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A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Bumpus
earned the Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from
the University of Memphis and the prestigious
Master of Divinity degree from the Morehouse
School of Religion at the Interdenominational
Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia and he was
admitted to the Doctor of Ministry Degree at Mercer
University, McAfee School o f Theology, Atlanta,
Georgia. Dr. Bumpus is the first African American
male to graduate from Mercer University, McAfee
School of Theology with a doctorate. And is presently
pursuing an Executive Master of Business
Administration from Wesleyan College.
Heavily involved in the Middle Georgia community,
he is in great demand as a workshop facilitator,
lecturer and economic development strategist. He
also serves as a board of director member for the
Booker T. Washington Center, Macon-Bibb Economic
Opportunity Council, Inc., Middle Georgia Center for
Academic Excellence, and the Tubman African
American Museum for Art, History and Culture.
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Presently, Dr. James Louis Bumpus serves as the
Director of the Office of Economic Development for
the City of Hampton, Georgia. In this role he leads
local economic initiatives geared toward guiding in
the establishment, relocation and expansion of local
commercial business. Prior to coming to the City of
Hampton, along with his wife, he worked in the
BUMPI Group, LLC, a certified business consultant
firm focused on improving marketing and sales
effectiveness, sales profitability and strategic
planning for corporations, institutions of higher
learning and non-profits. He is also an Adjunct
Professor of English at Mercer University. From early
2014 until mid-2018, Dr. Bumpus served as the first
Director of the Office of Small Business Affairs for the
new Macon-Bibb County Consolidated Government,
where he worked with local small business owners
interested in being awarded county contracts. He is
distinguished among the diversity and inclusive
economics community in that his programs yielded
more than thirty percent disadvantaged business
enterprises contract awards and more than seventy
percent local contract awards in Macon-Bibb
County procurement.
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Dr. Bumpus has written several published articles.
He was a featured writer in the Macon Telegraph,
Life Styles Spiritual section from January 2002-
December 2011. His published credits also include
Disclosing Self in the Serving Community, From One
Brother to Another II: Voices of African American Men,
Judson Press 2003 and a published doctoral
dissertation, From Monument to Ministry: An Analysis
of the Impact of Relocation on a Historic African
American Congregation from Downtown Macon to
Bloomfield Gardens Community, Mercer University,
2009.
He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.,
the 100 Blackmen of Middle GA and various
economic development professional associations.
He is married to Renee Hope Bumpus. They have
four adult-age children Charles Anthony, Porscha
Nichelle, Mariah Jaleesa and James Louis, Jr.