Michael Hennessey". On June 1, 2007, after 18 years of service, Forbes officially retired from this position to become president of the Healing of the Nations Foundation, a national ministry of healing and spiritual revitalization. In 2009, Forbes authored the book Whose Gospel: A Concise Guide to Progressive Protestantism, in which he offers a compelling vision of progressive social change and addresses the most crucial issues of our time—poverty, war, women's equality, racial justice, sexuality, and the environment. Forbes hosted the radio program The Time Is Now, which aired weekends on the Air America Radio network until July 28, 2007. He is a member of Chi Phi fraternity. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Marriage and family He married Bettye Franks from San Antonio, Texas. They have one son, James A. Forbes III. Legacy and honors 2010 - Forbes was awarded the "Ossie Davis Human Rights Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Westchester County Human Rights Commission on December 10, 2010. 2003 - Forbes was featured on Speaking to Power: A 'NOW With Bill Moyers' Special Edition, PBS, 26 Dec 2003. 1996 - In a Baylor University worldwide survey of 341 seminary professors and editors of religious periodicals, Forbes was voted one of the "12 Most Effective Preachers" in the English-speaking world. 1993 and 1984 - Ebony magazine named Forbes one of the US's greatest Black preachers. Howard University's Alumni Charter Day Award for Distinguished Post-Graduate Achievement in Ministry. References External links Riverside Church: Distinguished Senior Minister Emeritus 1935 births Living people American Pentecostals Pentecostal theologians African-American Baptist ministers Baptist ministers from the United States People from Raleigh, North Carolina People from Manhattan Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School alumni Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni Union Theological Seminary (New York City) faculty Howard University alumni Auburn Theological Seminary faculty People from Burgaw, North Carolina Baptists from North Carolina Baptists from New York (state)