Dr. L. Ronald Durham

BLACKSERMONS.COM was conceived in 1998 by Dr. L. Ronald Durham, who saw the vision to provide busy pastors with powerful life-saving sermons to ignite their own spirit-driven ability.

Dr. L. Ronald Durham began his ministry at the age of 16, was licensed by Rev. T. H. Alexander of Union Baptist Church in Passaic, NJ, and was accepted on full scholarship to Shaw University in Raleigh, NC. He completed his graduate and doctoral work at Evangel Christian University in Monroe, LA, and holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Bethune Cookman Univerity, Daytona Beach, FL.

Dr. Durham is a prolific writer, published author, and a teacher for the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, USA Inc. His book, The Secret Power of Prayer, is in its second printing, and is the bedside devotion book for thousands of pastors and layleaders. He is a writer for the Sunday School Publishing Board of Nashville, TN, the Townsend Press Commentary, the Christian Informer, and he has been published in numerous other venues.

Dr. Durham pastored First Baptist Church of Anderson, NJ for 16 years, First Mt. Zion Baptist Church for 11 years, and is presently the pastor of Greater Friendship Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, Florida.

BLACKSERMONS.COM is a committed support network for pastors and preachers around the world. Sermons are written in several different styles including expository, story-telling (traditional), illustrative (topical), and three-point (alliteration is often used)...that pastors might touch the hearts of the greatest number of souls with the life-saving message of Jesus Christ.