Breaking News: Rev. Dr. Robert R. A. Turner appointed as pastor of Empowerment Temple, Baltimore

Breaking News: Rev. Dr. Robert R. A. Turner appointed as pastor of Empowerment Temple, Baltimore Today, Bishop James L. Davis announced the appointment of the Reverend Doctor Robert Richard Allen Turner as the pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore. He is the third pastor in the church's history. Founded by Dr. Jamal Bryant, Empowerment Temple is noted for being one of the fastest-growing congregations in the AME Church and currently reports 4000 members. Rev. Dr. Robert R. A.  Turner is a millennial who is passionate about his calling to serve this “present age” by speaking truth to power, and by following the Word as printed in Isaiah 61 to “preach good tidings to the poor…heal the brokenhearted…proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”  Rev. Dr. Turner serves his community in various positions:  Board of Trustees for the American Village Board of Directors for the Crutcher Foundation North Tulsa Task Force  Demanding a Just Tulsa Advisory Board of the Blackburn Institute of the University of Alabama Chairperson of the board for the Turner Ministry Association 501(c)3. A cum laude graduate from the Honors Program at the University of Alabama, Reverend Turner majored in Political Science with a minor in Spanish. Rev. Turner was the first Black Chief of Staff for the Student Government Association at the University of Alabama and was honored as the 2004 as “University of Alabama, Most Outstanding Male Student”. Additionally, he was featured on CNN concerning the University of Alabama’s Faculty Senate Apology for slavery that took place on their campus. Moreover, Rev. Dr. Turner helped lead a movement, which caused the University of Alabama to recognize the presence of two slaves, Jack and Boysie, who were buried on the college campus. Rev. Turner graduated with honors from the Interdenominational Theological Center’s Turner Seminary in Atlanta, GA, with a Masters in Divinity. He later received his Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. In his dissertation, Rev. Turner coined the phrase, “Prophetic Civic Engagement,” and highlighted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a shining example of this concept. He is a 1999 graduate of Alabama Boys State, a 2013 graduate of Leadership Mobile, an ordained clergyman, and a lifetime member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.  Most recently, Dr. Turner was the pastor of Historic Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is the only edifice that survived the 1921 Race Massacre on Greenwood. and the Academic Dean for Jackson Theological Seminary, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Turner has been married for over 13 years to fellow University of Alabama Alumna and Mississippi native, Shere Turner, M.B.A. They have two boys, ages nine and seven. Together they found the Turners Unlimited, LLC. and the Turner Ministry Association 501(c)3. In his free time, this community activist, consultant, dean, and clergyman enjoys reading, sports, mentoring youth, working with convicted felons, and spending time with his family.

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