Peoples Baptist Church of Boston

Founded August 8, 1805

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Educational Attainment

     B.TH. Toronto Baptist Seminary in Toronto, ON – 1963

     B. A. Wilfrid Laurier University (History) in Waterloo, ON – 1965

     M. Div. Toronto Baptist Seminary – 1965

     Th. M. Westminster Theological Seminary (Apologetics) in Philadelphia, PA – 1967

     M. A. University of Guelph, ON – 1968 (16th Century Reformation)

     Ph.D. University of Guelph – 1972 (British History)

     D. D. Westminster Theological Seminary – 2002

Academic Honors

     Ontario Graduate Fellowship – 1968 to 1970

     Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship – 1970 to 1972


Professional Experience

Administrative

     Chair, Department of Church History, Gordon – Conwell Theological Seminary, 1978 – 1979, 1982 – 1983

     Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1980 – 1984

Teaching

     Professor of Church History, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – 1984 to 1985

     Associate Professor of Church History, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – 1977 to 1984

     Assistant Professor of Christian Thought, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – 1973 to 1977

     Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Apologetics, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – 1972 to 1973

     Graduate Teaching Assistant in History, University of Guelph – 1968 to 1972

     Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Gordon College – 1974 to 2001

     Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Emerson College – 1988 to 1990

     Adjunct Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Merrimack College – 1992 to 1994

Pastoral

Pastor:

     Peoples Baptist Church of Boston, MA – June 1982 to present


    Interim Pastor:

       Peoples Baptist Church of Boston, MA – 1980 to 1982

       First Baptist Church, Lynn, MA – 1977 to 1979

       Woodlawn Baptist Church, Pawtucket, RI – 1977

       Kensington Baptist Church, Kensington, CT – 1975 to 1976

       Belmont Street Baptist Church, Worcester, MA – 1974

       Priory Park Baptist Church, Guelph, ON – 1971 to 1972


    Assistant Minister:

       First Baptist Church, Guelph, ON, 1966 – 1970

Affiliations:

     Society for the Study of Black Religion, 1994 to present

     Chair of the Nominating Committee – 2010 to present; made a Distinguished Member – 2012


The Organizations He Served

Denominational:

State:

     The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts: (TABCOM)

     Historical Task Force – 1974 to 1990

     Ministerial Preparation Committee – 1979 to 2001

     Pastoral Settlement Committee – 1986 to 1990; President –1988 to 1990; Personnel Committee – 1987 to 1991

     Massachusetts Baptist Charitable Society Vice President – 1992 to 1995; President – 1996 to 1998

     Board of Directors – 2000 to present

National:

     American Baptist Historical Society, Board of Managers – 1998 to 2010, Vice President, Board of Managers – 2006 to 2010

     American Baptist Churches USA, Board of General Ministries – 2011 to present

     Chair of the World Relief Committee – 2018 to present


Miscellaneous:

     Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain, CT, Trustee – 1975 to 1978

     John M. Perkins International Study Center, Jackson Mississippi, Chair, Advisory Board – 1979 to 1983

     Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, Executive Committee – 1980 to 1984

     The Black Ecumenical Commission of Massachusetts, Covenantal Council – 1982 to 1985

     Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners, Board of Directors – 1983 to present

     The Stony Brook School, Stony Brook, NY, Trustee – 1988 to 1992

     Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, President – 1994 to 2004, and President Emeritus – 2004 to present

     Black Church Capacity Building Program, Co – Chair, Steering Committee – 1995 to 2002

     Boston Ten Point Coalition, Board of Directors – 1994 to present

     Vision New England Regional Advisor, and member of Congress Committee – 1989 to 2000


Addresses and Lectures:

     National Black Students Conference, Chicago, IL, 1975, Seminar on Black Theology

     Lecture, “Christianity and the Race Issue,” Cornell University Graduate Christian Forum – 1976

     Devotional Preacher, United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces – 5 messages delivered at the 1980 assembly held at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

     Convocation Speaker, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS, August – 1983

     Lectures on African –American Christianity, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN – 1990

     Lecture in Church History, Coalition for Christian Outreach, Pittsburgh, PA, Spring –1988

     Commencement Speaker, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN – 1992

     Commencement Speaker, Toronto Baptist Seminary, Toronto, Ontario – 1992

     Keynote Address “Apologetics in Urban Ministry,” Conference on Contemporary Issues, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA – March 1995

Publications:

Reviews:

     Tulloch, John, Movement of Religious Thought in Britain During the Nineteenth Century, Humanities Press, 1971, in The Journal of Religious Thought, 31 (Spring–Summer, 1974), 99.

     Vajta, Vilmos (ed), The Gospel as History, Fortress Press, 1975, in The Journal of Religious Thought, 33 Autumn-Winter, 1976, 80-81.

     Latta, R Thomas, Biblical Faith and the Black American, Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1976, in Christian Scholar’s Review, vol. VIII, No. 1 (1978) 87-88.


Articles:

     “Needed: A History of the Black Church in America,” in Fides et Historia 6 (Spring 1974), 50-62

     “The Black Experience and the American Revolution,” in Fides et Historia 8 (Spring 1976), 50-62

     “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” “The Black Revolution and the Churches,” and “Richard Allen”, Erdman’s handbook to Christianity in America, edited by Nathan Hatch, Mark Noll, George Marsden, and David Wells, Grand Rapids, 1983

     “Cornelius Van Til,” Chapter in Reformed Theology in America, ed. By David F. Wells, Erdmans, 1985

     “Cornelius Van Til,” Chapter in Dutch Reformed Theology, ed. By David F. Wells, Baker 1989

     “Martin Luther King, Jr. Leads the March on Washington,” in Christian History, vol. IX, No. 4, 1990

     “Rejecting the Negro Pew,” in Christian History, vol. XIV, No. 1, 1995.


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