The Reverend Danté R. Quick, Ph.D., was elected to serve as the fourth senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey on May 22, 2021.

Prior to joining FBCLG, Pastor Quick served Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Vallejo, California, for more than 10 years. He began his pastoral ministry there on Aug. 1, 2010 and was installed as Senior Pastor on Aug. 7, 2011. After his arrival, the church had extraordinary growth, both spiritually and numerically. Only eight weeks into his tenure,Reverend Quick and the Friendship family were featured on the front page of the TimesHerald as “one of the largest African-American congregations in Vallejo.” [READ MORE]