GRAMBLING, LA – Grambling State University’s first Ministers Conference will open Wednesday with a worship service led by Pastor Darrell White. The service will be held at 6 p.m. in the Nursing Building. The public is encouraged to attend.

Pastor White is the pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., and a 1981 graduate of Grambling. While at Grambling, he joined Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and would like to personally invite his fellow Alpha Phi Alpha brothers to attend the service.

About Pastor White: The Reverend Dr. Darrell Keith White is a native of Louisiana and represents the fourth generation of Baptist ministers in his family. His undergraduate work was completed at Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology. In acknowledgement of his calling from the Lord, he matriculated to the Virginia Union University School of Theology in Richmond, Virginia, and obtained a Master of Divinity degree. Recognizing the need for further education in ministry, Dr. White attended the Presbyterian School of Christian Education and earned a Master of Arts degree in Christian Education. He is also the recipient of an earned Doctorate in Ministry from Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C. Dr. White was awarded a certificate in Church Business Administration from The Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary, in cooperation with the National Association of Church Business Administration (NACBA). He is also a 2012 graduate of Leadership Fairfax.

Dr. Darrell K. White was licensed to preach the gospel in August 1983 at the New Hope Baptist Church of Welsh, Louisiana, and was ordained in August 1984 at the Israelite Missionary Baptist Church of Crowley, Louisiana. In 1986, Dr. White was called to the pastorate of the Baptist Liberty Church in King William, Virginia. Under his leadership, the church grew spiritually and physically in the name of the Lord. In 1990, the Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia extended the call to Dr. White to become the Assistant to the Pastor and the Minister of Christian Education, full-time.

For more information about the Minsters Conference, visit http://www.gram.edu/news/?p=393. For more information about Pastor White, visit http://www.bethlehemofalexandria.org/pastor/.

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