Melvin Banks Had a Dream

INTERVIEW

Melvin Banks Had a Dream
An interview with the founder of the largest African American Christian publishing house.
INTERVIEW BY THEON HILL
His name may not be familiar to those outside Christian publishing, but few have impacted the church as much as Melvin E. Banks Sr., the founder and chairman of Urban Ministries Inc. (UMI). On May 2 in Colorado Springs at its annual Leadership Summit, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) presented Banks with the Kenneth N. Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award for more than 50 years of excellence, innovation, integrity, and commitment to making the message of Christ more widely known. continue reading >>

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