Full Name:
Clenard Howard Childress, Jr.
Gender:
Male
Family:
Spouse: Regina; 4 Children: Clenard, Thomas, Tonya, Tia
Birth Date:
08/08/1953
Birth Place:
Montclair, NJ
Home City:
Montclair, NJ
Religion:
Baptist
Attended, Montclair State University
Graduated, Christian Education, Northern Baptist School of Religion, 1977-1982
Candidate, New Jersey State Assembly, District 34, 2023
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New Jersey, District 10, 2022
Candidate, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 34, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021
No caucus information on file.
Senior Pastor, New Calvary Baptist Church, 1989-present
Founder, Celebration of Life Day Care Center, present
Former Director of Youth Ministries, New Calvary Baptist Church
Assistant to the National Director, Life Education And Resource Network, 2004-present
President, Montclair African American Clergy Association, 2004-present
Member, Board of Trustees, Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, 2003-present
Member, National Pro-Life Religious Council, 2003-present
Chaplain, Essex County Juvenile Detention Center, 1998-present
Chair, Board of Trustees, New Calvary Baptist Church, present
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, present
Former Superintendent of the Sunday School Department, New Cavalry Baptist Church
Former Vice-President, Outreach Ministries, New Calvary Baptist Church
Founder, Clergy for Better Choices, 2010
President, Life Education And Resource Network (L.E.A.R.N.), Northeast Region, 1999-2004
Organizer, "Say So" March, 1999