14th Pastor, 2021-Present,
Rev. Willie Bodrick, II, J.D., M. Div. is the talented, enthusiastic, and anointed Senior Pastor of the Historic Twelfth Baptist Church in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA. Rev. Bodrick leads with dynamic preaching, insightful teaching, and gospel-driven social engagement in the community and throughout the country. Rev. Bodrick is only the fourteenth senior pastor of our church which, in 2024, celebrates 184 years (1840) as a congregation and 219 years (1805) since the founding of the African Meeting House.
Prior to being Senior Pastor, Rev. Bodrick served on the ministerial staff for the previous nine years as Youth and Young Adult Minister, Young Adult and College Minister, Assistant Pastor, and eventually the Associate Pastor. He also served as the Director of the Afterschool Program and Summer Enrichment Program, successfully managing both programs and maintaining student and family engagement. Rev. Bodrick also serves as the Vice President of the SAMH Corporation, overseeing the church’s housing ministry, thrift shop, youth ministry, and afterschool and summer enrichment programs.
Pastor Bodrick was vested with the task of leading the congregation through the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, which required various operational and fiscal implementations, and a manifold of executive decisions that enabled the church to fully function on various online platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, YouTube, Zoom, Tithe.ly, and PayPal.
With God on our side, we were able to continue our ministries and services, as well as increase their viewership and engagement to over a thousand weekly viewers from across the country and the world.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rev. Bodrick and TBC also led vaccine education efforts, donated more than $375,000 to community members and organizations, and partnered with Boston Medical Center to establish the TBC Vaccination Clinic which vaccinated over 2,435 people. Rev. Bodrick also brought in a $1 Million gift from King Boston – the largest gift ever made to the Twelfth Baptist Church.
Rev. Willie Bodrick, II was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the eldest son (Brothers: Winston “Skip” Bodrick and Weldon T. Bodrick) of Rev. Willie Bodrick and Anna Bodrick. Pastor Bodrick is a proud product of Atlanta Public Schools Rev. Bodrick holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Georgetown University, a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Northeastern University School of Law. In May 2022, Rev. Bodrick received an honorary Doctorate of Community Service from Northeastern University.
Concurrently, Rev. Bodrick is the President and CEO of The American City Coalition (TACC). He brings extensive executive leadership and a personal and professional commitment to social and economic justice in the Roxbury community. Under his leadership, TACC recently launched Roxbury Worx. This workforce development model will bring the untapped talent of Roxbury’s hidden workers and middle-skills workers into the talent pipeline in three industries: Bio-Tech/Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Green/Blue Tech.
Prior to joining TACC, Rev. Bodrick worked in the Corporate Group at the law firm Brown Rudnick, LLP. Rev. Bodrick also held roles as Senior Advisor for the successful 2020 Ed Markey Campaign for the U.S. Senate and as the Outreach Coordinator in the Community Engagement Division of the Massachusetts Office of Attorney General Maura Healey.
Actively engaged in the community of Roxbury, the City of Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Rev. Bodrick holds multiple leadership positions including member of the Board of Trustees of Boston Medical Center, SRGE Board of Directors, Boston Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Roxbury YMCA, Black Employment and Economic Mobility (BEEM) Advisory Council, President of the Boston Network for Black Student Achievement, member of the Boston Public Schools Opportunity and Achievement Gap Taskforce, member of the Board of Directors of Massachusetts Advocates for Children, member of the Boston Medical Center Accelerator Community Advisory Committee, Co-Founder of the Forward Fund, The Boston Foundation’s Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Advisory Committee, member of the Building Bridges Board of Trustees, a member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) New England Leadership Council, a member of Harvard Divinity School Society for Promoting Theological Education, and appointed by Governor Maura Healey to serve on the Governor’s Advisory Council for Black Empowerment.
Rev. Bodrick has received numerous awards and honors including 2024 Martin L. King, Jr. International Chapel College of Ministers and Laity Board of Preachers Inductee, 2023 Boston Magazine 150 Most Influential Bostonians, 2023 Get Konnected Boston’s Most Influential Men of Color, 2023 Bloomberg-Harvard City Leadership Initiative Fellow, 2022 Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program Fellow, 2021 Boston Business Journal (BBJ) 40 Under 40 Award, 2021 Boston Chamber of Commerce and City Awake Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award, The Boston Foundation 20 Leaders of the 2020s, 2020 Eta Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Citizen of the Year Award, 2020 First District of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Citizen of the Year Award, 2019 Fletcher “Flash” Wiley Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association Legacy Award, and the 2019 Citizens for Public Schools Champion for Education Justice Award.
He is a member of the Boston Branch of the NAACP, the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, the Boston Black Golf Association, Georgetown University Alumni Club of Greater Boston, and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Rev. Bodrick is married to his wife, Dr. Devin Cromartie Bodrick, and they are the proud father of their son, Willie Bodrick, III.
Posted July 21, 2024