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CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: Who is Rev. Kenneth Flowers? Senior Pastor, Greater New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Detroit, MI | Charged with Sexual Assault of a Minor [#KennethFlowers #RevKennethFlowers]

A prominent Detroit pastor has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor in Farmington Hills, allegedly in December.

The Rev. Kenneth Flowers, 63, pastor of Detroit’s Greater New Mount Moriah Baptist Church, was charged Friday in Farmington Hills District Court.

According to court records, Flowers remained silent and pleaded not guilty.

He was released on a $25,000 personal recognizance bond, which means he did not have to post cash or a bond, but if he does not present for future proceedings in the case, he will owe the court $25,000.

The maximum penalty for unlawful sexual conduct is 15 years in jail, whereas the maximum sentence for sexual assault is 10 years.

According to police and court documents, Flowers perpetrated the alleged assault on December 20, 2023, and was arrested the same day.

Court papers and a source familiar with the case indicate that the incident involved a 17-year-old man who resided in Flowers’ Farmington Hills neighborhood.

More information about what Flowers is accused of doing will be revealed on August 7 at a scheduled preliminary examination, unless Flowers chooses to forgo the proceeding.

A preliminary examination is when prosecutors present some of their most compelling evidence, which may include witness testimony, against someone accused of a crime.

If a judge believes that there is sufficient evidence to go to trial, the case is sent to circuit court, where a judge or jury will hear testimony, review evidence, and reach a verdict.

Flowers has been pastor of Greater New Mount Moriah since 1995, when he succeeded the iconic Rev. Benjamin Hooks, the NAACP’s longstanding executive director.

The church’s website lists 1,000 members and promotes Flowers as “a community/social activist for human rights issues” with an international reputation.

He is so well regarded that in 2019, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan appointed him to the city’s Board of Ethics.

He did not serve long since he was declared unfit to serve once it was discovered he lived in Farmington Hills.

Flowers was well-known for his outreach to leaders of other faiths, and his church’s website claims he was the “first Pastor ever at Greater New Mt. Moriah to license and ordain females to the preaching ministry and to ordain females as Deacons.”

According to the church’s website, Flowers’ gala to celebrate 25 years of preaching the gospel was “featured in Jet Magazine” and attended by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, the Reverend Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, and Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick. Tavis Smiley, a well-known TV and radio personality, made a video tribute to his friend.

https://greaternewmtmoriah.org/pastor/

Reverend Kenneth J. Flowers
The Reverend Kenneth James Flowers was born on March 17, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan. He accepted Christ at the age of 8 and was baptized at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Detroit by the late Reverend Dr. William R. Haney in May 1969. Reverend Flowers accepted his Call to the Ministry at the age of 16 and preached his first sermon on April 12, 1978 (just after becoming 17 years of age). He was licensed to preach on May 3, 1978 and was ordained on August 17, 1983. God has truly blessed Pastor Flowers.

In August 1987
Relocated to Los Angeles, California where he became the Director of the Ecumenical Black Campus Ministry at UCLA and associate Minister for Evangelism and Pastoral Care at Wilshire United Methodist Church. On March 10, 1989, the Reverend Flowers was called to pastor Messiah Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Several new ministries were started, as well as a covenant relationship with Temple Israel of Hollywood.

January 21, 1995
Called to Pastor Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in his hometown, Detroit, Michigan and was installed in July 1995.

Under his leadership:
The Mt. Moriah Community Development Corporation (a non-profit 501c.3) was started under his leadership and is working to empower and renovate the community
Made history for Greater New Mt. Moriah on October 27, 1995 when he preached at Temple Beth El in West Bloomfield, MI. Temple, the oldest synagogue in Michigan
Formed a partnership with First Baptist Church of Dearborn
First Pastor ever at Greater New Mt. Moriah to license and ordain females to the preaching ministry and to ordain females as Deacons
May 2007 – Under the leadership of Reverend Flowers, Greater New Mt. Moriah celebrated the Grand Opening of its newly build Banquet/Conference Center
April 2008 – Children’s Church re-instituted

NEWS SOURCE & LINKS:
Detroit Free Press

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