Ivan Hicks

Dr. Ivan Douglas Hicks serves as Founding General Secretary of The Ministerium. Dr. Hicks has served as the Senior Minister of the historic First Baptist Church North Indianapolis, Indiana since April of 1999. Dr. Hicks graduated from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio where he received a Master of Divinity Degree in 1994. In December of 2007 Dr. Hicks graduated his first 9 Doctoral students as he served as Adjunct Faculty Mentor in the Doctor of Ministry Program at United. As he completed this assignment he was asked to serve as the first Samuel Dewitt Proctor Visiting Professor teaching master’s students and has recently assumed a position as Associate Dean of Africa American Studies at United. In this capacity, among other responsibilities, he is tasked with developing a comprehensive African American Studies Department for the Seminary, infusing an African American Studies curriculum into the Master of Divinity program.