Cleophus J. LaRue - Lipscomb University larue cv 2011... · The National Baptist Voice (Jan- ... Cleophus J. LaRue Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics. Candler

EDUCATION 1996 Ph.D. (Homiletics) Princeton Theological Seminary

1990 M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary1982 M.A. (Religion) Baylor University1978 B.A. (Religion/Journalism) Baylor University

CURRENT POSITION 2010- Francis Landey Patton Professor of Homiletics Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey HONORARY DEGREES

2005 Doctor of Divinity, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA EMPLOYMENT

1999-2010 Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey

1996-99 Assistant Professor of Homiletics Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ1993-99 Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship

New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ1993 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practical Theology

New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ1993-94 Interim Pastor Bethany Baptist Church, Queens, NY1992-93 Interim Pastor Second Canaan Baptist Church, New York, NY 1990-93 Teaching Fellow Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ1987-90 Associate Minister Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn,NY1977-87 Pastor Toliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, TX 1974-76 Pastor True Light Baptist Church, Alice, TX 1972-76 News Reporter K-III TV, Corpus Christi, TX

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114 Ross Stevenson CirclePrinceton, NJ, 08542 T (609) [email protected]

Cleophus J. LaRueFrancis Landey Patton Professor of Homiletics

ECCLESIASTICAL STATUSClergy member, National Baptist Convention of AmericaOrdained, July 3, 1973, Corpus Christi, Texas

RESEARCH INTERESTSAfrican American homiletical theory and methodology and the

impact of social location on biblical preaching.

COURSES African American PreachingFrom Text to SermonIntroduction to PreachingPreaching in an Urban ContextPreaching on Social Justice IssuesWorship in the African American TraditionPreaching in a Global ContextProclaiming the Gospel in Diverse Cultures (Ph.D Seminar)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES The Academy of Homiletics. PUBLICATIONS Books I Believe I’ll Testify: Reflections on African American Preaching (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010). More Power in the Pulpit: How America’s Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare Their Sermons. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009). Editor.

The New Interpreter’s Handbook of Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008) Editors Paul Scott Wilson, Jana Childers, Cleophus J. LaRue, and John M. Rottman. This is my Story: Testimonies and Sermons of Black Women in Ministry (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2005). Editor

Power in the Pulpit: How America’s Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare Their Sermons (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2002). Editor

The Heart of Black Preaching(Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999).

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Cleophus J. LaRueFrancis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics

Articles “The Shape of Colored Preaching in the 21st Century" Masihi Sevak: The Journal of Christian Ministry of The United Theological College, Bangalore, India Vol XXXIV No. 2 (August, 2009), 18-33.

“The Exodus as Paradigmatic Text in the African American Community.” in Reclaiming the Imagination: The Exodus as Paradigmatic Narrative for Preaching, ed. David Bland and David Fleer (Atlanta: Chalice Press, 2009).

“Imagination and the Exegetical Exercise” in Best Advice for Pastors and Preachers, ed. William J. Carl (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008).

“Foreword.” in Joseph Robinson Jr., 7 Leadership Imperatives From a Wild Man (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2008). “From Texas Pastor to Princeton Professor.” in From Midterms to Ministry: Practical Theologians on Pastoral Beginnings, ed. Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing, Co., 2008).

“African American Preaching and the Bible.” in True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary, eds. Brian K. Blount, Cain Hope Felder, Clarice J. Martin, and Emerson B. Powery. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007).

“African Americans and the Future of Colored Preaching.” Homiletix e-Forum on Academy of Homiletics Website (Fall, 2007).

“African Americans and the Future of Colored Preaching.” The National Baptist Voice (Summer 2007).

“Can Predominantly White Seminaries Train Black Baptist Pastors?” The National Baptist Voice (Summer, 2007).

“To What End Do We Preach?” The National Baptist Voice (Winter, 2007).

“To Whom Shall I Preach?” The National Baptist Voice (Summer, 2006).

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“Context and the Person of the Preacher.” The National Baptist Voice (Winter, 2006).

“Two Ships Passing in the Night,” in What’s the Matter with Preaching Today? ed. Mike Graves. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004).

“King’s God and God’s King.” The National Baptist Voice (Jan- Mar, 2003).

