William H. Lamar, MDiv, is the Senior Pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. He earned his BS in Public Management from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, his MDiv from Duke University, and his currently pursing his Phd from Christian Theological Seminary. Prior to his two most recent appointments, he was the Managing Director of Leadership Education at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Ordained as an itinerant elder in 2000 at the Florida Annual Conference of the AME Church, Lamar has also served congregations in Monticello, Florida; Orlando, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; and Hyattsville, Maryland.