Rev. Dr. Charles Myricks, Jr.

Director of Member Relations - Eastern Region

Chuck will be serving in a part-time capacity to our churches east of the Mississippi. His primary duties will include serving churches and church organizations with common bonds and convictions approved by Servant Solutions. He will also use his influence to concentrate on serving African American churches in the important areas of retirement and financial planning.

Rev. Dr. Charles Myricks, Jr. graduated with special distinction in marketing and management from Anderson University (Anderson, IN).  He has a Master’s degree in homiletics from Ashland Theological Seminary and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree (Anderson University).

Professionally, his business career began at IBM and included positions in sales, marketing, and management.  Later he had the opportunity to link his experience in business with his love for gospel music. He became the first African American to occupy the office of Vice President and General Manager for Word Gospel Records in Nashville, TN.  Under his leadership, Word Gospel’s recordings garnered several Grammy, Dove and Stellar Awards.  

Answering a call of God on his life, he entered full time ministerial service and served for 9 years as the Executive Pastor of Arlington Church of God, a large historic and thriving congregation located in Akron, OH.  In 2007 he became the first Chief Operating and Development Officer (CODO) of the National Association of the Church of God with headquarters in West Middlesex, PA.  As CODO he reported to the Board of Directors and was responsible for the day to day operations of the National Association which consists of 400 + congregations in North America, the Caribbean and Africa.  He is currently lead pastor of Arlington Church of God in Akron, Ohio. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Anderson University (Anderson, IN) and the Board of Directors of Youth Excellence Performance Arts Workshop (Akron, OH). 

He is married to Sherilyn Beverly Myricks and they have three children Kathryn Elizabeth, Kristen Nichelle and Charles James III and one grandchild Julian Rosa.