The Late Dr. E. V Hill was the pastor of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in the Watts section of Los Angeles. The church is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention. His doctor's degree (or, at least one of them) is from Oral Roberts University in 1985.. The Fundamental Information Service quoted  that Dr. Hill was on the Billy Graham Association board of directors, the board of the Los Angeles Urban League, the Los Angeles NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.Here E.V.Hill speaks for a Promise Keepers Conference.