Rev. Kermit Cornell Moss, Sr.

  Pastor Kermit Cornell Moss, Sr. is a graduate of Long Island University-Brooklyn campus, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science.  He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity with a focus in Theology, Youth and Culture.  His research centered primarily on pastoral care of urban African-American young men, Hip-Hop Culture and liberation theologies.  Pastor Moss participated in an extensive internship with Congressman Edolphus Towns 12^th Congressional District – New York as special assistant over housing.  He served as Assistant to the Senior Pastor and Director of Young Adult Ministry at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, which has been at the forefront of faith-based community development in New Jersey.  He was the lead educator for a federally funded program to teach healthy relationships and abstinence until marriage to 5,000 youth in public schools and community organizations throughout Central Jersey.

Pastor Moss spent six months in the Philippines preaching and teaching to over a thousand youth and adults and participated in prison ministry preaching and teaching.  He functioned as Chaplain of The Association of Black Seminarians at Princeton Theological Seminary and has prior experience as an Associate Pastor at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia.  He was a board member of the Zakee Bowser Foundation, the youngest board member of the Rutgers University Protestant Campus Ministries, member of the Franklin Township Interfaith Commission and member of the Franklin Township Youth Initiative.  He has been guest minister, revivalist and conference speaker in churches in Philadelphia, New York City, Houston and throughout New Jersey and Virginia.  He is married to Antoinette Gaboton-Moss who is pursuing a Master of Arts in Christian Doctrine and History in the School of Divinity at Regent University.  Pastor Kermit and First Lady Antoinette have three wonderful children: Kermit Jr., Sebastian, and Chloe.  Pastor Moss has a warm and welcoming manner, a critical mind and prophetic voice, a deep sense of God’s presence, a ready sense of humor and a clear-headed sense of priorities that help him keep family, church and academic pursuits in proper order.