Reverend Elijah Gipson-Davis,
Minister of Administration

The Reverend Elijah Gipson-Davis is an anointed preacher, talented scholar, and skilled administrator; serving as the Minister of Administration at the Historic Myrtle Baptist Church of West Newton,Massachusetts where The Reverend Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley is the senior pastor.  

Elijah is a first-year Master of Divinity student at Harvard Divinity School and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Religion with a minor in Leadership Studies from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.  

During his matriculation at Morehouse College, Elijah served on the Committee for Student Life Improvement, as Worship Arts Assistant and Executive Secretary for the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, as Chaplain for the 90th Student Government Association, as Residential Advisor for Charles DuBois Hubert House, and Deputy Director of HouseCorps - a social justice-centered  student initiative housed within the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership. 

Elijah shares research interests in the field of religion in areas of African American and North  American religious cultures, religious ethics, critical theory, pastoral care, and practical theology.  His interests have allowed him to participate in several research projects and exploration  programs at Harvard Divinity School, the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, the Graduate  School at Princeton University, the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and  Howard University. 

Elijah accepted the call to ministry and was licensed and ordained to preach the Gospel at the  New Macedonia Baptist Church of Riverdale, Georgia under the leadership of The Reverend  Gerry T. Anderson. There, he served in the music, youth, and pastoral support ministries. In  addition, Elijah has served at the Zion Baptist Church of Hampton, Georgia as the Interim  Children and Youth Minister, and Pastoral Intern at Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church of Gonzales, Louisiana.