SPEAKING ITINERARY
2024
December 2024
December 12 @ 1pm—Keynote Speaker, The Moses Project Grand Canyon University (Des Moines, IA—via Zoom)
November 2024
November 26 @ 2pm—Guest Lecturer, “Unheard Voices in Practical Theology”
Goethe University (Frankfurt, Germany, via Zoom)
October 2024
October 4 @ 12noon—Presenter, Turner Theological Seminary (Atlanta, GA—via Zoom)
“Prophetic Problem Solving: Preaching with the Bible in One Hand and Newspaper in the Other”
September 2024
September 27 @ 2:45pm—Panelist, “Exploring Project 2025”
North Carolina State Conference NAACP Convention (Marriott Hotel, Greensboro, NC)
September 21 @ 10:30am—Plenary Speaker, “The Politics of the Pulpit and Project 2025”
Western District Convocation, WNCC, AME Church (St. Joseph AME Church, Durham, NC)
September 18 @ 9am—Keynote Speaker, “Reconciliation in the Peacebuilding Process”
PartnersGlobal Regional Peacebuilding Gathering (Accra, Ghana—via Zoom)
September 17 @ 7pm—Presenter, In Deed and Truth Convening (New Orleans, LA—via Zoom)
“The Biblical Context of Truth-Seeking, Healing, and Reconciliation”
September 15 @ 10am—Guest Preacher, “Men’s Day Worship Celebration
The Historic St. Paul AME Church (Columbus, OH)
August 2024
August 10 @ 10am—Panelist, Reimagine Revival—“The Politics of Clergy Activism in 2024”
Monument of Faith Church (Durham, NC)
August 1 @ 8pm—Panelist, African American Clergy for Kamala Harris
(North Carolina, via Zoom)
July 2024
July 26 @ 10:45am—Panelist, “Black Men Speak! Fact vs. Fantasy: Demolishing Stereotypes”
National Urban League 2024 Conference (Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, LA)
July 10 @1:30pm—Prayer of Invocation, McCormick Center (Chicago, IL)
Convening of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Constitutional Convention
June 2024
June 21-23—Book Presentation on When Prophets Preach
Dr. Helmut Schwier Retirement Conference (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
June 9 @ 3pm—Preacher, Feast of the Holy Saints John (North Carolina Grand Lodge, F&AM)
St. Joseph AME Church (Durham, NC)
May 2024
May 30 @ 2:30pm—Keynote Speaker, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (NC Synod) Book Signings, When Prophets Preach (2023) and Called to Reconciliation (2022)
2024 Synod Gathering (Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)
May 19 @3pm—Special Speaker, “Sacred Fire: A Durham Pentecost Celebration” Central Park (Durham, NC)
May 17 @ 1:15pm—Special Presenter, “Calling the Country to Reconciliation: Prophetic Preaching and Political Leadership in a Postmodern World”
Duke University’s Center for Reconciliation Summer Institute (Durham, NC)
May 16 @ 7:30pm—Theological Thursdays Speaker for United Holiness Church of America
(via Zoom)
April 2024
April 26 @ 6pm—Keynote Speaker, North Carolina
Black Alliance Annual Banquet
Raleigh Convention Center (Raleigh, NC)
April 25 @ 11am—Guest Panelist, “Religion and Politics,” North Carolina Black Summit Raleigh
Convention Center (Raleigh, North Carolina)
April 21 @ 10am—Special Guest Preacher, Greek Sunday
Allen Temple AME Church (Tampa, Florida)
April 11 @ 11am—Induction into Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers King Chapel at Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
March 2024
March 19 @ 6:30pm—Co-Panelist, Theology Underground: “I Talk to My Coach & God, Too!” Sponsored by Office of Intercultural Engagement at Duke University (Durham, NC)
March 1 @ 4:00pm—presentation on University of Richmond Law Review article on confederate iconography and the Religion of the Lost Cause (Richmond, VA)
February 2024
February 18 @ 10:30am—Guest Preacher, Black History Month Celebration
Mt. Siani AME Church (Pittsboro, North Carolina)
February 10 @ 7pm— Word of the Day and Prayer of Invocation Young Democrats of North Carolina State Conference (Durham, NC)
February 2 @ 6pm—Special Presenter, Reconciliation and Race Relations Burke County NAACP (Morganton, NC)
January 2024
January 29 @ 3pm—Special Presenter, Racial Reconciliation for OLLI McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
January 20 @ 10am—Guest Lecturer, Prophetic Leadership and Postmodernism South District, Chicago Annual Conference AME Church (via Zoom)
