Ministerial Staff

Ministerial leadership of Metropolitan Baptist Church

Dr. Jesse L. Wood

Executive Pastor

Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.

Senior Servant Emeritus

Dr. Sherrill McMillan Duckett

Minister of Counseling and Family Services

Reverend Adriane Blair Wise

Minister of Christian Spiritual Formation

Reverend Kevin Gresham II

Minister of Youth and Young Adults

Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell

Minister of Stewardship & Missions

Administrative Staff

Charles “Chuck” Frink

Facilities Director

Gerry Jangha

Scheduler to the Senior Servant

Kris Hicks

Creative Director

Reverend Tiffany Smith Deans

Human Resources Director

Dr. Robert Trice

Finance Specialist

Chanda Brown-Wilson

Realm Administrator; Praise and Worship Leader

Music and Fine Arts Ministry Staff

Teresa Scott

Ministry Administrator

Branita Griffin Henson

Co-director, Cherub Choir

Shirleen Brown Newman

Co-director, Cherub Choir

Diedre Neal

Director and Choreographer, Magnificat!

Reverend Sylveta Brown

Director, Resounding Praise

Dupor Georges

Director, Joyful Sound and Metropolitan Horns

Brandon Felder

Director, Mighty Men and Consolation Choir

Fred “Trey” Mason III

Director of Music and Arts; under Council of Elders

Reverend Richard Smallwood

Artist-in-Residence

Chanda Brown-Wilson

Realm Administrator; Praise and Worship Leader

Reginald Golden

Director, Holliman Memorial Children’s Choir and Young People’s Choir Co-Director, the Young & Adult Fellowship Ensemble

Chris Suggs

Bass Player

Crystal McKenzie

Violinist

The Council of Servants/Diaconate

Servant B.J. Brooks, Chairwoman
Servant Harry T. Jones, Jr., Esq., Trustee Ministry Chair
Servant Michael D. Lee, Sr., Church Treasurer
Servant Celia M. Washington, Church Clerk

Council of Servants/Diaconate Vice Chairs

Servant Mark J. Smith
Servant Wilma M. Robinson, PhD

Trustee Vice Chair

Servant Norman K. Jenkins

The Council of Servants/Diaconate

Servant Reginald Arno
Servant Michelle Arnold
Servant Claude E. Bailey, Esq.
Servant Kim B. Barnett, PhD
Servant Jonathan K. Branch
Servant Lora M. Brown, Esq.*
Servant Kathleen Bryant
Servant Terri A. Carter
Servant John T. Davis
Servant Larry L. Day, Jr.
Servant Millicent Gorham

Servant George Hall
Servant George J. Hazel
Servant Sharon T. Hilliard
Servant Tina L. Long
Servant Philip Jordan Marion, M.D.
Servant Bonita J. McNeill Martin
Servant Lindsey A. Merritt II
Servant Joseph N. Miree
Servant Chrissie Nash
Servant Linda B. Prom
Servant Ricardo E. Roberts, Jr.*
Servant Adrian Robinson

Servant Paul Robinson, Esq.*
Servant Larry Sampson
Servant Claudine A. Sherwood
Servant Rosemarie E. Singletary*
Servant James A. Taylor, Sr.*
Servant Cherrie Van Hook*
Servant Celia M. Washington
Servant Jeffrey Washington
Servant Ayana Watkins-Northern, PhD
Servant Anthony E. Williams*
Servant Donald Williams

*Trustee

Council of Elders

Coordinator
Elder Deborah Jones

Members

Elder Deacon Dempsey W. Cherry
Elder Diane Day
Elder Reba Diggs
Elder Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
Elder LaNoah Harriston

Elder Elizabeth Harrison Hicks,  D.Min.
Elder Sarah Horne
Elder Joyce Jones
Elder Dorothy Patton
Elder Deacon Charles Perry

Elder Valerie Robinson
Elder Ann Sloan
Elder Catherine White
Elder Elizabeth Weston
Elder Deacon Georgia Whitted