Bishop Nunez has been in ministry for over 40 years and is the Bishop of the Bilingual Christian Fellowship and holds a Doctorate Degree in Divinity with a Masters in Theology. As Senior Pastor of the Bilingual Christian Church of Baltimore for over 31 years, he still travels as an International Evangelist winning souls for Christ.

He has been to 46 countries carrying a prophetic mantle and challenging word to the church to rise up and fulfill her destiny in Christ. Bishop Nuñez provides an apostolic oversight to pastors and leaders, equipping them to effectively serve the body of Christ.

Bishop Johnson has been the pastor of Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries since 1970, then located on E. Preston Street.  In 1991, Pastor Johnson purchased a deteriorating shopping center on Radecke Avenue and converted the site into a beautiful, 17-acre Ministry Campus that now addresses the spiritual needs of the Mt. Pleasant congregation, as well as its communities.

Mt. Pleasant Church and Ministries has over eight thousand members and continues to exercise a powerful, energetic witness at the local, state, and national levels, within political, civic and ecumenical church communities. Pastor Johnson’s teaching and preaching experiences are impressively vast and notably cross-cultural. Within the State of Maryland and along the east coast, Pastor Johnson has taught life-changing lessons to Pastors and their congregations, particularly in the areas of discipleship and evangelism.

Reverend Dorsey has been supporting the community for over a decade. He formed a non-profit organization, QSL (Quietly Speaking Loudly) in 2010 which quickly got to work and teamed up with local shelters to feed the homeless. With the growth of Reverend Dorsey’s ministry, QSL transitioned into what would soon become Walk By Faith Ministries in 2013. 
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Within the first year, WBF outgrew two locations and in 2014 began holding services at Coldstream Elementary School in Baltimore. WBF adopted the school along with Abbottston Elementary and was able to provide uniforms, school supplies, haircuts, and food for students in need. 
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In 2016, WBF moved to its fourth and current location at 2500 E Northern Parkway. WBF has done multiple community service projects, a 5 star dinner for the homeless in War Memorial Plaza, given away scholarships, uniforms and supplies to students and WBF operates passionately under the Mission Statement “To love God, to increase our faith and to help others do the same”. WBF serves hundreds each Sunday and continues to be one of the fastest growing and most diverse churches in Baltimore continuing to help people find and develop a meaningful relationship with God.

Bishop Gregory Dennis is a fifth generational minister, maintaining the legacy of servitude, by doing all that he can so that the 21st century Church will move into a place of maturity. He has become one of his generations’ prophetic voices. After serving as the Executive Pastor of Kingdom Worship Center and Youth Pastor for 10 years, Bishop Gregory Dennis was appointed the Senior Pastor of Kingdom Worship Center, succeeding his father in ministry in 2013.

As a community organizer, he has infiltrated areas that seemingly would be considered barriers and has impacted the community at large. He is a member and the former Vice President of the Towson Area Ministerial Alliance. Gregory also serves on the Board of Spiritual Advisors at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), BaHari and board member for Araminta Freedom Initiative. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Theology at Wesley Seminary in Washington, DC.

Gregory is a contributing writer to and member of the editorial staff of Grace and Glory magazine. He is a much sought after mentor, lecturer and preacher. He has ministered to children and seniors alike in venues ranging from after school programs to international conferences.

Reverend Dr. Terris A. King has been the esteemed Pastor of Liberty Grace Church since 2008. He graduated from Towson State University with a B.S. degree in Mass Communication in 1984 and attended St. Mary’s Seminary in 1989. In 1997, he attended Johns Hopkins University where he received his Master’s Degree in Applied Behavioral Science. He received a Senior Executive Fellowship from Harvard University in 1999. He received his Doctorate in Divinity from Saint Thomas College in 2012. He earned a Science Doctorate from Towson University in Occupational Therapy in 2019.

Rev. King has served as a Senior Executive for the federal government since 2000 and was employed by the federal government for over 30 years. Rev King is now CEO of King Enterprise Group LLC, where he provides health care consulting to for-profit and non-profit corporations. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Family League of Baltimore and is President and CEO of the Grace Foundation the community arm of Liberty Grace Church of God.

Dr. Whipple is the eighth pastor of the Historic Mount Hebron Baptist Church in Baltimore City. Educationally, he is a graduate of Morehouse College where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Religion and Wake Forest University Divinity School where he earned the Masters Degree in Divinity. He also holds the Masters of Science Degree in Church Management from Villanova University School of Business. In addition he has an earned Doctor of Ministry in Church Leadership Excellence at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Pastor Whipple is also an active member of the Baltimore Morehouse Alumni Association.

