This year’s Baccalaureate Service will be held Friday, May 16th in the Jane M. Smith Church at 4 p.m. Candidates for graduation should assemble at 3 p.m. in the Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium, on the first floor of Biddle Memorial Hall, for the processional.
Parking on campus for the Baccalaureate Service will be available at the following locations:
Reverend Touré Cabral Marshall ’96 is a compassionate pastor, visionary leader, and proud alumnus of Johnson C. Smith University. He currently serves as Pastor and Head of Staff at the historic Roseville Presbyterian Church in Newark, NJ, where he is leading a bold revitalization effort and guiding the congregation’s outreach arm, the Roseville Outreach Community Corporation. His ministry centers on spiritual formation, community development, and justice-rooted engagement.
He also serves as Assistant Director of Field Education at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he mentors emerging faith leaders and helps shape the next generation of ministers, organizers, and public theologians.
As an undergraduate at Johnson C. Smith University, Reverend Marshall was deeply engaged in campus life—serving in the Student Government Association, performing with The International Institution of Sound Marching Band, and being named the Most Outstanding Honors College Male of his graduating class. He is also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
Reverend Marshall’s passion for justice and ministry began early organizing voter engagement campaigns in Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens housing projects at just eight years old and later helping lead faith-based coalitions in Baltimore during his teenage years. He continued this work as a professional community organizer with the Industrial Areas Foundation, where he helped form a coalition of 11 diverse congregations in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, representing over 8,000 members committed to civic transformation. In Winston-Salem, he developed a youth and young adult mentoring and food justice initiative that trained more than 100 college students annually to mentor hundreds of younger students in literacy, leadership, and advocacy. He also founded a summer hip-hop academy for children focused on literacy, public speaking, dance, and the arts.
During his time at Princeton Theological Seminary, he was elected both clerk and moderator of the student government and contributed to the Princeton Theological Review, reflecting a deep commitment to theological reflection and institutional leadership.
He holds a Bachelor of Science with honors from Johnson C. Smith University and both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. A sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator, Reverend Marshall is known for weaving together personal story, prophetic insight, and practical wisdom at the intersection of faith, leadership, and social change.
Reverend Marshall is married to Rev. Dr. Eustacia Marshall, Ph.D. and they are the proud parents of Jeremiah Touré and Jessica Monét. He remains grounded by Jeremiah 29:7: “Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you… for in its welfare, you will find your welfare.”