He succeeded the legendary Rev. Dr. Vernon N. Dobson, noted the ologian, 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. (NewYork: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing. 2004); and “When Your Change Comes” in the book: Memories of Mother. (www.XulonPress.com. 2007).