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Reverend Charles Christian Adams was ordained to the Christian ministry at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, under the Pastorate of Dr. Charles G. Adams. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary of New York, New York.

Reverend Adams' affiliations include membership in the Golden Key National Honor Society. He is also a lifetime member of the NAACP. Reverend Charles C. Adams is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of the Sunshine Community School in Detroit, Michigan. He is affiliated with Emmanuel House Recovery Center, which specializes in treatment of drug and alcohol addictions. He is also a member of the Partnership for a Drug-Free Detroit, a broad-based consortium of community organizations created and sponsored by the Detroit City Council.

Some of Rev. Adams' career highlights have been his service as the Youth and Young Adult Minister for the Bronx Christian Fellowship Church in Bronx, New York, under the Pastorate of Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook. He was also a Program Coordinator for the Office of the University Chaplain at Columbia University in New York, New York, under the direction of Chaplain Jewlnel Davis. He has been a Youth Steward for the World Council of Churches Central Committee in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition to that, Rev. Adams was also a delegate for the Baptist World Alliance Youth conference in Harare, Zimbabwe. He has been a Youth Representative for both the American Baptist Churches in the U.S. and Johannesburg, South Africa. While he served as the Chaplain of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church's Rites of Passage Program, he led a delegation of graduates to Senegal and Gambia for their commencement. He has preached throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa, and has led college preparation workshops as well as delivered the commencement address twice for the Academy of Detroit. Rev. Adams has held several drug and alcohol abuse seminars at juvenile detention facilities, drug rehabilitation centers, elementary schools, and high schools.

Currently Reverend Adams serves as Presiding Pastor of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. He also oversees and regularly preaches for the “Saturday Nite Live” worship service. Rev. Adams is a member of the Detroit Recovery Project Board of Directors and a counselor for the Emmanuel House Recovery Center. In addition to that, he is the teacher and coordinator for the Men's Tuesday night Bible study at the Hartford Institute Building and preaches regularly at Detroit Rescue Mission's Genesis III.

Pamela Jones is a fourth generation ordained Baptist minister. Following in the footsteps of her great-grandfather, Nathan James, her grandfather, Samuel H. James Sr., and her late father, Dr. H. Rhett James, she serves as Dean of the Hartford Institute of Biblical Studies, which offers courses in religious continuing education and provides educational support to Hartford's various ministries.

She is a graduate of Spelman College, Temple University Law School, and received her Master of Divinity degree from the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. She is a candidate for the Ph.D., in the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago and her area of research concerns the religious life of enslaved women on the eve of their emancipation from slavery. Reverend Jones is also a part-time instructor at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, where she teaches Growth and Development of Christianity I, II,and III. She was ordained under the American Baptist Churches in 1997 and serves on the Detroit Baptist Union Board.

The Biblical Institute has offered a wide-range of courses, including: History of the Early Church through the Reformation Period; American Religious Movement, Christian Ethics, Theology I and II, Spiritual Formation, The Book of Acts, The Book of Revelation, History of the Old Testament, History of the New Testament, The Book of Daniel, The Book of Ezra and Nehemiah, Evil and the Justice of God, Curious About Christ for Spiritual Seekers, Ephesians and Colossians, and Under the Tent of Abraham: Three Great Religions. Ms. Jones also teaches the “Christian Classics” Sunday School Class.

Reverend Dempsey Scott Harrison, Jr. is the Assistant to Pastor in Pastoral Care. His mission is to provide a spiritual arm to all Hartford Members and Non-Members requesting care and support. He has aligned his ministry programs with Hartford Memorial's vision: “We are in the world on assignment from God to represent God's truth, God's sense of justice and God's perfect love.” He directs all efforts in Hospital/Sick and Shut-In Visitation, Funeral Planning, and interfaces with Hartford's Agape House community outreach family assistance programs.

He directs Stephen Ministries, which focuses on those who are challenged by life events and need spiritual listeners to walk with them through their crisis. Stephen Ministries was founded by Rev. Kenneth C. Hough, Ph.D., a St. Louis Lutheran pastor and clinical psychologists and has been implemented in congregations across the United States and other countries as well. Volunteers for this ministry are trained to be “caregivers” to “care-receivers,” those needing support

An integral part of the Pastoral Care Ministry is to equip the saints in hospice care training. This ministry arose out of the Rev. Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, in Jacksonville, Florida, in February, 2006. This convocation of pastors resolved to form a partnership of churches with the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and VITAS, a national hospice care organization, to increase awareness by African American churches of the benefits and availability of hospice care services. Pastor Charles G. Adams has added Hartford Memorial to this consortium of churches. Rev. Harrison launched our first volunteer hospice training modules in November and December of 2007 and a second set of training modules in January and February of 2008. Those completing the training are then assigned field practicums, and receive official VITAS certification to function as hospice care volunteers anywhere in the United States.