“Prophetic Preaching.” The National Baptist Voice (Oct-Dec, 2002).

“What’s in a Word?” The National Baptist Voice (July-Sept, 2002,).

“Preaching out of the Overflow.” The National Baptist Voice (Apr-June, 2002).

“Pearls of Great Price.” The National Baptist Voice (Jan-Mar, 2002).

Sermons “The University of Adversity (Jer.12:1-16)” The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 29 (no. 1, 2009). (Forthcoming)

“The Authentic Call (Ex. 3:1-6)” in Reclaiming the Imagination: TheExodus as Paradigmatic Narrative for Preaching, ed. David Bland and David Fleer (Atlanta: Chalice Press, 2009).

“Why Bother?” in The Folly of Preaching: Models and Methods, ed. Michael P. Knowles (Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans, 2007).

“What Are you Afraid Of?” The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 27 (no. 3, 2006), 196-200.

“Help Wanted: Now Hiring” The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 23 (no. 2, 2002), 200-204.

“God”s Foolishness.” The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 21 (no. 3,2000), 283-286.

“It Will Surely Come.” The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 20 (no. 3,1999), 189-192.

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“Exceptional Ambition.” The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 19 (no.1, 1998), 9-13.

Book Reviews Interpretation 63 no 2 (April 2009): Teaching Preaching:

Isaac Rufus Clark and Black Sacred Rhetoric by Katie Geneva Cannon.

Princeton Seminary Bulletin 20 (no. 3, 1999): They Like to Never Quit Praisin’ God: The Role of Celebration in Preaching by Frank A. Thomas.

Theology Today 55 (October, 1998): Praising God in Black andWhite: Unity and Diversity in Christian Worship by BrendaEatman Aghahowa. Princeton Seminary Bulletin 18 (no. 3, 1997): No OtherHelp I Know: Sermons on Prayer and Spirituality ed., J. AlfredSmith. Theology Today 54 (April, 1997): The Sacred Art: PreachingAnd Theology in the African American Tradition by Olin P. Moyd.

Theology Today 53 (April, 1996): The Hum: Call and Responsein African American Preaching by Evans E. Crawford. Princeton Seminary Bulletin 17 (no. 2, 1996): God’s Yes Was

Louder Than My No: Rethinking the African-American Call to Ministry by William H. Myers.

EndorsementsHenry H. Mitchell, Celebration and Experience in Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008).

Marvin McMickle, Shaping the Claim: Moving from Text to Ser-mon (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008).

Cecelia Green Barr, Guide My Feet: Ministry Transformed Through Mentoring (Walled Lake: Greenhouse, LLC, 2007).

E. K. Bailey, Further in Deeper Down (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2005).

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Brad R. Braxton, Preaching Paul (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004).

Thomas G. Long, Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Chris-tian (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004).

David Buttrick, Speaking Jesus: Homletic Theology and the Ser-mon on the Mount (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002).

Charles Campbell, The Word Before the Powers (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002).

Ronald J. Allen and Gilbert L. Bartholomew, Preaching Verse by Verse (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000).

PUBLIC LECTURES

“Can I Get an Amen? Black Preaching as Communication, Culture and Theology.”Seaver Graduate ColloquimPepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA, March 2009

“The Future of Colored Preaching” Providence Baptist Church Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. 24-Nov. 4, 2007

“The Future of Colored Preaching” The Kyle Lake Conference Center George Truett Seminary Waco, TX, October 14-16, 2007

“Pulpits Without Purpose.” The 93rd Annual Hampton Ministers’ Institute Hampton, VA, June 3-8, 2007

“The Making of the Minister” Union American Methodist Episcopal Church Conference Camden, NJ, May 5, 2007

“The Aim and End of Preaching” The Brown Lecture Series First Presbyterian Church Dallas, TX, March 17-21, 2007

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“How Does One Get Better at the Foolishness of Preaching?” St. Nersess Armenian Seminary New Rochelle, NY, March 9-10, 2007

“How Does One Get Better at the Foolishness of Preaching?” The William E. Conger, Jr. Lectures on Biblical Preaching Beeson Divinity School Birmingham, AL, Feb. 20-22, 2007

“How Does One Get Better at the Foolishness of Preaching” Gardner Taylor Lectures Duke University Durham, NC, Oct. 5-6, 2004.

