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Introduction

During my first visit to the campus of Virginia Union Seminary, I met the dean of the school, the dean of the chapel, and the faculty members. To my surprise, they knew me and the theological icons I had met in my ministry. After being introduced to one of the classes that was taught by one of the homiletics professor and a visit to the beautiful chapel, the suggestion was made that I write about some of the great preachers I have known and those who influenced my preaching.

As I pondered that, I said to them, “All of them were great influences on my life,” and “Certainly, these are not all but they are the ones whose meetings and times spent with left indelible memories. I met them through my father.” I heard and shared special moments while hosting them or sitting at their feet, listening and learning. Blessed as a young boy, not only was I born in the house of a preacher, my father, I grew up on a street where five other preachers lived. Most are included in this writing.

All the ministers included in this brief writing were introduced to me by my father. There are many others, but these are a few of the ministers who greatly influenced me and my generation. I was influenced by John Bishop Huey, Clyde Lewis Oliver, David V. Martin, J. D. Jackson, David Matthews, and L. D. Scott, who said “Son, you are standing on your father’s shoulders, and you are expected to go higher.”