thrift Store, Greenhouse and Senior Outreach Center. We are also blessed to have a satellite church in Temple Hills, Maryland where Sunday worship services, Church School, Intercessory Prayer and Bible Study are held weekly.

Rev. Seawright has spent the past 29 years in ministry, specializing in community leadership and development. He is a Trustee Emeritus on the Board of Trustees for Prince George's Community College and President and CEO of HLS Consulting, Inc., a company that specializes in church construction, administration, management and finance. He is also the CEO of the Union Bethel F.O.C.U.S. Intergenerational Center, Inc (IGC). This facility is a fully operational Day Care/Before and After Care Center that features a Banquet Hall for conferences, weddings, receptions and special events. Plans for an Adult Day Care Program are currently being evaluated. The Center's mission is to "Foster Intergenerational Relationships and Strengthen Communities."
 

Rev. Seawright is the author of More Than Bricks and Mortar: Building a Church Without Losing Your Mind, 1996. He is a contributing author in The African American Devotional Bible, Meditation on Quality Leadership, 1997. He is Treasurer for the Washington Conference and Second Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and a member of the Collective Banking Group. Rev. Seawright is a member and past president of the A.M.E. Ministerial Alliance of Washington, D.C. He is the past President of Bethel House, Inc., a nonprofit outreach ministry organization.

He earned his Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. He earned the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Howard University School of Divinity. As a member of the graduating class of 1995, he was awarded the Doctor of Ministry "Student of the Year." In 1996, he received the Concerned Black Christian Men of Prince George's County Religious Award, in 1998 he was listed in Who's Who in the Northeast. Rev. Seawright has recently been listed in the 2005-2006 edition of the National Register of Who's Who as a leading Executives and Professional. He attended St. Antony's College, in the University of Oxford, Oxford England in August 2004, where his presentation on "Dynamics of the Church, Politics and Education" was well received by the Oxford Round Table of distinguished leaders from around the world.

He resides in Fort Washington, Maryland with his wife, the Reverend Sherita Moon Seawright and their two children, Shari Nicole and Harry Matthew and grandson, Cameron Isaiah.
 
 
   
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