Our Pastor
Rev. Dr. Johnnie W. Skinner Sr. & wife Andrea Skinner
Reverend Dr. Johnnie W. Skinner was born in Harlem, New York to the late Reverend Alester J. Skinner and the late Georgia Skinner. He was raised in Harlem, New York, and educated in New York City. Dr. Skinner graduated from Nyack College (NY) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy. He received his Master of Divinity Degree from Union Theological Seminary (NYC), and earned his Doctor of Ministry Degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, as a Samuel DeWitt Proctor Fellow.
During his ministerial career, Dr. Skinner served for seven years at Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York, under the senior pastorate of the late Dr. Gardner C. Taylor. Dr. Skinner served seven years as pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio. On February 15, 1991, Reverend Dr. Skinner accepted the call to lead Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Knoxville and has been with us ever since.
John 15:13 KJV
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."