Delman L. Coates (born January 13, 1973) is an American
Christian minister. He is senior pastor of
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch located in Clinton, Maryland. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA.
History
The church was founded in 1981 by Reverend Robert A. Samuels.
Since 2004, Reverend Delman Coates ...
, a
megachurch
A megachurch is a church with an unusually large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities, usually Protestant or Evangelical. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research defines a megachurch as any Protestant C ...
located in
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the Civil War. The population of Clinton was 38,760 at the 2020 cen ...
, since 2004.
Coates is founder of the Our Money Campaign, an economic justice campaign launched in May 2019. He is founder of the Black Church Center for Justice & Equality. Coates is a board member of the National Action Network.
Early life and education
Coates was born on January 13, 1973, in
Richmond, Virginia. He has one sister. Coates obtained his B.A. in Religion in 1995 from
Morehouse College and his Master of Divinity from
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, gov ...
in 1998. He also attended
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, receiving his Master of Philosophy in Religion in 2002 and his Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity in 2006).
Ministry
In 2004, he became senior pastor of
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch located in Clinton, Maryland. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA.
History
The church was founded in 1981 by Reverend Robert A. Samuels.
Since 2004, Reverend Delman Coates ...
, a
megachurch
A megachurch is a church with an unusually large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities, usually Protestant or Evangelical. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research defines a megachurch as any Protestant C ...
located in
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the Civil War. The population of Clinton was 38,760 at the 2020 cen ...
.
Politics
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...
member
Heather Mizeur
Heather R. Mizeur ( ; born December 6, 1972) is an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from January 10, 2007 to January 14, 2015, representing the 20th district in Montgomery County, Maryland. She was a ca ...
named Coates as her running mate in the
2014 race for governor.
Published articles
*"And the Bible Says: Methodological Tyranny of Biblical Fundamentalism and Historical Criticism" in Blow the Trumpet in Zion (2004)
* "Towards a Progressive Christian Interpretive Praxis" in The African-American Pulpit (2004)
* "Origen of Alexandria" in Union Seminary Quarterly Review (vol. 59:3-4, 2005)
Coates wrote an essay titled “The New Abolitionism: Monetary Reform and the Future of Civil Rights” which appears in the book ''Mr. President: Interfaith Perspectives on the Historic Presidency of Barack H. Obama'' (2017).
References
External links
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church*
https://www.instagram.com/iamdelmancoates/
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1973 births
African-American Baptist ministers
Baptist ministers from the United States
People from Clinton, Maryland
Living people
Columbia University alumni
Morehouse College alumni
Harvard Divinity School alumni
Philosophers of religion
Baptists from Maryland
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people