Dr Randolph Honored by Global Academy


(Above: David Randolph is congratulated by James Forbes of Riverside at the Academy.)

Dr. David James Randolph was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the international Academy of Homiletics at a recent meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia. Dr. Randolph teaches for the Center for the Arts, Religion and Education at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Dr. Randolph was cited as a founder of the Academy at Princeton in 1965, author of “The Renewal of Preaching” which was hailed as “revolutionary” and other books, for his teaching at Drew University and the Graduate Theological Union, and his accomplishments as a local pastor and denominational executive. Dr. Randolph was named to the Great Preachers Series in Dallas, Texas after becoming Senior Minister of Christ Church Manhattan in New York City in 1975 and has preached in small churches and major international centers. He expresses gratitude to the Center for the Arts, Religion and Education where he is Professor in Residence of Communications and the Graduate Theological Union. Dr. Randolph says, “I thank the Academy of Homiletics and CARE at GTU for offering a unique community at once scholarly and beloved.” CARE celebrates Dr. Randolph’s 50 years of ministry at the New Way Media Festival in November 2006.