Odis Braxton

An ordained Baptist minister and educator who has served in Memphis. TN, Cambridge, MA, Brooklyn, NY and Baltimore, MD., Odis Braxton, Jr. is currently the Pastor of City of Hope Baptist Church In Baltimore, MD. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at Loyola University, teaching introductory courses in Religion.

Odis has labored tirelessly in preaching, teaching, and designing curricula stressing the cognitive, social and ethical agency of historically oppressed peoples, and, as an activist, he has organized seminars and symposiums that provided dialogue toward change between religious/academic institutions and their proximate underprivileged communities.

As a scholar, Odis is interested in religious ethics and he explores critical understandings of the wider social scientific and historical approaches to the study of religion in general, and the Black Church in particular.

Specialties: Program Management, Project Management, Six Sigma

Education

• Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (2012 — 2012)
• M.A Howard University (2007 — 2009)
• M.Div Union Theological Seminary (2005 — 2007)
• Princeton Theological Seminary (2004 — 2007)
• BBA McKendree University (1987 — 1989)
• BS The University of Memphis (1978 — 1982)
• Harvard Business School

Companies

• Board Member Connelly School of the Holy Child (2018)
• Associate Professor Fuller Theological Seminary (2017)
• Chairman The Foundation (2012)
• Senior Pastor City of Hope Baptist Church (2008)
• Partner OBM (2004)
• Rev. City of Hope Church (2010 — 2017)
• Implementation Manager UNDP (2002 — 2004)
• Sr. Project Manager Ford Motor Company (2001 — 2002)
• Spouse Harvard Business School (2000 — 2001)