Reverend Darrell LaRue Armstrong is the pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey. In addition, he serves as the Baptist World Alliance’s chief administrative officer at the United Nations. He is only Shiloh Baptist Church’s third pastor in 111 years. Rev. Armstrong is also a civic leader, a grassroots community organizer, and a child welfare and family strengthening advocate. Originally from Los Angeles, California, Armstrong received his BA in Public Policy at Stanford University, completed his theological training at Princeton Theological Seminary, and his clinical training at the College of New Jersey. To add to his already impressive resumé, he is also a master trainer in the National Partnership for Community Leadership’s Fatherhood/Responsible Male Involvement. His most recent achievements were that he became certified in Child Sexual Assault by the “Enough Abuse Campaign” and in Infant and Pre-School Mental Health from the Youth Consultation Services’ Infant and Pre-School Mental Health Institute. He is a highly coveted public speaker and has given keynote speeches and various national conferences. He also lectures on maternal and paternal child health issues and faith-based delivery of social, human and child welfare services. In 2001, he was given the opportunity to carry the torch for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, which he dedicated to the more than 600,000 American children in foster care. In 2005, he was given his own feature on a national PBS special called “Faith & Family in America.” In 2009, he gave the opening prayer to the House of Representatives. In 2010, Rev. Armstrong made history when he became the first non-Presbytarian elected to the Princeton Theological Seminary’s Board of Trustees. Lastly, Reverend Armstrong is the author of two books: one speaks of his involvement in Los Angeles’ Child Protection Services and County Welfare Programs; the other addresses theological and practical meanings of “hope” and speaks of his time in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010.

• One potential news story or feature idea could be his involvement in the community of Trenton and its surrounding area.
• Another one could be his involvement in United Nations work and what he does as the chief administrative officer for the Baptist World Alliance
• Lastly, I believe another possible story could be how the work he has done around the country has impacted both himself and other people.