“How Does One Get Better at the Foolishness of Preaching” Furman University Pastor’s School Greenville, SC, July 5-9, 2004

“An African American Slant on the Gospel” Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, February 4-7, 2004

“Black Preaching and Traditional Homiletics: Two Ships Passing In the Night” The Lester C. Randall Preaching Lecture Series Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada Oct. 25-26, 2003

“African American Preaching: Characteristics Worthy of Emulation” United Theological Seminary Dayton, OH, August 12, 2003

“The Imagination and the Sermonic Idea” Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ, June 23-27, 2003

“An African American Slant on the Universal Gospel” & “Characteristics Worthy of Emulation” & “Homiletical Exceptions Born of Contextual Realities or An African American Glance at White Homileticians” & “How do you Get Better at This?” Dubuque Theological Seminary Dubuque, IA, April 22-24, 2003

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“African-American Preaching: Characteristics Worthy of Emulation” Lester C. Randall Preaching Lectures Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Toronto, Canada, 2003 “The Word Made Flesh” Writer’s Conference Nashville, TN, December 3-4, 2002

“The Transportability of African American Preaching” Calvin College B Workshop Grand Rapids, MI, January 10-11, 2002

“The Benefits of the Eclectic in an Age of Diversity” & “Characteristics of Effective Sermon Preparation in The African American Preaching Tradition” Central Theological Seminary Kansas City, KS, April 26, 2002 “The African American Preaching Tradition” Presbyterian Theological Seminary Fortaleza, Brazil, April 30-May 4, 2001

“The Black Church and the Post-Modern World” School of Theology, Virginia Union University Richmond, VA, October 14-15, 2000

“African American Preaching: From Glorious Past to Uncertain Future” Palmer Theological Seminary Wynnewood, PA, October 10, 2000

“The Transportability of African American Preaching” The Church of St. Salvatore’s St. Andrews, Scotland, June 16, 1999

“Preaching in the African American Tradition” Black Alumni/ae of Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ, October 8, 1999 WORKS IN PROGRESS

Colored Preaching: The Shape of Christian Proclamation in the Global South (Forthcoming).

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REFERENCES Brian K. Blount

Union-PSCE3401 Brook RoadRichmond, VA 23227(800) 229-2990

Robert DykstraPrinceton Theological SeminaryCN 821Princeton, NJ(609) 252-2115

Daniel B. McGeeBaylor UniversityWaco, TX, 76923(817) 755-1011 Gardner C. Taylor,Concord Baptist Church of Christ833 Gardner C. Taylor BoulevardBrooklyn, NY 11216(718) 622-1818

PEER REVIEW COLLEAGUES Evans Crawford

Howard University School of Theology10205 McGovern DriveSilver Springs, MD 20903(301) 434-4848 James A. Forbes, Jr.The Riverside Church 409 Riverside Drive at 122nd StreetNew York, NY 10027(212) 870-6700 James H. Harris Virginia Union School of Theology1400 Idlewood AvenueRichmond, VA 23220(804) 353-7682 Thomas G. Long

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Candler School of TheologyEmory University Atlanta, GA 30322(404) 727-5144

SERVICE TO THE CHURCH (Guest preaching and lecturing)

2009 College Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, MO Mid-America Nazarene University, Kansas City, MO

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Austin, TX2009 First AME Church, Los Angeles, CACont. Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, PA

Black Pastors’ Conference, Phoenix, AZReid Temple AME, Glendale, MDPrinceton University, Princeton, NJVirginia University, Lynchburg, VASt. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PATexas Black Pastor’s Conference, Houston, TXGardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NCShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJPepperdine Seminary, Malibu, CAUnion Baptist Church, Montclair, NJElmwood Central Presbyterian, Newark, NJNational Baptist Convention, Monrovia, LiberiaSharon Baptist Church, New Brunswick, NJNew Grafton Baptist Church, Newport News, VAIndia Sunday School Union, Coonoor, IndiaNew Antioch Baptist Church, Randallstown, MDGriefswald University, Griefswald, GermanyToliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, TXJoe Engle Institute, Princeton, NJPilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul, MNYorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNational Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C.Central Texas Pastors’ Coalition, Temple, TXWheeler Avenue Baptist Church, Houston, TXMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJOcean Grove Camp Meeting, Ocean Grove, NJCatalyst For Change Church, Philadelphia, PAEmmanuel AME Church, Montclair, NJMiller Memorial Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PAConcord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY

