Dartanyan T. Jamerson

Dartanyan T. Jamerson, a native of Flint, MI., has been teaching, preaching, and serving all generations of the church and his local community for 25+ years.

He currently serves the Montgomery Community Church in Cincinnati, OH as the Next Generation and Family Life Pastor where he provides spiritual development and pastoral leadership for families and also for babies through congregants 30 years old. He also serves as the General Overseer of Children and Youth for the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International. He’s the author of “Call Me Ishmael, Defying the Odds”, as well as the Founder, CEO, and Lead Thinker of LBD Legacy Consulting, LLC where he has helped secure more than $50 Million in grant funds for non-profits, faith-based, local, state, and federal organizations.

He has 20+ years of Workforce & Economic Development, Grant writing, and organizational leadership experience. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for The Salvation Army of Greater Cincinnati, Compassionate Justice of Cincinnati, and The Bishop Odis A. Floyd Foundation in Flint, MI.

He holds an Associate of Arts, Bachelor’s of Science, from Grace Bible College, and a Master’s Degree, from Grace Christian University, and he is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The strength of my name, the realness of my life’s struggles, and my purpose to be great in Him are what developed The Heart of This Black Man.