Rev. John W. Polite III
Friday Night Worship Leader and
Saturday Youth Track Workshop Leader

Rev. Polite is well known across our ABC denominational family for his passion for and giftedness in bridging faith and the arts—in all its various forms—and people of all cultures and generations in worship and community.  His breadth of ministry experience includes settled and interim pastorates, serving on the ABC Biennial Worship Team (2009, 2011),  Youth Ministry Resource Team, Planning and Worship teams for ABC National Youth gatherings, to name a few. He currently serves as Pastor of Granada Hills Baptist Church, CA. He earned his Master of Divinity at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, where he also serves on the Board of Trustees, and his BA in Communications from Cal Poly Pomona, where he was active with campus journalism, NAACP, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Campus Crusades for Christ.