January 19 @ 6pm—Guest Speaker for Shabbat Service of Fellowship Judea Reform Congregation (Durham, NC)
January 17 @ 6:30pm—Keynote Speaker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Program Pasco-Hernando State College (New Port Richey, FL) (book signing, Called to Reconciliation)
January 14 @ 4pm—Guest Preacher, Wilmington, NC Interfaith Alliance MLK Service St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wilmington, NC) (book signing, When Prophets Preach)
January 8 @ 10am—Guest Lecturer, Organizational Theory and Communications Duke University School of Divinity (Durham, NC)
2023
December 2023
December 14 @ 1pm—Moses Project: “Satisfaction and Vision in Ministry”
Grand View University (via Zoom)
November 2023
November 17 @ 6pm—Keynote Speaker, Alpha Tau Boulé Thanksgiving Dinner
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel (Raleigh/Durham Airport)
November 9 @ 1pm—Keynote Speaker & Book Signing, E Pluribus Unum Luncheon
The Alley Station Warehouse (Montgomery, AL)
November 8 @ 10am—Guest Preacher, Lenoir Rhyne University Weekly Chapel Services
Grace Chapel at Lenoir Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)
November 7 @ 7pm—Keynote Address on Reconciliation & Social Justice/Book Signings
Grace Chapel at Lenoir Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)
November 2 @ 7pm—Lecture on Prophetic Preaching in Social Justice (Lilly Foundation)
Second Episcopal District, AME Church (via Zoom)
October 2023
October 18 @ 10am—Guest Preacher, Newberry College’s Dufford Diversity & Inclusion
Chapel Services (Newberry, SC)
October 8 @ 9am—Keynote Speaker, Memorial Service Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
Southern Region Boulé (New Orleans, LA—Four Seasons Hotel & Resort)
September 2023
September 29 @ 1pm—Moderator for ApertureVC Public Launch
Truist Corporate Headquarters (Charlotte, NC)
September 26 @ 1pm—Featured Presenter, The Alluvial Collective Community Learning Series
Webinar Broadcast (Jackson, MS)
September 24 @ 11am—Guest Preacher for Pastor’s Anniversary Worship Service
Omega Baptist Church (Dayton, OH)
September 9 @ 6pm—Keynote Speaker, NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet (Murfreesboro, NC)
August 2023
August 31 @ 10:30am—Guest Lecturer, “The Power of Prophetic Preaching”
Duke University Divinity School (Durham, NC)
August 21 @ 6pm—Guest Presenter, “Racial Reconciliation and Prophetic Leadership”
Mt. Level Community Partnership (Durham, NC)
June 2023
June 19 @ 7:30pm—Guest Preacher, Annual Connectional Council Worship Service
AME Church Council of Bishops & General Board Meeting (New Orleans, LA)
May 2023
May 28 @ 11am—Guest Preacher, Mt. Pisgah AME Church (Jersey City, NJ)
May 19 @ 1:15pm—Presentation, “Calling the Church to Reconciliation”
Center for Reconciliation Summer Institute at Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)
May 16 @ 10am—Featured Preacher, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Festival of Homiletics (Minneapolis, MN)
May 15 @ 7:30pm—Featured Presenter, Central Lutheran Church
Festival of Homiletics (Minneapolis, MN)
May 4 @ 6pm—Keynote Speaker, St. Augustine’s University Baccalaureate Ceremony
Historic St. Augustine Chapel (Raleigh, NC)
May 2 @ 10am—Keynote Speaker, United Holy Church of America Education Symposium
UHCA Headquarters (Greensboro, NC)
April 2023
April 27 @ 6pm—Guest Reader, JustUs Monologues from the Criminal Legal System
Duke University Rubenstein Arts Center (Durham, NC)
April 23 @ 5pm—Panelist on Christian Nationalism, with The Baptist Joint Committee
First Baptist Church (Ashville, NC)
April 20 @ 5:30pm—Keynote Speaker/Lecturer, Hiram Rhodes Revels Institute
Alcorn State University (Lorman, MS)
April 15 @ 10:30am—Keynote Speaker, Prayer Breakfast
Association of Black Foundation Executives Annual Conference (Raleigh, NC)
April 7 @ 12noon—Guest Preacher, “Seven Last Sayings” Worship Experience
IMA-sponsored at Beacon Light Missionary Baptist Church (Durham, NC)
April 3 @ 12pm—Keynote Speaker, University of North Carolina at Pembrooke
Social Justice Symposium (Pembroke, NC)
