“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Jeremiah 3:15

Reverend Courtenay L. Miller a native of Chicago, Illinois.  He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Howard University, a Master’s Degree from the Howard University School of Divinity, and remains an active alumnus.

 Rev. Miller was licensed to preach by the Friendship Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, and ordained by Mt Airy Baptist Church in Washington, DC.  He has lectured in the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, USA Inc. 

Formally, Reverend Miller worked in several levels of local, county, and federal government.  He served as Special Assistant to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for Religious Affairs, an assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Interior and at the Housing and Urban Development as a Presidential appointee. 

Reverend Miller accepted his calling as Pastor in 1998 at Norbeck Community Church in Silver Spring, MD, a member of the International Council of Community Churches. He and his lovely wife, Brenda Rhodes Miller, a prolific writer and cookbook author, have truly helped Norbeck become “a church in the community with the community at heart!” Reverend Miller recently celebrated eleven years of dedicated service as Pastor of the Norbeck Community Church.