Rev. Dr. Jeffrey A. Howard Consultant at Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Decatur, Ga., where he created the inaugural South Carolina Racial Justice Leadership Cohort and as a consultant for the HIV Vaccine Trails Network (HVTN), where he created and implemented COVID-19, HIV and diabetes education program, addressing vaccine hesitancy and improving vaccination rates in underserved communities.
Before that, from 2022 to 2023, he was the minister of Christian Education and Outreach at Welfare Baptist Church in Belton, S. C., where he spearheaded the Health and Wellness Ministry, implementing comprehensive programs to address diabetes management and weight loss.
From 2008 to 2021, Dr. Howard worked as project facilitator for F.A.I.T.H. Celebrate Recovery. In that role, he
established and nurtured partnerships with local religious leaders and community advocates to enhance the South Carolina HIV/AIDS spiritual outreach initiative.
Dr. Howard earned his bachelor’s degree in Family and Church Education and Bible from Columbia (S.C.) International University in 2014, a Master of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University of Columbia. A year later, he received a Master of Sacred Theology, also from Lenoir-Rhyne. His Doctor of Ministry was earned from the Interdenominational Theology Center and Morehouse School of Religion in Atlanta, Ga. in 2022.
He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the 2024 Brenda Kneece Social Justice Award, 2023 South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered Fellow, the International
Society of Theta Phi Academic Fellow and the South Carolina Mayor’s Community Partnership Award, among others.
For more information about the free mental health first aid trainings, please contact Dr. Howard at 803-744- 1961 (office) or 803-445-7548 (mobile) or by email at jhoward@brookland.cc.
