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Daniel Corrie Shull is the Senior Pastor of the Burnett Avenue Missionary Baptist Church located in Louisville, KY. He is a recent graduate from Fisk University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Religion and Philosophical Studies and is currently pursuing the Masters of Divinity at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Pastor Shull commenced his preaching ministry at the age of 18 and his pastoral ministry at the age of 20. In January 2005, Rev. Shull announced his call into the Gospel Ministry and on April 3, 2005 he delivered his first sermon and was licensed as a minister of the gospel. In ministry he has served as the assistant to the Dean of the Chapel, Rev. Dr. Jason Curry, at Fisk University as well as the Director of Publications for the Fisk Chapel, student minister for the Wesley Foundation and as the student intern minister at Key United Methodist Church. He is an active member of the NAACP and the Ethical Leadership Institute at Fisk University. Rev. Shull was selected as the 2007 UNCF Andrew Mellon scholar in the Academic Study of Religion. In this designation he did research at Emory University in Atlanta, GA on the subject of “Social Crisis Preaching in the African American Context.” Rev. Shull is also the youngest minister featured in the African American Pulpit-a quarterly journal the features the best of African American preaching in the nation. Rev. Shull’s entry, “Why Do You Treat Me This Way?,” was featured in the 2008 winter edition.
On February 17, 2007, Rev. Shull was called to serve the historic First Baptist Church of Campbellsville, KY as pastor. Immediately following Pastor Shull’s call to FBC Campbellsville, he began to form new ministries to meet the needs of the four generations that make up the vibrant congregation at First Baptist. During his tenure at FBC Campbellsville, Pastor Shull served on several community organizations including, the Church Relation Committee of Campbellsville University, Greater Campbellsville United, and Green River Ministries. On May 24, 2010, Rev. Shull was extended the invitation to serve the Burnett Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. After much prayer, Pastor Shull joined the Burnett Ave. Church family to serve them as pastor.
Rev. Shull is married to his high school sweetheart, Abby Norman Shull, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Austin Peay State University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She is currently an elementary school teacher in the Jefferson County Public School System. They make their home in Louisville, KY and are the parents of one son, Daniel Harrison. As pastor and preacher, Rev. Shull endeavors to serve with passion and purpose as he ministers with great expectation just as Ephesians 3: 20 says, “Now unto him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you may ask or think.”
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Dillard University resulted from a 1935 merger of two historically African-American and denominationally affiliated institutions. In 1866, the Methodist Episcopal Church founded the Thompson Biblical Institute for the training of African-American ministers. The Union Normal School for the training of teachers was added to Thompson in 1869, and the school that resulted was named New Orleans University. Also in 1869, the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church established Straight University in New Orleans. When the two institutions, New Orleans University and Straight University, were merged and renamed Dillard University, the denominational affiliations were maintained. Thus, Dillard University is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ.
The Lawless Chapel Ministry (LCM) is the on-campus ministry that serves the religious and spiritual needs of the DU community. It is based in the office of the University Chaplain in Lawless Memorial Chapel. LCM is associated with VisionQuest, a program that began in 2001 through a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Incorporated. VisionQuest aids students in pursuing ordained, music and lay ministry, and helps students find the work, and the life, to which God has called them.
LCM and VisionQuest accomplish their purposes by offering a lively worship service in Lawless Chapel every Sunday while the university is in session. The style of worship represents an eclectic mix of the university’s two affiliations (United Methodist and United Church of Christ) with a little bit of Baptist, and a measure of creative experimentation that reflects the cultural exuberance of the city of New Orleans. Students participate in all aspects of LCM and VisionQuest. The VisionQuest Chorale and Liturgical Dance Company provide the music and dance for worship--be it on campus, throughout New Orleans, or beyond the city. VisionQuest sponsors guest preachers and guest gospel artists (Donald Lawrence, Richard Smallwood, Lecretia Campbell and others) at the university, in addition to offering occasional mid-week and evening worship services. The Leadership Institute, a series of 5-7 hour workshops to enhance personal and professional leadership skills, is another VisionQuest event that is very popular at Dillard.
Lawless Memorial Chapel is available for space rental for weddings and other events. All events must be scheduled with the Office of the University Chaplin.
For more information, please contact:
General Inquiries
(504) 816-4791
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 For more photos of the February 2012 Message in the Middle performances, visit this page...
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