Min. Raymond Dunlap was born in Columbus Ohio on October 2, 1958. He is the eldest son of Lillian and Bishop Raymond Dunlap Sr. The Dunlap family moved to Michigan in the mid sixties. Min. Dunlap started loving music at a tender age of about two years old. Stories have been told of how he used to sit at an old wooden piano before he was able to reach the foot pedals. He would play the piano until he was exhausted. Min. Raymond Dunlap was also recognized as a psalmist early in his life.