March 2023
March 23 @ 1:15pm—Guest Lecturer, Duke Divinity School Doctoral Cohort (via Zoom)
March 5 @ 3pm—Book Talk & Signing of Called to Reconciliation
Davie Street Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, NC)
February 2023
February 28 @ 7pm—Guest Lecturer, Called to Reconciliation: And Now What?
Elon University’s Sacred Space Pavilion (Elon, NC)
February 26 @ 4:30pm—Guest Preacher, Elon University (Elon, NC)
February 22 @ 1pm & 7pm EST—Book Talk: Called to Reconciliation (via Zoom)
Anti-Racism Task Force, Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church
February 21 @ 12pm—Keynote Speaker, Howard Law School Christian Legal Society
Black History Month Program (via Zoom)
February 17 @ 10am—Panelist on Faith & Political Engagement, Second Episcopal District
AME Church Founder’s Day and Mid-Winter Meeting at Reid Temple AME Church
(Glenn Dale, MD)
February 14 @ 11:30am—Invited Preacher, Duke Divinity School Chapel Service
Black History Month Sankofa Alumni Preaching Series (Durham, NC)
February 9 @ 3:30pm—Prayers of Invocation and Benediction for Judicial Investiture of
The Honorable Allison J. Riggs, North Carolina Court of Appeal (Raleigh)
February 8 @ 6:30pm—Book Talk & Signing of Called to Reconciliation
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church (Raleigh, NC)
February 8 @ 11:30am—Keynote Speaker, City of Durham & County of Durham
Municipal Employees Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at First Presbyterian Church
(Durham, NC)
February 3 & 4—Guest Lecturer & Book Signing, Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
(Johnson City, TN)
February 1 @ 11am—Rouson Memorial Lecture at Chowan University (Murfreesboro, NC)
January 2023
January 17 @ 11am—Guest Preacher, Anderson University
Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel Service (Anderson, IN)
January 14-16—Guest Preacher & Lecturer for Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance’s
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Activities (Omaha, NE)
January 13 @ 11:30am—The Living Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black Law Students Association, Creighton University Law School (Omaha, NE)
2022
December 2022
December 18 @ 2pm—Guest Preacher, St. John AME Church
Congregation’s Annual Homecoming Celebration (Raleigh, NC)
December 10 @ 5pm—Keynote Speaker for 74th International Human Rights Day
Catawba Valley Interfaith Council
Northminster Presbyterian Church (Hickory, NC)
November 2022
November 22 @ 11:30am—Guest Preacher for Thanksgiving Chapel Service
Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)
November 15—Clergy-in-Community Cohort from Wake Forest Divinity School
Conversations on Reconciliation (Wilmington, NC)
November 13 @ 6:30pm—Freemason Street Baptist Church
Conversations on Reconciliation (Norfolk, VA)
November 5 @10am—Guest Preacher for Pre-Pastoral Anniversary Celebration
St. James Baptist Church (Durham, NC)
November 4—Prayer of Invocation, Presidential Inauguration for Talladega College
Inaugural Prayer for Administration of President Gregory J. Vincent (Talladega, AL)
November 2 @ 6:30pm—Guest Lecturer, “Making the Case for Diversity” Higher Education, Political Participation, and the Future of Affirmative Action” University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)
November 1 @ 12:45pm—Lecturer on Prophetic Politics: The Faithful Witness in Voting
Westbrook Hall—Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)
October 2022
October 28 @ 6pm—Guest Preacher, Hope for Healing Retreat (Warrenton, NC)
October 28 @ 1pm—Panelist, Clergy Political Participation in the South
North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC)
October 24-26—Break Out and Panel Speaker, “Reconstructing Evangelicalism,”
@ The Center for Pastoral Theologians Conference (Chicago, IL)
October 13 @ 7pm—Guest Lecture, “Prophetic Leadership: Living Well by Fighting for Peace”
Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)
October 12 @ 10am—Guest Preacher for Chapel Services at Lenoir-Rhyne University
Historic Grace Chapel (Hickory, NC)
October 6—Invited Panelist, Howard Law Journal’s Wiley R. Branton Symposium
