Background
Crawford, Isaac Benjamin was born on April 23, 1948 in Brooklyn. Son of Isaac Benjamin Senior and Rubie (May) Crawford.
Crawford, Isaac Benjamin was born on April 23, 1948 in Brooklyn. Son of Isaac Benjamin Senior and Rubie (May) Crawford.
AS, New York City Community College, Brooklyn, 1968; MST, Virginia Seminary and College, Lynchburg, 1974; postgraduate, Virginia Seminary and College, Lynchburg, since 1991.
Associate minister, Zion Baptist Church, Brooklyn, 1964-1975;
assistant pastor, Greater Jerusalem Baptist Church, Brooklyn, 1975-1976;
assistant pastor, Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brooklyn, 1976-1981;
interim pastor, Union Reformed Church, Bronx, New York, 1981-1982;
associate minister, Fort Washington Collegiate Church, New York City, 1982-1984;
executive assistant, Friendly Baptist Church, Bronx, 1984-1986;
pastor, Mount Cella Baptist Church, Bronx, since 1986. Co-chairman Black Caucus of South Bronx Churches Inc., since 1985. Bronx representative to Council Churches of Greater New York, since 1990.
Vice president Bronx Council Churches, since 1991.
Active Bedford-Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center, Brooklyn. Member city-wide council Agency for Child Development, New York City. Member 44th Precinct Community Council Committee, Bronx.
Member community board #4 appointed by Borough President Ferrer, Bronx. Board directors Embassy Day Care. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force National Guard, since 1965.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Operation P.U.S.H., National Baptist Convention United States of America, Baptist Pastors Church Union, Baptist Ministers Conference New York, United Missionary Baptist Association, Empire State Missionary Association (member reconstruction committee), 265 Decatur St. Parent Association (chairman, co-chairman delegate agency), Democrats Club (vice president 1982-1985), Masons.
Married Betty Anderson, November 20, 1967. Children: Anthony, Curtis, Towanda.