Reverend Dr. R. B. Nicks

Pastor R. B. Nicks was born in Chicago, Illinois.  He is the second-born son beloved Carolyn Nicks, Reverend Nicks received his secondary education at the Englewood Senior high School in Chicago Illinois, where he distinguished himself as an outstanding student-athlete.  Pastor Nicks is a recipient of a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Health Physical Education and Recreation from Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois.  He also is the recipient of a Bachelor of Religious Education degree from Washington Saturday College, in Washington D.C.

He is the recipient of a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Family Bible Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.  He is also a member of the Alumni association of the Family Bible Institute, College, Seminary & School of Counseling.

While a seminarian, Pastor Nicks was called and accepted the Pastorate of the Mount Olivet Christian Church in Baltimore, Maryland.  He later served as pastor of the Greater Bethesda Baptist Church, Baltimore Maryland.

Pastor Nicks serves as the Treasurer of the Baptist Pastor's Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity Inc.  He serves as a Liturgist of the United Baptist Missionary Convention of Maryland Inc., and is also a member of the National Baptist Convention USA Inc., Minister's Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity, Greater Baltimore Fellowship Choral Union, Hampton University Ministers Conference, and the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choirs and Choruses Inc.

Pastor Nicks is married to the former Shirley Denise Bennett of Wadesboro, North Carolina, and they are the very proud parents of one son, a lovely daughter-in-law and one tremendously adorable granddaughter.

He is a firm believer that "you may build skyscrapers, large or small, you may build cathedrals grand and tall, you may conquer all the failures of your past, But only what you do for Christ will last."