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

Welcome to the month of April!  During our journey through Lent, I encourage you to continue your daily personal devotion and prayer time with the Lord and reflect upon His goodness and the meaning of his sacrificial death on the cross for you and for me.  (Romans 5:8) Thank you, Lord, for bringing about our atonement and reconciliation for us on the cross.
Please keep our sick and shut-in in your prayers.  The scripture says that we are to bear one another’s burdens.  Please continue to pray for one another, including those in the community who are not doing well or may be burdened down.  Because we all go through trials and tribulations from time to time, I encourage you to form prayer partners so that you can encourage each other and share each other’s burdens or concerns, so you can count on God being with you when you pray. (Matthew 18:20)
Continue to pray for countries that are war-torn, Christian churches, community leaders and those states who are suffering from personal loss and natural disasters.  When you pray, please pray for me and my family.  Remember, prayer and the Word of God are the strongest weapon that the Christian has; we must use them to change things!

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."