Having accepted the call to ministry at the age of 17 in May of 1981, and prepared himself graduating from Morehouse College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Bishop Claude Alexander has sought to serve God and community. After serving as Pastor of Morning Star Baptist in West Mifflin, PA from January of 1987 to August of 1990, Bishop Alexander has been the Senior Pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it has grown into a global ministry of thousands with weekly international reach. Currently, he serves on the boards of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, BioLogos, Movement.Org, Gloo, the International African-American Museum, and the Trinity Forum. He provides leadership as chair of the Board of Christianity Today Board of Directors and as Vice Presiding Bishop of the Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors. He is the author of Required: God’s Call to Justice, Mercy and Humility to Overcome Racial Division coauthored with Dr. Mac Pier, Necessary Christianity - What Jesus Shows We Must Be and Do, and Becoming The Church - God’s People in Purpose and in Power. He and his wife Dr. Kimberly Nash Alexander have two daughters, Camryn Rene and Carsyn Richelle.

I enjoy talking to fellows about… Leadership, Public Theology, Cultural Translation, Race