Dr. Joseph W. Daniels, Jr. is a husband, father, pastor, author, prophetic imaginer and leader of a Relevant, Enthusiastic, Authentic and Loving church movement.  Joe has dedicated his life to growing the Kingdom of God. For the past 31 years, he has done so as the lead pastor of the Emory United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C.  During three of those years (July 2013 to June 2016), he did so in a dual role:  as lead pastor of Emory and as the District Superintendent of the Greater Washington District of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. During Joe’s time as a superintendent, denominational studies revealed that the Greater Washington District was one of the only districts in the Northeast Jurisdiction showing growth in all of the key metrics.  During his leadership at Emory, the congregation has grown from an average of 55 people in weekly worship attendance to 400.