Plot Synopsis

PREACHERS OF DETROIT is a reality series that follows seven prominent pastors in Detroit, as they juggle their family lives and their work in the community, with their parishioners, and from the pulpit, focusing on themes of faith, family, and friendship. From the challenges of being a woman bishop in a field that is dominated by men to keeping faith alive in a city that has faced tremendous hardship, these pastors are strong and resilient individuals who are not afraid to push boundaries in their communities. The seven preachers in this series are: Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who serves as the Senior Pastor of Greater Grace Temple where he ministers to a congregation of over 6,500 people in Detroit, Michigan; Bishop Corletta Vaughn, who became a female preacher against her Baptist church's strict rules and has been dedicated to the cloth for over 40 years; Pastor Tim Alden, a Detroit native who recently expanded his ministry back to his hometown from LA where he ministers at the City of Praise Christian Church; Pastor David Bullock, an activist throughout the city, whose first love is practicing ministry as the leader of the Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church; Bishop-Elect Clarence Langston, who is currently the Founder and Senior Pastor of Word in Action Christian Center in Detroit, Michigan; Pastor Don William Shelby Jr., who founded his congregation Burning Bush International Ministries Church of God in Christ over 20 years ago; and Evangelist Dorinda Clark-Cole, a three-time Grammy winner, who serves as an administrator at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Bishop J. Drew Sheard. On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT, Oxygen premiered a one-hour special, "Meet the Preachers," one week before the official series premiere on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT.