Get to Know Our New Teaching Pastor
REVEREND HURMON EUGENE HAMILTON, JR.
A Brief Biography
Reverend Hurmon E. Hamilton, Jr. was born in San Francisco, California and raised from the age of two in Coushatta, Louisiana as the only child of the Reverend Clarence and Mrs. Ola Batchie Berry. He graduated from Coushatta High School in 1982 and continued his education at Grambling State University (GSU). While at GSU, he became the first student body president in GSU’s history elected to the Louisiana Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities. Reverend Hamilton earned a bachelor’s degree from GSU in philosophy and history, and later a master of divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary. Read more 
Meet Our Leaders: Pastor Tilden Fang
by Joanna Johnson & Shari Thompson
[Volume 4, Issue 4, Fall 2010]
Pastor Tilden Fang (photo: Gordon Kelly)
Pastor Tilden Fang did not intentionally set out to enter vocational ministry, yet his life experiences prepared him for just that.
Pastor Tilden was born in Maryland, the youngest of three children to first-generation Chinese immigrants. His parents were professionals who set high academic standards for their children. Meeting those expectations set into motion Pastor Tilden falsely associating acceptance with achievement. Read more
Meet Our Leaders: Elder Keith Richardson
by Joanna Johnson & Shari Thompson
[Volume 4, Issue 4, Fall 2010]
Elder Keith Richardson (photo: Gordon Kelly)
Elder Keith Richardson says he wouldn’t change anything about his life.
“You have to learn from your mistakes and from the storms in your life,” he says. “If everything were rosy, you wouldn’t develop patience, or endurance, or faith.” Read more
Meet Our Leaders: Pastor Greg Sowle
by Joanna Johnson
[Volume 4, Issue 3, Summer 2010]
Pastor Greg Sowle (photo: Gordon Kelly)
Among Pastor Greg Sowle’s favorite verses is Hebrews 4:12: “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Read more
Meet Our Leaders: Elder Ed Ware
by Joanna Johnson
[Volume 4, Issue 3, Summer 2010]
Elder Ed Ware (photo: Gordon Kelly)
For more than 30 years, Ed Ware has served in leadership at ALCF. He currently holds multiples roles within our church including elder, praise and worship leader, and executive director of Enduring Truth radio ministry. Many would observe that Elder Ed is a humble and prayerful man. No one would suspect that he considers himself shy at heart. Read more
Meet Our Leaders: Pastor Danielle Parish
by Joanna Johnson
[Volume 4, Issue 1/2, Winter/Spring 2010]
Pastor Danielle Parish (photo: Gordon Kelly)
At age 13, Executive Associate Pastor Danielle Parish felt God calling her to become a pastor. While growing up in her home church, she listed all the things she was passionate about in life—telling people about Jesus, singing in the choir, studying and teaching the Bible, and serving the poor—all the things she witnessed her pastor doing. Read more
