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Wilfred Graves, Jr.
Wilfred Graves, Jr. (born September 17, 1972) is a scholar, minister, mathematician, and published author. He is the first African American to graduate from Fuller Theological Seminary with a Ph.D. in Historical Theology. His doctoral dissertation was entitled “Popular and Elite Understandings of Miracles in Enlightened England.” Dr. Graves currently serves West Angeles Church of God in Christ as Executive Coordinator to the Senior Pastor and Chairman of the Council of Elders. His new book, ''In Pursuit of Wholeness: Experiencing God’s Salvation for the Total Person''〔(pursuitofwholeness.com )〕 (Destiny Image, April 2011), has been endorsed by several major Christian leaders and celebrities.
==Background==
Wilfred Graves, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 17, 1972 to Wilfred Graves, Sr. and Glendolyn Kathleen Graves. He is currently unmarried and has no siblings. His father is a Pentecostal evangelist, former lead pastor, and retired carpenter. His mother was a gospel singer, church musician, and retired school teacher who specialized in early childhood education. She died on September 19, 2013. The Graves family moved to the small town of Bogalusa, Louisiana when Wilfred was two years old and became involved in a local Pentecostal church called St. John Temple Church of God in Christ. Graves' parents encouraged their son's early interest in learning and faith by exposing him to literature about mathematics, science, art, history, and religion and involving him in a variety of school, community, and church activities. At the age of seven, Graves was identified as a gifted student and began taking advanced coursework. He eventually was accepted into Mensa, although he is not currently an active member of the organization.
The Graves family left Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1982 and moved to Columbus, Georgia, which was the birthplace of Wilfred's mother and home of his maternal grandparents. Graves was an honor student throughout his early academic career and began to demonstrate a high aptitude for mathematics and science during his middle school years at Dimon Elementary School (1982-84) and Rothschild Junior High School (1984-86). He often participated in science fairs, mathematics tournaments, quiz bowls, and other academic competitions and usually was quite successful in these endeavors.
Graves attended Columbus High School (Columbus, Georgia), a place first integrated in the 1960s by his mother Glendolyn and five other African-American students. Glendolyn graduated from Columbus High School in 1967. Her son Wilfred would become the first African-American valedictorian in the school’s 100-year history in 1990. Graves' valedictorian speech compared the transition from high school to adulthood to the crossing of a river and utilized imagery from the Book of Ezekiel. During his four years at Columbus High School, Graves won countless local, regional, and national awards and made frequent media appearances.〔1990 COHISCAN vol. 77, Columbus High School, 252 http://wilfredgraves.com/images/Image/user/Yearbook%20Photo.jpg〕〔"Ledger-Enquirer Page One Awards: 20th Anniversary," Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, May 7, 1995. http://www.shaw95.com/LE_Page_One.pdf Wilfred Graves is listed as the 1990 Page One Award winner for mathematics.〕
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