Rev. Keenan K. Winters is a native of Chicago, IL. He graduated from Elementary school in Birmingham, AL at Ephesus Jr. Academy and graduated high school from Chicago S.D.A. Academy. Keenan was licensed as a local preacher in the C.M.E. Church in December 2008, admitted on trial in July 2009 in the 3rd Episcopal District by Bishop Paul A.G. Stewart Sr., and ordained a traveling deacon in July of 2010. Rev. Winters worked as the Lay Activities Director and served as supply pastor at the Greater St. Paul CME Church in Bessemer, AL. He was a regular bible study teacher, Youth and Young Adult Vacation Bible School Instructor, as well as Youth & Young Adult Day Speaker at numerous churches during his collegiate years in the 5th Episcopal District.
Rev. Winters was a delegate to the 2008 Connectional Youth and Young Adult Conference and a candidate for the office of Connectional Young Adult Ministry President.
He served the 2008-2012 Connectional Young Adult Ministry administration as Focus Retreat Surveyor and Official Reporter to The Christian Index. He recently graduated from Miles College (Fairfield, AL) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science, as is currently a Master of Divinity student at Saint Paul School of Theology. Rev. Winters is the proud pastor of Bowers Memorial CME Church “The Rock on Park” and serves as Director of Young Adult Work for the Kansas-Missouri Region of the 3rd Episcopal District. On July 4th 2012 in Orlando, Fl. Rev. Winters was elected President of the Connectional Young Adult Ministry of the C.M.E. Church. He has been recognized as a Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholar by the Chicago-Kent School of Law and was the first recipient of the New York Life/ Push Excel Scholarship. Pastor Winters is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. Above all other accolades and commendations, Rev. Winters is a humble servant of the living God.
Rev. Keenan K Winters
CYAM President