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Bankole Akinbinu
Senior Pastor, Baptist Grove Church
The Rev. Dr. Bankole Akinbinu serves as the senior pastor at Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 2009 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Bible theology from Washington Bible College, a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a doctor of ministry from Duke Divinity School. Akinbinu is passionate about ministry, discipleship, developing leaders, and being a husband and father.
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