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833 Dr. Gardner C. Taylor Boulevard
(Formerly Marcy Avenue)
Between Madison Street and Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone (718) 622-1818
Fax (718) 857 – 1638 |
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Rev. Dr. Garner C. Taylor, Senior Pastor Emeritus
The Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, a native of Louisiana, was educated at Leland College and Oberlin Graduate School of Theology.
Before becoming the 9th Pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Dr. Taylor served as the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church of Elyria, OH; Beulah Baptist Church of New Orleans, LA; and Mount Zion Baptist Church of Baton Rouge, LA. |
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Renowned for his dynamic preaching, Time Magazine termed him the “Dean of Black Preachers” in 1980. His reputation as a masterful preacher and lecturer has earned him many honors. He has received honorary doctorates from Colgate University, Wake Forest University, Howard University, Tuskegee University and Albright College. The Republic of Liberia honored him with the title of Knight Commander, Order of African Redemption. In 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Dr. Taylor the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Dr. Taylor has made several national and international appearances. He has preached on National Radio Pulpit, at Easter Dawn Service at Radio City Music Hall, in England and Scotland at the Auspices of the British Council and the National Council of Churches; in South Africa, the Republic of China, Denmark, Zambia and Malawi. A lecturer in the area of homiletics, Dr. Taylor has been invited to teach at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Union Theological Seminary, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary and several others.
Dr. Taylor has authored How Shall They Preach?; The Scarlet Thread: Nineteen Sermons; and We Have This Ministry: The Heart of the Pastor’s Vocation (with Rev. Samuel D. Proctor). Some of his sermons form the collection -- The Words of Gardner Taylor, Volumes 1-6. He has also been featured in several works about preaching including: The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching Augustine to the Present; The Preacher King; The End of Words (Richard Lischer); Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching (ed. By William H. Willimon and Richard Lischer); and A Call to Greatness: The Founding of the Progressive National Baptist Convention (William D. Booth).
Recently, Dr. Taylor appeared on the PBS series “Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.” The segment highlighted the ministry of this great preacher and leader. It can be seen at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week951/
profile.html#resources
Upon retiring from the pulpit of The Concord Baptist Church of Christ in 1990, Dr. Taylor was honored by the congregation with the title of “Senior Pastor Emeritus.”
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