5th Episcopal District
Rev. Sherman A. Gordon picked  for Ebony's "Young Leaders of the Future"

Sherman A. Gordon, D.Min., pastor of New Philadelphia A.M.E. Church in Carson, CA, is recognized in the February 2003 issue of EBONY Magazine as one of the ‘Young Leaders of the Future’. He was one of 22 persons, 30 yrs and younger, selected from vast number of qualified educated nominees from across the country. 

Dr. Gordon, 30, following the leading of the Lord and the blessings of then presiding Bishop Byrd, established the first A.M.E. congregation in the city of Carson in 1997. In five (5) years the membership has grown from 7 to over 1700. Pastor Gordon offers motivational spiritual messages to the young and old enabling him to build bridges and reach across generations, gender, race, culture and ethnicity that changes, rebuilds and restores lives.

In November 2002, Pastor Gordon was a guest lecturer at the Robert Schuller School of Ministry at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. The topic was “The Importance of Understanding and Forming a Bond With Your Milieu (Congregation)”. He returned to the Crystal Cathedral as a workshop leader at the 2003 Robert H. Schuller Institute of Successful Church Leadership held from January 27 thru 30, 2003. Dr. Gordon taught on “Using Youth in Ministry”.

Pastor Gordon was recently appointed a member of the United Negro College Fund Clergy Advisory Board with the responsibility of aiding and offering suggestions for fund raising, and encouraging young students of African ascent to attend a historical black college/university. He has also been appointed board member of the First Church of God School of Ministry, a program geared to train ministers academically and the practicality of ministry.

Pastor Gordon is a graduate of University of California at Santa Barbara where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Law/Sociology. He holds a Masters of Arts in Religion from the School of Theology at Claremont, CA and Doctors in Ministry from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

For additional information about New Philadelphia worship services and directions to the church, visit our website, www.nuphilly.org