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First Baptist Church, Southern Pines, NCAbyssinian Baptist Church, New York, NYAlaska Presbytery, Ketchikan, AlaskaDouglas Memorial Church, Baltimore, MDAllen Cathedral AME, Queens, NYMt. Zion Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYSecond Baptist Church, Richmond, VA

First Baptist Church, Lewiston, NC Evangelical Pastor's Conference, Morristown, NJ Holy Cross Baptist Church, Philadelphis, PA Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Alexandria, VA Academy of Homiletics, Washington DC Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Washington DC Elmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange, NJ

2008 Red Bank Ministers’ Alliance, Red Bank, NJCanaan Worship Center, Kansas City, MOKansas City Interfaith MLK Celebration, Kansas City, MOFountain Baptist Church, Summit, NJPrairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TXTrinity United Methodist Church, Houston, TXSecond Baptist Church, Richmond, VAUnion Baptist, Montclair, NJNew Calvary Baptist Church, Detroit, MICooperative Baptist Fellowship, Charleston, SCNew Weeping Mary Baptist Church, Chesapeake, VAPalmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, PAPrinceton University, Office of Religious Life, Princeton, NJToliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, TXGreater Gethsemane Baptist Church, Baltimore, MDMt. Sinai Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYGreater Calvary Baptist Church, Pontiac, MIPilgrim Baptist Church, Red Bank, NJDiakonos Ministry, Austin, TXFifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Nashville, TNAntioch Baptist Church, Charlotte, NCSecond Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CAChurch of the Nazarene Black Conference, Orlando, FLNorth Carolina Baptist Convention, Winston-Salem, NCWord of Life Christian Center, Atlantic City, NJElmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange, NJMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJ

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Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYCentral Elmwood Presbyterian Church, Newark, NJEmmanuel AME, Montclair, NJAllen Cathedral AME, Queens, NYConvent Avenue Baptist Church, Harlem, NYConcord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYGrace Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, NYGethsemane Baptist Church, Newport News, VAPleasant Hill Baptist Church, Houston, TXWheeler Avenue Baptist Church, Houston, TXSecond Baptist Church, Richmond, VALipscomb University, Nashville, TNPennsylvania Council of Churches, Harrisburg, PACalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJFifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NYElmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange, NJ

2007 Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA First AME Church, Los Angeles, CAMariner’s Temple Baptist Church, New York, NYSt. John Baptist Association, Austin, TXBeeson Divinity School, Birmingham, ALSt. Nersess Seminary, New Rochelle, NYFirst Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TXCommunity Worship Center of the Nazarene, Brooklyn, NYKingdom Growth Conference, Milwaukee, WIHampton Ministers’ Institute, Hampton, VABrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXThe Joe Engle Institute on Preaching, Princeton, NJUnited Methodist Conference, St. Louis, MOCalvary First Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TXNew Faith Baptist Church, Houston, TXSt. Stephen’s Baptist Church, Kansas City, MOTrinity Baptist Church, Pontiac, MIConcord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYChurch of the Nazarene, Boston, MAMadison Mission Seventh Day Adventist Church, Madison, ALGeorge Truett Theological Seminary, Waco, TXEbenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GAWestminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PABethel AME, Passaic, NJFirst Baptist West, Charlotte, NC

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Oakwood College, Madison, ALBenaja Mt. Zion Holiness Church, Greensboro, NCUnited Theological Seminary, Baccalaureate, Columbus, OHElmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange, NJ

