Edwin Dinkins

Pastor

Edwin Dinkins

Reverend Edwin Dean Dinkins, formerly of Augusta, GA, attended Good Shepherd Baptist Church and the public schools of Richmond County, GA.  He graduated from T.W. Josey High School in 1978.

In 1982, Reverend Dinkins received his dual Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration/ Criminal Justice from Shaw University.  He later earned his Master of Public Administration degree from Brenau University.

Reverend Dinkins earned a License of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta while serving as a local preacher at Jenkins Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.  After moving to Alabama, he began serving under Reverend Frederick Whitt as an Associate Minister at Agape Missionary Baptist Church in Birmingham.  He was ordained in 2003.

Reverend Dinkins began his pastoral leadership of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in 2003.  He remains committed to serving God’s people, teaching and preaching God’s Word.