Additionally, he has responsibility for Pre-Marital and Post-Marital Counseling. Instruments used were developed by Psychologist Barbara Markey. They are FOCCUS (Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding and Study) for Pre-Marital Counseling and REFOCCUS for Married Couples.

Reverend Harrison has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan, where he did post-degree studies in Finance following graduation. This degree prepared him for a successful career at the IBM Corporation where he held management positions in Administration, Finance, Human Resources, and Training and Development, until his retirement in 1996. Reverend Harrison attended William Tyndale Bible College in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and received an Evangelism Training Certification in the Dr. D. James Kennedy Evangelism Explosion International Equipping Ministry at the Reformed Bible College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Before coming to Hartford Memorial, Rev. Harrison served at Unity Baptist Church as Assistant Youth Pastor and Pastor of Evangelism. He and his wife were also co-teachers of the Shechinah Glory-Adult Sunday School class for 10 years. Together they developed and taught several workshops: “Living Victoriously,” “Couples Achieving Oneness-Married Couples,” and “Christian Parenting.”

His social/service affiliations include: The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, The Ministers Council-American Baptist Churches/USA, NAACP-Life Member, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

Rev. Harrison is married to Sandra Kaye. They have two sons, Deacon Dempsey Scott III, Adjunct Professor, Communication/Media Arts and Studies, Wife-Kristie, and daughter-Cerenna, and Deacon Jason Harcourt, Attorney-at-Law, Wife-Deacon Lisa, Son-Jason Harcourt II.

Minister Kevin Taylor is a product of the Detroit Public School. He is a graduate of Michigan State University earning a BS in Biology and Wayne State University earning a BA in Sociology. At Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, he works on office and ministerial endeavors. He was ordained a Deacon in 1988 and licensed to preach in 1996. He is a member of the Jubilee and Male Chorus, Liturgical Dance Ministry. He has served as a Youth Advisor since 1984. He also serves as one of the Saturday Night Service preachers. Minister Taylor is a Cancer survivor and loves the people of God. He is married to Artistine Taylor and has one daughter, Renee.

Deacon Curtis H. B. Kilpatrick II is Director of Youth Ministries at Hartford. He is the only son of Rev. Curtis H. B. Kilpatrick and the late Ola Belle Kilpatrick, and was born in Jackson, Alabama. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Deacon Kilpatrick joined Hartford in 1982. He began his service by teaching a Senior High Sunday School class. He taught the class for several years before being elected to serve as the Sunday School's General Superintendent, a position that he currently holds. He is also a member of the Male Chorus and the December Birth Ministry. Deacon Kilpatrick has always been drawn to activities that involve young people. He has served as Vacation Bible School director, a youth retreat presenter and leader, youth council advisor, and Children Church coordinator.

Deacon Kilpatrick is married to Emily Joanna and is the father of two sons, Curtis III and Eric Jarreau, two daughters, Carmen and Cindy, the grandfather of four grandsons, Christoper, Timothy, Daevon, and Daeon, and two granddaughters, Kennedy and Victoria.

Alfred P. Greene, Jr., a native of Detroit, Michigan, has a distinguished history of spiritual, community and academic achievement. In 2003, Greene was appointed Minister of Evangelism at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. Greene has been in charge of spearheading efforts to train, develop, and organize Hartford’s membership into successful, effective soul winning teams to go throughout the metropolitan Detroit area spreading the “Good News” of Jesus Christ. Greene has also worked tirelessly with the Northwest Early Childhood Center (Detroit Public Schools) by supplying “back to school” items and hosting the annual “Christmas Workshop.” He has also created collaborative efforts and unification projects with the community (schools, residents, and business owners) surrounding the domain of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. In addition, he previously served as the Assistant Editor of the Baptist Progress, the official voice (journal) of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Previously he served as a pulpit minister at the Historic Second Baptist Church of Detroit and as the Director of the Young Adult Christian Fellowship.

In 1992, Greene graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a bachelor’s of business administration degree in marketing from the School of Business and Public Administration.

In 1994, he joined Gleaners Community Food Bank, a not-for-profit organization that provides surplus food to more than 300 agencies delivering much-needed assistance to low-income and poor residents in southeastern Michigan. While at Gleaners Community Food Bank, Greene was instrumental in raising more than 2,000,000 pounds of food, and launching a 20,000 turkey program that is now an annual event. He also coordinated the annual National Association of Letter Carriers food drive with the mail carriers in Detroit. This event generates more than 300,000 pounds of food every May.

In 1998, Greene pursued training in the ministry. In May of 2000, Greene graduated from the Word of Faith Bible Training Center in Southfield, Michigan. As a student, he served as secretary on the school’s student council. As part of his ministerial work and his desire to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Greene has led and participated in numerous evangelical outings in the neighborhoods of Detroit. In other outreach efforts, Greene led and directed many prayer groups, which provided ministerial care, prayer, and counseling to families.