PASTOR CAREY G. ANDERSON
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Rev. Dr. Carey G. Anderson is the Senior Minister of First AME Church, Seattle, WA, where he has served since November 2004. Prior to his appointment at FAME, Pastor Anderson was Pastor of St. Paul AME Church in Wichita, KS from 2000-2004, and had been the Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Reno, Nevada from 1984 to 2000.
Pastor Anderson holds a B.A. Degree from California State University, Hayward; a Master of Divinity Degree from Pacific School of Religion Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA; and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO.
Pastor Anderson maintains his substance abuse counseling certification through the National Association for Addiction Professionals, his Program Administrator certification through the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, State of Nevada, and his teaching credential in the State of Nevada.
Memberships:
National Association for Addiction Professionals
Teaching Credential – Washoe County, State of Nevada
Pacific Northwest Conference of the AME Church, 5th Episc. District
Black History Project, Nevada State
Programs Started During his Leadership:
Bethel Housing Development Corporation
Sister to Sister Teen Mother’s Project – Sparks, NV
Black Youth Peer Education – HIV/AIDS Prevention Project – Washoe County, NV
Black Youth Mentoring Project – No. NV Black Cultural Awareness Society
MLK FAME Community Center, Seattle, WA
Board Memberships – Past & Present
Washoe at Risk (WAR) – Addressing Student Dropout rate in Washoe County, NV
Community Services Agency, Reno, NV
Habitat for Humanity
Reno Housing Authority
Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Committee, Reno, NV
Let’s Get Moving, FAME Seattle, WA
Black United Clergy,
Articles & Publications
Voices from the pulpit, State of Washington
AWARDS & CITATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Congressional Award – For Housing & Community Development, Bethel Housing Development Corporation. Sparks, NV
City of Sparks Commendation – 1996
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For recognition as Executive Director of Ridge House, a residential substance abuse facility for ex-felons
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Executive Director of the Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society Mentor Project.
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Governors Prayer Breakfast Committee member
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Truckee Meadows Community College Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee
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Truckee Meadows Fair Housing Board of Directors
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Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors
NAACP – Freedom Award Citation, for providing civil rights leadership in northern Nevada, 1991.
Golden Eagle Award – For Civic and Social Standing in the Wichita, KS Community. Presented by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 2004.
City of Seattle – Rev. Carey G. Anderson Day Proclamation by Mayor Greg Nichols, 2007 Northwest Black Pioneers – Seattle Roots Committee Award, 2011
Pastor Anderson is happily married to Mrs. Phyllis Gearring-Anderson, a Health Care Manager and an ANCC Family and Adult Nurse Practitioner. Together they have three adult children and two grandchildren.