Otis Banks

Otis Banks has served as a pastor for over 40 years. For 20 of those years he served as senior pastor of the Diamond Street Church in North Philadelphia. Before his very active "retirement" he served as Director of Faith Based Services for the Wedge Medical Center for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services in Philadelphia. During his ministry he has done missionary work in the U.S. and internationally through his home church and with the Mennonite Eastern Conference. He has been an active participant in the Pastor Prayer Summit for twenty five years and has led Prayer Summit events throughout the U.S.