Reverend Dr. Johnny H. Flakes Jr. is a Pastor, Evangelist, Teacher, Lecturer, Workshop Presenter, Program Developer, Program Implementer, Program Evaluator, and a Soloist. He is a native of Phenix City, Alabama, and the son of Rev. and Mrs. J.H. Flakes Sr. and stepson of the late Mama Jessie Flakes.

Reverend Flakes received an honorary doctorate from A.B. Lee Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, FL, and an honorary doctorate degree from American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee. He also received his Bachelor of Arts degree from American Baptist College. Dr. Flakes has continued his biblical studies at the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education and the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia.

Dr. Flakes has been the benefactor of numerous awards and recognitions. A few of the selected awards are: Outstanding Personality of the South, Ten Outstanding Ministers in the State of Georgia, the Alpha Phi Alpha Martin Luther King Award, Operation PUSH Martin Luther King Award, as well as the Knighthood Award from the Congress of Christian Education. Some of his service-oriented affiliations include Moderator of the East Alabama Missionary Baptist Progressive Association, Lecturer for the Moderator’s Division, and Teacher in the Minister’s Division.

He has served on the Executive Committee Board of the National Baptist Convention. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee, Chairman of One Columbus, member and past president of the NAACP, President and founder of A Call To Talk (ACTT), chartering pastor of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of West Germany, member of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., member of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, member of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, and numerous others.

He was recently recognized by the American Baptist Training School in Nashville, which named the Administration Building in his honor. Dr. Flakes received, on October 22, 2011, the 2011 Jack T. Brinkley, Sr. Service Award for exceptional service and dedication that have impacted the quality of lives throughout the community, presented by the Muscogee County Democratic Party.

Dr. Flakes has pastored Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, for the past fifty years, as well as being the pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church in Phenix City, Alabama, for more than fifty-two years. He is the founder of Religious College Days, Co-Founder of One Columbus, and Co-Founder of Spiritual Renewal.

Dr. Flakes has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. His foreign travels include the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Egypt, the Soviet Union, Africa, Germany, Italy, and the Holy Land.

He is married to the lovely Robena Gaines Flakes for fifty-seven years and is the father of three children and the proud grandfather of three granddaughters.Reverend Dr. Johnny H. Flakes Jr. is a Pastor, Evangelist, Teacher, Lecturer, Workshop Presenter, Program Developer, Program Implementer, Program Evaluator, and a Soloist. He is a native of Phenix City, Alabama, and the son of Rev. and Mrs. J.H. Flakes Sr. and stepson of the late Mama Jessie Flakes.

Reverend Flakes received an honorary doctorate from A.B. Lee Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, FL, and an honorary doctorate degree from American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee. He also received his Bachelor of Arts degree from American Baptist College. Dr. Flakes has continued his biblical studies at the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education and the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia.

Dr. Flakes has been the benefactor of numerous awards and recognitions. A few of the selected awards are: Outstanding Personality of the South, Ten Outstanding Ministers in the State of Georgia, the Alpha Phi Alpha Martin Luther King Award, Operation PUSH Martin Luther King Award, as well as the Knighthood Award from the Congress of Christian Education. Some of his service-oriented affiliations include Moderator of the East Alabama Missionary Baptist Progressive Association, Lecturer for the Moderator’s Division, and Teacher in the Minister’s Division.

He has served on the Executive Committee Board of the National Baptist Convention. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee, Chairman of One Columbus, member and past president of the NAACP, President and founder of A Call To Talk (ACTT), chartering pastor of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of West Germany, member of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., member of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, member of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, and numerous others.

He was recently recognized by the American Baptist Training School in Nashville, which named the Administration Building in his honor. Dr. Flakes received, on October 22, 2011, the 2011 Jack T. Brinkley, Sr. Service Award for exceptional service and dedication that have impacted the quality of lives throughout the community, presented by the Muscogee County Democratic Party.

Dr. Flakes has pastored Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia, for the past fifty years, as well as being the pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church in Phenix City, Alabama, for more than fifty-two years. He is the founder of Religious College Days, Co-Founder of One Columbus, and Co-Founder of Spiritual Renewal.

Dr. Flakes has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. His foreign travels include the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Egypt, the Soviet Union, Africa, Germany, Italy, and the Holy Land.

He is married to the lovely Robena Gaines Flakes for fifty-seven years and is the father of three children and the proud grandfather of three granddaughters.