Dr. Dana Carson is the founder and senior pastor of the Reflections of Christ’s Kingdom World Outreach International (The R.O.C.K.) in Houston, TX. – a Bible-centered, Spirit-filled, community-building, Kingdom-minded ministry founded in 2003. Dr. Carson has almost 40 years of full-time and pastoral ministry experience. 

He is one of the nation’s foremost Kingdom theologians and down-to-earth pastors whose radical message and raw delivery are known all over the world. Dr. Carson’s call and purpose is to educate people of every age with the message of the Kingdom of God that is both exegetically sound and spiritually nourishing. 

Dr. Carson has an exceptional concern for youth and children and personally invests his life in their training and development. Dr. Carson’s anointing represents a combination of Spirit-filled fire and formal academic training, with a touch of the lessons learned in the ghettos of Chicago. With this rare anointing, he touches the hearts of people from all cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds worldwide.

Prophetic Voice

Prophetic Voice

Holding firmly to the mandate in Matthew 28 that commissions all believers to go and teach all nations, Dr. Carson has planted and oversees Bible-centered, Spirit-filled, Community-building, Kingdom-minded leaders and churches worldwide. He trained leaders and has planted churches in Austin, Kyle, San Antonio, Alvin, LaMarque, Memphis, Atlanta, Chicago, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Johannesburg, Orange Farm, Vlakfontein, Capetown, Monrovia, Mysore. Currently, Dr. Carson provides an apostolic covering for over 100 churches internationally. Dr Carson is a pastor’s pastor with his profound pastoral insight and ministry experience. Dr Carson has a heart and passion to train and equip pastors for the work of ministry.

Community Builder

Community Builder

Dr. Carson’s fervor for lifting, developing, and building communities is second to none. Dr. Carson studied the church, economics, and community building during his doctoral studies at Harvard University. Dr. Carson wrote his dissertation on the relationship between African-American males between the ages of 14-35 and the independent church at Boston University, the alma mater of the distinguished Martin Luther King Jr. and C. Eric Lincoln. Dr. Carson has been building communities through youth outreaches through athletics and academics for over two decades. He has created jobs and prepared countless numbers of people for employment opportunity through his many non-profit organizations.

Scholar

Scholar

Dr. Carson, though a high school dropout from Chicago, has earned three doctorates and four master degrees, thus he is one of the top 1% of African American scholars in the U.S. Dr. Carson earned a Doctorate of Ministry from Boston University and also studied The Church and Economic and Community Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Divinity. He also earned a Doctorate of Christian Psychology from Logos Graduate School. In 2004, Dr. Carson completed a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. He also holds four master’s degrees: a Master in Counseling and Guidance (Texas A&M), a Master of Divinity (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary/Oral Roberts University), Master of Economic Development and Entrepreneurship (University of Houston), and he was the first full-time clergy to earn a Global Executive MBA from the world-class Fuqua School of Business (Duke University). Dr. Carson received his B.S. in Business Administration from HBCU Wiley United Methodist College where he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

ENTREPRENEUR

ENTREPRENEUR

Dr. Carson is the Chief Executive Visionary and founder of Dana Carson Kingdom Ministries, Inc. (DCKM), a non-profit ministry organization designed to spread the gospel of the Kingdom while restoring families and communities through programs of empowerment. Through DCKM, Dr. Carson spreads the good news of the Kingdom around the world. However, DCKM is only one of several companies that have been established to resource and support the expansion of God’s Kingdom: Center for African-American church growth, an organization dedicated to helping churches increase their membership and develop their administrative infrastructure; DCKM Leadership Development & Training Corporation; The Kingdom Bible University, a premier online Bible institute for pastors, leaders, and serious lay people that desire a firm foundation in biblical doctrine and ministerial training.

Author

Author

Dr. Carson is a prolific author and writer of an array of Kingdom resources which include, insightful books and textbooks in theology, leadership, and church growth; Biblical study guides to strengthen your spiritual development, and church systems and curricula to help assist ministries in becoming healthy, Kingdom-minded ministries. Click on the shop now link for more detailed information of all DCKM products.
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Father & Husband

Father & Husband

Dr. Carson is a devoted husband to First Lady Rachelle Carson, who serves faithfully in ministry with him. They have been blessed with five children, Dana Carson II, John Anthony Carson, Angel Naomi Carson, Marielle Alli Sanchez, and Devon Jarrod Carson. Dr. Carson loves spending time singing and playing sports (basketball) with his very talented and gifted children.

Evangelist & Revivalist

Evangelist & Revivallist

Renowned nationally, Dr. Carson ministers extensively through seminars, crusades, and television. His preaching and teaching has been broadcast on TBN, Daystar, the WORD Network, and primetime network TV. The DCKM broadcast can be viewed on TheROCKWOI/Streaming (Live on Sundays at 10AM and 6PM and Wednesdays at 7PM). Combining biblical study and scholarship with the lessons learned in the ghettos of Chicago, Dr. Carson is frank and real – people love the way he teaches the practical application of the Word of God on a level that anyone and everyone can understand Renowned as a theologian, respected as an apostle, regarded as a prophet, an evangelist, a pastor, a teacher – he is the Man of God. He is God’s appointed, He is God’s anointed – sent by the King for such a time as this!

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