Howard B.M. Fauntroy, III was born in Washington, D.C. to the late Rev. Howard B.M.
Fauntroy, Jr. and Mrs. Carmen M. Fauntroy.  While still young, he moved with his
family to Detroit, Michigan when Rev. Howard B.M. Fauntroy, Jr. was called to serve
as the tenth Pastor of the First Baptist Institutional Church.
During his elementary years, he matriculated in the Detroit Public School system
and from middle school through his senior year of high school he attended the
University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI.  He received his bachelor’s
degree in political science from Middlebury College, Middlebury VT.  He taught
briefly in the Detroit Public School system before continuing his graduate studies at
Harvard University.  While attending the Divinity School at Harvard, he served as
the President of the Student Body; The Seminarian in Residence at the Memorial
Church in Harvard Yard; and was selected to deliver the commencement address at
his graduation.
After completing his studies Rev. Fauntroy would serve one year as the Senior
Administrator and Special Assistant to his father, the late Pastor Howard B.M.
Fauntroy, Jr. Following his Ordination in 1994, Reverend Fauntroy was asked by the
President of his Alma Mater, to serve as the Chaplain to Middlebury College.  Rev.
Fauntroy would be the first African American minister and the youngest (of any
ethnic or cultural background) to serve in this capacity. Upon the passing of his
father on August 22, 1996, Howard Fauntroy, III became the eleventh pastor of the
First Baptist Institutional Church.  He served there for over fifteen years. During his
tenure, he served as a member of the Northwest Union Fellowship of Churches,
National Baptist Convention U.S.A, past President of the Alumni Board of Governors
of University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, Religious Relations Chair and
Executive Board of the Detroit Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Board
of the over 115-year-old The Players gentleman’s amateur theatre organization in
Detroit, and a host of other civic organizations and affiliations.
Upon completion of his service in Michigan, Rev. Fauntroy received an invitation to
serve as a Chaplain Intern at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA where he
completed Two Units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). In August 2015, Rev.
Fauntroy was welcomed to join the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA as a
Chaplain Resident where he would secure three additional CPE Units, followed by
being honored to serve as a Resident of the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center,
thereby receiving a final Unit of CPE. Subsequently, Howard has been honored to
serve in the Spiritual Care Department of the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
and as a former Vice Moderator and Council member of the West Hollywood United
Church of Christ family.