Rev. Dr. James F. Miller
Senior Pastor, DuPage AME Church
Lisle, Illinois
Dr.
James F. Miller, the son of the late Presiding Elder Roy L. Miller and the
late Dr. Evelyn Davis Miller, is the Senior Pastor of DuPage AME Church, Lisle,
Illinois. “Pray the Lord of the Harvest to send forth laborers . . .”
He has pastored three churches: Turner Memorial, Chicago; Greater St. Paul, Chicago and DuPage, Lisle, with an emphasis on personal spiritual growth and church evangelism. Since October 1989 he has led DuPage in increasing membership from 150 to nearly 2300 and in building a $5 million worship facility. Dr. Miller is the author of
Go Build A Church: Spiritual Administration for
Growth.
“The spirit of the Lord is upon me . . .” is reflected in his
ministry.
Dr. Miller serves as: 4th District Christian Education Director, an Adjunct
Professor at Wheaton College in Black Church History, Vice-Chairman of the
Chicago Conference Board of Trustees, Secretary of the Finance Committee of the
Chicago Conference, North District Statistician, Chairman of the Board of
R.E.A.C.H. Ministries
(a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization), and a member of the General
Board of the AME Church. He is a life member of the NAACP and Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc.
He has taken seriously the words, “study to show thyself approved.”
Dr. Miller earned his B.A. degree from Morris Brown College, a Masters of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry, both from McCormick Theological Seminary. He is an ordained Itinerant Elder in the AME Church.
He is married to the Rev. Lana Parks Miller and together they have four adult children; Morgan, Jimal, Ashley, and Preston.
|