Brian T RussellBrian is currently serving as Director of Contemporary Worship and Creative Arts a large Methodist church in North Carolina. He is also the Director of the Arts Alive Art Academy. Brian's tenure in leading contemporary worship spans two decades in a ariety of denominational settings including Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Moravian, AME Zion, United Methodist and nondenominational churches. A graduate of Belmont Abbey College with a major in sociology, Brian completed his Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University, where he also earned the Graduate Certificate in Spirituality and Health awarded by the School of Divinity and the School of Medicine. Brian is a founding member of Salvage Garden - a 501(c)(3) organization commissioned to serve the spiritual growth of persons with exceptional challenges. In 2014, Brian began working as a consultant with churches that are making efforts to start or reinvent contemporary worship. Read More Read Less