Dr. Melvin Clifton Green is a native Baltimorean. He was reared and nurtured in a Christian home of love and holiness. He is the son of the late Bishop Conway and Mrs. Rose Etter Green.  He is a third generation preacher. Dr. Green has served as the pastor of the Christian Community Church of God in Baltimore, Maryland since 1995.  His beloved father and mother Bishop Conway Green & Mother Rose Etter Green are the Founders along with Deacon Ernest and Mrs. Corrine Ford.  Under Dr. Melvin C. Green's anointed leadership, the ecclesia (Body of Christ) has grown spiritually and physically with the implementation and the enhancement of various inreach and outreach ministries.

      He is a product of the Baltimore City Public School System, graduating from Edmondson High School in 1970. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Morgan State College in 1974, in Music Education with a concentration in piano and Music Theory.  Dr. Green is also a two time graduate of Howard University School of Divinity, 1988 and 1995 respectively as a recipient of the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees.  His doctoral thesis is entitled "The Administration of the Ministry of Music: A Black Church Perspective."

     Dr. Green is a former teacher and choral conductor in the Baltimore City Public School System.  He is also the former Director of Music Education at the Lafayette Square Community Center and the Monroe R. Saunders Center for the Creative Learning in Baltimore.  Prior to his divine call into the gospel ministry, Dr. Green served as full time minister of music and organist for 22 years under the pastorate of his father Bishop Conway Green.

     He received his divine call to the gospel ministry March 20, 1985. He preached his initial trial sermon August 25, 1985. He was licensed to preach November 1, 1985. He was ordained February 23, 1986. He was elected as the second Pastor of the Christian Community Church of God on Friday July 28, 1995 during the Second Annual Holy Ecumenical Convocation.

     Dr. Green is a lifetime member of the NAACP.  He is a member of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Baltimore & Vicinity and the Interdenominational Ministers’ Alliance.  He is also a past president and member of the Howard University School of Divinity Student Government Association.  He presently serves as an instructor of practical theology at the Determined Biblical Institute and School of Theology in Baltimore. 

     Dr. Green is married to the former Idelia Mae Johnson, and the very proud father of two daughters; Melody T. Green-Lewis and Cerise T. Green-Palmer. Proud grandfather of Grandson Melvin D. Palmer.  For all of this, Dr. Melvin C. Green gives God all the glory.

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