Jamal Harrison Bryant (born May 21, 1971) is an American minister and author. He is the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.[1] He is a graduate of Morehouse College and of Duke University.[2] He received his doctorate of ministry degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation. In December 2018, Bryant transitioned from Empowerment Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland to Atlanta, Georgia to pastor New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb County