Pastor J. Abede Alexandre is the Senior Pastor of TEA's parent church, Tabernacle Baptist Congregation (TBC), for over 25 years. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary where in 1986, he obtained his Master of Theology then in 2011 his Doctor of Ministry degree. He is also a graduate of George Fox University, Portland, Oregon, where he obtained his Doctor of Psychology degree in Clinical Psychology in 1989. In addition to leading the church, Alexandre was a psychologist in Boston Public Schools for 20+ years.