Pastor Gerard Duncan

Pastor Gerard Duncan is the Senior Pastor of Prayers By Faith Ministries in Gainesville, FL and President of Innovative Dads Inc. He is a Social Entrepreneur and Civic Engagement Advocate for Children and Families. Pastor Duncan is a native of Andros Bahamas and raised in Carol City, Florida. He is passionate about the wellbeing of Alachua County communities and families. Pastor Duncan through his Church community outreach, recognized the needs of the community and the disconnect between organizations with resources and the community families. Pastor Duncan has been instrumental in developing programs for Fathers, reentry , mentoring programs for at-risk youth and their families as well, parent engagement workshops and seminars. He has organized and collaborated with many organizations for community engagement events that targeted at-risk youth and engaged them with recreational, life enrichment and educational activities. Pastor Duncan has been trained and implemented The National adopt a school initiative Dr. Tony Evans program within the Gainesville, FL school. He is a trained Father Engagement Facilitator for the National Fatherhood Initiative.

Pastor Duncan has trained over 1500 incarcerated men for Bridges of America pre-release 100hr transition program. He and a group of young men he mentored through his fatherhood training program, Innovative Dads, work to help revitalize communities and to create measurable outcomes for sustainability. Pastor Duncan is a member of the United Way of North Central, FL, Black on Black Crime task force, past Chair of the Family/Jobs Committee Gainesville4All. A Current member of the Gainesville Empowerment Zone Executive Committee, Current member UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Advisory Committee. UF Strategic Jury Award Committee, City Of Gainesville Strategic Planning Committee. Dept. Of Juvenile Justice Faith Network. Santé Fe College Community Advisory Board.