2006 First Shiloh Baptist Church, Houston, TXTuskegee University, Tuskegee, ALMartin Luther King Service, Chesapeake, VAFriendship Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NYMt. Airy Church of God in Christ, Philadelphia, PAPrinceton University, Hour of Power, Princeton, NJPresbyterian Church of Toms River, Toms River, NJElmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange, NJPleasant Olive Baptist Church, Waco, TXSt. John Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TXConsultation on Discernment, Atlanta, GAConvent Avenue Baptist Church, Harlem, NYFifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NYPittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PAEpiscopal Preacher’s Conference, Philadelphia, PANew Destiny, New Brunswick, NJConsultation on Discernment, St. John’s Island, WAThe Joe Engle Institute on Preaching, Princeton, NJLittle Piney Grove Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, VASan Jose Presbytery, San Jose, CATrinity Baptist Church, Pontiac, MIConcord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYMt. Olivet Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PAChurch of the Nazarene, Boston, MASt. Paul Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MISecond Baptist Church, Waco, TXWard AME, Los Angeles, CABaptist Ministers Alliance, Los Angeles, CA Faith Hope Baptist Church, New Brunswick, NJElmwood Presbyterian Church, East Orange, NJMt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church, Princeton, NJConcord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Calvary Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TX

New Weeping Mary Baptist Church, Chesapeake, VATrinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA

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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PAUnion Baptist Church, Kenilworth, NJFirst Baptist Church, Tulsa, OKCollege of Preachers, Washington, D.C.Bethel AME, San Diego, CAMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJPresbyterian Church of Toms River, Toms River, NJCornerstone Presbyterian Church, Red Bank, NJMt. Olivet Baptist Church, Haddonfield, NJConvent Avenue Baptist Church, Harlem, NYToliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, TXThe National Baptist Congress, Charlotte, VAYorkminster Park Baptist Church, Ontario, CanadaCalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJYorkminster Park Baptist Church, Ontario, CanadaNew Hope Baptist Church, Newark, NJConvent Avenue Baptist Church, Harlem, NYFaith Hope Baptist Church, New Brunswick, NJSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Harrisburg, PANational Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.St. Augustine’s Church of the Covenant, Philadelphia, PAMt. Pisgah AME, Princeton, NJAntioch Baptist Church, Cleveland, OHFirst Baptist South, Richmond, VAPrinceton Univeristy, Hour of Power, Princeton, NJAirforce Chaplains Preaching School, Montgomery, ALNorth Valley Friends Church, Newberg, ORConsultation on Discernment, The Cascades, WA

2004 Baptist Pastors of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NYNew Weeping Mary Baptist Church, Chesapeake, VAHomiletical Feast, Tampa, FLTrinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GAClaflin University, Orangeburg, SCThe Mar Thoma Christian Church, Maramon, IndiaBlack History Cultural Committee, Corpus Christi, TXCalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJThe Church of God in Christ, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PABethel AME, San Diego, CAMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJChurch of the Redeemer, Philadelphia, PAConvent Avenue Baptist Church, Harlem, NY

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Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IAThe Goodson Academy of the United Methodist Church, Blackstone, VAEmmanuel College, Toronto, CanadaTow Lectures, United Church of Canada, Toronto, CanadaBloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJKorean Women’s Association, Princeton, NJBethel AME, Passaic, NJImani Temple Baptist Church, Trenton, NJFirst Baptist Church, Greenville, SCVictory Baptist Church, Bronx, NYGreater Bosqueville Baptist Church, Waco, TXPrinceton Continuing Education Center, Princeton, NJSharon Baptist Church, New Brunswick, NJImani Temple, Elizabeth, NJTrinity United Church, Warren, NJRossmoor Community Church, Jamestown, NJMt. Zion Baptist Church, Boonton, NJAmerican Baptist Churches of NJ, Trenton, NJAndrew Chapel Baptist Church, Orangeburg, SCGardner Taylor Lectures, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NCDevoe Street Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYFirst Baptist Church, Leamington, Ontario, CanadaGeorgetown College, Georgetown, KYSt. Paul Baptist Church, Prince Georges County, MDFirst Baptist Church South, Richmond, VASabbath Renewal, Princeton Continuing Education, Denver, COMt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJMiller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJKaighn Avenue Baptist Church, Camden, NJPilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Memphis, TNSt. Matthew Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TX

2003 Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJPleasant Olive Baptist Church, Waco, TXCornerstone Presbyterian Church, Jackson, NJSt. Stephens Baptist Church, Kansas City, MOPTS, Continuing Education, Princeton, NJCalvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MIHispanic Theological Initiative, Princeton, NJKaighn Avenue Baptist Church, Camden, NJRossmoor Community Church, Jamesburg, NJ