Howard University Law School (Washington, DC)
September 2022
September 30 @ 7pm—Guest Preacher, Second Episcopal District Lay Organization Convention
(via Zoom)
September 25 @ 10am—Guest Preacher at Unitarian Universalist Church (Black Mountain, NC)
September 20 @ 9am to 3pm—Clergy Workshop Facilitator at Vidant Hospital (Greenville, NC)
September 16 @ 10am to 12noon—Academic Presentation for Constitutional Law Day:
“Religious Liberty and the Roberts Court” (North Carolina Central University)
September 12 @ 4pm—Trial Practice and Etiquette: Tips and Techniques (NCCU Law School)
Special Presenter
September 8 @ 1pm—Webinar Presentation on Voting Rights (via Zoom)
United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society
September 2 @ 11:30am—Guest Preacher for Duke Football Pregame Worship (Durham, NC)
July 2022
July 24 @ 11am—Guest Preacher, St. Stephen AME Church (Liberty, NC)
July 19 @ 8:30am—Guest Presenter, Clergy Sexual Misconduct Training
First Episcopal District AME Church (Dover, DE)
July 12 @ 4pm—Invited Presenter, Baptist World Alliance International Conference
(via Zoom)
June 2022
June 28-30—Virtual Guest Presenter on Racial Equity and Belonging
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly (Dallas, Texas)
June 27-29 @6:30pm—Guest Presenter, “Race, Reconciliation and Belonging”
Baptist General Convention of Virginia’s 123rd Annual Session and Congress of
Christian Faith Formation (Richmond, Virginia)
June 26 @ 3pm—Reconciliation Workshop Presenter, First Baptist Church of Vienna
and Burke Presbyterian Church (Vienna, Virginia)
June 26 @ 10am—Guest Preacher, “Reconciliation Sunday” Worship Experience
First Baptist Church of Vienna (Vienna, Virginia)
June 19 @ 7pmEST—Invited Guest Speaker on Reconciliation and Juneteenth,
(Hosted by Mission Reconcile and broadcast via FBLive)
June 18 @ 7pmEST—Invited Lecturer for Conversation on Reconciliation with
Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation & First Baptist Church of Vienna (via Zoom)
June 14-17—Guest Preacher & Racial Equity Facilitator
Louisiana Annual Conference, United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, LA)
June 1 @ 6:30pm—Guest Preacher, Kyle’s Temple AME Zion Church
Men’s Season Kick-off Mid-Week Worship (Durham, NC)
May 2022
May 31-June 3—Intensive Instructor, “Law, Religion and Social Change”
North Carolina Central University Law School (Durham, NC)
May 16-20 @4:15pm—Intensive Instructor, “Christianity, Race, and the American Nation”
Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)
May 11-13—Presentation on “Creating a Culture of Belonging in a Reconciling Community”
Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation Summer Institute (Durham, NC)
May 3, 10, and 17 @ 6pm—Workshop Facilitator, “The Church’s Work in Social Justice:
The Politics of Prophetic Leadership and Social Justice,” Gordon, Hill, Treadwell & Bell
Lay Leadership Institute and Payne Theological Seminary (via Zoom)
April 2022
April 30 @ 9:30 & 11am—Racial Reconciliation Worships in “Ministry by Design Conference”
Hayes Barton Baptist Church (Raleigh, NC)
April 25 @ 1:30 @ 3:30pm—Guest Speaker on Prophetic Leadership & HBCUs
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
April 22—Racial Reconciliation Workshop, @ 1pm, WNOBR PE District, AME Church
Days Chapel AME Church (Clinton, LA)
April 18 @ 2pm—Called to Reconciliation Book Talk Webinar
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (via Zoom)
April 3—Guest Preacher, Allen Temple AME Church @ 10:00am
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Sunday (Tampa, Florida)
April 1—Panel Moderator @ 6:30pm “Where Do We Go From Here?: Voting Rights in 2022
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Southern Region Convention (Myrtle Beach, SC)
March 2022
March 29-30—Baptist Joint Committee’s Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty
Mercer University Law School (Macon, GA) & Mercer University School of Theology (Atlanta)
March 18-20—Keynote Speaker, Association of Smaller Congregations Annual Conference
Synod of the South Atlantic (Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.)
