Philos Black
Welcome to the next generation of Black leaders
Philos Black is cultivating Black Christian leaders for positive global engagement.
Philos Black focuses on three core tenets:
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Education
Equipping leaders with the knowledge and tools to transform their communities
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Advocacy
Impacting Africa, Israel, and Black America through incarnational action
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Community
Connecting leaders who are biblical in their worldview, ethical in their orientation, and global in their perspective
What we've been up to recently
Our Philos Black leaders participated in discussions on what it means to be a Black pro-Israel leader.
Advance Summit, NYC
Philos Black serves the Crown Heights community.
Brooklyn, NY
Together Thursdays with Dr. Plummer!
Zoom
Philos Black Alumni Dinner.
Detroit, MI
Philos Black serves Detroit.
Detroit, MI
Our Upcoming Events: Join us!
Philos Black Homecoming: Global Leaders Summit August 2022 | New Orleans, LA
Philos Black’s Homecoming is a summer leadership summit for all Philos Black Alumni. This year’s Homecoming will be hosted in New Orleans, LA and is expected to be nothing less than explosive! Experience two days of world-class leadership training and rich learning from leading professionals spanning a wide range of backgrounds. Enjoy inspiring stories, high-impact sessions, curated conversations, and networking business opportunities. This event will bring together Black, Christian leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, creatives, scholars, and thinkers with a passion for Global Leadership and Positive Global Engagement.
Alongside her scholarship, she is passionate about social justice and improving the spaces in which people of color study, work, worship and live. Outside of her career, Bracy energetically volunteers within the Durham community. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling, baking and spending time with her friends, family and other loved ones.
are to inspire, encourage and motivate others to become the best version of themselves. Wanda serves as Minister in her church where her deepest passion is to pray with and for people of God who’ve experienced their most difficult trials of this life and inspire them to start over and give tips and ideas to create income streams. Wanda traveled multiple times to Israel (2014 and 2019), and in 2008 and 2009, led medical clinics in the poorest/remote areas of Africa (Odoben, Asabiem, Wamanafo).
Ballard earned a B.S. in Psychology, from Regent University in Virginia, and M.S. in Performance Psychology, from The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, completing a dissertation topic that has been published and internationally presented.
Her personal mission is to help strengthen people internally, in order for them to enhance their overall life performance and attain desirable external results.
From 2006 till 2015, Pastor Thomas served various churches in the city of Los Angeles, California and Miami, Florida where he would continue in his development and formation as a faithful minister in the Church of Christ. During this time Pastor Thomas pursued his graduate studies receiving a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Ministerial Leadership. In 2020, he received his Master of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School. He also holds certificates in African & African American studies and Black Church Studies from Duke University. Pastor Thomas also serves as Adjunct Profession of Bible & Theology at Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, Texas. Pastor Thomas strives to be a lifetime student of the word and views himself as a public theologian whose goal is to promote conversations about God in the public square that may lead to the continual building up of God’s Kingdom.
God's vineyard.
Elisha is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she grew up in the Greater King David Baptist Church family and was baptized at the age of 6 years old under the Pastorate of Reverend Isaiah H. Warner. Many of her fondest GKD memories include walking to church, singing in the Cherubim choir, Sunday school, vacation bible school, youth encampment, and participating in various church programs. Elisha attributes her love for the Word of GOD to the strong foundation her parents instilled in her and growing up as an active member of Greater King David under the leadership of Pastor John E. Montgomery, II.
Elisha believes it is her strength in GOD that has paved the way for the many professional successes as an educator and mentor in her life. She endeavors to see people equipped for success and saved not only within the church walls, but to be saved and successful in life outside the church walls. For it is written, “Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.” Exodus 18:20
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Krystal Bracy
Philos Black Associate Director
krystal@philosproject.org