GRACEVILLE (BCF)—In a May 5 chapel service at the Baptist College of Florida, Sid Smith, director of the African-American Ministries Division of the Florida Baptist Convention, presented the John and Nancy Sullivan Multicultural Award to Winston W. Rudolph.

Rudolph serves as pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Pompano Beach, a church he planted in 1993 after serving as pastor of Baptist churches in Miami and Pompano. The Baptist College of Florida and the African-American Ministries Division of the Florida Baptist Convention jointly present the annual award to an individual associated with the college for outstanding contributions to multicultural ministry.

Rudolph has effectively promoted the Baptist College of Florida in his leadership role as President of the Florida African-American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention.

A native of Pensacola, Rudolph received the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology degrees from Saint Stephen’s Theological Seminary in Los Angeles, Calif. In addition, he received a Master of Arts degree in marriage and family therapy from Saint Thomas University in Miami.

Rudolph has served the communities in which he has lived in various capacities. Winston has served as a seminarian and educator at two institutions. For ten years, he served as director-education Extension Center and chaplain at Florida Memorial, and currently serves as chairman of the iploma Program of the South Florida Center of Theological Studies.

On the lecture circuit for the State of Florida Children and Family Services Division, Rudolph participates in the training of educators, police, and social workers who impact anti-social behavior. He serves on the boards of several social service agencies in Dade and Broward Counties.

Rudolph has led Abyssinian Baptist Church in creative community outreach. The church established a drug rehabilitation program and actively engages in an organized crisis ministry to hurting people in the church. The church even adopted a family of ten children. As pastor, Rudolph has developed an extensive individual and marriage counseling program.