Gregory M. Howard

Gregory M. Howard former Pastor of the Union Branch Baptist Church in Chesterfield, Virginia,^[1] professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia,^[2] and author of Black Sacred Rhetoric, the Theology and Testimony of Religious Folk Talk.^[3]

Career

Howard is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, former Board Member of the Children's Home of Virginia Baptists, and the former President of the Alumni chapter of the School of Theology at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology.^[4]

Education

• B.S. Organizational Management and Development - Bluefield College
• Master of Divinity - Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University
• Doctor of Ministry in Homiletics - Aquinas Institute of Theology - St. Louis University
• additional studies - Joe R. Engle Preaching Institute at Princeton University (2009)

Black Sacred Rhetoric

Black Sacred Rhetoric published by BorderStone Press, LLC

Rev. Howard is the author of Black Sacred Rhetoric: A Commentary for African American Preaching.^[5] The second, revised edition of the book will be released in 2010 by BorderStone Press, LLC and is called Black Sacred Rhetoric, The Theology and Testimony of Religious Folk Talk.

Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor for Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, states:

This commentary is much-needed both in the church and in terms of the ongoing rhetorical conversations taking place in the theological academy. Howard is entirely at ease with the basic principles and assumptions that drive Black Preaching.^[6]

Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, Chief of Staff for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., states:

In this post-modern age, these expressions are an important bridge from the Old Time Religion age to the Hip Hop era which has a deep chasm.^[7]

Rev. Angelo V. Chatmon, Director of Church Relations at Virginia Union University, states:

Howard presents the linguistic expressions which have emerged out of “Black Preaching” as a theologically credible and contributing partner in the language of preaching.^[8]

Early life

Howard is a native of Lancaster, Virginia and currently resides in Richmond.

References

1. Union Branch Baptist Church
2. Howard, Black Sacred Rhetoric, The Theology and Testimony of Religious Folk Talk, BorderStone Press, LLC (2010).
3. Soul Preaching
4. Union Branch Baptist Church Biography
5. Soul Preaching
6. Howard, Black Sacred Rhetoric, The Theology and Testimony of Religious Folk Talk, BorderStone Press, LLC (2010).
7. Howard, Black Sacred Rhetoric, The Theology and Testimony of Religious Folk Talk, BorderStone Press, LLC (2010).
8. Howard, Black Sacred Rhetoric, The Theology and Testimony of Religious Folk Talk, BorderStone Press, LLC (2010).