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REVEREND DR. JOHNNIE W. SKINNER SR. PASTOR'S  MESSAGE

June is the month of sunshine and beauty and that is what I wish for each of you. May the beauty of God’s Word dwell within your heart and may “the light from God’s lighthouse continue to shine on you.” Determine in your heart and mind to begin the month of June with daily personal devotion and prayerful meditation on the Word of
God. You will see yourself “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord, Jesus Christ.” (2Peter 3:18)

As you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, you will become more like Jesus and become imitators of God. (Eph. 5:1-2) And as we become imitators of God, we have eternal life because we believe in God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Son. As we imitate Christ, we should continually praise and worship God in everything that we do. When we give our tithes and offering, we are also worshipping God. Please
don’t forget to pray for those who are sick and shut-in and for each other. P.U.S.H. – Pray Until Something Happens. Prayer is our greatest weapon. Use it!

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