Epworth by the Sea Resort (St. Simon’s Island, GA)
March 16 @5:30pm, Keynote Speaker, “How Faith Informs Us” (Wake Forest Divinity School)
(Winston Salem, NC)
March 15 @ 2 to 3pm—Visiting Lecturer, “Creating a Culture of Belonging”
via Zoom, Duke Divinity School Doctoral Cohort
March 9 @ 7:30pm—Reengaging African American Men Conference Keynote Speaker
The Holy United Church of America Headquarters (Greensboro, NC)
March 8 @ 7pm—Conversations in Reconciliation, with Bishop Tim Smith and ELCA of NC
via Zoom, North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
February 2022
February 27 @ 1pm—Called to Reconciliation—Book Talk & Signing
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Durham, NC)
February 24 @ 8pm—Keynote Speaker, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Mars Hill University (Mars Hill, NC)
February 23—Featured Guest, “Shades of Hope” (Podcast of Racial Reconciliation)
February 22 @7pm—Conversations in Reconciliation, with Bishop Tim Smith and ELCA of NC
via Zoom, North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
February 17 @ 4:30pm, “Black History Month Keynote Speaker,” (via Zoom and WebEx)
(University of North Carolina @ Pembrooke)
February 15 @ 6pm—The Role of the Church in Social Justice—Invited Lecturer
Croasdaile Village (Durham, NC)
February 15 @12noon—Book Talk on “Called to Reconciliation” (via Zoom)
Durham Congregations in Action
February 15 @ 9:30am—YouTube Live Book Talk on “Called to Reconciliation”
The Baker Publishing Group
February 13 @ 10:30am—Guest Preacher, Reconciliation Sunday
Church of the Redeemer (Morristown, NJ)
February 8 @ 9am and 2:30pm—Turner Theological Seminary, Founder’s Day Lecture
Chapel of the Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, GA)
January 2022
Jan. 30 @ 3pm—Book Talk, “Called to Reconciliation,” with Civil Rights Pilgrimage Group
via Zoom
January 25 @ 7pm—Conversations in Reconciliation, with Bishop Tim Smith and ELCA of NC
via Zoom, North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
January 17 @ 7pm—Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Keynote Speaker
Chowan University (Murfreesboro, NC)
January 9 @ 3pm—Book Talk, “Called to Reconciliation,” with Civil Rights Pilgrimage Group
via Zoom
2021
December 2021
December 31 @ 10:30pm—Guest Preacher for “Watch Night Worship”
Kyles Temple AME Zion Church (Durham, NC)
December 5 @ 5:06pm—Keynote Speaker, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Founders’ Day Program
Port City Alphas (Wilmington, NC)
December 2 @ 11:30 am—Special Presenter, Episcopal Church House of Bishops, Province IV
Christ Cathedral Episcopal Church (New Orleans, LA)
November 2021
November 23 @ 7:06pm—Pre-Thanksgiving Prayer Summit, Keynote Address
Gamma Iota Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)
