Michael ThurmanMICHAEL THURMAN, the current pastor of the Dexter church, is a Montgomery native. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and has served as executive director of the Home Missions Board for the Southern Baptist Convention. He started the first African merican church in Ames, Iowa. He was a contributor to A Mighty Long Journey, An African American Church Planter’s Guide, a book of sermons about racial reconciliation. Read More Read Less