NOVEMBER Message from Pastor Skinner...

November is an official time for Thanksgiving and thankfulness. A good way to start the month is to record each day your thankfulness for what you have or have been given. God has been good to each and every one of us; we ought to take the time to reflect upon things, big and small, that He has done for us and express our thankfulness to Him. Let me encourage you to jot down each day in your calendar or on a piece of paper a specific thing that God has done for you, and thank Him for it. (Psalms 136) Mount
Zion, be thankful as God continues to bless us as a church.

Don’t forget to pray for each other and for our sick and shut-in members. Continue to pray without ceasing for America and for our leaders.

Finally, I urge and appreciate the presence of every Mount Zion member, family, and friend at our celebration of the 165th anniversary of our church on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Our guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Daniel Andrew Hix. The theme of this year’s anniversary is “The Cost of Being Royalty” from the book of Esther. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Johnnie William Skinner, Sr., Th.D., Pastor
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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."