753 Washington Street
High Point, NC 27260
(336) 887-3610
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Dr. Frank Thomas
Our Pastor
Reverend Dr. Frank K. Thomas, a native of Detroit, Michigan, joined the United States Army after completing his secondary education at Henry Ford High School in 1982. He served as a Combat Engineer for 25 years ending his career as the Senior Military Science Instructor at Wake Forest University.
He was most recently the Director of Custodial Services, Facilities and Campus Services at the university. He is a member of the prestigious Sergeant Audie Murphy and Sergeant Morales clubs; a life member of the Association of the United States Army, the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, and the Big Red One (BRO) Society. His military awards are extensive…they include the Meritorious Service Medal and the Corps of Engineers Bronze Order of the de Fluery Medal.
Dr. Thomas accepted his call to the gospel ministry in June 1985 and was ordained in January 1989 at his home church New Jerusalem Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. He received a Master of Ministerial Arts degree from the A.L. Hardy Academy of Theology in Seattle, Washington and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from St. Thomas Christian University in Jacksonville, Florida. During his military career, Dr. Thomas served military congregations in Korea; Fort Lewis, Washington; Aschaffenburg, Germany; Fort Ord, California; and as pastor of congregations in Kosovo and Schweinfurt, Germany. He also served in several ministry capacities within baptist churches in Olympia, Washington and Orange Park, Florida.
Dr. Thomas is currently the Executive Secretary for the Rowan Missionary Baptist Association; the former president of the Ministers Conference of High Point and Vicinity; and a Life Member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He is the 2020 recipient of NCCJ’s Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award. Committed to the community, he formerly served on the Board of Directors with the Piedmont Health Services & Sickle Cell Agency (PHSSCA); High Point Jail Ministry; Shepherd Center of Winston-Salem; and currently with the High Point Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board (2019/20 Chair); Business High Point Foundation; United Way of Greater High Point (2018 Campaign Chair); Board of Visitors at High Point University; Board of Directors of American Heroes of NC; Board of Trustees for Foundation for a Healthy High Point and High Point Medical Center.
He and his wife Mary have three daughters, Alicia, Tiffany and Crystal and are the proud grandparents to three granddaughters, Autumn, Zuri and Amari.
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- First Sunday - Communion
- Sunday School - 9:45 AM EST
- Sunday Morning Worship Service (Except 5th Sunday) - 11:15 AM EST
- Bible Study - Wed @ 6:30 PM EST