Dr. John M. Perkins
President
John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development
1831 Robinson Street
Jackson, MS 39209
Tel: (601) 354-1563
Fax: (601) 352-6882
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.jmpf.org/

Historical Background of Dr. John M. Perkins

• 1930 Born into a sharecropper's family, New Hebron, MS
• 1947 Moved to Pasadena, CA
• 1947-50 Organizer & Steward, Iron Workers Union
• 1951 Married Vera Mae Buckley
• 1951-53 Armed Services, Korean War
• 1957 Became a Christian
• 1958 Ordained Baptist Minister, Monrovia, CA
• 1960 Moved to Mendenhall, MS
• 1961 Organizer/Pastor, Berean Bible Church
• 1961-1970 Involved in creation of Voice of Calvary Bible Institute, Health Care Center, Leadership Development Program
• 1970 Co-founder, Southern Cooperative Development Fund
• 1972 Moved to Jackson, MS. Organizer/Pastor of Voice of Calvary Fellowship Church. Founder and president, Voice of Calvary Ministries. Initiated and developed programs in Health Care Leadership Development, Thriftco (cooperative discount stores), and P.D.I. (housing renovation).
• 1982 Moved back to Pasadena, CA
• 1982 Founded John M. Perkins Foundation
• 1984 Founded Harambee Christian Family Center
• 1989 Co-founder of the Christian Community Developoment Association (CCDA), Chicago, IL
• 1996 Moved back to Jackson, MS

Present Activities

International author, speaker and lecturer

President, John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development

Chairman of the Board, Christian Community Development Association

Former Board Memberships

• World Vision, U.S.
• Prison Fellowship
• National Association of Evangelicals

Education

• Greenwood Elementary, Lawrence Co., MS (3rd grade dropout)
• Frank Wiggins Vocational School, 1953-56

Honors and Awards

• 1980 Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wheaton College
• 1982 Honorary Doctor of Public Service, Gordon College
• 1983 Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Huntington College
• 1992 Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Spring Arbor College
• 1995 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Geneva College
• 1996 Honorary Doctor of Human Letters, North Park College
• 1998 Honorary Doctor of Education, Belhaven College
• 1972 Ford Foundation Fellow
• 1978, 1979, 1980 - Distinguished Black American
• Black Business Association of Pasadena Humanitarian of the Year
• 1980 Who's Who of International Intellectuals
• 1986 NAACP's Ruby McKnight Williams Award
• 1988 Personalities of America, 4th ed., Barthe's Historical Society
• 1988 American Biographical Institute
• 1980 Mississippi Religious Leadership Man of the Year

Lecturer

• Stanford University, Harvard University, Oxford University, University of Berlin, Howard University, Wheaton University, and over 200 other colleges nationally and internationally

Conference Speaker

• Promise Keepers, Heritage Foundation, Greenbelt Festival (England), Urbana General Session Speaker, National Association of Evangelicals, International Council of Biblical Inerrancy, President's Private Sector Initiative Program, Christian Community Development Association, President Reagan's Task Force on Food Assistance

Author

Magazine contributions include Campus Life, Christianity Today, Decision, Eternity, Family Life, Jet, Lifeline, Moody Monthly, The Other Side, The Quiet Revolution, Sojourners, Time, Charisma, New Man, Policy Review

Books include Let Justice Roll Down (Regal, 1976), A Quiet Revolution (England: Marshall-Pickering, 1976), A Call to Wholistic Ministry (Open Doors Press, 1981), With Justice For All (Regal, 1982), John Perkins: Land Where My Father Died (Regal, 1987), A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (1988), Beyond Charity (Baker Book House, 1993), He's My Brother (Chosen Books, 1994), Resurrecting Hope (Regal, 1995), Today's Heroes: John M. Perkins (Zondervan, 1996), A Time to Heal (Baker, 1997)

Radio and Television: World Vision Telethon, Focus on the Family, 100 Huntley Club (Canada), 700 Club, C-SPAN, ABC World News

Film Productions: Christian Community Development Seminar on video, Building Christian Leaders on Ghetto Earth, Voice of Calvary, Voice of Hope, Breaking America's Poverty Cycle: A Model of Development, Miracle in Mendenhall, John Perkins: Cry Justice (documentary)