First District Missionary Baptist   Association

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First District Missionary Baptist   Association

Established 1863
  • Home
  • About Us
    • What We Believe
    • Our History
    • Our Mission
  • Leaders and Churches
    • Our President
    • Cabinet & Executive Board
    • Departments
    • Churches
    • Affiliates
  • NOLA Baptist Charities
  • Contact Us
  • Forms

Our President

Dr. Samuel Gibbs, Jr., BA, MS, M.DIV. Doctor of Theology


The Presidential Profile

  

Pastor

  Second Baptist 6th. District Forty-One Years

Birth Date

 April 13th

Baptized

 1952

Licensed

April 10, 1977

Ordained

July 16, 1978

Installed

February 28, 1982

Education

     Dillard University, Bachelor of Arts, 1971

        University of Wisconsin (Madison), Master of Science 1976

Preparation

  Union Baptist Theological Seminary Master of Divinity 1981

 Christian Bible College, Doctor of Theology 1999

Offices/ Organizations:  

President, First District Missionary Baptist Association 

 President, Economic Development Corporation

 President, Dr. Samuel Gibbs, Jr. Counseling Firm

Led Church to Build Church in India

Phi Beta Sigma

Accomplishments

 Instructor: Union Baptist Theological Seminary 

 Instructor: Christian Bible College

 Instructor: East Senior High School-Madison, Wisconsin

Instructor: Gregory Junior High School - NOLA

Instructor: Louisiana Baptist State Convention Congress of 

of Christian Education

Instructor: Gregory Junior - Teacher of the Year

Assistant Principal: Livingston Middle School - NOLA

Assistant Principal: Locket Elementary School - NOLA

Assistant Principal: Lawless Senior High – NOLA

Dr. Robert Turner Living Legend Award

Author/Publication-Louisiana Folklore 

First Vice-President- FDMBA

Second Vice-President-FDMBA

Third Vice-President -FDMBA 

Travel

 United States, Canada, Mexico, Jerusalem (Holy Land), 

 Cozumel, Bahamas

Family

 Married to Lillian B. Gibbs

One Son: Samuel J. Gibbs, Married to Taushira Gibbs

 with Two  Sons

(Russell Gardner and Terrell Gardner)

Motto:   “Be Faithful” Revelations 2:10








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