Pastor D. L. Powell serves as Pastor of the New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Miami, Florida. He earned an Associate of Biblical Studies and a Bachelor Degree in Biblical Studies from Moody Bible Institute. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Smith Chapel Bible College and is presently pursuing an MA in Christian Ministry at Anderson University. Pastor Powell previously served as Pastor of the Living Water Church in Killeen, Texas before moving to Miami, Florida to serve as the Pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami, Florida. He also served Executive Assistant to Pastor Arthur Jackson Jr. at the New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Miami, Florida before transitioning Pastor in 2002. He is the Bible Expositor for the Florida General Baptist Convention Moderators Division and a Vice Moderator in the Florida East Coast Baptist Association. Pastor Powell has also served as a Vice President of the Florida General Baptist Convention and Congress of Christian Education. He is the author of two books: Four Anchors In A Storm and Prospering Through Proverbs.