Clabon Bogan Jr. has served in Pastoral Ministry in the South Jersey area for over thirty-seven years as Senior Pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist, Mizpah; First Baptist Jericho, Deptford, and Interim Pastor at Christ Baptist, Burlington, NJ. He is currently serving at Abundant Grace Ministry. Raised in the South Jersey area, he attended Vineland High School, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, Alliance Seminary in New York and graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University with a Bachelor of Science in Bible, a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, and is a certified FIRO Clinician.

Pastor Bogan worked for over twenty-five years in the corporate retail culture, during which time he was bi-vocational—Pastor and Vice President of Non-Foods. He conducted a number of seminars and workshops for major Fortune 500 companies on the topics of organizational management and structural effectiveness, and ethnical negotiations. He has also been a part of numerous Church conferences including: the Ministry in Action Conference, the Pastors and Leaders Conference, the Church Growth Conference, the General State Baptist Worker’s Conference, the National Baptist USA Inc. Pastor’s Division, the Ministry Resource Conference at PBU, and the South Jersey Urban Training Collaboration.

He has also served as President of the Ebenezer Baptist Missionary Union, President of Mighty Man Boot Camp Inc., President of the Permanent Council of the Bethany Baptist Association, Regent and instructor of the Bethany Baptist School of Biblical Studies, Political Action Committee of the Ministers’ Conference of Woodbury and Vicinity, the Mayor’s Business Commission of Deptford Township, and the NJ Governor’s Character Education Commission. Pastor Bogan’s primary objective is to fulfill Ephesians 4:12 and that is maturing the saints in order that they can perform the ministry of the Church.