Keith
Norman is the Pastor of First Baptist Church, located
in the Binghampton community of Memphis, Tennessee. He
is the shepherd of a ministry that is dedicated to serve
a predominantly African-American community in transition,
which is targeted for revitalization in housing, education,
and crime prevention. FBC has a long history of service
to this community.
Pastor
Norman has been successful in implementing an on-going
campaign of community revitalization and strategic planning
for future generations of FBC, including the completion
of a $2 million Multi-Purpose Family Life/Worship Facility.
The latest undertaking of this vision-inspired ministry
is the purchase and renovation of a 50,000-square-foot
abandoned building, ultimately to be known as The H.O.P.E.
Zone (Haven of Perfective Empowerment). Upon completion,
The H.O.P.E. Zone will be dedicated to Christian education,
senior living, temporary housing for the homeless and
other much-needed ministry and services for the people
of God and the community at large.
In addition to
his pastoral duties, Pastor Norman is a much-sought-after
guest speaker, evangelist, and lecturer, who has an extensive
speaking schedule throughout the United States and abroad.
In 2006, he was chosen to join a group of ministers from
various areas of the United States to participate in a
revival in Guyana, South America. Pastor Norman has also
received invitations to minister in Jamaica and The West
Indies in 2007. In 2008, he toured Patmos, Ephesus, Delphi,
Thessaloniki and Athens where he taught and preached.
In September 2009, he was an instructor for the West Africa
Theological Seminary Masters Program in Lagos, Nigeria.
He is the founder and principal officer of GREATER WORKS
Inc., a ministry with emphasis in organizational management
aimed at empowering the church into action and optimum
service to the community. He is the past Chairman of the
Shelby County Democratic Party; served as an Obama Delegate
to the 2008 Democratic National Convention; and was a
member of the 2009 Leadership Memphis Class. He is a member
of the Memphis Baptist Ministers Association, NAACP, National
Baptist Convention of America, and The More Excellent
Way Foundation, Inc. He is the past state president of
the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Education Convention
and past Dean of Christian Education for the Greater Memphis
Sunday School and Nurture for Baptist Churches Congress.
In 2009 he completed training for the Critical Incident
Stress Debriefing Training and now serves as a Chaplain
with the Law Enforcement Chaplains Corps of the Shelby
County Sheriff’s Department.
A graduate of Morehouse
College (1987), Pastor Norman has completed the Institute
of Church Administration and Management Program at the
Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) (2004). He
has received honors and studied community revitalization
and church/corporate partnerships at Harvard Divinity
School (2006) as well as the Invitation Strategies for
Church and Community Partnership, Wharton School –
University of Pennsylvania.
He is a native
Memphian, son of Monroe and Zella Cathey, husband of Alicia
Yvette White Norman, and father of four children –
Keith, KeAsia, Keenan, and Kiara.
Contact Pastor Norman by phone at (901) 323-2429
or (901) 791-0198 or by e-mail at PastorKeith4@aol.com.
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