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St. John Regular Baptist Association, Austin, TXMt. Zion Baptist Church, Austin, TXBrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJJoe Engle Institute on Preaching, Princeton, NJPhilippian Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PAE.K. Bailey International Conf. on Expository Preaching, Dallas,TXHispanic Theological Initiative, Princeton, NJSharon Baptist Church, New Brunswick, NJToliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, TXUnited Theological Seminary, Dayton, OHFirst Baptist Church West, Charlotte, NCEbenezer Baptist Church, Charlotte, NCO. T. Jones Institute, Churches of God in Christ, Philadelphia, PACornerstone Presbyterian Church, Jackson, NJSt. Luke’s Baptist Church, Humble, TXFirst Baptist Church, Southern Pines, NCMt. Pisgah A. M. E., Princeton, NJAndrew Chapel Baptist Church, Orangeburg, SCTuskegee University, Tuskegee, ALAlexandria First Presbyterian Church, Milford, NJLester C. Randall Preaching Lectures, Toronto, CanadaShiloh Baptist Church, Waukegan, ILMar Thoma Church, Philadelphia, PACalvin Seminary, Grand Rapids, MIHispanic Theological Initiative, Chicago, IL

2002 Calvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJWestminster Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, MIThirty Good Minutes, Chicago, ILSharyl’s Acterhof’s Ordination Sermon, Washington, D. C.New Life Christian Ministries, Lawrence, MAFellowship Baptist Association, Hoboken, NJAmerica at Worship, New York, NYUnion Baptist Church, Trenton, NJCambria Heights Community Church, Queens, NYFirst Baptist Church, Princeton, NJCentral Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, KSConcord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYPhilippian Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PASouth Main Baptist Church, SBC, Houston, TXPittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA

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Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Hackensack, NJMar Thoma Church, N. American Diocese, Long Island, NYBrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXInternational Council of Community Churches, Pittsburgh, PAWebster Chapel UMC., Victoria, TXSmyrna Camp Meeting, Conventry, GA Convent Avenue Baptist Church, New York, NYNational Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C.Chappell Baptist Church, Charlotte, NCFirst Baptist West, Charlotte, NCLilly of the Valley Baptist Church, Newark, NJMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJNew Faith Baptist Church, Houston, TXMt. Olivet Baptist Church, Columbus, OHChurch of the Redeemer, Philadelphia, PASt. Paul Presbyterian Church, Lavonna, MICornerstone Presbyterian Church, Jackson, NJCanaan Baptist Church, New York, NYMt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJTuskegee University Chapel, Tuskegee, ALVirginia Union School of Theology, Richmond, VANBC Sunday School Writer’s Conference, Nashville, TNThe Detroit Presbytery, Detroit, MI

2001 Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJPrinceton University Chapel, Princeton, NJMiller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJThe Maramon Convention of the Mar Thoma Church, Kerala, IndiaThe Gladstone Festival of Preaching, Ontario, CanadaBethany Baptist Church, Jamaica, Queens, NYFirst Presbyterian Church, Houston, TXBaptist Student Fellowship, PTS, Princeton, NJPrinceton UMC, Princeton, NJLakeland Baptist Association, Milwaukee, WISt. John Regular Baptist Association, Austin, TXBrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXChurch of the Redeemer, Philadelphia, PAMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJMariner’s Temple Baptist Church, New York, NYMar Thoma Church, N. American Diocese, Long Island, NYMariner’s Temple Baptist Church, New York, NYMiller Chapel, PTS, Princeton, NJ

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National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C.Bethany Baptist Church, Newark, NJEbenezer Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PAConvent Avenue Baptist Church, New York, NYShiloh Baptist Church, Houston, TXMt. Pisgah A. M. E., Princeton, NJSt. Stephens Baptist Church, Kansas City, MOMt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJFirst African Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, WAHispanic Theological Initiative, Princeton, NJNBC Sunday School Writer’s Conference, Nashville, TNMt. Sinai Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY

