Reverend A.A. Dicks, Jr.

The Reverend A.A. Dicks, Jr. is a native of Columbia, SC and is married to the former Miriam Denise Perryman. They have three beautiful children: two daughters Devin Sabrae` Escalera and Kennedy Morgan Dicks, and one son A. A. Dicks III.

Rev. Dicks earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, NC. He has since earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as a Master of Arts in Religion, with an emphasis in Theological Studies, from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.

During his matriculation at NC A&T State University, Rev. Dicks answered the call to preach and delivered his initial sermon. He was licensed on March 29, 1998 and was later ordained on May 23, 1999 at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, where his father Reverend A. A. Dicks, Sr. is the pastor.

In February 2001, Pastor Dicks began pursuing a career as a school teacher while developing his ministry gift at the MEETING Place Church International in Columbia, South Carolina- Bishop Eric J. Freeman, Senior Pastor. During his ten year tenure at the Meeting Place Church he has served as Youth Pastor, Assistant to the Pastor, Pastor of Staffing and Operations, and finally as the Executive Pastor.

Pastor Dicks has also served as the Associate Director of Admissions at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He is the first African American to hold this position at the 200 year old seminary. Additionally Pastor Dicks facilitated Power Lunch Columbia, an outreach ministry whose mission is to "Bring Worship to the Workplace". Power Lunch is a nationwide movement founded by the Rev. Matthew L. Watley, who began this ministry on September 10, 2001 in Washington, DC. The movement has since grown and is now held in Atlanta, Columbia, Baltimore, and a host of other cities across the U.S.

Pastor Dicks continues to grow and flourish in faith, while helping others discover God's plan for their lives. With all that God has done in Rev. Dicks' life He continues to do more. During the summer of 2011, Pastor Dicks was called to serve the Cedar Grove Baptist Church of Simpsonville, SC as Senior Pastor. This is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. Pastor Dicks strongly believes that God has placed him in this world to increase the quality of life and standard of living of individuals and families by the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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