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Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, Ph.D.
Jamal-Dominique Hopkins is an ordained Elder of the Church of God in Christ and holds an earned Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Religions and Theology from the University of Manchester (England). A native of Southern California, he has been featured in a number of publications including the Black Voice News and the Tri-State Defender; he was born in the city of Los Angeles, and raised in Pasadena, California where he earned an Associates in Arts degree from Pasadena City College (1993). This same year, Dr. Hopkins was licensed as a minister in the Church of God in Christ. In the fall of 1993, he moved to Washington, D. C. to attend Howard University. At Howard, he was an honors student and became involved in athletics. He graduated from Howard University (cum laude) in 1995, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio/TV/Film Production with a theater minor. After graduation, Dr. Hopkins worked as an inner-city youth Bible study leader and videographer for the Southern Baptist Convention (Nashville, Tennessee). He was part of a traveling team which ministered in various cities throughout the south and east coast.
In 1995, Dr. Hopkins became the religious editor of the Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley Journal Newspaper, and enrolled at Fuller Theological Seminary; at Fuller he went on to earn his Master of Arts degree in Biblical Studies and Theology in 1997. He became the second president of the African-American Seminarian Association at Fuller, and was listed in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” After graduating from Fuller Seminary, he was honored with the “Outstanding Alumni Award” from the Association of Black Employees at Pasadena City College. Subsequently, he was asked to join the Pasadena City College President’s African American Advisory Committee.
In the fall of 2000, Dr. Hopkins and his wife, Makini, moved to Manchester, England with their newly born son, Joshua, where he undertook his Doctorial studies at the University of Manchester. During this time, he served as an associate minister in the Church of God of Prophesy and sat on the board of directors of the Church’s Outreach Project. He served as the coordinator of the Outreach Project’s youth club and supplementary school. Dr. Hopkins completed his doctorial studies in the summer of 2004, wherein he and his family (along with his newly born daughter, Kyla) relocated back to United States.
Dr. Hopkins has taught in the public school system in Pasadena, California, as well as at various colleges and universities which include Pasadena City College, California Institute of Technology, Crichton College, California State University at Los Angeles, Memphis Theological Seminary, California State University at San Bernardino and Azusa Pacific University. In 2005 Dr. Hopkins was honored with the Role Models for Youth Award from Aspires West – Pasadena chapter. This same year he was ordained as an Elder of the Church of God in Christ by Bishop Charles E. Blake. He is a consultant of church growth and development, and the founder of J. D. Institute (www.jdinstitute.org), a public intellectual institute which engages in social and cultural thought from a biblical perspective. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Society for Pentecostal Studies, the COGIC Scholars Fellowship the Obsidian’s Society (wherein he serves on the editorial board for the society’s publication, the Journal of African American Christian Thought), and is a board member of the National Black Evangelical Association (NBEA). Dr. Hopkins is a committed family man of faith and presently serves as an Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia
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