Dr. William E. Flippin
B.A., M. DIV., D. MIN.
Dr. William E. Flippin is a senior pastor, motivator, visionary, leader, mentor, and a "pastor's pastor." A native of Nashville, Tennessee, "the Athens of the South," he was surrounded by institutions of higher education and mentored by those affiliated with those schools, and of course, local area churches.
As early as high school, he was a student leader. This gift has been further manifested throughout his life and ministry.
- President, Student Body, Pearl High School
- Ashland Oil Scholar, Fisk University
- President, National Baptist Student Union Retreat, Fisk University
- Senior Pastor, The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA
- Instructor, National Baptist Congress of Christian Education
- Denominational Staff, Georgia Baptist Convention
- Founder Pearls Of Great Prices Ministries Of Georgia, Inc
- Adjunct Professor, Beulah Heights Bible College
- Benjamin E. Mays Fellow, Emory University
- Martin Luther King Board of Distinguished Preachers, Morehouse College
- Inducted into Historical Black Colleges and Universities Hall of Fame
- Toured Middle East, Greece
- Board of Directors
Appointed by two Georgia Governors to serve on State Board Commissions
The Higher Plain Community Development, Inc.
The Pearl Initiative, Inc.
The Atlanta Victim's Network
RCM Fatherhood Services, Inc.
- Civic and Social Associations
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Fisk Atlanta Alumni Association
100 Black Men of Dekalb County
NAACP, Dekalb County
He is married to the former Sylvia Taylor. They are blessed with three sons whom are all ordained Ministers and a daughter, Sylvia Joi, a high school senior. |