Marvin Perkins

Marvin Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer and DVD producer. As an African-American he has sought to change the perception of Latter-day Saints toward African-Americans and African-Americans toward Latter-day Saints. Along with Darius Gray, Perkins has produced a set of DVDs entitled Blacks in the Scriptures. He also has written a widely turned to paper entitled "How to Reach African-Americans". Perkins has made CDs of hymns.

In June of 2008 CNN aired an interview with Perkins in which he was able to vocally explain his faith in the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Brother Perkins was raised in other Christian faiths. He came to the Church of Jesus Christ after searching every religion he could find, for more than five years, in search of what he called “the real church” and joined the Church of Jesus Christ in his late teens. He was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York, just 90 miles west of Palmyra, but he had never heard of the Church.

As of early 2009 Perkins serves as the Public Affairs director for the Genesis Group. He has given many presentations about Africans, primarily African-Americans although not uniquely so, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sources

• Perkins's article on sharing the gospel with African-Americans
• June 22, 2008 article from Mormon Times on Perkins
• listing about Perkins' CDs