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Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby: Biography, Age, Family & Net Worth

    Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby is renowned American pastor, evangelist and author. He is the senior pastor of the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston Texas. Rev. Dr. Cosby Cosby serves as an adjunct professor of Homiletics at Houston Graduate School of Theology.

    Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby Biography

    As earlier stated, Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston Texas is an American pastor, preacher, evangelist, author and public speaker.

    Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby Biography

    He hails from Chicago, Illinois and he is  the third child born to the late Mr. Rogers Cosby and Mrs. Bobbie J. Cosby.

    Dr. Cosby got into active involvement with church activities and worsk at his very young age. He was ordained into the Christian minsitry and granted the licence to preach by  Reverend Dr. L.K. Curry  who is a Pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois,

    Currently, Dr. Marcus is the senior pastor of Wheeler Baptist Church. He has lectured and preached a conferences, conventions, retreats, revivals and on the university and seminary campuses.

    Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby Age

    Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby was born on the 18th day of July and he marks his birthday on the  18th day of July every year .

    Rev. Dr Marcus Cosby age

    However information relating to his exact age and year of birth is currently not available.

    Celebrating his birthday on the 18th of July 2022, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church took to instagram to share this video clip:

    Education

    Dr. Marcus Cosby received his elementary education at the Emmanuel Christian School and secondary education at Whitney M .Young Magnet High School.

    He graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and English. He also also has a Master of Divinity in Homiletics and Christian Education from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia. A Doctor of Ministry in Homiletics from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois.

    Family

    Rev. Dr. Cosby is hapily married to  Mrs. Audrey Marie Cosby. Their marriage is blessed with three beautiful daughters, Adrienne Marie, Ashley Marie and Aliyah Marie and two sons, Marcus D., II and Matthew D. Cosby.

    Ministry

    Rev. Marcus Cosby currently serves as  the Senior Pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.  Having served at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas since 1998, he was appointed a successor to the founding pastor Rev. Lawson in 2004.

    Rev. Dr Marcus Cosby Ministry
    Rev. Dr Marcus Cosby and the founding pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Rev. Lawson

     

    Today, the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church have four Sunday worship services, and more than 15,000 members. The church founded the Wheeler Avenue Christian Academy, which serves kids from pre-kindergarten through second grade.

    In Houston’s Third Ward, Rev. Dr. Cosby also created a transitional housing center for single homeless moms. He has also developed a missional outreach in several South African villages and has love for positively influencing the lives of the abandoned and forgotten wherever they may be found.

    Dr. Cosby Career

    Dr. Cosby is a trustee on the board of his alma mater, Fisk University, where he chairs the committee for academic excellence and student engagement. He is also a member of the university’s general alumni association.

    He has also served as a member of the advisory board for The Gardner C. Taylor Preaching Archives and Listening Room in Atlanta, Georgia, the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, the Houston Area Urban League, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, the Texas Commission for Community Service and Volunteerism, and the African American Pulpit.

    Rev. Dr. Cosby is an active member of the NAACP, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

    He also works as an adjunct professor of homiletics at the Houston Graduate School of Theology and has previously taught the subject at the ITC’s Houston extension program in addition to teaching the more than 100 ministers who make up the Clergy Team of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.

    Dr. Cosby was admitted in 2008 to Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers in Atlanta, Georgia. Also, he became the founder and CEO of Preaching with Power and Authority Ministries in 2013, a company dedicated to the teaching and promotion of contemporary, biblical preaching for the twenty-first century.

    Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby Sermons

    Rev Marcus Cosby in his effort towards spiritual growth and development of people worldwide has delivered plethora of life changing, inspiring and insightful sermons. Some of his notable sermons include:

    Knowing And Doing
    You In or Out?
    Finding Yourself
    Celebrating The Sermon And The Songs
    Jesus Shows Up
    Strength To Keep Going
    Celebrating Supplication
    Push Through It
    It’s My Turn
    We Made It

    Net Worth Of Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby

    information relating to the net worth of  Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby of Wheeler Baptist Church is currently not available. Accordingly, we cannot at the moment tell of how much he is worth and how much he earns.