2022 MLK Service

Speaker Features

Rev. Warren Williams

Rev. Warren D.Williams is a 1994 graduate of the University of Alabama, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and graduated summa cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree from hood Theological Seminary in 2015. He is currently the pastor of Petty’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Bessemer, Alabama. Rev. Williams is married to the former Martha J. Young and is the father of four children as well as the grandfather of seven.

Min. Jerome kyles

Educator, performer, recording artist, minister and entrepreneur, Jerome Kyles has been challenging the traditional archetype of a musician, teacher and artist for over thirty years. 

A professionally touring pianist and music director by the age of 10, Kyles is a vocalist and instrumentalist, proficient in gospel, opera, jazz, and contemporary music. He is a global educator in the art of performance and remains at the vanguard of music ministry.

He served two decades as the Minister of Music at Morning Star Baptist Church in Boston, as well as serving on the faculties of Tufts University, Phillips Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and recently celebrated his 20th anniversary at Berklee College of Music in the Voice Department, with international workshops and performances most recently in Singapore, Colombia, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, India, and Spain.