About Walter J. Lanier
Walter Lanier is a husband, father, lawyer, pastor, teacher, educator, and social entrepreneur with a deep commitment to being a liberating force in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lanier, an inaugural CBMA fellow, is the Senior Pastor of Progressive Baptist Church of Milwaukee, which has a 30-year track record of innovation and service to community Milwaukee. Pastor Lanier also serves as the Director of Student Resources at Milwaukee Area Technical College where he also founded the college’s Men of Color Initiative and lead the first-ever Counseling and Psychological Services department.
A 1995 graduate of the University of Michigan law school, Lanier maintained a business law practice for over a decade prior to joining MATC. In 2005, he founded the Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center which focuses on building a network and proposing solutions for urban cities in the Great Lakes area. Lanier has lectured in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Africology in the areas of race and constitutional law. In 2012, Lanier founded MIRACLE, Mental Illness—Raising Awareness with Church and Community Leaders Everywhere. MIRACLE works with faith-based and community leaders, mental health organizations, and advocates to raise awareness and decrease stigma around mental illness.
He currently serves on a variety of community boards including the Milwaukee Community Justice Council, Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope, and Housing Ministries of the American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin. Lastly, he is the Chairman of the Board for Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. a federally qualified health center serving patients in Milwaukee’s inner city.
He has served on numerous boards and is deeply committed to being a part of Milwaukee reaching its fullest potential . . .
As of late, I have described myself this way . . .
“Devoted Husband by Choice, Father by Divine Blessing, Minister by Calling, Teacher, Empowerer, Encourager and Builder by Gifting”
Although, I am certainly able to engage in a good debate, I prefer a rigorous discussion . . . a mutual exchange of ideas. I am at my best when helping others.
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Hi there! I wanted to thank you for following our blog! It made our day! We’re happy to someone so close buy connected with us online. We’re happy to follow back. Keep up the good work pastor!
-Tasha, The Bridge Chicago
Welcome!
Continue being the Blessed Shepard for Progressive Missionary Baptist Church and outside the 4 Walls that houses it!
Thank you. Let’s us never grow weary in well doing!
God’s richest blessings upon your ministry to family, church and community.
God bless you and your ministry as well.
Hello Walter, thank you for your ministry. I’d like to ask if the images are yours, and if so whether I can use one. The one I am specifically interested in is in black and white, flat figures with one leaping
to the cross.
Thank you Laura. I do not recall where I go that image. I believe I pulled it from an internet search several years ago. I have no ownership in it.
Hey Walter i been looking for u in need ur help concerning a sexual harassment at my previous job i called u and left a message
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