Rev. Gaylon McDowell is the Senior Assistant Minister and Executive Minister at the Christ Universal Temple ("CUT") (http://cutemple.org/). There are several ministers on the staff, but Gaylon is the right arm of the Senior Minister, Rev. Derrick B. Wells. Gaylon handles whatever needs to be done when Rev. Wells is not available, and runs the staff and ministries, such as Men Expressing Christ and the Ambassadors of Love (among many other ministries). Rev. McDowell is also the Director of the Johnnie Coleman Institute, the educational department of CUT.
Gaylon is the host of "Truth Transforms", on Unity Online Radio (https://www.unityonlineradio.org/), a position he has held for 8 1/2 years. He started out as a guest on Rev. Jamie Sanders show (unityofpensacola.org/jamie-sanders). When Denise Blake (who was the Network Manager of Unity Online Radio at the time) heard him, she thought he would be a good host. Gaylon presented his concepts and had a show days after he was a guest. He is grateful that he has the opportunity to share the New Thought message. Gaylon teaches New Thought books chapter by chapter. Because some people don't have access to the pure teachings, countries around the world send contributions to CUT in gratitude for how he changed people's lives.
Gaylon came into to this teaching listening to Les Brown when he mother had it on while cooking. He later heard Dennis Kimbro and Rev. Johnnie Colemon (http://thepmshow.tv/channel/spirtual-development/the-first-lady-of-new-thought-metaphysics-the-reverend-doctor-johnnie-colemon/). Once he heard Johnnie, he started going to the church. He was thirsty to understand the teachings. Gaylon had a life-threatening bout with asthma at the age of 20 and while the doctor insisted on inhalers and medicine, Gaylon was determined to be sure the healing teachings work. He threw away the medicine and told his mother that he was going to prove these teachings or be out of here. His mother transitioned in 2010, but he often wonders now how she felt when he said that. Gaylon would be disturbed if his now adult daughter said such a thing to him!
Gaylon admittedly had a chip on his shoulder as a young adult who was teaching and preaching before he had even gone to ministerial school. He found himself on the preaching roster while he was customer service manager at Dominics, managing 80 or so people. While thousands attended CUT, he was the age of most of the people's children and grandchildren and he wanted to be taken seriously. He refused to allow anyone to disrespect his knowledge base. And to quote him, "No one is ever going to outprepare him". He was one of the young lions (together with Derrick Wells and Roderick Norton). The young men were speaking at major venues like the Panorama of Truth (panoramaoftruth.org) while they were in their mid 20's. He now knows that he can be excellent without the edge and is more relaxed because he is respected for his ministry.
Revs. Celeste and Gaylon discuss Rev. Johnnie Mae Colemon, the lady with the big purse, her dream series, her prosperity principles and her influence on him. They also discuss Universal Foundation for Better Living (https://ufbl.org/), which Johnnie founded in 1974. UFBL is in the United States, Canada, several Carribean countries and in South America.
Rev. McDowell also shares some of the principles of New Thought, his new book, "Truth Transforms", his seat on the UFBL Board for nine years and his perspective on martial arts. Gaylon loves the discipline of the martial arts where you understand your being in order to execute the technique.
Gaylon is on "Truth Transforms" on Wednesdays from 10 am to 11 am Central. Find him also by visiting the CUT website and Facebook page. He teaches on Faceb