Max and Judy Flynn have been married for over thirty years, and they are parents of four daughters and eight grandchildren (five boys and three girls).
Dr. Flynn is the founder of East Carolina School of Ministry in Greenville, NC, which was initially established in 1984 and operating through 1988, then later being re-established in 2003 and functioning continuously since that time. In January 001, he became a facilitator and instructor with Jacksonville Theological Seminary, establishing schools in Raleigh and Greenville. Then, in 2003 he also became the North Carolina representative for Southern Bible Institute and Seminary of Augusta, GA, and was invited to be an International Board Member of Revelation Message Bible College in Jacksonville, FL.
Additionally in 2000, Dr. Flynn began his international ministry in Africa and the United Kingdom ministering and establishing training schools which was preparatory training, for in 2005 his ministry was extended to Cuba. There he assisted in establishing a Bible college to create training centers in the nation of Cuba and other Spanish nations beyond.
Complimenting that experience is his charge over a Regional Center for the International School of Ministry (ISOM) which also equips Spanish-speaking nations with duplicatable Bible training materials.
In 2008, he was appointed President and CEO of Covenant Theological Seminary (CTS) to extend, as well as to carry on the influence and legacy of three other seminary presidents: Dr. Robert G. Witty, founder of Luther Rice Seminary, Jacksonville, FL, the late Dr. Harold Vick, founder of Jacksonville Theological Seminary, and Dr. Barney W. English, founder of CTS in Wilmington, NC. CTS has been serving the Body of Christ since 1990.
Dr. Flynn was first ordained in 1973 in an independent charismatic church in Jacksonville, Florida, then in 1985 was ordained by The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He is currently the senior pastor of Radiant Life Foursquare Church in Greenville and superintendent of the North Carolina Coastal Division of Foursquare Churches. He holds a Bachelor of Divinity from Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta, GA, a Master of Theology and Doctor of Divinity with Southern Bible Institute and Seminary in Augusta, GA, and doctoral degrees in Religious Education and Theology from Jacksonville Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, FL.
His life verse and call is 2 Timothy 2:2: “The things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also,” which is the Lord’s strategy to not only equip people for the work of the ministry, but also to duplicate and multiply their ministry by equipping others who will then disciple others.
Above all, he is a spiritual father and a “pastor’s pastor” with a shepherd’s heart who equips the Body of Christ and boldly preaches and teaches the Word of God.