Dr. Dennis Vernon Proctor, Sr.

A native of Buffalo, New York, graduate of the Syracuse, New York public school system. He received his Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum laude) from Livingstone College, Master of Arts in Pastoral Care and Counseling, from Ashland Theological Seminary, {a C.P.E. Diploma from Western Reserve Psychiatric Habilitation Center}, a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University college of Law, and a Doctor of Ministry (Samuel D. Proctor/Otis Moss Fellow) from the United Theological Seminary. He was inducted in Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College, Atlanta Georgia. He was honored by his Alma Mater by receiving the Doctor of Divinity from Hood Theological and Livingstone College. He was featured lecturer at the prestigious Hampton University, Hampton Minister’s Conference. In addition one of his sermons is published in the book of “Outstanding Black Sermons Volume 4" Judson Press.

He has served as a Fellow to Study the Presidency of the United States, a North Carolina Legislative Intern, North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership Fellow, Clerk for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Lt. Governor of American Bar Association Law Student Division, President of The Ohio State University Black Graduate and Professional Student Caucus.

He is the Founding President of the Congress of National Black Churches (Baltimore Affiliate). He serves on his denomination’s Connectional budget Board.  He Co-authored “Christians Under Construction” with Dr. Staccato Powell.

Dr. Proctor has held three pastorates, St. James A.M.E. Zion Church in Massillon, Ohio where he led the congregation in the building of a new church and purchased a parsonage. His second pastorate was the St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church of Wilmington, North Carolina. There he led the congregation in remodeling the church, purchased a new parsonage and commissioned a life size mural. He currently pastors the historic Pennsylvania A.M.E. Zion Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Remodeling of the facility, acquisition of additional property, creation of a full time ministerial staff and the implementation of over twenty- ministry areas mark the beginning of his latest pastoral charge. Each of his pastoral appointments accepted the challenge of technological development and biblical stewardship as a means of financing the work of Kingdom building.

He is a fifth generation preacher in his family and the son of the late Rev. Emory C. and Rosie Proctor. He is married to the former Deborah Diane Wilson, and they live in Ellicott City, Maryland with their three children Emory II, Dennis Jr., and Diandra Noelle.