Dr. Tonya Banks is an Ordained Minister in the Church of God denomination and is an Assistant Pastor at Victory Praise Church of God, Washington DC. Dr. Tonya Banks has been serving in the ministry for 28 years. She has an PhD degree in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Ecclesial Leadership from Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. She has a Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems, University of Maryland, University College, College Park, MD, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems, St. Augustine’s University, Raleigh, NC. She also received Biblical training from Ebenezer Bible Institute, Riverdale, MD and Ministerial Internship Training from DELMARVA DC Church of God, Columbia, MD. Dr. Tonya Banks has worked 31 years for the government and has served in many leadership roles, have led numerous projects, and have supervised and managed several staff through the years. Dr. Tonya Banks is also President/CEO of Organizational Diagnosis & Solutions, Inc., established in 2015.
Dr. Tonya Banks is a published author. Her published works also include:
Banks, Tonya. “Controlling Ones Tongue in Leadership: A Socio Rhetorical Inner Textual 
Analysis of James 3:1-12 and Quantitative Analysis Pilot Study,” Journal of Biblical 
Perspectives in Leadership 4, no. 1(2012): 87 - 133.
Banks, Tonya. “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Transformational & Charismatic Leader,” 
Southern Christian Leadership Conference National Magazine, Winter edition (2010).
Banks, Tonya. “Leadership is Leadership. Leadership Explained Through the Analogy of a Ship 
with Biblical Emphasis and Through Project Management Concepts.” Maitland, Florida: Xulon Press, 2021.
Banks, Tonya. “The Effects of Leader Speech and Leader Motivating Language on Employee 
Self-Esteem.” PhD diss., Regent University. School of Business & Leadership, 2014. ProQuest (AAT 3632011).
Banks, Tonya. “The Link Between Theological Emphasis and the Organizational Structure of 
Faith Communities within an Ecclesial Context: The Church,” Theooze Web Magazine.
Banks, Tonya. “The Role of the Ecclesial Leaders in Shaping the Future Church,” Journal of 
Biblical Perspectives in Leadership 5, no. 1(2013): 82 – 93.
You can contact the author at tonyban@mail.regent.edu or odsolutions2015@gmail.com
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