Curtis was born in Greensboro, Alabama, studied accounting at the Brooklyn Adult Vocational School, and graduated from Ambassador College, Pasadena in 1972.
Curtis has served as a GCI minister in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Norfolk, Virginia; Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. Curtis is a member of the GCI board of directors. He also serves on the board of directors of African Enterprise: A Global Partnership Reaching Africa for Christ.
In 1996, Curtis was appointed director of GCI's Office of Reconciliation Ministries (ORM). He has traveled to cities throughout the United States, South Africa, England and Northern Ireland helping to organize and conduct racial reconciliation workshops. He has received training at the Center for the Healing of Racism in Houston, Texas, and is a member of the center. He is also a member of the International Reconciliation Coalition and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Curtis also works as a GCI MinDev ministry developer, helping GCI ministers and congregations grow in disciplemaking ministry that includes reaching the lost for Christ by learning how to develop mature believers who are equipped to serve and reach the unchurched. He also emphasizes the importance of identifying and mentoring young emerging leaders.
Curtis is married to Jannice. They have two married children, Angela Clark, a certified public accountant, and Brad, a police officer in the city of Pasadena.
