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  Pastor Kyev Tatum Is Cool… But He’s Old School Jeremiah 3:15 “And I will give you pastors after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.” — Jeremiah 3:15. By Sister Tonya Tatum Pastor Kyev Tatum carries style, vision, and an unmistakable cool—but his foundation is firmly old school. He stands as a living expression of God’s promise: a pastor after God’s own heart. He believes wisdom outlives trends, discipline outlasts convenience, and faith must always rise above fear. Old school means he still believes in loving your neighbor, honoring elders, and protecting the village. It means when sickness is spreading, you don’t look away—you lean in with care, common sense, and compassion. You mask up. You wash your hands. You rest when you’re sick. You protect the children. You cover the seniors. Pastor Tatum is cool enough to meet people where they are—but old school enough to speak truth with love and clarity. He believes prevention is ministry. Health is stewa...

WE DREAM MEAN GREEN: Spotlight on Community Partnerships with Skills City, USA in Fort Worth, Texas.  The University of North Texas Emergency Management and Safety Services (EMSS), within Risk Management Services, recently welcomed Pastor Kyev Tatum and participants of the Skills City, USA Resilience Responders Initiative—an innovative workforce model redefining inner-city emergency preparedness through economic mobility, healing, and community resilience. In partnership with Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County and the Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas, the initiative equips residents from underserved neighborhoods—particularly single parents transitioning from welfare to the workforce—with industry-aligned training in emergency response, disaster readiness, and public safety. The program intentionally creates pathways to livable wages, preparing participants to serve as trusted community responders and frontline leaders when crises arise. A defining feature of Skills City, U...

12. 13. 15. BLACK BOY SOLDIERS OF WWI. Honoring Black Children of World War I Buried at Historic New Trinity Cemetery | MLK Day of Service — January 17, 2026 Haltom City, Texas | Semiquincentennial Kickoff at 10AM.  HALTOM CITY, TEXAS - World War I was a grown man’s war—forged in steel and trenches, measured in trauma, and remembered through loss. Yet among those called to serve were children. 12. 13. 15. They were Black boys from Fort Worth, Texas—many under the age of fifteen—sent into a global conflict before their childhood had ended, before their voices had fully settled, before their lives had fully begun. At an age when boys should have been learning their letters, walking Fort Worth streets, helping their families, and imagining who they might become, David Washington, Willie Cobb, and Arthur Williams were compelled to shoulder the physical and emotional weight of war. Along with other Fort Worth children like them, they entered military service at ages 12, 13, and 15, navi...

Keep Playing by Pastor Kyev Tatum   WFAA Story:  https://youtu.be/-L3O5PyPhUU Keep playing, Mother Livingston— your fingers knew heaven long before your feet arrived. Each key you touched told a story, each chord carried a memory, each hymn became a bridge between earth and glory. At 101 years young, you didn’t fade— you ascended. A teacher by calling, a pianist by anointing, a storyteller by grace. Carroll Peak heard your wisdom, Shiloh felt your worship, and Fort Worth knew your name even when it didn’t know your depth. You loved people— really loved them— with laughter in your voice and truth in your eyes. You talked of the old days like they were still breathing, and Clinton Street’s “hot end” like it was yesterday’s news, history alive on your tongue. Sharp. Smart. Sassy. Sanctified. You lived life on your own terms, never rushing the rhythm, never apologizing for the melody God gave you. You taught us that faith has a soundtrack and joy has a tempo. Now the bench is empt...

COFFEE ALLO: From the Seed to the Sip | From the Bean to the Bank. A Different Drip. A Different Sip. For a Different ZIP. By Pastor Kyev Tatum New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church Fort Worth, Texas 76104 WFAA News Link:  https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/fort-worth-pastor-teams-with-farmers-texas-am-to-help-create-coffee-research-and-education-center/287-73f9c575-c51e-4191-a12b-b019033865b3 Coffee Allo is led by the Senior Pastor of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church, located in Fort Worth’s historic 76104 ZIP code—a community long impacted by economic exclusion yet rich in faith, resilience, and untapped potential. For decades, New Mount Rose has served as both a house of worship and a community anchor, addressing education, workforce development, public health, and economic justice. Under Pastor Tatum’s leadership, theology is expressed through action: creating real pathways for families to access skill, ownership, and sustainable income. Coffee Allo is a faith-bas...

The Voice, Veracity, and Vision of Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr.. Faith-Fueled Leadership for Community Transformation. Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. stands as a clarion voice of faith, a steadfast force for justice, and a visionary architect of community transformation. For more than four decades, his leadership has shaped lives across Texas and beyond—bridging the sacred and the civic with uncommon clarity, moral courage, and enduring purpose. A graduate of the University of North Texas School of Community Service, Pastor Tatum made history in 1990 as the only African American recipient of the University of North Texas Centennial Community Service Award, honored for pioneering projects that strengthened both the university and its surrounding community. That moment was not a culmination, but a calling—marking the emergence of a lifelong commitment to service, equity, and empowerment that would define his public witness. As Senior Pastor of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church of Fort Wor...

DON’T STOP THE MUSIC: Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr.—40 Years of Bold Civil Rights Leadership in Texas to Speak on MLK Day in Mesquite, Texas on January 19th. Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlk-day-lunch-learn-tickets-1978829838315?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile&fbclid=IwRlRTSAO4go5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeHcaV8t8N0eip-kDvlI2iczPSLftlLRco1uUAZxKAJ-1zqTDNpx2HHWvUbrY_aem_FSoyT_z8stx1LXB1GIfVeA FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The journey began in 1986, when a young Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. stepped onto the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton with a growing conviction that faith must move beyond words and into action. What started as student-led service and community advocacy would become a 40-year life’s work, placing Tatum on the frontlines of civil rights, justice, and transformational leadership across Texas and the nation ( https://youtu.be/T7PeAaZkkwI?si=...