Keith
Norman is the Pastor of First Baptist Church, located
in the Binghampton community of Memphis, Tennessee. He
is the shepherd of a ministry that is dedicated to serve
a predominantly African-American community in transition,
which is targeted for revitalization in housing, education,
and crime prevention. FBC has a long history of service
to this community.
Pastor
Norman has been successful in implementing an on-going
campaign of community revitalization and strategic planning
for future generations of FBC, including the completion
of a $2 million Multi-Purpose Family Life/Worship Facility.
The latest undertaking of this vision-inspired ministry
is the purchase and renovation of a 50,000-square-foot
abandoned building, ultimately to be known as The H.O.P.E.
Zone (Haven of Perfective Empowerment). Upon completion,
The H.O.P.E. Zone will be dedicated to Christian education,
senior living, temporary housing for the homeless and
other much-needed ministry and services for the people
of God and the community at large.
In
addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Norman is a much-sought-after
guest speaker, evangelist, and lecturer, who has an extensive
speaking schedule throughout the United States. In 2006
he was chosen to join a group of ministers from various
areas of the United States to participate in a revival
in Guyana, South America. Pastor Norman has also received
invitations to minister in Jamaica and The West Indies
in 2007. In 2008, he toured Patmos, Ephesus, Delphi, Thessaloniki
and Athens where he taught and preached. He is the founder
and principal officer of GREATER WORKS Inc., a ministry
with emphasis in organizational management aimed at empowering
the church into action and optimum service to the community.
He is the past Chairman of the Shelby County Democratic
Party. He is a member of the Memphis Baptist Ministers
Association, NAACP, National Baptist Convention of America,
and The More Excellent Way Foundation, Inc. He is the
past state president of the Tennessee Baptist Missionary
and Education Convention and past Dean of Christian Education
for the Greater Memphis Sunday School and Nurture for
Baptist Churches Congress. He also served as an Obama
Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, is
currently a member of Leadership Memphis Class of 2009,
and was an instructor for the West Africa Theological
Seminary Masters Program in Lagos, Nigeria in September
2009. In 2009 he completed training for the Critical Incident
Stress Debriefing Training and now serves as a Chaplain
with the Law Enforcement Chaplains Corps of the Shelby
County Sheriff’s Department.
A graduate of Morehouse
College (1987), Pastor Norman has completed the Institute
of Church Administration and Management Program at the
Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) (2004). He
has received honors and studied community revitalization
and church/corporate partnerships at Harvard Divinity
School (2006) and was invited to study Global Missions
at the University of Zimbabwe (2008).
He is a native
Memphian, son of Monroe and Zella Cathey, husband of Alicia
Yvette White Norman, and father of four children –
Keith, KeAsia, Keenan, and Kiara.
Contact Pastor Norman by phone at (901) 323-2429
or (901) 791-0198 or by e-mail at PastorKeith4@aol.com.
