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BIOGRAPHY OF THE REV. DR. DARRELL L. ARMSTRONG, D.Div.
(Honorary), M.Div., Ed.S.-MFT,
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The Rev.
Darrell LaRue Armstrong is only the 3rd Pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church
(Trenton, NJ) in the last 111 years! (ref.
www.ShilohTrenton.org) Shiloh (and it's community development
corporation) is a thriving community of faith rooted in the African American
worship tradition, with a budget of nearly $3M serving nearly 600 families in
the Greater Trenton Community and around the world.
The father of two wonderful teenage children, the
Reverend Darrell L. Armstrong is committed to the notion that strengthening
families is a strategy for preventing child abuse and neglect. Having spent most
of his childhood in foster and kinship care in South Central Los Angeles, he
knows all too well the effects of family disruption and dysfunction.
His professional and personal experiences illustrate his
commitment to cross-sector engagement. In his 20th year of service to his
congregation, he is only the third pastor of the historic Shiloh Baptist Church,
(Trenton, NJ), in the last 115 years! His visionary leadership has propelled
Shiloh to create a “Spiritual Family Empowerment Zone,” a large-scale
neighborhood revitalization and community development effort which projects $50M
in urban investments.
From 2006 to 2009, he served as the director of the Division of Prevention and
Community Partnerships for the NJ Department of Children & Families, where he
oversaw a budget of $100M-plus of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
programs.
He is an entrepreneur, having founded the Institute for Clergy Training, a
research and training agency, which partners with multi-sector agencies on a
variety of topics related to leadership, child and social welfare.
Currently, he serves as a consultant to or board member on several non-profit
organizations which promotes safe, stable, and nurturing families and
communities. This list is inclusive of, but not limited to the following
organizations:
=> Princeton Theological Seminary, where he made history by being
the first non-Presbyterian appointed to the board in the school’s 200-plus year
history.
=> Prevent Child Abuse America, the oldest and most
widely-networked child welfare and family advocacy agency in the United States;
=> Baptist World Alliance, for which he was
appointed the Chief Administrative Officer to the United Nations, representing
his denomination as a global ambassador on various child and family related
issues.
The Rev. Armstrong’s policy training at Stanford University, theological
training at Princeton Theological Seminary, and therapeutic and clinical
training at the College of New Jersey, have uniquely situated him as a respected
voice and leader in the national and international child welfare and family
strengthening communities.
One of his greatest honors was carrying the Olympic torch in December, 2001 in
preparation for the 2002
Winter Olympic Games, which were held in Salt Lake City, UT,
a run he dedicated to America’s children in foster care.
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To invite the Rev. Armstrong to speak/present at your upcoming function or
event, please call
609-240-1234 or email: Prevention@vzw.BlackBerry.net or log onto any of the
following webs:
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