Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus

THE Spirit. Rev. Bachus brings to his many roles, a diverse background in faith and religion, community and economic development, community organizing and activism, real estate, business, and most recently law. His natural and spiritual pedigree combined with his diverse life experience has prepared Bachus to be a leader for a time such as this!

Reverend Bachus is the Senior Pastor of the Mount Ollie Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York a place where transformation, miracles, signs, and wonders are happening on the regular. Bachus has a unique relationship with Mount Ollie having pastored from 2011-2015 and returning in 2021. Bachus provides a growth-oriented leadership model with demonstrated results in church membership growth, disciple making, local community impact, and financial contributions.

Leaving his hometown of Kansas City, KS after an impressive high-school tenure including Class President, 2 Sport Letter Athlete, and graduating with academic honors and one of the top ACT scores in his class, Bachus attended Prairie View A&M University outside Houston, TX, and earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. Bachus served as the two-time Polemarch of the Zeta Beta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and Mr. Prairie View. In 2003, after hearing the voice of God, a humbled by hand of God Reggie yielded to the call of Christ to preach the Gospel. After graduation from Prairie View in 2006 and under the guidance of Rev. Dr. Michael P. Williams, Rev. Bachus entered Yale Divinity School.

In 2009 Bachus graduated from the prestigious Yale University’s, Yale Divinity School, Bachus again heard the voice of God while reading scripture and moved to Chicago to serve his father, Rev. Dr. Reginald E. Bachus and the Friendship Baptist Church. During this time, Bachus stayed active as a community organizer, weekly television host, and helped launch Austin Coming Together (ACT) in 2010, a collective impact initiative for social change that had quadrupled in size since and impact.

In 2015, after much prayer and confirmation from a dream, Rev. Bachus accepted the invitation to serve as Associate Pastor of the globally recognized institution, The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, NY under the leadership of the late Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III. Within six months of arrival, Rev. Bachus assumed the additional role of CEO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC) and led a unprecedented turn-around taking the organization from $40M in the hole to $7.5M in the black with 2.5 years.

In 2018, having completed the objectives of his assignment, Rev. Bachus resigned from ADC to attend law school on a full scholarship to Hofstra Law School where he graduated in December 2021.

In 2019, the 400 Foundation a 501c4 political lobbying organization began mobilizing congregations across New York State and lobbying at the local and state level on behalf of the needs of Black people, black churches, black businesses, and underserved communities. The 400 Foundation, Inc. was named and birthed to memorialize the 400th Anniversary of Slavery as a political and economic system in North America.

In 2022, through two strategic partnership Bachus launched construction and real estate development entities, primarily assisting faith-based institutions with everything from building renovations to ground up housing projects.

Most recently, after taking the February 2024 New York State Bar, Rev. Bachus passed and has achieved what he calls the final step of preparation for the next move of God in his life.