H. Beecher Hicks Jr.

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, H. Beecher Hicks, Jr. is the progeny of a family of educators, preachers, preaching and the Lord’s Church. Licensed and ordained by the Mount Olivet Church of Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Hicks, diligently honed his skills in homiletics at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, NY (D. Min.) and his leadership and business skills at the George Washington University School of Business in the District of Columbia (MBA). Hicks’ ministry has spanned over fifty years and included the pastorate of four congregations – Mumford, New York, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Houston, Texas, and for thirty-seven years, Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington D. C.

As to work in the academy, Dr. Hicks has served as Adjunct Professor of homiletics at several notable schools, including Howard University School of Divinity, United Theological Seminary, University of Chicago, and Colgate Rochester Divinity School. In the year 2015, the Wesley Theological Seminary designated Dr. Hicks as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Homiletics.

As to preaching, his voice has been heard in storefronts, chapels, college campuses, churches and Cathedrals across the globe. In the year 2000, the Baptist World Alliance selected this preacher to deliver the keynote address for its conference in Melbourne, Australia, an audience from nations around the globe. In 2010 the E. K Bailey Expository Preaching Conference honored Dr. Hicks as a Living Legend among preachers of this generation. Selected by his peers, Dr. Hicks was honored as Conference Preacher for the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference, an annual conference of over ten thousand delegates. Annually, Dr. Hicks has been invited to preach for the Services at Rankin Chapel, Howard Divinity School. Most recently Dr. Hicks has been invested with the honorary doctor of Humane Letters from Morehouse College of Atlanta, Georgia.

He has been married to the former Elizabeth Harrison for 53 years and together they are the parents of H. Beecher, III., Ivan Douglas Hicks (Indianapolis, Ind.), and Kristin Elizabeth (Mitchellville, Md.). For more information, please visit hbeecherhicksministries.com.