November 5 @ 11:30am—Panel Moderator, Burden (film on racial reconciliation)
Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)
October 2021
October 20 @ 7pm—Prayer of Invocation at 10th Anniversary MLK Memorial Dinner
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (Washington, DC)
October 6 @ 12:30pm—Creating a Culture of Belonging (invited presenter)
Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation (Durham, NC)
September 2021
September 29 @ 3:00pm—Guest Panelist (“My Name Is Pauli Murray” Amazon Release)
North Carolina Central University School of Law (Durham, NC)
September 28 @12noon, via Zoom—Racial Reconciliation Guest Panelist
Durham Congregations in Action (Durham, NC)
September 24 @ 12noon via Zoom—Guest Panelist “Social Justice & Voting Rights”
American Constitutional Society/NCCU Law School (Durham, NC)
August 2021
August 14 @ 12:30pm, via Zoom—Prayer of Invocation
Lincoln Health 50-year class reunion (Durham, NC)
July 2021
July 17 @ 8:30am—Deliver Memorial Tribute for Deceased Alpha Brothers
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. General Convention (Indianapolis, IN)
July 14 @ 1:30pm—General Convention Opening Prayer of Invocation
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. General Convention (Indianapolis, IN)
May 2021
May 15 @ 12noon—Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Luncheon Speaker
The Hertz Corporation (Estero, Florida)
May 1 @ 1:30pm via Zoom—“The Voting Rights Struggle Continues”
Special Guest Presenter, Orange County Branch (North Carolina), NAACP Meeting
April 2021
April 29 @ 6pm Annual Sermon Preacher
Opening Worship Service, Western North Carolina Annual Conference
April 28 @ 12:30pm via Zoom—“The Struggle for Voting Rights”
Special Guest Presenter, North Carolina Council of Churches Legislative Briefing
April 22 @ 12:30p via Zoom—Special Guest Panelists on Voting Rights & Redistricting
Duke Law School American Constitutional Society & American Civil Liberties Union
February 2021
February 25 @ 12 noon via MS Teams, “Lunch and Learn” Corporate Diversity & Inclusion
Guest Speaker, Loews Hotels
February 23 @ 11am via Zoom—Voting Rights Landscape and the Redistricting Process
Southern Coalition for Social Justice Presentation to Louisiana CROWD Academy
January 2021
January 28 @ 12 noon via Zoom—“Voting Rights: Then and Now”
Guest Panelist, United States Capitol Historical Society
January 27 @ 12 noon via MS Teams—"Where Do We Go From Here?”
Guest Speaker, Hertz Diversity & Inclusion Series
January 15 @ 7:06pm via Zoom—Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Prayer of Invocation, Inauguration of General President Willis L. Lonzer, III, PhD
2020
November 2020
November 12 at 7pm via Zoom, “Election Impact: Chaos or Community?”