Other accomplishments include holding the position of Chapel Assistant within The Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, where he first was introduced to many foundations in ministry, being named an Oprah Winfrey Scholar, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar and Rev. Dr. Thomas Kilgore Scholar at Morehouse College. He is also an inductee of the esteemed Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College. Recently, he has been recognized as a rising legend by the Morehouse College Alumni Association. In addition, because of his outstanding leadership achievements as a young clergyperson, Dr. Whipple was selected as a Lewis Fellow by the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary.

He is a third generation preacher and the youngest son of the late Rev. Norman Munroe Whipple, Sr. and Rev. Dr. Barbara Jean Whipple. His older brothers are the late Norman Monroe Jr. and Jacinth Norman.
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Pastor Rodney is the son of the Reverend Dr. Earl D. and the late Reverend Rosie Marie Hudson of Dayton, Ohio. Rodney is an ordained Elder in Full Connection in the United Methodist Church. He matriculated from the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at the Virginia Union University and the Catholic University, Washington DC where he studied education.

He has been a licensed minister in the Christian Methodist Church since September 16, 1974 where he was ordained Deacon and Elder by the late Bishop E. Lynn Brown. He has served The Central Indiana-Ohio Annual Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church as the President of The Christian Youth Fellowship and as the Annual Conference Music Director for the CME Christian Youth Fellowship Choir (Indianapolis District). Rodney Hudson has served as the Faith Leader of Christ Church (CME), Bethel Church (CME), Ames Memorial (UM), and the Resurrection West UMC.

He has been employed in various staff capacities in protestant churches all over the United States serving specifically as a Minister of Christian Education, Minister of Evangelism, and as a Minister of Worship and Liturgy. He has conducted music workshops throughout Europe and the Scandinavian Peninsula on the topic of African American Music: The Negro Spiritual to Hip Hop. Rodney served his country in the United States Army during the Gulf War and was honorably discharged in 1998 after serving as an Airborne Paratrooper in the the 18th Airborne Corp. He has taught 3rd grade and 9th -12th grade English literature in the Prince Georges County, and Baltimore City Public School Systems.

Rodney serves as a community activist in the West Baltimore communities of Sandtown, Harlem Park, and the West Lexington/Monroe Street Corridor where he Pastors the Ames Memorial, Metropolitan, and St. James United Methodist Churches. In 2020, Rodney offered himself as a candidate for the Baltimore City Council District 7 where he campaigned on the platform of Reform for City Government, Education, and Public Safety.
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Rodney is the father of four children, Christopher, Daniel, David, and Ayonia Hudson of Prince Georges County, Maryland. The Hudson family are committed to serving God, Country, and Community. Their family motto for ministry can be found in the words written by Charles Wesley, A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky. To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill: O may it all my powers engage To do my Master’s will.
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Daniel Cotzin Burg has been rabbi of Beth Am Synagogue since July of 2010. Rav Daniel is a senior fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and served on the Maryland Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity.

He is a contributing author to Keeping Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation about Rabbinical Education (Ed. Herring and Roscher) and Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Spring and Summer Holidays (Ed. Steinberg). He blogs at www.theUrbanRabbi.org.

Rabbi Burg has helped to articulate a congregational mission and vision for Beth Am’s community engagement initiative (See New Jewish Neighborhood Project) and “In, For Of, Inc.” a 501(c)3 organization affiliated with Beth Am.  He serves on the board of the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies (ICJS) and IFO, and, from 2014-2018, on the Board of Jews United for Justice. He has been a vocal supporter in Annapolis and Baltimore of marriage equality, police reform, environmental justice, legislation to curtail gun violence and other important social and societal issues affecting Beth Am’s city and state.

The Reverend Florence L. Ledyard is an Episcopal priest. She was ordained to the diaconate in 1978 and the priesthood in 1979. She has served four parishes since then. After a term as Interim Rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Mt. Airy, Maryland, she moved to the city and has been Rector of St Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in West Baltimore since 2002. 
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She has served on the National Hunger Committee of the Episcopal Church as well as on the boards of Interfaith Action for Racial Justice, Episcopal Social Ministries and the Episcopal Housing Corporation in Baltimore. She served two terms on the College of Preachers Board of Trustees including a year as Chair. She was a member of the College’s Associate Faculty - and for a time, held the staff position of Director of Program Initiatives. Presently she has recently completed a stint on the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Maryland and has served as a mentor for Fresh Starts. She is a consultant in the areas of strategic planning and leadership development as well as enjoying opportunities to preach and teach.

Harold A. Carter, Jr. has been the pastor of the New Shiloh Baptist Church since 1996. He leads the congregation of more than 5,000 active members with emphasis on Missions, Evangelism, and Christian Education. His preaching is heard widely through radio, television and internet streaming broadcasts. He is credited by his ministerial colleagues and many in the media as galvanizing pastors, activists, community and political leaders.

