REV. DR. HERBERT MILLER II

Rev. Dr. Herbert Miller II is a native of Winston-Salem, N.C. He is the son of the late Herbert Miller Sr. and Brenda Gordon Miller. Rev. Miller received the call to preach while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he served at Redeemer Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Alfred Harris.

Upon returning to the area from Minnesota, Dr. Miller served as the First Assistant to Bishop Sir Walter Mack Jr. from 2000-2005. During that time, he assisted Bishop Mack in serving over 4,000 members of Union Baptist Church. He assisted with preaching, counseling, teaching, training, Youth Ministry, Food and Clothing Bank, community outreach, etc. At Union, he was blessed to experience National and International Ministry.

In 2015, he was called to the historic First Baptist Church of Lexington, North Carolina. During his tenure at First Baptist, he was heavily involved in the community. He believes ministry inside the church is meant to prepare us for ministry outside the church. While at First Baptist, the church experienced phenomenal growth spiritually, numerically, and financially. Dr. Miller led the church in increasing its daycare rating to five stars, remodeling the sanctuary, resurfacing the parking lot, building a new Administrative Wing, starting an after-school program, building a playground, and purchasing all the vacant property around the church.

Dr. Miller served on numerous boards, committees, and non-profits during his time in Lexington, including the local YMCA, Family Services, and Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Lexington. He was the elected the City Council of the City of Lexington, and served until transitioning to Flint, Michigan.

In 2015, Pastor Miller accepted a call the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle of Flint, Michigan. In an area that was experiencing a decline in population and contaminated water, Dr. Miller and Metropolitan experienced tremendous growth and became a church highly involved in the community.

Dr. Miller arrived in Flint during the height of the Flint Water Crisis. He immediately became involved in the fight for clean water and justice for the citizens. He worked with the Concerned Pastors, who sued the state of Michigan for damages to the citizens. He led a group of clergy who sent a demand letter to the Governor and the State of Michigan, on behalf of the Citizens of Flint. This same group also travelled to the State Legislature and disrupted their session, and demanding Flint be made whole. In Flint, Dr. Miller served as pastor, but also as a community activists fighting for the rights of the citizens, especially poor, and black and brown people.

At Metro, Dr. Miller served as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation, which provided in-home care and services for the surrounding community. The goal was to revitalize, rehabilitate, and redevelop the community around the church by developing quality affordable housing in the area.

He also served on the Hurley Hospital Board of Directors, and as President of the Congress of Christian Education for the Great Lakes Baptist District Association.

Upon his departure, Metropolitan owned two homes and around 75 vacant lots around the church. He led the church in established a workout center with Nautilus machines, free weights, treadmill and elliptical machine. The church also repaired its spa facilities which contained two saunas and two whirlpools, purchased 12 new computers, established a new library and technology center to be used for tutoring, after-school programs, computer classes, and for persons who do not have access to computers in their homes.

When Dr. Miller accepted the call to his hometown, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was on the precipice of announcing his candidacy to run for Mayor of the City of Flint. But God had other plans.

In November 2021, Dr. Miller accepted the call to return home and serve as Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, succeeding Dr. John Mendez. Since taking the helm the first Sunday in February 2022, Emmanuel has been blessed to experience tremendous growth. Almost 350 people have united with the ministry since his arrival, and many wayward members have come back home.

Emmanuel is a church known for fighting for equality, equity and justice. The church now has over 40 active ministries, is highly involved in the community, and continues to fight for equity and justice, especially when it comes to African-Americans and minorities.

Dr. Miller believes the Church is not the Church if it does not engage the community around it. Emmanuel continues to engage local non-profits, businesses, universities, schools and citizens. The church leads voter registration efforts, feeds the homeless, maintains a food and clothing bank, and continues to fight for justice and equality. Dr. Miller’s intent is for the Emmanuel to embody their church motto, The Church in the Heart of the Community, the Community in the Heart of the Church.

The church has instituted the vision of Moving, Making, Marking, and Maturing. Moving outside the four walls of the church and impacting the community for the cause of Christ, Making disciples, Marking them through water baptism, and Maturing them by teaching the tenets of a Christian life.

Pastor Miller is a much sought after preacher and lecturer who takes seriously the calling God has placed on his life.

He is a graduate of Shaw University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Religion and Philosophy. At Shaw, he was a member of the National Dean’s List and the Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society.

Dr. Miller earned his Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University Divinity School. At Wake Forest, he served as the president of AKONI, an organization comprised of African American seminarians attending the university. His senior thesis was entitled The Response of the African American Church to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in America.

He earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. His dissertation was titled Developing a Transformative Model of African American Fatherhood From A Biblical Perspective.

He currently serves at United Theological Seminary as a Senior Mentor and Adjunct Faculty, as the Chair of the Board for Family Services of Forsyth County Board of Directors, on the Winston-Salem Foundation Housing Fund Committee, as a member of the North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, on the General Board and Executive Board of the General Baptist State Convention, as first Vice Moderator of the Rowan Baptist Association, and on the Civil Services Board for the City of Winston-Salem.

He formerly served as Adjunct Professor at Cornerstone School of Divinity, Adjunct Professor and Site Director at Apex School of Theology, Adjunct Professor and Director of Hosanna Bible College, Flint, and as Adjunct Professor at Davidson County Community College, where he taught courses on Religion and World Religions.

He is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Dr. Miller is married to the lovely Veronica Miller, and is a committed family man. He has seven children: Herbert, Wilbert, Faith, Malachi, Amaya, Jemareon, and Nathan.

One of his favorite scriptures is, which he considers his call scripture is Psalm 46.10, “Be still and know that He is God.”