Standing on Sacred Shoulders

Founding Contributor

Kimberly J. Lewis, M.Div.

Creator & Founder, Kingdom Sermon Architect™ · Kingdom Advancement AI

Theologian, executive consultant, doctoral researcher, ordained minister, and nonprofit founder, Kimberly J. Lewis conceived Kingdom Sermon Architect™ as the convergence of a lifetime of ministry, scholarship, and technology. Building on the preaching legacy of her father, Rev. Dr. Tony Lloyd Lewis, and shaped by mentors across the Black Church and the academy, she is architecting a platform that equips preachers to move faithfully from exegesis to proclamation — honoring Scripture, strengthening the pulpit, and preserving the wisdom of those who came before.

Inaugural Kingdom Voice

Rev. Dr. Tony Lloyd Lewis

Pastor, Preacher, Theologian & Kingdom Communicator · The Rev. Dr. Tony Lloyd Lewis Legacy Collection

Rev. Dr. Tony Lloyd Lewis faithfully served as pastor, preacher, theologian, and Kingdom communicator whose pulpit ministry, scholarship, and Kingdom-centered teaching inspired the vision behind Kingdom Sermon Architect™. His decades of expository preaching, theological writing, and pastoral leadership formed the soil from which this platform grew. Today his sermons, manuscripts, and writings anchor the Kingdom Legacy Collections — preserving his voice for future generations of pastors, ministry leaders, seminarians, and biblical communicators. As the platform's inaugural voice and the foundational voice of the Legacy Collections, he is honored here as the ministry legacy Kingdom Sermon Architect was created to preserve and extend.

Founding Super User

Bishop Michael L. Loyd

Bishop, Ministry Leader & Doctoral Candidate in Organizational Leadership · John Loyd Preaching Institute

Bishop Michael L. Loyd serves as the inaugural Founding Super User of Kingdom Sermon Architect™ — a trusted theological thought partner and early platform advisor whose episcopal leadership, decades of pastoral ministry, and doctoral scholarship shaped the platform's earliest stages. As Dean of the John Loyd Preaching Institute, he teaches Sermon Preparation, Homiletics, Hermeneutics, and Exegetical Studies — the very disciplines Kingdom Sermon Architect was built to honor. His thoughtful feedback, theological insight, and faithful encouragement helped strengthen both the vision and execution of this work.

Founding Contributor

Rev. Dr. Matthew V. Johnson, Sr., Ph.D.

Theologian, Author & Founding Vision Mentor · The Proctor Conference · Samuel DeWitt Proctor Preaching & Leadership tradition

Long before Kingdom Sermon Architect existed — and even before the birth of Kingdom Advancement AI — God placed Rev. Dr. Matthew V. Johnson, Sr. in the founder's life as a trusted mentor, theological voice, and source of encouragement. A distinguished theologian, pastor, and author standing in the Samuel DeWitt Proctor preaching tradition, his mentorship, theological wisdom, and willingness to engage this vision during its earliest days helped birth the very framework Kingdom Sermon Architect now embodies. Some contributors refine a platform. Others help birth the vision itself. For that reason, he is honored as our Founding Vision Mentor.

Distinguished Scholar

Dr. Yung Suk Kim

Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity · Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology · Virginia Union University

Internationally respected New Testament scholar whose work emphasizes rigorous biblical interpretation, justice, community, and transformational engagement with Scripture. Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University, Dr. Kim's scholarship has significantly influenced Kimberly J. Lewis' theological formation and the academic vision of Kingdom Sermon Architect. His approach — careful exegesis, historical awareness, and justice-oriented theology — anchors the platform's commitment to faithful, contextual, and transformative biblical proclamation.