Feature Panelist on America’s Future after the November 2020 Elections
October 2020
October 23 at 11 am at Southern University Law Center (Baton Rouge, LA)
CLE Presenter (via Zoom) “Obstacles and Opportunities:
A Historical Overview of Faith Communities and Citizen Participation”
October 21 at St. Joseph AME Church (Durham, NC)
Host Faith Leaders of North Carolina Press Conference
October 11 at 3pm at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Durham, NC)
Guest Preacher for Racial Reconciliation Worship Celebration
October 8 at 7pm via FacebookLive, Moderator, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.’s
“Politics and Pulpits: Prophetic Leadership and Social Justice in the Church
October 6 at 7pm at Carey First Christian Church (Carey, NC)
Guest Preacher/Revivalist, Fall Revival Series
September 2020
September 27 at 11 am at St. John AME Church (Columbus, OH)
Guest Preacher, Annual Men’s Day Celebration
August 2020
August 18 at 6:30pm via FacebookLive (NC state Rep. Zack Hawkins)
Lead Conversation on Interfaith Perspectives for Democratic National Convention
June 2020
June 30 at 6:30am via Association of North Carolina Alpha Men
Guest Speaker, Weekly Prayer Call
June 26 at 7pm at St. Phillip AME Church (Savannah, GA)
Ordination Service Preacher for the Old Georgia Annual Conference
June 24 at 12:00pm via Zoom at Greater Bethel AME Church (Charlotte, NC)
Guest Speaker for Weekly Prayer Call
June 11 at 6:30pm DurhamCares panelist (via Zoom in Durham, NC)
Addressing COVID-19 and Racial Injustice
April 2020
April 17 at 11am at First AME Church (Athens, GA)
Guest Preacher, Service of Ordination
Augusta Annual Conference AME Church
(RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19)
April 4 at 9am North Carolina Central School of Law (Durham, NC)
Guest Speaker (via ZOOM), Christian Legal Society Annual Breakfast
March 2020
March 8 at 11am at Bethel AME Church (Morristown, NJ)
Guest Preacher for Annual Greek Sunday Celebration
February 2020
February 9 at 3pm at Orange Grove Baptist Church (Durham, NC)
Guest Preacher/Revivalist for City-Wide Get Out the Vote Rally
January 2020
January 25 at 10am at Rose High School (Greenville, NC)
Presentation on Faith-Based Civic Leadership
National HBCU Council/Pitt County NAACP
January 18 at 9am at St. Stephen AME Church (Wilmington, NC)
Keynote Speaker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast
New Hanover County NAACP
2019
December 2019
December 21 at 10am at Choice Radio 92.1 FM (Raleigh, NC)
Featured Talk Show Guest, “On the Table with Mark Middleton”
December 1 @ 7:06pm at Shaw University (Raleigh, NC)
Keynote Address, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Founders Day Celebration
October 2019
October 27 @ 3pm at North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC)
Guest Panelist, “Words with the Wise Conversation Series”
Annual Public Program of North Carolina Central University
October 26 @ 10am at St. Paul AME Church (Raleigh, NC)
Presenter, “Real Talk for Real Men Leading in a Real Church!”
October 22 @ 1pm at Vidant Medical Center (Greenville, NC)
Presenter, “Recognizing & Minimizing Clergy Burnout:
September 2019
September 15 at 3pm at White Rock AME Church (Micro, NC)
Guest Preacher, Church Homecoming Celebration
September 14 at 9am at Macedonia AME Church (Milton, NC)
Social Justice Prayer of Invocation, WNCC Laity Prayer Breakfast
August 2019
August 18 at 3pm at Bethel (Pleasant Gardens) AME Church (Greensboro, NC)
Great Preacher, Church Anniversary Celebration
August 3 at 9:30am at North Carolina Central University Law School (Durham, NC)
Invited Presenter, National HBCU Alumni Association Annual Conference
July 2019
July 24 at 10am at Bally’s Hotel & Casino Resort (Las Vegas, NV)
Convention Opening Prayer of Invocation
113th Anniversary Convention, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
July 21 at Foxy 107/104 Radio Station (Raleigh, NC)
Spectacular New Magazine Radio Interview on Faith & Social Justice
April 2019
April 28 at 8:30am at Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center (Baton Rouge, LA)
Invited Public Response to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
AME Church 8th Episcopal District Combined Clergy & Spouses Retreat
April 27 at 9am at Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center (Baton Rouge, LA)
Presenter, “Managing and Minimizing Clergy Burnout”
AME Church 8th Episcopal District Combined Clergy & Spouses Retreat
March 2019
March 31 at 8am at Sixth Baptist Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Sunday Morning Worship
March 31 at 10:30am at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Racial Reconciliation Sunday
March 26 at 4:30pm at Howard University Law School (Washington, DC)
