Preaching in a Post-Christian Age Celebration
Preaching in a Post Christian-Age Launch and Celebration
May 6, 2025, 4:30 p.m. ET
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Celebrate and commemorate the launch of our Preaching in a Post-Christian Age Initiative! The in-person and online launch celebration will commence May 6, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. ET in the John Knox Room (Long Hall) on the Pittsburgh Seminary campus.
Generously funded by a grant through the Lilly Endowment, and housed at PTS, the PPCAI exists to resource emerging, middle, and late-career pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders with the necessary sense of community, learning space, and tools to ideate about preaching methods for sharing the Gospel in the current post-Christian age. Learn more about the Rev. Dr. Jennifer L. Carner who serves as the director of the Preaching in a Post-Christian Age Initiative.
The Rev. Dr. William H. Curtis, pastor, teacher, and author, will speak about preaching that resonates in a restless time. Refreshments will be served. Come and be inspired!
Presenter
The Rev. Dr. William H. Curtis
A native of Baltimore, Md., the Rev. Dr. William H. Curtis accepted the call to ministry at the age of 17. For seven years, he served as the senior pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church in York, Pa.; since 1997, he has served Mt. Ararat Baptist Church (Pittsburgh) as the senior pastor. Mt. Ararat is a large urban ministry and ministers to more than 10,000 members in the community with four well-attended weekend services. Mt. Ararat believes in ministry to the whole community, and under the leadership of Dr. Curtis, the church implemented a Community Tithe Program, which returns more than 10 percent of the congregation’s weekly offerings to small churches, para-church ministries, and non-profit organizations. Dr. Curtis continues as an instructor at United Theological Seminary and has graduated several groups of doctoral students at the institution. In tandem with pastoral instruction, he is co-owner of The Church Online, a successful technology and full-service marketing firm that provides concierge services to ministries all over the world. His board relationships are: Amachi Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Sports and Exhibition Authority (PSEA), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, The Ellis School, the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), and the Baptist School of Theology. He has served as president of the Hampton University Minister’s Conference from 2007 to 2011, and in 2024, was invited to serve on the inaugural board of advisors for the Hampton University School of Religion.
In 2016, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf assigned him to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs. Two year later he was elected to serve on the Allegheny County Airport Authority Board. The Allegheny Health Network elected him to serve on their Cancer Institute Advisory Board. Addtionally, Curtis was elected to the Faithlife Corporation Board. United Theological Seminary elected him to serve on the President’s Advisory Council, and in 2023, he was elected to United’s Trustee Board where he served until 2025. In late 2022, he was elected to the Board of Diamond Run Golf Club. His fraternity memberships include: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi, and Jericho Lodge #20. Curtis has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards. In 2009, he was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College. Curtis is the author of FAITH--Learning to Live Without Fear, Dressed for Victory: Putting on the Full Armor of God, Mentor Shift, One Day Closer (a compilation of his mediation during the pandemic shut-in from March 2020 through May 2021), and One Day Closer: Volume 2. Dr. Curtis holds a bachelor's from Morgan State University, a master of divinity from Howard University School of Divinity, and a doctorate of ministry from United Theological Seminary. Dr. Curtis is married to the former Christine Y. Richardson, and they are the proud parents of one lovely daughter, Dr. Houston M. Curtis.
Schedule
This event will begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 5:45 p.m.