John Parks Founder, President & Publisher With over 26 years of corporate management experience as a senior executive in manufacturing and over 30 years of pastoral work, John C. Parks has a lifetime of proven excellence with an exceptional record of results. Equipped with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee State University in Nashville Tennessee; an Executive Masters of Business Degree from Wake Forest University in North Carolina; a Theology Degree from the American Theological Seminary, and a Certificate of Executive Studies in Organization and Strategic Planning from Stanford University. John C. Parks is now the President & Publisher of Hope Today Magazine, a Parks & Co company. In 1992, Parks was installed as Senior Pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church of Winston Salem, North Carolina, a fast growing, progressive ministry. In 2004, with the title of Bishop, John C. Parks was given a mandate from God to begin Hope & Faith Worldwide Ministries. Under his leadership and divine guidance, 75 pastors and churches are being touched by and through anointed preaching, leadership training, fathering impartations, and covenant relationships. Hope & Faith Worldwide Ministries has covenant churches in North Carolina, Virginia, South Africa, Texas, Nassau Bahamas, and is continuing to reach other pastors on a worldwide basis. In 2005, John C. Parks retired as Vice-President & General Manager of Manufacturing at a Fortune 500 Company. He was responsible for managing a $248 million budget, 1,000 employees, and 150 managers in North America. With an (8) year tenure as Vice President and his last assignment, He reduced the manufacturing operating cost of the MN1500 division by $90 million. John C. Parks is the author of “Holding On to Your Dreams,” “Pocket Prayers-When You Don’t Know What to Say,” and the upcoming release, “Why Good People Get Into Bad Relationships.”.