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Rev. Dr. Kirkpatrick CohallThe Reverend Dr. Kirkpatrick Cohall has served as the Senior Pastor of the Lenox Road Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, for the past 28 years. Before his pastoral service, Dr. Cohall worked as a Medical Chemist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Hospital in New York City for over 13 years. He made a bold and courageous change in his career path to fulfill a call to pastoral ministry.

Rev. Cohall is a graduate of New York Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity (MDiv), a Doctor of Ministry (DMin), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Fordham University Graduate School of Education. He served as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, St. John Fisher College, and as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at New York Theological Seminary, where he also taught in the Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Master’s Degree program). Rev. Cohall is the chairman of the SUNY Downstate Health Science University Council and has served on several others, including Anchor House and American Baptist Churches USA. He is a past president of the Board of International Ministries of the American Baptist Churches, overseeing missionaries serving six continents.

Rev. Cohall has exhibited visionary leadership while serving in the community, reflecting the rich diversity in Brooklyn, NY. During the twenty-five years of his leadership, he led the project to rebuild a $6 million worship facility, which includes an educational and recreational complex serving the youth of the Flatbush community. This facility offers an after-school program, summer vacation Bible school, basketball, and other recreational activities geared to keep at-risk youth off the streets. The church has also developed several outreach programs, such as health fairs and marriage and family counseling, geared to the holistic empowerment of the family. Rev. Cohall continues to work closely with community leaders, the police department, and health facilities to address issues such as disparities in health care and a host of social and economic issues facing the community.

Rev. Cohall’s area of specialty is educational leadership and administration. His most recent research is a phenomenological study exploring the causes, effects, and future implications of gentrification on culture, church attendance, and the historic mission of the urban Black church. As a pastor, he continues to explore emerging methodologies in addressing the many social pathologies in urban America and the church's role in addressing these issues.

Rev. Cohall and his wife, Sophia, are the proud parents of two children, Shannon and Kirk

The 24th Annual Prayer Breakfast will be hosted on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm EDT, at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Rev. Dr. Kirkpatrick will speak on Raising the Standard.

Participants can attend the Annual Prayer Breakfast in person or online. Register now. You cannot afford to miss this significant leadership event. 

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