Presently, he serves as the Assistant Secretary of The Hampton University's Ministers Conference and the Executive Secretary for the Global United Fellowship (GUF). He also presently serves as the President and New Testament/Hermeneutics Professor for the Determined Biblical & Theological Institute of Baltimore, MD. Additionally, he is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the New Shiloh Village Development Project; a non,profit organization with a goal of community development, including the New Shiloh Senior Living building (an 81-unit facility).

Pastor Small graduated from Haverford College earning a BA in History and obtained a Master’s in Theology from St Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. He was employed by Wachovia Bank for 20 years until leaving for full-time ministry.
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 He was licensed and ordained at the Enon Baptist Church Baltimore, Maryland. In 2005, Pastor Small was called to the First Baptist Church of Cherry Hill. Pastor Small currently serves as President of the Cherry Hill Ministerial Alliance. Pastor Small is committed to equipping the membership for ministry beyond our walls.

Pastor James is the fourth generation of gospel preacher/pastor. He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland.  He has earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religious Studies from Morgan State University and then continued his theological training at Saint Mary’s Seminary. In May 2004, he graduated from Howard University with his Masters of Arts in Divinity.

In 1991,Reverend James began serving as the under shepherd at Bethany Baptist Church and the congregation has grown enormously since then, supporting the communities of Westport, Mt. Winans and Brooklyn. The members of Bethany have been blessed tremendously by the enthusiastic teaching and preaching of Pastor James. His ministry is founded on the simple, yet often forgotten ideal of giving back to the community and its people, essentially, “taking care of home.”

Dr. Sheridan Todd Yeary is the Senior Pastor of the Douglas Memorial Community Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of DMCC’s two community development corporations – Camp Farthest Out, Inc. and Douglas Village, Inc.

Dr. Yeary’s interests include mentoring youth and young adults, community activism, urban public policy and the development of processes of productive transformation that liberates all people. Currently, he serves on the boards of the Center for School Mental Health and Behavioral Health System Baltimore, and the Advisory Board to the College of Public Affairs at the University of Baltimore.

As part of his community activism, Dr. Yeary serves as the Political Action Chair of the Maryland State Conference NAACP, on the national Religious Affairs Committee of the NAACP, and is a principal with Community Churches for Community Development

Rev. Dr. Alvin Hathway, Sr. is the Chair of ACT Now Baltimore.

The Reverend Alvin C. Hathaway, Sr. was called to Union Baptist Church as Assistant Pastor in 2004, and elevated to the position of Pastor of this historic “Servant Church” in 2007.

A native Baltimorean and son of Union Baptist Church, he is truly a man of God. Acknowledging his call to the ministry and through obedience to Christ, he prepared himself academically and spiritually for the shepherding of God’s people. Rev. Hathaway has earned a Ph. D. in Philosophy of Religion from the North Carolina College of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the United Theological Seminary.

Bishop Carter has been the chief servant of ARK Church since September 1987. He is dedicated to community development, home and foreign missions. He continues to travel extensively, spreading the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the US and abroad.

He is also the Presiding Prelate of Kingdom Impact Covenant Fellowship established in March 2012 where he mentors, encourages and councils a Diverse group of Pastors.

Since Bishop Hickman began the pastor of Southern Baptist Church in 2002, the church has experienced phenomenal growth. He led the congregation in developing a vision and mission statement for the church that balanced the church’s efforts around evangelism, worship, discipleship, fellowship, and ministry leadership.

Dr. Donte’ Hickman has an evangelistic burden for community development and outreach. In 2004, he commissioned task forces from a cross section of the membership to determine the demographic needs of our East Baltimore community to develop a multi-generational strategy of revitalization. Under the mantra of Restoring People and Rebuilding Properties, Pastor Hickman led the church in a major campaign of property acquisition to build another sixty unit Senior Housing facility, a Transformation Center to administer health, workforce development, behavioral counseling, and community services, an Early Headstart Youth Enrichment Center, Affordable Homes, Mixed-use Commercial Development, and Church Expansion to meet the ministry needs of a rapidly growing congregation.

Continuing to be intentional about evangelism and discipleship, Pastor Hickman led the church in the multi-site ministry concept. Today, Southern Baptist Church is one church in multiple locations with five services every weekend and over 3000 members. As a community leader and entrepreneur, Bishop Hickman was appointed by the honorable Mayor Martin O’Malley to serve as one of the Housing Commissioners for the Housing Authority Board of Baltimore City. And in 2012, Governor O’Malley appointed Pastor Hickman to the Maryland Port Authority Commission. Dr. Hickman has received numerous citations and awards and is most proud to be the recipient of the Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Distinguished Service Award.