Dr. Rev Laura G. Early is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. She received her BA in Philosophy with a concentration in Religion at North Carolina State University, a Masters of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, and a  Doctor of Ministry from Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, South Carolina with  a 3.75 GPA.    Dr. Rev. Early has served in the United Methodist Church since 1981. Her career began in Christian Education where she served at Duke Memorial and McMannen United Methodist Church in Durham. Rev. Early has served as Pastor of the Aulander and Gatesville United Methodist Charges. While she was serving the Gatesville Charge, the Gatesville United Methodist Church was recipient of the Key Taylor Award for Outreach and Evangelism in the North Carolina Annual Conference. Ms. Laura was appointed to a North Carolina Annual Conference Pilot Project as Elizabeth City District Director of Christian Education were she worked with 54 charges in strengthening local Churches through programming and leadership training. She served in this position until accepting an appointment as the founding pastor of All God's Children United Methodist Church in 1997. All God's Children United Methodist Church was formed as a result of The Bishop's Initiative on Children and the Impoverished. All God's Children United Methodist Church focuses on meeting the needs of children and the impoverished and their families and has received national recognition for its ministry. All God's Children has established programs to meet the needs of "at risk" children through Morning Lambs, a pre-school program; After School FAMILY, an after school program fostering learning; and HOME Base, a food and clothing distribution facility.    Dr. Rev. Laura Early and her husband Mr. Bill have three children (Betty June and Gunter), two grandchildren(Laura Haley and Addison Rayne), Five Horses, Five Cats, Five Dogs, and a Dove. She says that her next appointment will be to build an Ark!