Kenneth Q James

Will You Maintain Quietness? The Extraordinary Vow of an Ordained Elder in Ordinary Life. Kenneth Q James

The Reverend Dr. Kenneth Q. James is a native of New York City. He is the second son of three children born to the late Earl M. and the late Joan E. James. Reverend James was educated in the New York City public schools, is a graduate of Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1980 with honors; and Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1984, and earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury in May, 2006. Dr. James was ordained by the late Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw in 1978, and was ordained an Elder in the A. M. E. Zion Church by the late Bishop Ruben L. Speaks in 1984. He has served churches in North Carolina and New York, currently as pastor of Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church in Rochester, New York. Dr. James is the Director of Evangelism for the Western New York Annual Conference, Secretary of the Western New York Annual Conference, and serves as a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the AME Zion Church, and representative to the National Council of Church for the AME Zion Church. Dr. James is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Preaching at Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York. Dr. James is the author of several books, including Go Crazy, Just Don't Expect Me to Go With You. Dr. James has one son, Frank, two granddaughters, A'Jaya and A'Janae, and one grandson, Nehemiah Quinton.