The Reverend Doctor Ted Goshorn has passions for equipping organizations to transform their communities by serving at the intersection of the community’s needs and the organization’s resources and for enlivening scripture and spiritual disciplines. 

In service to communities, Ted founded the first part-time day care program in Dodge County, Georgia; created a jobs program for local youth; established a working partnership with Dodge County Schools; and strengthened the church’s relationship with the local food bank. For this and other collaborative work across the community, Ted was recognized as one of the Emory University Alumni Association’s 40 Under Forty for 2021. At Mulberry Street UMC, Ted led the formation of the Downtown Tapestry, an interfaith, multiracial, coalition; provided a new, larger, facility for the Macon Volunteer Clinic, and led the city of Macon in responding to acts of hate in the summer of 2023.

Beyond the local church, Ted most recently held the role of Chair of the Board and President of the Eastman-Dodge County Area Chamber of Commerce for two years, from 2020 through 2021. He was a member of the Eastman Rotary Club in Eastman, GA and a prior member of the College Hill Alliance in Macon, Georgia; the InTown Macon Neighborhood Association; and the board of the Macon-based Crossroads Counseling Center. He currently sits on the Emory University, Candler School of Theology Alumni Board, in addition to service to the South Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

As a teacher of spiritual disciplines and scripture, Ted has published a book, Prayer Changes Us, and has a new book coming out later this year titled, Raise Your Ebenezer: A Field Guide to Suffering. He was a featured preacher and teacher at the Georgia Pastor’s School and led the South Georgia Annual Conference in focusing on prayer during their June, 2023 session. A regular teacher, podcast host, and writer, Ted can be booked to come teach or preach here.

Ted is an Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church. He earned his Doctor of Ministry (2021) and his Master of Divinity (2015) from Emory University‘s Candler School of Theology, his Master of Education in Counseling and Higher Education Administration from James Madison University, and his Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, in History from Berry College. Ted has served as senior pastor of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, pastor of Eastman First United Methodist Church (2017-2022), Pastor of Adairsville First United Methodist (2017), Chaplain of Reinhardt University (2016-2017), Vineville United Methodist as Associate Pastor (2014-2016), and the Baldwin County Circuit, composed of Bethel, Pleasant Grove, and Linton United Methodist Churches (2012-2014). 

Before joining the ministry, Ted was a higher education administrator and instructor at the University of West Georgia, James Madison University, Blue Ridge Community College, and Mercer University.