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Pastor's Bio

Pastor Miller is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is the son of the late Herbert Miller Sr. and Brenda Gordon Miller. Rev. Miller received the call to preach while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was serving at Redeemer Missionary Baptist Church. He served as a member of the Deacon board, Youth Minister, and co-coordinator of the Men's Fellowship. He taught Adult and Youth Sunday School, Adult and Youth Bible Study, and fulfilled counseling and preaching duties at the pastor’s request.

Rev. Miller was called to First Baptist Church of Lexington, North Carolina in October of 2004. Under his leadership, First Baptist saw its membership grow from approximately 50 members to over 400 members. Pastor Miller believes that ministry happens not only inside the church, but outside the church as well. 

While serving as pastor of First Baptist Church, Rev. Miller worked to unite the church and the community. His outreach included community officials, schools, other churches, pastors, etc. He was successful in bringing the Mayor of Lexington, City Planner, and the Executive Directors of all the community agencies associated with housing together to form a Housing Coalition.

Rev. Miller, also oversaw the completion of an extensive building/remodeling project for First Baptist Church. This project included: Remodeling the sanctuary; a new roof on the sanctuary; installation of a new sound system; resurfacing the parking areas; removing the administrative offices from the old wing and remodeling it for the First Baptist Child Development Center, increasing their capacity and providing additional jobs in the community, and updated equipment and playground facilities; Building a new administrative wing that houses the pastor’s office, the administrative office, board room, lounge, and two unisex bathrooms. First Baptist Church was blessed to be able to complete this project in the midst of an economic downturn. 

Dr. Miller also led the church in forming a non-profit organization, The Village Economic & Community Development, LLC. The focus of this organization is job-creation and developing human capital, while fostering economic development and growth.

Prior to his assignment at First Baptist Church, Dr. Miller united with Union Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in May of 1999.  He eventually became the Ministry Assistant (Assistant Pastor) under the leadership of Dr. Sir Walter Mack Jr. At Union he assumed many responsibilities. Some of his duties included: ministerial training, diaconate training, counseling, preaching, teaching, Christian education, New Members Orientation, Missions and Evangelism Department, food and clothing bank, and many other pastoral duties at the request of the pastor.

He and his wife Veronica are the former publishers of the only African-American newspaper in Davidson County. The Voice of African-Americans in Piedmont and Vicinity is currently distributed in Lexington, Thomasville, Mocksville, Salisbury, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point and other surrounding cities.

Dr. Miller is a much sought after preacher and has preached internationally in Boi Cayman, Haiti and Port au Prince, Haiti. He is a member of the Minister’s Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity and the Lexington Community Ministers Conference.  He has previously served as Adjunct Professor at Carolina Christian College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as Adjunct Professor at Davidson County Community College, on the Board of Trustees for United Cornerstone School of Divinity in Thomasville, North Carolina, where he also served as Adjunct Professor, on the Board of Trustees for Aids Care Services of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and on the Board of Management for the Winston Lake YMCA. 

He currently serves as the Site Director and Professor at Apex School of Theology, Winston-Salem Site, Mentor Faculty at United Theological Seminary, Dayton Ohio, and Board of Directors for the Village Economic & Community Development Board of Directors.

He has previously served on the J. Smith Young YMCA Board of Directors, Edward C. Smith Civic Center Board of Directors, Family Services of Davidson County Board of Directors, the Lexington Planning Board and Board of Adjustment, the Wake Forest Baptist Health Lexington Medical Center Board of Directors and City Council of Lexington, North Carolina.

Dr. Miller graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Religion and Philosophy from Shaw University. He was a member of the National Dean's List and the Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society.  He earned his Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University Divinity School where he served as the president of AKONI, an organization comprised of African American seminarians attending the university.  He earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. His dissertation was titled Developing a Transformative Model of African American Fatherhood From A Biblical Perspective.

Rev. Miller accepted the call as pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle in September of 2015. He is also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and is married to the lovely Veronica Miller.  They have six children: Herbert, Wilbert, Faith, Malachi, Amaya, and Jemareon.