Dr. Michael O. Minor is a nationally known champion of faith-based health and wellness mobilization. He is best known as the “Southern pastor who banned fried chicken in his church.” As a community organizer for over 30 years, Dr. Minor has worked on community empowerment, non-profit business development, and faith community issues. He currently serves as the undershepherd of the The Hill-Hernando Baptist Church in Hernando, Mississippi, president of the Mid-South Churches Cooperative Conference Baptist State Convention, co-chair of the National Faith-Based Mobilization Network (Faith MoNet), and the National Director of the H.O.P.E. Health and Human Services (HHS) Partnership of the National Baptist Convention, USA, (NBCUSA) Incorporated – the nation’s largest African American religious denomination. A published researcher, he has provided advisory services for several regional and national initiatives including the American Cancer Society’s National Advisory Council on Health Equity, Sunday School  Publishing Board National Advisory Committee, the United States  Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Panel on Outreach and  Education, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services National Faith and Community Coalition, and the SSPB National Advisory Committee. Click here to download his complete bio.