2000 St. Paul Baptist Church, Montclair, NJSecond Baptist Church, Richmond, VAPennswood Assisted Living Center, Newtown, PABoston University School of Theology, Boston, MAPennswood Assisted Living Center, Newtown, PARoosmoor Community Church, Jamesburg, NJBryn Mawr PTS Alumni/ae Meeting, Bryn Mawr, PAUnion Baptist Church, Trenton, NJUjima Christian Center, Trenton, NJSt. John Regular Baptist Association, Austin, TXMt. Zion Baptist Church, Austin, TXBrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXPrinceton Institute of Theology, Princeton, NJFirst Baptist Church, Teaneck, NJMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJAntioch Baptist Church, Charlotte, NCNew Faith Baptist Church, Matteson, ILNational Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C.Bethel Mar Thoma Christian Church, Philadelphia, PASt. John First Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TXWitherspoon Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJMt. Olive Baptist Church, Hackensack, NJTuskegee University Chapel, Tuskegee, ALJerusalem Baptist Church, Palo Alto, CAEastern Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PANew Faith Baptist Church, Houston, TXToliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, TXSt. Stephens Baptist Church, Kansas City, MOThe New Testament Church, Milwaukee, WI

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*Virginia Union School of Theology, Richmond, VACalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJMt. Pisgah A. M. E., Princeton, NJNew Faith Baptist Church, Matteson, ILTrinity Episcopal Church, Solesbury, PARossmoor Community Church, Jamesburg, NJ

1999 Metropolitan Baptist Church, New York, NYShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJAsbury UMC, Merchantsville, NJPTS Continuing Education, Princeton, NJSecond Baptist Church, Richmond, VATrinity Baptist Church, Bronx, NYMariner’s Temple Baptist Church, Bronx, NYSecond Baptist Church, Toms River, NJRossmoor Community Church, Jamesburg, NJThird Baptist Church, Lawrence, MAShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJMariner’s Temple Baptist Church, New York, NYShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJLakeland Baptist Association, Milwaukee, WIMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJAsbury Park, UMC, Merchantsville, NJMar Thoma Church, North American Diocese, Long Island, NYBrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJHoward University, Washington, D. C.Trinity Baptist Church, Bronx, NYWhite Rock Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PACalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJMt. Pisgah A. M. E., Princeton, NJCadwalader UMC, Trenton, NJPhiladelphia UCC Conference, Philadelphia, PAPTS Black Alumni/ae Meeting, Princeton, NJFaith Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chicago, IL

1998 Union Chapel A. M. E., Newark, NJMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJCalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJRossmoor Community Church, Jamesburg, NJShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJMt. Zion Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TXMt. Olivet Baptist Church, Hightstown, NJ

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Asbury Park UMC, Merchantsville, NJLakeland Baptist Association, Milwaukee, WISouthern New Jersey United Methodist ConferenceMt. Zion UMC, Lawnside, NJChrist Church, Princeton, NJBrentwood Baptist Church, Houston, TXSlackwood Presbyterian Church, Lawrenceville, NJSt. Stephen’s Baptist Church, Austin, TXMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJMariner’s Temple Baptist Church, New York, NYSouthern New Jersey Methodist Conference, Ocean Grove, NJ St. Stephens Baptist Church, Kansas City, MOWitherspoon Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJDevoe Street Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NYNew Faith Baptist Church, Houston, TXAsbury UMC, Merchantsville, NJMt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJCentenary UMC, Berlin, NJSerenity Baptist Church, Patterson, NJSt. Alban’s Episcopal Church, New Brunswick, NJCalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJ

1997 Mariner’s Temple Baptist Church, New York, NYRiverside Church, New York, NYSt. James A. M. E., Newark, NJShiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJTrinity Baptist Church, Bronx, NYRossmoor Community Church, Jamesburg, NJSlakewood Presbyterian Church, Lawrenceville, NJEast Brunswick Clergy Council, East Brunswick, NJCommunity Baptist Church, Yardley, PACalvary Baptist Church, Morristown, NJPTS Continuing Education, Princeton, NJMetropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, NJThe Princeton Summer Institute of Theology, Princeton, NJMt. Zion UMC, Lawnside, NJAsbury UMC, Merchantsville, NJAmerican Baptist Western District Assoc. of TX, San Antonio, TXKirkpatrick Presbyterian Church, Ringoes, NJUnion A. M. E., Newark, NJNew Faith Baptist Church, Houston, TXClearview Baptist Church, Newark, NJKaighn Avenue Baptist Church, Camden, NJ

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Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, Passaic, NJUnion Baptist Church, Trenton, NJBronx Christian Fellowship, Bronx, NY

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