Bishop Claude Richard Alexander, Jr.
Senior Pastor, The Park Church
Having accepted the call to ministry at the age of 17 in May of 1981, and prepared himself
graduating from Morehouse College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary, Bishop Claude Richard Alexander, Jr. has sought to serve God and
community. After serving as Pastor of Morning Star Baptist Church in West MiKlin, PA from
1987- 1990, Bishop Alexander answered the call to be the Senior Pastor of The Park Church in
Charlotte, North Carolina in May of 1990. Under his leadership, it has grown into a global
ministry of thousands, with weekly international reach. He has addressed national and
international leaders in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, the
Middle East, and India.
Bishop Alexander is a Past President of the Hampton University Ministers Conference, the
oldest and largest interdenominational gathering of African-American clergy in the United
States. Currently, he serves on the boards of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, BioLogos, the
International African-American Museum, Gloo, and the Trinity Forum. He provides leadership
as chair of the Board of Christianity Today Board of Directors, and as Vice Presiding Bishop of
the Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors.
He is the author of Required: God’s Call to Justice, Mercy and Humility to Overcome Racial
Division coauthored with Dr. Mac Pier, Necessary Christianity - What Jesus Shows We
Must Be and Do, and Becoming The Church - God’s People in Purpose and in Power.
He and his wife Dr. Kimberly Nash Alexander are the proud parents of two daughters, Camryn
Rene and Carsyn Richelle.
graduating from Morehouse College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary, Bishop Claude Richard Alexander, Jr. has sought to serve God and
community. After serving as Pastor of Morning Star Baptist Church in West MiKlin, PA from
1987- 1990, Bishop Alexander answered the call to be the Senior Pastor of The Park Church in
Charlotte, North Carolina in May of 1990. Under his leadership, it has grown into a global
ministry of thousands, with weekly international reach. He has addressed national and
international leaders in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, the
Middle East, and India.
Bishop Alexander is a Past President of the Hampton University Ministers Conference, the
oldest and largest interdenominational gathering of African-American clergy in the United
States. Currently, he serves on the boards of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, BioLogos, the
International African-American Museum, Gloo, and the Trinity Forum. He provides leadership
as chair of the Board of Christianity Today Board of Directors, and as Vice Presiding Bishop of
the Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors.
He is the author of Required: God’s Call to Justice, Mercy and Humility to Overcome Racial
Division coauthored with Dr. Mac Pier, Necessary Christianity - What Jesus Shows We
Must Be and Do, and Becoming The Church - God’s People in Purpose and in Power.
He and his wife Dr. Kimberly Nash Alexander are the proud parents of two daughters, Camryn
Rene and Carsyn Richelle.