Metropolitan Church of God

Metropolitan Church of God

Pastoral Biographies

Rev. Dr. Robert O. Dulin, Jr
	A graduate of Anderson University (1963), and of The Central Baptist Theological Seminary (1967), Pastor Dulin has served the Metropolitan Church of God in Northwest Detroit since February of 1974. An active leader in the church at both state and national levels, he is involved in Detroit’s civic and community life. Currently, he is a member (by mayoral appointment), and the vice-chairman, of the board of directors of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. He is chairman of the board of directors of The Youth Sports and Recreation Commission. He is a member of the board of directors of Franklin Wright Settlements, Mid-Night Golf, Inc., and The Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES). His ministry career has taken him throughout the United States, and to Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Lebanon, England, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Mexico, The Virgin Islands, South Africa, and Senegal. He has received several awards including The Alumni Achievement Award (1974) from Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and The Distinguished Alumni Award (1997) from Anderson University. During its May 2005 commencement exercises Anderson University conferred upon him the honorary degree Doctor of Divinity. He is concerned about enhancing the quality of life in Detroit and throughout all of Southeastern Michigan.

Rev. Dr. Kevin Earley	Dr. Kevin Wesley Earley is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He is an ordained minister of the Church of God Reformation Movement (i.e. with national offices in Anderson, Indiana). He has served the Metropolitan Church of God in Detroit, Michigan, alongside Rev. Dr. Robert O. Dulin, Jr., as the Associate Pastor since August of 2003. Born in November of 1978, Dr. Earley is the son of Rita J. Williams, and the grandson of the late Rev. Van Cornelius, Sr. At the age of nine, he asked his mother, “What do I have to do to be saved?” and that evening – in the family living room – he received Christ as his Lord and Savior. A decorated captain of his high school speech team, Dr. Earley graduated high school with honors in 1996. After high school graduation, he worked for ABN AMRO Bank as a summer intern. Dr. Earley went on to intern for the bank during each of his college breaks, becoming the youngest Human Resource Recruiter for the corporation at the age of seventeen. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Management and Quantitative Methods from IllinoisStateUniversity in 2000. With the guidance of his pastor at the time, Rev. E. Raymond Chin, he enrolled in Anderson University’s School of Theology, where he received his Master of Divinity degree in 2003. Prior to his seminary graduation, Dr. Earley worked as a chaplain at Saint Vincennes Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana where he earned a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education. Pastor Earley married Precious Ann on March 1, 2003. Dr. Earley received his Doctor of Ministry degree in May of 2008 from Anderson University School of Theology. His doctoral dissertation/project – “A Strategy to Transform the Lay Members of the Metropolitan Church of God into Ministers” – developed a comprehensive strategy to integrate ministry involvement into the cultural norm of Metropolitan Church of God so that all members are involved in some aspect of the church’s ministry. Dr. Earley has been described by several leaders within his denomination as “one of the up and coming ministers to watch within the Church of God Reformation Movement.”

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