Pastor William E. Dickerson II, founder of the Greater Love Tabernacle Church in Dorchester, has been appointed to Carney Hospital board of directors.

"Pastor Dickerson has a deep commitment to our community and is a recognized spiritual and civic leader who has advocated for the well-being of the Dorchester community and surrounding neighborhoods for years," said Carney Hospital president, Walter J. Ramos.

"We are excited and honored to have him lend his experience and talents to the hospital's board of directors," continued Ramos. Rev. Dickerson's life, a former, Boston Public School teacher, established Greater Love Tabernacle Church with his wife in 1989.

Dickerson is the recipient of the Boston Celtic's Heroes Among Us Award and Renaissance Charter School Champion for Children Award, among many other awards and distinctions.

Dickerson is a graduate of the Boston Latin School and holds masters degrees in counseling psychology from Cambridge College and urban ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.