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Dr. Billy Ingram is a freelance writer, author, actor, educator, poet and percussionist.
As a humanitarian and philanthropist, he seeks to help the poor and downtrodden.
Each year he raises money for scholarships to benefit worthy students who only need
exposure and an opportunity. These scholarships help to uplift the youth to the next level.
He has traveled extensively since his first trip abroad in the summer of 1973, where
he spent two months in Europe and Africa. He has been a frequent guest at the White House.
He was summoned to Israel 1995 for a special conference on peace and tourism by the
late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and he has very close ties to Chiefs and Kings
in West Africa.
In 1993 he served as a Diplomat and good will Ambassador to Korea, with a delegation of
Korean and African American Pastors. In 1994 he led a group of 30 African American Pastors
on a tour of Israel, at the request of the Government of Israel and has conducted many
trips to both Egypt and Israel over the last 25-years.
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In 1996 he lead a group 21 teenagers on a tour of the West African Countries of Cote D’Ivoire,
and Ghana. While there they met with tribal chiefs and elders of the land and toured the ancient
slave ports, where many of their ancestors began their journey to America.
The ultimate dream of his life is to take a year off to travel around the world on a special
study mission. The driving theme of his life is, “to study like it’s my first time and preach
like it’s my last”. He is currently working on a nine volume Inspirational and Motivational
Prayer Book series. His recent poem “The Legacy” has captured and captivated the minds and
hearts of thousands and will soon be released...
He and his beautiful wife Solombra love serving their Church family…and it shows! They are
the proud parents of 2-year-old miracle twin boys, Samuel and Solomon. And Pastor Billy has
three other grown children from a former marriage: Billy II, 24-years-old, Marian, 20-years-old
and Karis, 18-years-old.
Visit his website at www.maranathachurchla.org
You can contact Dr. Ingram
via e-mail at Atalkndrum@aol.com or
by sending an e-mail to
TimBookTu and it will be forwarded.
