Our Pastor | First Baptist Church Highland Park

Dr. Henry P. Davis III, Pastor – First Baptist Church of Highland Park

Biography

Since 1982, Dr. Henry Pinckney Davis III has been preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, having been licensed and ordained at the St. Paul Baptist Church of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, under the pastoral leadership of his father, Dr. Henry P. Davis, Jr. His preaching is relevant, challenging, and inspirational. In 2000, Dr. Davis was called to pastor the First Baptist Church of Highland Park in Landover, Maryland. Dr. Davis formerly pastored the Second Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem, New York (1993-2000), and the Community Baptist Church in Lakehurst, New Jersey (1988-1993).

Ministry and Leadership

Dr. Davis leads a “Bible Believing, Christ Centered & Spirit Led Congregation” with an active membership of over 3,000 Disciples who are engaged in Kingdom Building through more than 80 ministries. The church has five worship assemblies each week with three weekend worship services — Saturdays at 6:30 p.m (Saturday Night Life); Sundays at 8:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., and two on Wednesdays, which we refer to as Wonderful Wednesdays with Jesus, at 12:00 noon is The Power Hour and at 6:45 p.m., which is a time of corporate Prayer, Praise, Worship, and The Word.

First Baptist Church of Highland Park is a progressive and visionary church that has joined with First Baptist Church of Glenarden to form Prince George’s Christian Academy (Pre-K – 8th Grade) Highland Park currently serves as the site of the Upper School (Grades 4-8) and the Lower School (Pre-K – 3rd Grade) is located at 3600 Brightseat Road (Landover). There are also numerous Bible Study groups to grow Disciples in their faith. The church also has a senior citizens center and offers ministries to reach out to the youth, young adults, couples, singles, prisoners, sick, bereaved and widowed. In 2016 the church marched into their new, 20 million dollar plus, worship center.

Educational Background

Dr. Davis, a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, studied at Oral Roberts University, (Tulsa, Oklahoma) later graduated from Norfolk State University, (Norfolk, Virginia) with a B.A. in English; Fairleigh Dickinson University (New Jersey) with a Master of Public Administration; New Brunswick Theological Seminary (New Jersey) with a Master of Divinity (M.DIV.); and United Theological Seminary (Dayton, Ohio) with a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.). Dr. Davis has been the recipient of numerous awards and citations, including being inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College of Atlanta, Georgia in 2007.

Media Presence

He can be seen every Sunday at 6:00 AM EST on CW50 broadcast television and heard every Sunday at 7:00 AM EST, 95.5 FM (www.wpgc.com) and Saturday at 8:00 AM EST on Praise 104.1 FM (www.PraiseDC.com), and live streaming of worship services are available through fbchighlandpark.org and www.streamingfaith.com. On-demand worship services can also be accessed from www.LightSource.com and Streaming Faith On-Demand.

Personal Life

Dr. Davis and his wife Weptanomah have one daughter and one son.