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Pastor Marvin E. Davis, a native of Madera, California, accepted Christ as Savior and was baptized at the young age of four. Studying under Pastor Naaman N. Haynes as well as his own father, Morris L. Davis, the young Marvin gained a solid foundation in the Christian faith. In 1983, at the young age of 17, he received a call to preach. In response to the call, he pursued formal religious training, studying under his mentor, the late Dr. Emerett Roland, professor of theology at Conroe College and former pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Merced, California. Licensed to preach in 1984, Pastor Davis preached his first sermon at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Madera. Twenty-one people accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior that afternoon. Five years later, he was ordained by the Reverend Chester Riggins and Pastor Morris L. Davis. Earning the distinction of class valedictorian, Marvin graduated with honors from Conroe College, with a bachelor’s degree in theology. He went on to organize Grace Community Missionary Baptist Church in 1989 in Fresno, California. From just six members 20 years ago, the church has since grown into one of the leading, thriving Baptist churches in California’s Central Valley. Over the past 25 years, Pastor Davis has preached and taught throughout the United States as well as at city-wide revivals in San Diego, San Francisco, and other cities throughout the state of California and the Nation. He has actively participated in mission work in Uganda and Jamaica. He served on the board of WHW under the leadership of close friend Dr. R.A. Williams, Dr. George Waddles, and also his pastor, Dr. Frank Ray, Sr. of Memphis, Tennessee. Today he serves as Vice President for the California United Baptist State Convention under President Dr. J. Roy Morrison. Under the leadership of Dr. Steven Thurston, he also serves on the foreign mission board for the National Baptist Convention of America. Most recently, he was elected Vice President of the California First Northern/Central District Congress. Pastor Davis has made it a personal goal to stay up to date with the modern technological age. In doing so Pastor Davis has become one of the premier online preachers and teachers, with over 100 bible study and sermon videos. His “YouTube” and” FaceBook” audience is now worldwide. Pastor Davis believes his mission to get “The Whole Word, to the Whole World”. Pastor Davis has been preaching through the Bible at Grace Community Church for over 20 years. His sermons make God’s word understandable, accessible, and applicable to the everyday lives of his parishioners. He preaches with clarity, passion, and veracity, and not a week goes by that people do not grow in personal faith and knowledge of God’s word. Week by week, Pastor Davis walks the congregation through a few verses at a time. His expository sermons open not only windows into scripture, but doors that listeners walk through to bask in God’s marvelous light.

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