Keynote Speaker, “Making Black Lives Matter: From Ferguson to Flint”
March 23 at 12pm at Bethel AME Church (Mound Bayou, MS)
Closing Worship Preacher, Greenville-Greenwood District AME Church
Presiding Elder Conference
March 23 at 10:30 am at Bethel AME Church (Mound Bayou, MS)
Featured Presenter, “Why We Preach What We Preach”
Greenville-Greenwood District AME Church Presiding Elder Conference
March 17 at 9am at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Annual Men’s Day Celebration
February 2019
February 13 @ 6pm at Trinity Episcopal Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Absalom Jones/Richard Allen Ecumenical Fellowship
February 9 @ 10:30am at Bonner-Campbell Complex (Edwards, MS)
Invited Preacher, AME Church Founder’s Day Celebration and Rededication Services
January 2019
January 12 @ 8am at Bally’s Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Prayer of Invocation for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Board of Directors’ Meeting
January 6 @ 6pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Feast of the Blessed Frances Gaudet
2018
November 2018
November 22 @ 9am at Payne Memorial AME Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Thanksgiving Day Worship
November 15 @ 10am at Payne Theological Seminary (Wilberforce, OH)
Keynote Lecturer, Vinton Anderson Ecumenical Institute Annual Symposium
October 2018
October 28 @ 8am & 10am at Oak Grove AME Church (Detroit, MI)
Guest Preacher, Pastoral Appreciation Celebration’s for Dr. Robert Brumfield
October 16 @ 7pm at Mt. Olive AME Church (Slidell, LA)
Communion Worship Service Preacher, 154th Session, Louisiana Annual Conference
September 2018
September 15 @ 10am at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Speaker, Church’s Annual Prayer Breakfast
August 2018
August 2 @ 7pm at the Hilton New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
Prayer of Invocation, National Bar Association Annual Awards Dinner
July 2018
July 31 @ 2:30pm at the Hilton New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
Invited Panelist, Law & Religion Section of National Bar Association CLE
July 29 @ 7am at the Hilton New Orleans Grand Ballroom (New Orleans, LA)
Invited Preacher, Prayer Breakfast for the National Bar Association Annual Convention
July 25 @ 4pm at The University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
Lead Sexual Misconduct Certification Training,
Eighth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
July 22 @ 8:30am and 11am at Cornerstone United Methodist Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, College Student Send-off Sunday
June 2018
June 24 @ 11am at Union Bethel AME Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher for Church’s 156th Anniversary Celebration
June 21 @ 11am at Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
Moderator for Panel on Faith & Social Justice
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. College Brothers’ Leadership Retreat
June 16 @ 10am at Union Chapel AME Church (Kentwood, LA)
Invited Preacher, Central New Orleans Bogalusa District Church School Convention
June 18 @ Holiday Inn Hotel (Meridian, MS)
Conference Presenter, From Babylon to Birmingham & Beyond: Biblical Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Meridian/Philadelphia, MS National Civil Rights Conference
May 2018
May 12 @ 10am at Southern University’s F.G. Clark Activity Center (Baton Rouge, LA)
Prayers of Invocation & Benediction, Southern University Law Center Commencement
May 4 @ 6pm at The McKenna Museum of Art (New Orleans, LA)
Prayer of Invocation, Investiture of the Honorable Dwight McKenna, Coroner of Orleans Parish
April 2018
April 7 @ 4pm at the Memphis Convention Center (Memphis, TN)
Presiding Liturgist, 50th Anniversary Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Omega Chapter Rite—Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
April 4 @ 10am at the Doubletree Hotel (Memphis, TN)
Prayer of Invocation, Board of Directors Meeting of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
February 2018
February 18 @ 10am at St. John AME Church (Aurora, IL)
Guest Speaker, Black History Month Worship Celebration
February 10 @ 3pm at St. Luke Episcopal Church (New Orleans, LA)
Guest Preacher, Joint Celebration of Absalom Jones & Richard Allen
February 3 @ 10am at Mt. Olive AME Church (Slidell, LA)
Presenter/Training Facilitator, for Leadership Development Institute
January 2018
January 17 @ 3pm at The Omni Royal Orleans Hotel (New Orleans, LA)
Special Presenter, “Filling the Empty Pews: Ministry in the Post-Modern Era”
Council of Bishops of the AME Church Annual Winter Retreat
January 6 @ 8:30am at Duke Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel (Durham, NC)
Doctoral Cohort Preacher, Feast of the Epiphany Worship Celebration