Jared Sawyer Jr.

Jared Sawyer Jr.
Born	Jared Andre Sawyer Jr. September 28, 1997 (Age 19) Decatur, United States
🏡 Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
🏫 Education	Morehouse College
💼 Occupation	Actor, author, evangelist, activist
📆 Years active	2002—present
🌐 Website	jaredsawyerjr.com

Jared Andre Sawyer Jr. (born September 28, 1997) is an American actor, author, evangelist, and activist. He is best known for his viral videos as a preaching child prodigy and appearances in television and film. He was the minister at Center Hill Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia but now Ministers at Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, a 7,000 member congregation in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the CEO of Jared Sawyer Ministries Inc. He plays the role of Devon in the feature film The Best of Enemies, starring Taraji P. Henson releasing in 2018.

Background

Sawyer was born in Decatur, Georgia and grew up mostly in Atlanta. He graduated from Druid Hills High School. Sawyer is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Arts in Religion degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta. His parents are Jared Sawyer Senior and Sabrina Sawyer. He has one sister, Emani.

Sawyer was just five, when he was called by God in a dream into the gospel ministry, and has now preached for more than half of his life. Sawyer preached his first sermon at Love Divine Ministries in Decatur, Georgia at the age of five and received his ministerial license at the age of eight. He has had a career as an actor, TV personality, author, syndicated television and radio commentator and motivational speaker spanning 15 years. Sawyer has sold over 50,000 copies of his three self-published books. He has a YouTube broadcast tagged "voice of today's generation". In 2008, Sawyer was included in "The Child Preacher", a European documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and "Around the World in 80 Faiths", an original British television series aired by the BBC for two seasons. In 2013, controversy arose around Sawyer becoming the youngest person in the state of Georgia to be ordained in the Baptist Church.

Sawyer is a national media spokesperson for the American Heart Association and an advocate for civil and human rights. Sawyer was the 2014 keynote speaker at the NAACP Membership Breakfast. Sawyer is the founder of You Power Purpose, Incorporated, a non-profit organization headquartered in Atlanta to help the next generation of leaders discover and drive their purpose, equip them with moral values, and advance their social growth.

On August 24, 2017, Sawyer was involved in a major car accident that put him in critical condition. He later released a statement that he survived with back and neck injuries.

Books

• Sawyer, Jared (2016). Walking in Victory: 4 Power Tips to help you Reach Your Potential in God. Tate Publishing. ISBN 978-1683524762. Search this book on
• Sawyer, Jared (2015). "9-1-1: The Spiritual Emergency System. JSJ Enterprises. ISBN 978-1511875240. Search this book on

Awards

Sawyer was the 2013 recipient of the Trailblazer Leadership Award from Beulah Heights University. In November 2012, he was the invocation speaker for the National Black MBA Association's scholarship luncheon. Sawyer was also the keynote speaker at Howard University's Paul Anthony Dillard Foundation Awards Program in Washington, D.C. Sawyer was the 2015 recipient of the NAACP's Earl T. Shinhoster Youth Services Award. Sawyer was the recipient of The King Center's Dream Forward Spiritual Faith Based Award by Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. Sawyer was the youngest recipient.

Career

Sawyer convened the "I am empowered" Next Generation Conference in July 2015, a two-day event which had over 10,000 youth in attendance was held at Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria.

In 2016, Sawyer launched the Say Yes To Victory Tour for his book, Walking in Victory. in the U.S. and U.K.

Filmography

Year	Films	Credited as
		Actor	Role	Producer
2017	My Harvest Is Near	Yes	Calvin	Yes
2017	Boo 2! A Madea Halloween	Yes	Geeky college student
2017	The Best of Enemies	Yes	Devon
2018	The Pact	Yes	High school student

Television appearances

• The Gospel Live as himself (2005)
• Around the World in 80 Faiths (TV Mini-Series documentary) as himself (2009)
• ABC Nightline (news program) as himself (2009)
• 24th Annual Trumpet Awards (TV special) as himself (2016)
• 2016 TV One Triumph Awards (TV special) as himself (2016)

External links

• Official website
• Jared Sawyer Imdb page

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