History of the First Zion Missionary Baptist Church October 1862 - present
Our Church was founded 162 years ago on these very grounds at a time when the area was engaged in Civil War. The building , a two story wood structure lasted for ninety-seven years ( as we can determine)...
FIRST ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
LIST OF FORMER PASTORS AND DEACONS
Deceased Pastors:Rev. Abraham Merchison-Rev. B.W. Williams-Rev. J. H. Smalls- Rev. A.P.Hamilton, Rev. W.M.Williams-Rev. A.O.Mitchell – Rev. Rance Marvin(RM)Youmans, Rev. Henry B (HB) Youmans
Former Pastors:
Rev.Tyrone Bernard Beckett
Current Pastor: Rev. Bennie L. Jenkins, Jr.
DECEASED DEACONS:
Chance Mitchell B.B. Ferguson *Rueben Gadson Matthew Stoney
Abraham Purchase Daniel Hamilton Michael Riley Melvin Hamilton, Sr.
Gabriel Jenkins Tom Richardson Albert Green Theodore Washington
James Haynes Samuel Pursell Albert Brown William Mitchell,Sr.
Prince Fuller Vary Hamilton Eddie Brown Joe L. Green
Adam Bruin P.J. Fuller Leroy Brown Raymond Mitchell
Ansley Smalls Prince Riley Abraham Gadson *Leon Bush, Sr.
Compsey Brown *Richard Gadson Elliott Pinckney Charles L. Stoney
Jack Bush Enoch Habersham ** George Bush, III
Jacob McKenzie Paul Fields Earnest Mitchell
Tom Dopson *Martin Alston Clarence Oriage
Jackie Riley *Charlie Wilson Joseph Hamilton, Sr.
Sam Frazier Renty Kitty, Sr. Oscar Frazier
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*Chairman Deacon
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** Chairman Deacon over 20 years
PRESENT DEACONS:
Kenneth Prioleau, Chairman
Benjamin Frazier Vice -Chairman
Oliver S. Brown
James C. Fraser, Sexton
Thomas Jenkins
Frank Kidd
Daniel Miller
Lee E. Mitchell, Sr.
Revised: February 2025