Biography
About Pastor Dennis A Meredith
Pastor Dennis A. Meredith gained his Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from Sanford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In Birmingham, he served at Mount Zion Baptist Church and Sardis Baptist Church Traversing from east to west coast, Pastor Meredith attended graduate school at Golden Gate Theological Seminary, while serving as pastor of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, California.
In the spring of 1994, Pastor Meredith and his family moved to Atlanta, where he took the reigns as Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Since becoming Pastor of Tabernacle, Reverend Meredith has lead in community development by acquiring and restoring over 13 parcels of blighted property in the Old Fourth Ward. For such endeavors, he received the 2004 Local Hero Award, sponsored by Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative.
He has also co-partnered with Lydia Meredith to combat welfare dependency and illiteracy in the neighborhood by establishing Beacon of Hope, a nationally accredited early childhood and school age education program; youth and adult leadership, education, training and employment programs; and family advocacy programs. Pastor Meredith, in another realm of ministry, has spearheaded the “Stop the Hate†campaign, which theoretically places emphasis on stopping self-hate by spiritually and personally affirming “all†person(s) regardless of race, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, and/or physical ability -- in hopes of improving socio-economics in our communities and reducing HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.