Pastor Stanley Cofer credits his parents' insight and love of God’s word for the advantages he's enjoyed even as a young man.

“They placed the word of God as the top authority. I never heard my parents downgrade a caucasian person, Nor did they exalt their own race.”

Because they taught him to seek God first, he finds himself in a unique lace in East Texas. In a community that has struggled with racial division for over a hundred years, Stanley and his wife Christy find themselves in an unusual position. Spearheading a movement for unity, through the Empowerment Community Development Corporation, they find their efforts to bring unity to East Texas attracting enthusiasm. To those who scoff, Stanley has this to say:

"I am not pro-back. I am not pro-white. I am pro-human," adding, "If Christ is the center, you can’t help but be an agent of love."