Pastor Dennis E. Blalock is a graduate of the American Baptist College, Jackson, Extension and the Jacksonville Theological Seminary, Jacksonville, Florida. He has received honorary degrees from the Tennessee School of Religion, Memphis, Tennessee and Saint Thomas Christian College, Jacksonville, Florida. He is the senior pastor of twenty-five years of the New St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee and has focused most of his attention on religious education, pastoral counseling and program development. He received his certification of counseling from the National Association of Marriage and Family Counseling from Louisiana Baptist University, Shreveport, Louisiana. He presently serves as President of the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, Inc., is a Member of the Board of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. and Commissioner of the Board of Commissions of the Tennessee Humans Rights Commission. Pastor Blalock has received many awards and honors including recognition as one of the “Outstanding Young Men of America”. He has been married to Mrs. Brenda K. Blalock for 22 years. They have 3 children, Jermaine, Kelsey and Brittany. He strongly believes that his Christian ethics has impacted his potential as a minister, husband, father and leader.