Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway, Sr
The Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway, Sr. was called to Union Baptist Church as Assistant
Pastor in 2004 and elevated to the position of Pastor of this historic Servant
Church in 2007. He succeeded the legendary Rev. Dr. Vernon N. Dobson, noted
theologian, community activist and civil rights leader. Rev. Hathaway has the
distinction of being the 10th Pastor in the church’s 168-year history.
Reverend Hathaway earned Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from The North
Carolina College of Theology and his Doctor of Ministry degree at the United
Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio and his Master of Arts in Church Ministries
and a Certificate in Urban Ministry from Saint Mary’s Seminary and University. He
is a graduate of The Harvard Divinity School’s Summer Leadership Institute.
He earned Certificates in Textual Exegesis, Hermeneutics, and Homiletics from
Georgetown College, Regent’s Park College, Oxford University, and American
University of Paris; and from George W. Truett Theological seminary for his study
of textual exegesis, hermeneutics, and homiletics at Instituto Maria S.S. Bambina in
Rome, Italy. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from The McKendree
School of Religion. He also studied Philosophical Theology at what was then Coppin
State College and was the first President of its Philosophical Theology Club.
He is the recipient of the following fellowships: National Civic League, 2001
Pfrozheimer Fellow and Maryland Historical Society, 2005 Lord Baltimore Fellow,
2012 Inductee to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at
Morehouse College, 2018 William Donald Schafer Award and the 2019 recipient of
the Judge Alexander Williams Award. Rev. Hathaway is a graduate of Baltimore City
College High School.
He is the President/CEO of Beloved Community Services Corporation, Union
Baptist Church School, Inc. and Act Now Baltimore. He Co-Chairs the Promise
Heights Program of the University of Maryland School of Social Work. He’s on the
Board of Directors of University of Maryland Medical Center, Greater Baltimore
Committee, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Family League, The Ecumenical
Institute, Harbor Bankshares , Greenline Ventures, and Urban America. He Co-
Founded the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative.
He is a contributing author of “Children’s Mental Health: Partnering with the Faith
Community” in the book: Providing Mental Health Services to Youth Where They
Are: School – and Community-Based Approaches. (New York: Brunner-Routledge.
2002); “Reaching Out to School and Community Stakeholders to Improve Mental
Health Services for Youth in an Urban US Community,” International Journal of
Mental Health Promotion. (Volume 4 Issue 4 – November 2002); “Enhancing child
and adolescent resilience through faith-community connections.” In C. Clauss-
Ehlers & M. Weist (Eds.) Community planning to promote resilience in youth. (New
York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing. 2004); and “When Your Change
Comes” in the book: Memories of Mother. (www.XulonPress.com. 2007).
