St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church

Dr. T. Marquis Ramsey is a native son of West Palm Beach, Florida and the grandson of a Baptist minister of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship under the leadership of International Presiding Bishop, Paul S. Morton, Sr. He is the Senior Pastor and Teacher of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church in Thomasville, North Carolina. He is a man of astonishing faith, a 5th degree black belt Aikido Master, and a peace advocate. He is a former United States Marine, and DoD CQC Instructor. His nature is most dichotomous. He exhibits both a peaceful manner and an intrepid character when he is about the Lord's affairs. Dr. Ramsey is a preacher and teacher par excellence. His early education is attributed to the Palm Beach County School System. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from the University of Southern California Graduate School of Theology, (Fresno, CA). He later completed his Master of Sacred Theology degree at the University of Brighton (Essex, England). He has an earned Master of Biblical Studies degree with honors from New Hope Bible College (Winston-Salem, NC). He was later awarded the Doctor of Philosophy in Systematic Theology (Ph.D.)  from the University of Brighton (Essex, England). Other institutions of which he has studied include: Union Theological Seminary, Bethany Bible College & Divinity School, and Hood Theological Seminary (Livingstone College). He is currently studying Religion and Hieroglyphs at Harvard University Extension School (Cambridge, Mass). He has both lived, studied, and trained in Europe, Africa, and the Far East. He has pastored in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and served as an Associate Pastor in the Church of God (Anderson, IN). He has served as a professor of Systematic Theology at Union Bible Institute, and Professor of Black Church Studies, Greek Literature, and Homiletics at Calvary Theological Institute. Dr. Ramsey is a studious and commited preacher and teacher, and a devoted shepherd of his flock. Yet, with all of his academic prowess, he is very touchable and commited to reaching all people. His greatest inspirations for ministry and preaching were his mother, Mrs. Barbara Ramsey-Jones, and his grandmother, the late Reverend Minnie Ramsey-Smith. His greatest ministerial influences were: the late Bishop Rueben Lee Speaks, former Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; the late Elder R.J. Hendley, Greater Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Riviera Beach, Florida; and Bishop W. Oshea Granger, Senior Pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Regional Bishop of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship. He is married to the beautiful, First Lady Christine LeGrand Ramsey. They have three sons (Aaron, Torrence, and Isaiah).