DR. CHARLES O. GALBREATH
Senior Pastor
The Reverend Doctor Charles Oliver Galbreath, affectionately known as Pastor Charles, serves as the Senior Pastor of Clarendon Road Church (CRC) in Brooklyn, New York.
In addition to his responsibilities at CRC, Pastor Charles also has the privilege of serving as the Associate Dean, the Director of Field Education and Partnering Professor of Practical Theology at Alliance Theological Seminary in New York City. In 2017, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination representing over 400,000 members in the United States. Pastor Charles currently serves on the SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Community Advisory Board, he is the treasurer of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council, and Vice President of the Association of African American Church of the C&MA. Pastor Charles has served as a member of the District Executive Committee for the Metropolitan District of the C&MA and Co-Chair of the 45th Council District Committee in Brooklyn, NY.
Pastor Charles received his undergraduate degree at Nyack College, graduating magna cum laude. He also holds graduate degrees in divinity and theology from Alliance Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He recently completed his Ph.D. at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. In
2011, Pastor Charles was awarded the Young Alumnus of the Year Award at Nyack College and in 2017 he was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Fordham University.
The son of a preacher and pastor, Pastor Charles was raised in the Baptist and Pentecostal traditions, yet his journey has weaved him through an amalgamation of experiences from Mainline to Evangelical. He has served in ministries in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Harlem, Queens and Brooklyn, New York.
Charles is married to his college sweetheart Flobien Vidal Galbreath. Together they are the proud parents of their son, Charles Oliver Galbreath, Jr. (C.J.) daughter, Malia Marie Galbreath and the newest addition to the family Greyson Alexander Galbreath.
DONNA BAPTISTE
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Pastor Donna Baptiste ministers as an Associate Pastor under the leadership and direction of Pastor Charles Galbreath and the Elder Board of Clarendon Road Church.
On July 23, 2005, Minister Baptiste was consecrated as a Minister in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Presently, Minister Donna Baptiste is Evangelist for the Metro District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance; she is the Founder, President and CEO of Donna Baptiste Ministries (a 501c3 non-profit entity). Donna Baptiste Ministries Inc (DBM), officially established in July of 2007, seeks to advance the spread of the Gospel to the world and to call the church to holiness. March of 2012 DBM began a radio ministry entitled Pursuing God which is broadcast over two radio stations.
On Sunday October 6, 2013 Rev. Charles Galbreath, Senior Pastor of Clarendon Road Church installed Minister Baptiste to the position of service of Associate Pastor. Pastor Baptiste ministers through pulpit and teaching ministries, oversees prayer ministry, is involved in evangelism, leadership training, mentoring/life coaching, and offers support to Pastor and leaders of Clarendon Road Church.