Pastor Wright is a Minister, Professor and Family Counselor. Elder Henry Monroe Wright began his ministerial career in 1964 after earning a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Oakwood College. He further qualified himself for the ministry by obtaining a Master’s of Systematic Theology from Andrews University in 1965. Sensing the need for additional training, Henry M. Wright received a Master of Divinity Degree from Ohio based Methodist Theological Seminary in 1978. He also attended Vanderbilt University from 1979 to 1981 for postgraduate studies in church administration. His ministerial assignments have taken him to Louisville, Kentucky, Greenville and Jackson, Mississippi Districts, Columbus, Ohio, and presently Alexandria, Virginia. During his forty-eight years of ministry, he has received more than fifty awards and recognition for pastoral leadership, preaching and evangelism.

From August, 1993 until April 2014, Elder Wright was the Senior Pastor for the Community Praise Center Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in Alexandria, Virginia. During those years, the membership has grown from fifty-seven to 1,200, and the tithe base has soared to over $2.4 million. CPC founded a sister church in 2009 called Restoration Praise Center. That church has grown to over 600 in attendance.

Elder Wright has now transitioned in ministry to become the Senior Pastor for the Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in historic downtown Takoma Park, Maryland.

He combines his duties as pastor with teaching Homiletics and Church Administration for the Washington Adventist University Theology Department.

While being blessed in all of the above, Elder Wright has been married to Carol Lindsey Wright, CPA, since 1966. They were gifted with three sons, Henry Monroe Wright, II, Harold Michael Wright (deceased) and Herbert Marcel Wright. The Wright’s also have three grandchildren. Pastor Wright thanks God for nearly 50 years of ministry!