Reginald D. Walton was born August 7, 1976 in Berkeley, CA, the younger of 2 sons born to Harry E Walton and Nickadia Daniels. He received his elementary education in the Richmond Unified School District and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1994. Rev. Walton then received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Miles College in Birmingham, AL in 2007, where he graduated with honors. He then earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Phillips School of Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta GA in May of 2010. Rev. Walton accepted the call to serve God's people in July of 2001. Since then, he has served across the country as an assistant to the pastor, Pastoral Intern and Senior Pastor. In August of 2012, Rev. Walton was appointed by Bishop James B. Walker, the Presiding Bishop of the Ninth Episcopal District of the CME Church, as the Pastor of the Phillips Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Phoenix Arizona. Rev. Walton is an Ordained Traveling Elder in Full Connection in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. He is the host of Real Talk with Rev. Reg, a social issues radio program on Gospel 860 am. An avid social activist, he currently serves on several boards including the City of Phoenix Human Relations Commission, the Chairperson of the Religious Affairs and Political Action Committees of the Maricopa County NAACP; is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. His fervor for ministry has caused him to receive many awards and recognitions including the 2015 Maricopa County NAACP Image Award for Religion; The 2011 Sacramento Observer Group Glory Award; Who's Who among America's Colleges and Universities 2005 and induction into the World Methodist Council's Order of the Flame 2012. He is married to Dominique Cannon Walton and is the father of one son, Rohan Daniel.