Full Name
Mack McCarter
Job Title
Founder and Coordinator
Organization
Community Renewal International
Speaker Bio
G. S. “Mack” McCarter is the Founder and Coordinator of Community Renewal International. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Mack holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion from Texas Christian University, and a Master of Divinity Degree from Brite Divinity School. He is an Ordained Minister in the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) denomination.
Before returning to Shreveport to begin implementing his vision for community renewal, Mack pastored Christian churches in Texas for 18 years. In 1991, Mack moved with his family back to his hometown to establish and to launch his vision of a method for renewing lives and whole cities through restoring the relational foundation upon which all communities rest. With the unmatchable support of Judy, whom he met at TCU and married in 1967, as well as many friends and supporters, Community Renewal International was begun in 1994.
The mission of Community Renewal International is to care together to make our world a caring family where every single human being is safe, loved and joyfully fulfilled. Over the span of 30 years of work, there are now more than 54,000 “We Care” team members in all 50 states and 41 nations. 15 cities in the United States are reproducing the model of connecting caring people, changing lives, and transforming communities. The development of a second replication city is underway in our nation’s capital and a full model is dynamically established in Cameroon, Africa where the International House of Friendships has become a center of public life and service with plans for replication throughout Cameroon and Africa currently in development.
CRI has been recognized both nationally and internationally as a model for reconstructing both the foundation as well as the actual infrastructure of society through developing a system of loving relationships. As the representative of the CRI team, Mack has been honored on their behalf as Social Entrepreneur of the Year from The Manhattan Institute, Louisiana Public Citizen of the Year from the National Association of Social Workers, Distinguished Alumnus of the Year from Texas Christian University, Distinguished Minister of the Year from Brite Divinity School, National Citizen of the Year from the National Conference on Citizenship, and Doctor of Letters Degree (Honorary) conferred by Nyack College/Alliance Theological Seminary. Mack has also received the 2019-2020 Lumen Christi Award from the Catholic Extension. Mack and Community Renewal International were awarded the $1,000,000 global Opus Prize in 2022. Recently Mack was awarded the The 2024 Civic Renewal Award from the Center for Christianity and Public Life.
Before returning to Shreveport to begin implementing his vision for community renewal, Mack pastored Christian churches in Texas for 18 years. In 1991, Mack moved with his family back to his hometown to establish and to launch his vision of a method for renewing lives and whole cities through restoring the relational foundation upon which all communities rest. With the unmatchable support of Judy, whom he met at TCU and married in 1967, as well as many friends and supporters, Community Renewal International was begun in 1994.
The mission of Community Renewal International is to care together to make our world a caring family where every single human being is safe, loved and joyfully fulfilled. Over the span of 30 years of work, there are now more than 54,000 “We Care” team members in all 50 states and 41 nations. 15 cities in the United States are reproducing the model of connecting caring people, changing lives, and transforming communities. The development of a second replication city is underway in our nation’s capital and a full model is dynamically established in Cameroon, Africa where the International House of Friendships has become a center of public life and service with plans for replication throughout Cameroon and Africa currently in development.
CRI has been recognized both nationally and internationally as a model for reconstructing both the foundation as well as the actual infrastructure of society through developing a system of loving relationships. As the representative of the CRI team, Mack has been honored on their behalf as Social Entrepreneur of the Year from The Manhattan Institute, Louisiana Public Citizen of the Year from the National Association of Social Workers, Distinguished Alumnus of the Year from Texas Christian University, Distinguished Minister of the Year from Brite Divinity School, National Citizen of the Year from the National Conference on Citizenship, and Doctor of Letters Degree (Honorary) conferred by Nyack College/Alliance Theological Seminary. Mack has also received the 2019-2020 Lumen Christi Award from the Catholic Extension. Mack and Community Renewal International were awarded the $1,000,000 global Opus Prize in 2022. Recently Mack was awarded the The 2024 Civic Renewal Award from the Center for Christianity and Public Life.
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