Rev. Dr. Francis Tabla is a native of Liberia, West Africa. He Pastors Ebenezer Community Church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, which he and his wife planted in 2000, and has grown f...view moreRev. Dr. Francis Tabla is a native of Liberia, West Africa. He Pastors Ebenezer Community Church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, which he and his wife planted in 2000, and has grown from eight to over seven hundred members. They led the congregation to build a multi-million dollar building. He holds the Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Master of Divinity degree, Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, Bachelor of Theology degree, Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Diploma in Electronics from the Booker Washington Institute in Kakata, Liberia. Dr. Francis Tabla is gifted by God as an evangelist, pastor, preacher, and teacher. He formerly served as Pastor of the Grace Baptist Church in Barnersville, Liberia, taught at the Monrovia Bible Training Center, and Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary. He was also Director of Living Way Baptist Bible Correspondence Course (ministry of the Southern Baptist Mission in Liberia). A West African missionary to the USA, Dr. Tabla preaches across the United States and does revivals, leadership workshops for churches and Para-church organizations. He has been featured in numerous articles and newspapers and on a few television and radio networks. He is author of the book: My Golden Rule (How Men Should Treat Women). In recognition of the impact God has enabled Dr. Tabla to have on the lives of many people at home and abroad, the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, set up the Francis O.S. Tabla Scholarship Fund at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, which is granted yearly to students pursuing the Masters of Divinity degree. Dr. Tabla is married to his high school sweetheart, Pastor Christine Jallah-Tabla. Their union of twenty-seven years is blessed with five children: Francis, Jr., Joshua, Christie, Elijah, and Edward Messenger.view less