Pastor Karl Jerome Minor was born in Greenville Miss., to the parents of the late Reverend E. D. Minor and Beatrice Minor. He is married to Bianca Archibald-Minor. Together they have seven children, five adults Quincy, Eakita, Marcus, Philip and Michael, and two elementary aged children Archibald and Alexander. Pastor Minor is also a Grandpa to three awesome children Sarah, Cameron and London. His father was a Baptist Minister who was a Pastor of multiple churches in the Mississippi Delta for forty-two years. Pastor Minor accepted Christ and was baptized at the age of 17.
In 1978, after graduating from Greenville High School, he moved to Houston, Texas where he spent 7 years as a sub-contractor building homes and apartments in the Houston Area. In 1979, he joined Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Reverend Philip Herman Leon Price. Reverend Price personally discipled and mentored Pastor Minor until he was ordained as a Deacon in 1981. Pastor Minor was called and licensed to preach the Gospel in August 1983. While at Greater New Hope, he served in the capacity of Sunday School Teacher, Assistant Sunday School Director, a dedicated member of the male chorus, Youth Choir President, and Associate Minister. In 1984, Pastor Minor became a member of the Greater Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and began serving as the Children’s Church Minister and later as the Assistant to Pastor Ralph Douglas West.
Pastor Minor’s educational training included his attendance at Houston Community College and University of Houston and Western Governors University in Marketing Management. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1995 with and Associates of Divinity. He graduated from B.H. Carroll Theological Institute with a graduate Degree in Theology (B.A. equivalent). He is currently matriculating in the Masters of Religion program at Carroll. He is certified in various relationship development programs, leadership and team building trainings programs. Some of these consist of John Maxwell’s leadership training, Carson Institute, Life Innovation’s Prepare/Enrich Trainer, and American Association of Christian Counseling. He served on various Boards through the years. Some of them include: Houston Metropolitan, One Church/One Child Adoption and Foster Care, Union Baptist Association. He is the Founder of Minor Edge Leadership and Ministry Development which is a Church Consulting Ministry Designed to help Pastors, their staff, and their leadership obtain the skills of a cutting Edge of Ministry. Trinity investment Consultant an Executive Coaching Company designed to assist CEO's and heads of Organizations maintain a balanced life.
He began as a Team Pastor with a one month’s summer visit as guess team Chaplin with NFL Europe (Barcelona Dragons in 2002), he served as Team Pastor for the Prairie View Panthers 2004-2008, where he help turn their Athletic program into a huge team success. In 2009, he became Athletics Team Pastor at Texas Southern University.
