Pastor DeQuincy M. Hentz
DeQuincy M. Hentz is the fifth Pastor in the 108 year history of the Shiloh Baptist Church of New Rochelle, New York. He was called to the pastorate Shiloh in March 2005. Since his arrival at Shiloh in July 2006, church attendance and financial contributions have more than doubled. The membership has been increased by more than 125 members and ministry within the church and outreach to the community has expanded. Pastor Hentz has led the people of Shiloh to reestablish the church’s New Disciples and Youth Ministries as well as establish an outreach ministry to the neighboring colleges in the New Rochelle community. Recently, the church, under his dynamic leadership, took the necessary steps to make real her vision of building a 40 unit Senior Housing complex.
Pastor Hentz is a native of Greenwood, South Carolina. He is the son of Ms. Mary A. Hentz and the Reverend Furman M. Miller. He is a 1996 Cum Laude graduate of Morehouse College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion and History. While attending Morehouse, Pastor Hentz served as President and Senior Canon of the Morehouse Chapel Assistants Program, a campus organization for pre-seminarians and aspiring ministers. Pastor Hentz furthered his education at Howard University and in 1999 received his Master of Divinity Degree. As a student at Howard, Pastor Hentz received the first Evans E. Crawford Preaching Award, which is given to the student who best displays the attributes of scholarly preaching. Upon his graduation, he was awarded the W.O. Carrington Preaching Award, which recognized him as the top preaching student of his graduating class.
Pastor Hentz was licensed to preach in 1994 at Second Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Greenwood, South Carolina. He was ordained in 1999 at Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. At Metropolitan, Pastor Hentz developed and taught a class called “Hip Hop and the Bible,” taught Men’s Bible Study classes and served as an Associate Minister. For two years, Pastor Hentz served as Youth Minister at Michigan Park Christian Church, Washington, D.C.
Pastor Hentz formerly served as Pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Woodlawn, Cincinnati, Ohio. As Pastor of Mt. Zion, his prophetic vision and ministry of "A New Beginning In A New Millennium" was embraced by the church body and evidenced by explosive ministerial growth, both spiritually and numerically. As the congregation grew to more than 1100, two Sunday Worship Services; five weekly Bible Studies; and expanded Wednesday children and youth ministries were offered to enable everyone to “Experience DEW–Discipleship, Evangelism and Worship.” Believers were called upon to actively show the love of Jesus and to spread the gospel through the ministry resources of Mt. Zion. Ministry growth and activity doubled and likewise church financial resources tripled during Pastor Hentz’s tenure. With these powerful resources, ministry outreach into the community was strengthened and Kingdom-building ministries were birthed such as New Members, Women’s, Men’s, Young Adult, Children’s Church, Christ Fund and Marriage Ministries. Many enhancements to Mt. Zion’s infrastructure included upgraded Media/Sound facilities, Meeting Rooms, Nursery and food services.
Of special recognition, Pastor Hentz was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College in 2001. He is one of the Co-Convener of the Progressive National Baptist Convention’s Minister’s Seminar. Pastor Hentz is frequently called on to speak or preach for varying audiences of all ages across the nation. This man of God clearly has distinguished himself among the most gifted, yet continues to remain humble to his calling and ministry.
