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Rev. Dr. John Kinney

Reverend Dr. John Kinney (born April 14, 1947) has served as the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beaverdam, VA since 1977. He is also Dean of The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology and Vice President and Chair of the Commission for Accrediting for the Association of Theological Schools. Rev. Dr. Kinney is a consultant to the American Baptist Association, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, The Baptist Convention of Virginia, and The United States Navy and Army Chaplain Corps.

Early Years Family/Marriage He and his Wife Dr. Quentina are the parents of seven children: Earl, Erika, Erron, Pres, Nathan, Doni and Ricky. Rev. Dr. Kinney has 19 grandchildren.

Education Kinney has a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University of Huntington, WV. He received a Masters of Divinity from Virginia Union School of Theology and a Doctorate from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary.

Career: Public Advocacy and Activism

Rev Dr. Kinney has mentored and trained several pastors in social justice ministry. He has organized donations to sponsor people in Africa and Hurricane Katrina victims. Kinney also organizes the annual church “Change for a Chance” college scholarship fundraiser.

Additionally, he has served as Assistant Professor of Theology-Chicago Theological Seminary; adjunct faculty at Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA; Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VA and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

Public Discourse http://www.alfredstreet.org/videos-on-demand/facing-issues-of-the-church-rev-dr-john-w-kinney-part-1/ https://medium.com/kineticslive-com/rev-dr-john-w-kinney-confronting-hierarchy-and-snakeology-783482a0b899

Honors Among his fellowships and awards are the Rockefeller Doctoral Fellowship; Fellow of the Graduate School, Columbia University; and President's Fellow, Columbia University.

Works https://sojo.net/magazine/february-2015/stop-using-god-justify-abuse https://sojo.net/magazine/february-2015/slippery-slope-snakeology

References External Links

https://www.myebcva.org/ http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2017/feb/10/dr-kinney-retiring-dean-vuus-school-theology/ http://minconf.hamptonu.edu/pages/bio/?id=40&pres