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Dr. Paul Murray
As a Christian leader, Bishop Dr. Paul Murray is a well-received global speaker and minister known for his servant leadership traits and call for moral and innovative leadership. Dr. Murray is a passionate advocate for religious freedom and human rights. He is a powerful, articulate, and anointed speaker at conferences and presenter on international program panels where he addresses the ongoing global human rights challenges impacting the many who seek to live and practice their religion or belief freely. He presents values-based peacebuilding concepts to aid in resolving inter-religious, societal, and governmental conflicts. An anointed minister of the gospel, Murray has been a guest speaker and minister on TBN, Daystar, and CTN in the U.S.A. and Rede Globo in Brazil. In addition to speaking at significant venues, including the United Nations and numerous national and community churches across Brazil, Guatemala, Kenya, and the United States, he was also featured prominently in BOSS Magazine. Dr. Murray is the International Vice President for Religious Freedom Initiatives at the Global Peace Foundation (GPF). In this role, he has been instrumental in developing and growing a values-based peacebuilding approach in addressing freedom of religion and belief. Through his development and implementation of educational, outreach, and advocacy projects, Dr. Murray continues expanding his global network of partners and advocates who represent grassroots community organizations, academia, NGOs, and government officials. In addition, Dr. Murray serves as vice chairman of the International Religious Freedom Secretariat (IRFSec), assisting in establishing regional and country-based IRF Roundtables and summits. With a global footprint, Dr. Murray has engaged as a USA Expert on Religious Freedom to the European Inter-Parliamentarian Human Rights Commission, a civil society committee member of the annual government-hosted Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, vice chairman, National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF), executive board member of the First Amendment Voice Alliance, along with several other human rights organizations addressing freedom of religion, belief, or conscience. An ordained minister serving in ministry for 30 years, Murray is the Senior Pastor of the Lighthouse Church. Dr. Murray holds ministerial credentials with Rebirth Fellowship Assemblies, where he serves as Vice Presiding Prelate. He is also the award-winning author of Broken: Picking Up the Pieces After the Fall and the soon-to-be-released Walking with the Good Samaritan: Servant Leadership for a New Era. He holds a Doctorate in Pastoral Leadership from Howard University's School of Divinity, a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Counseling, a Master of Art in Religion from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Phoenix, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Services.