PASTOR

Dr. Derek A. Arnold I, is the chosen, called and anointed pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church of Toledo Ohio. Pastor Arnold is the fifteenth Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church of Toledo Ohio, where he has served faithfully since April 1994. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan and has been a committed and studious Gospel preacher for more than three decades. He received his formal education in the State of Michigan before receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History & Political Science, with special emphasis in religion and philosophy, from Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. Upon completion of his undergraduate studies, he obtained his Master of Divinity from Virginia Union University, School of Theology. He continued his studies at the Theological Seminary in Chicago Illinois, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree in Ministry.