Rev. Dr. David Latimore shares his transition from a successful career in investment management to a calling in theology and ministry.

Rev. Dr. Latimore is the Director of the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. His teaching and research interests focus on the intersection of religion, race, and economic justice.

Before Princeton, Latimore served as senior pastor at Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Nashville and was associate director for the Academy of Preachers. He has pastored three other congregations, in Joliet, Illinois; Gainesville, Florida; and St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago, his DMin from McCormick Theological Seminary, his MDiv from Duke Divinity School, and his AB from Harvard University. Before attending seminary, Latimore had a successful career in investment management and economic development.