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Title: The Art of Preaching: Expanding Your Palette Marvin McMickle |
Presenter:
Marvin A. McMickle has been serving the church of Jesus Christ as a pastor, professor and widely published author for more than 30 years. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. McMickle is a 1970 graduate of Aurora University in Illinois with a B.A. in Philosophy. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1973 and did two additional years of graduate study at Columbia University in New York. He earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey in 1983. He was awarded the Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1998 and also an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Aurora University in 1990. He was ordained and served at Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City from 1972-1976. He then served as pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church of Montclair, New Jersey from 1976-1986. During that time he served as President of the New Jersey Council of Churches and as a member of the Montclair Board of Education. He also served two terms as president of the Montclair Branch of the NAACP and served on the adjunct faculty at Princeton Theological Seminary, New Brunswick Theological Seminary and New York Theological Seminary. Dr. McMickle has served as the Senior Pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1987, during which he led the church in establishing a ministry for people infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. This ministry was the first of its kind in the country. Dr. McMickle is the Professor of Homiletics at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio where he has served on the full-time faculty since 1996. He is the author of several books.