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rev. diversity in the workplace . delman coates speaking at a workshop about religious 1998 mt. ennon baptist church -lsb- http://www.mtennon.org mtennon.com -rsb- 2 sons 2 daughters american senior pastor 1973 yolanda 1998 religion and diversity -lrb- 8113372076 -rrb- . jpg delman coates
 columbia harvard divinity school -lrb- m.div . -rrb- morehouse college -lrb- university b.a. -rrb- -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- -lrb- m.phil . -rrb- delman coates , ph.d. . christian , baptist
delman coates

reverend delman l. coates -lrb- born 1973 -rrb- is an american christian minister and the senior pastor of mt. ennon baptist church , a megachurch located in clinton , maryland .
he is a board member of the parents television council , and national action network .
coates is a graduate of morehouse college -lrb- b.a. in religion , 1995 -rrb- , harvard divinity school -lrb- m.div. , 1998 -rrb- , and columbia university -lrb- m.phil .
in religion , 2002 , ph.d. in new testament & early christianity , 2006 -rrb- .
he is a member of the society of biblical literature , morehouse college board of preachers , naacp , and a board member of the parents television council , `` the african american pulpit '' , and national action network .
in 2010 , coates was elected an officer in the hampton university ministers ' conference , the largest ecumenical body of african american ministers in the u.s.
