| 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 eighteen 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 100-year-old The Players gentleman’s amateur theater 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. |
