Reverend Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll, Sr. is the pastor of Renewal Worship Center in Oakland, CA. He is the past moderator of the Home & Foreign Mission District Association and vice president-at-large of the California State Baptist Convention. Ambrose is also a former commissioned chaplain in the United States Navy Reserve and sits on the Environmental Justice Action Committee for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Prior to his current work, Ambrose served as the youth and young adult pastor of Third Baptist Church in San Francisco; senior pastor of the St. Paul Tabernacle Baptist Church of San Francisco; and senior pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church of Denver, CO. In 2009, Ambrose & Carroll Ministries International founded GreentheChurch.org, and Green The Church Solar, which together make up the largest repository and catalyst for environmentalism and sustainability for the Black church globally.

Ambrose earned a Master of Divinity from Morehouse School of Religion in Atlanta, GA, a Doctor of Divinity from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and a Master of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA.

He is married to Katresa Williams, and they have three children.