Experience:

• Reverend Damon Lynch, Jr. is the Pastor of New Jerusalem Baptist Church, a position he has held since 1970

Education:

• Rev. Lynch received his Bachelor of Science from the Cincinnati Bible Seminary in 1973
• In 1991, his Masters of Business Administration from the Graduate Theological Foundation at Notre Dame, where he was voted Class Orator
• In addition, he pursued special studies at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Hebrew Union College and Thomas Moore College
• Honorary Doctor of Divinity - Temple Bible College, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the College of Mt. St. Joseph

Honors, Memberships, Community Involvement (partial list):

• Heavily involved in the community, Rev. Lynch is the former president of the Baptist Ministers Conference
• He has been an instructor in preaching at the Athenaeum at Mt. St. Mary Seminary
• He started the first Martin Luther King March, along with Virginia Coffey, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Charlene Ventura
• In addition, Rev. Lynch was the first President of the Pastors Conference of Greater Cincinnati
• He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• Member of the Medical Review Board of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• A member of the Board of Directors for Gwen Mooney Funeral Home
• A member of the Board of Directors for the Dan Beard Council, Boy Scouts of America
• A member of the Board of Directors of University Hospital
• A member of the Minority Health Alliance, University Hospital
• A member of the Board of Trustees for University Hospital
• He is a former member of the Board of Directors of Housing Opportunities Made Equal
• He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the City Gospel Mission
• He is a former Commissioner on the Ohio Commission On Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
• Rev. Lynch was awarded the Faith in Action Award by the Council of Christian Communions
• The Image Maker Award for Advocacy
• A Community  Service Award from the National Council of Community & Justice
• A recipient of the Wright Overstreet Award from the NAACP
• Washington Times Foundation National Service Award
• United Way & Community Chest Joseph A. Hall Award
• Urban League's honoring the Lions Awards for Community Service
• Inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College
• A Community Service Award from Bridges for A Just Community