REV. DR. JOHN RICHARD WALTON, JR.
The Rev. Dr. John R. Walton, Jr. began his pastorate at Calvary Baptist Church on March 1, 2002 after serving as pastor for four years at the St. Mark Congregational Church in Boston Massachusetts. He confessed Christ as his Lord and Savior in July, 1975 at the Avon Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was ordained on 
June 14, 1994 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio by the United Pastors in Missions, 18 pastors affiliated with American Baptist Churches-USA, National Baptist Convention and Progressive National Baptist Convention.
His educational
preparation for the ministry includes receipt of the Doctor of Ministry degree
from Northern
Baptist Seminary in Lombard, IL with a thesis entitled “Making
and Equipping Disciples for Christ in the 21st Century: A new Model Based on
Restructuring Family Ministry at Calvary Baptist Church, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin”. He
also holds a Master of Divinity degree from
He is currently serving as "Chairman of the Faith Committee of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative."
Rev. Dr. Walton has been described as a gifted preacher with tremendous potential, a man with deep personal conviction, sincerity and dedication to the Lord, a man of integrity, faith and prayer.
Rev. Dr. Walton is a family man. He and his wife, Mrs. Lorrie Craig Walton, are the parents of three sons - John Richard III, Daniel, Samuel and one daughter, Grace Alison.