About Pastor Kenn

Rev. Kenneth V. Blanchard, Sr., was born in Suffolk, Virginia but raised in Maryland.  He is the pastor of Historic Berean Baptist Church in Washington, DC where he has been serving since 2006.  He became a licentiate minister at Mount Sinai Baptist Church in 2001.  He was ordained in 2007, and called to pastor in 2008.

He is the founder of In The Wilderness Ministries and the Forgiven Christian riders an international motorcycle ministry that helps churches utilize the motorcyclist in their congregations to evangelize.

His favorite Scripture is from Philippians 3:12-14

He is also a staunch defender of personal freedom.  He was a former federal police officer.  Became a firearms trainer for law enforcement and protective security specialist.  Traveled as bodyguard.  Studied classroom dynamics, facilitation and course design and later became a trainer of new police recruits.  Wrote and published Black Man With A Gun, A Responsible Gun Ownership Manual for African Americans in 1991.  

He created a firearms consulting business called African American Arms & Instruction, (A3i) in 1992. He has lobbied the US Congress.  He has testified in the state legislatures of Virginia, Texas, South Carolina, Michigan, Maryland, and Wisconsin.  He was instrumental in the passing of concealed carry reform in 1992 for Virginia and Texas.  He founded the Tenth Cavalry Gun Club, a national pro-gun organization for African Americans.

He has done commercials for TV against racist gun laws and been featured in Michael and Me, Larry Elder,  Dickens in America, BBC/ Scotland Lion Films,  Not Without A Fight 2009 by Max Lemux.  and worked around the country after that to promote safe and responsible firearms ownership. 

In 2000, he created the Black Man With A Gun URL and has been active guest on talk radio and television, on the controversial subject of gun control and minorities since then.  Known internationally as the Black Man With A Gun and blogs regularly on http://kennblanchard.com