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While serving as the Associate Minister for Youth Ministry and Missions at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, NJ, and as the Supervisor Chaplain at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility of the NJ Department of Corrections, Dr. Atkins was able to receive his doctorate in practical theology from the Université de Montréal in Canada. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, he is the author of The Word Confined: Bible Study in an American Prison (Nova Science, 2020).
After the arrival of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Dr. Atkins retired from prison chaplaincy and by the grace of God turned his attention toward helping Black churches adjust their ministries for the pandemic era and toward helping formerly incarcerated people to reintegrate into society. His interest in how Black churches can continue to minister to God’s people in the pandemic era has been centered at the First Baptist Church of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, where he serves as Pastor.
Dr. Atkins’ desire to help returning citizens has found expression through his work as founder and principal researcher of XL Endeavors (http://XtraLenz.com), which uses educational, small business development and artistic platforms to develop human capacities. XL Endeavors has helped him to encourage and empower people who have been incarcerated, while providing institutions with the tools and resources to successfully reintegrate returning citizens to their communities.
