Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference logo with silhouette of a thinker against an orange circle
Invest Now
Solid dark red color background for design inspiration

Board Leadership

Solid orange color background

Bishop Leah D. Daughtry

Chairperson, SDPC, Inc.
National Presiding Prelate
The House of the Lord Churches
Brooklyn, NY

Board of Trustees

Woman wearing a colorful necklace with smile, black background

Rev. Dr. Danielle Ayers

Friendship-West Baptist Church
Dallas, TX

Rev. Traci Blackmon

Faith Out Loud
Florissant, MO

Smiling woman in yellow and black traditional attire with braids

Dr. Iva E. Carruthers

General Secretary Emerita
and Co-Founder
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Conference, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Smiling man in suit with gray beard on black background

Dr. Forrest E. Harris, Sr.

President Emeritus

American Baptist College

Nashville, TN

Professional portrait of a man in a suit with a paisley tie against a black background

Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III

SDPC Co-Founder and
Senior Pastor

Friendship-West Baptist Church

Dallas, TX

Smiling woman in business attire with braided hair

Rev. Shantell Hinton

Winthrop Rockefeller

Little Rock, AR

Smiling older man with gray beard wearing a dark collared shirt

Rev. Dr. Earl B. Mason, Sr.

Senior Pastor

Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace

Tampa, FL

Smiling man in glasses and suit portrait

Rev. Dr. Joe Samuel Ratliff

Pastor Emeritus

Brentwood Baptist Church

Houston, TX

Portrait of a smiling woman in glasses and a floral blouse

Dr. Teresa Smallwood

United Lutheran Seminary

Philadelphia, PA

Smiling woman with blonde hair and black jeweled top

Rev. Dr. Gina Marcia Stewart

Senior Pastor

Christ Missionary Baptist Church

Memphis, TN

Smiling man wearing glasses and a colorful patterned scarf

Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

SDPC Co-Founder and Pastor Emeritus

Trinity United Church of Christ

Chicago, IL

Elderly man in a suit looking upwards

Rev. Dr. Larry Murphy

SDPC Historiographer,

Professor Emeritus, Garrett Evangelical

Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL