Rev. Dr. L. Ronald Durham, our Senior Pastor, has been preaching since age 17, when he was licensed by Rev. Dr. T. H. Alexander of Union Baptist Church, Passaic, NJ.

Pastor Durham is a graduate of Shaw University (Raleigh, NC) and Evangel Christian University (Monroe, LA). Greater Friendship is Pastor Durham's third pastorate in 39 years of ministry (First Baptist Church - Washington, NJ; First Mt. Zion Baptist Church - Newark, NJ). He is an author (Townsend Press Commentary, Baptist Layman, (The Secret Power of Prayer), educator (NBC congress of Christian Education), and community leader (Daytona Beach Black Clergy Alliance.