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The Rev. Dr. Joseph L. Napier, Sr., is the Pastor of Ward Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois. He has served this church since January 1993. He is known as a Dynamic Pastor/Teacher & Revivalist.

Part of his Christian Pilgrimage of Service:

It starts with a call to preach the Gospel in 1972, to which he ran from, until he could run no further. There at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church of Alachua (Bland) Florida, he yielded to this awesome call. Under the tutelage of the Rev. Dr. R. L. Wright, Pastor of Greater New Hope, he began the intense study of God’s Word. Licensed to preach in October of 1973, were he became Assistant to the Pastor, while serving as Executive Secretary of the Lake City NAACP. and Attending Lakeland Seminary and developing a hunger and thirst for the Word, as well as learning to what ministry was all about from Dr. C.K. Steele of Tallahassee, Florida. He was Ordained in 1974 by Dr. George W. Clark, Moderator. Later, this same year, he is led of God back to Chicago, IL, as he would proudly say ‘the city of my birth’. God was getting him ready. (For Us)

•	The Churches in Illinois, that prepared and shaped Pastor Napier for service: •	St. Mark MBC, Chicago, IL Associate to Dr. C. B. Grooms, Pastor •	Greater First Baptist Church, Chicago, IL. Sunday School bus Driver, Teacher and Director of the B.T U. assistant to the Pastor, Rev. Dr. W. H. Foster, who Introduced him to the larger work of Christian Education and the rest is the fruit enriched in Christian Service. •	Pathway Baptist Church, Chicago, IL Director of Christian Education, Asst. to, Dr. J.L. Hudson, Pastor. •	New Home Baptist Church, Chicago, IL Instructor of the Church School Teachers and faithful aide to Rev. Dr. Mack McCollum, Pastor, who remains his Pastor, mentor, confidant, friend and beloved cousin.

Most Notable about Dr. Napier, is his ability to teach God's Word. A skill developed over the years through his teaching in many of the Leadship Schools and worshops in the Illinois, as well as countless cities across the United States, as a certified instructor of the National Baptist Convention USA's Sunday School Publishing Board. Christian Education has another jewel, among it's many gifted teahers. In the African American Baptist Church, Pastor Napier, is surley one of the best. Unique, is the way, he is able to take the bibical information and make it come alive, that leds to transformation of student of the Word.

Churches Pastored •	Chicago Loop Church and Ministry, Chicago, IL. •	Second Baptist Church, Wheaton, IL. •	New Covenant Baptist Church, Wheaton IL. •	St. Peter Baptist Church, Chicago, IL. •	Ward Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago, IL (Present)

•	A Board Member At Large of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., He has held the position of Chairman of the Ministers’ Division of Operation PUSH. Profile President of the Galilee Baptist District Congress of Christian Education 2nd Vice President, DuPage County N. A. A. C. P. 2nd Vice Moderator of West Suburban Baptist District Association General Secretary of the Westside Baptist Ministers Conference Secretary of the Voice of the Westside Ministers Alliance Lecturer and Instructor for the United Baptist State Convention - Congress of Christian Education; Chairman of the 128 Church Pastoral Committee, of the Wentworth Police District CAPS Program. Chairman of The March Committee of the Greater Chicago Committee Against Police Brutality. Past Director of Finance for the Salem Baptist District Association; First Vice President of the Salem Baptist District Congress of Christian Education. Former President of the Salem Baptist District Congress of Christian Education. Former President of the Board of Directors for the Illinois One Church One Child Adoption! Foster Care Program. •	Lecturer and Instructor for the Baptist General State Convention - Congress of Christian Education; •	Instructor of the Old Testament Prophets and Their Message, of the National Baptist Convention Congress of Christian Education. President/Chairman of the Concern Citizens to Our Schools.

Authored three textbooks to be published in October 2009, on the Pauline Letters Teaching Work Book, God’s Benediction and The Prophets and Their Message Study Guide. He has conducted numerous workshops on these subjects in local Churches, District Associations and State Conventions, throughout the country. Pastor Napler is recognized nationally for his Dynamic Teaching and Preaching of God’s Word. In the community where he serves, he is viewed as a man of compassion and concern for the young and old. He is a born again child of God, called to Preach the Word to every creature. 37 Years of Ministry and counting! His Commitment to Christ: ‘To Serve This Present Age, My Calling To Fulfill’