Our Pastor
Pastor
Jerry Young, a native of Scott, Mississippi, is the son of Reverend
and Mrs. E. L. Young of Greenville, Mississippi. A graduate of
Nugent Center High School in Bolivar County, Pastor Young has
earned an Associate Arts Degree in Social Science from Coahoma
Junior College in Clarksdale, Mississippi and a Bachelor's Degree
in Sociology and Social Welfare from Rust College, Holly Springs,
Mississippi. He earned a Master of Divinity Degree and his Doctor
of Ministry Degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson,
Mississippi.
Pastor Young is married to the former Helen Louise Akins of
Starkville, Mississippi. They are the parents of two daughters,
Jerlen (Picasso) Nelson and Kelli Elizabeth, and the grandparents
of one granddaughter, Linzee Elise Nelson.
Pastor Young's commitment to God and to His
church has manifested itself in service on all levels: local,
state and national. He began his service in the ministry at the
Mt. Tenniea Baptist Church in Lamont, Mississippi. He has served
as pastor of the St. John and the Pilgrim Rest Baptist churches,
both located in Greenville, Mississippi. He has prayerfully and
faithfully served the membership of the New Hope Baptist Church
since February 1980.
Locally, Pastor Young has served as Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Mississippi Baptist Seminary as well as Chairman
of the Executive Committee of the Bi-racial Baptist Commission.
He has served the Seminary as a consultant in Evangelism, Leadership
Development and Church Administration and as an instructor in
Homiletics. Pastor Young serves on the Ministerial Advisory Board
at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi, and has
served as an adjunct instructor in Homiletics at Reformed.
Active in the community, Pastor Young has served on the Mayor's
Community and Economic Development commission, the Planning Board
for the city of Jackson, as chairman of the subcommittee on the
"Family" of the Mayor's special committee on Partnership
Against Crime, on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities
as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Home Alcohol
and Drug Three Quarter Way House, Jackson, Mississippi. Currently
he is serving on the Board of Trustees at Belhaven College as
well as the City of Jackson's Comprehensive Planning Committee.
Presently Pastor Young serves as president of the General Missionary
Baptist State Convention of Mississippi, Inc., and as 2nd vice
president of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. where
he is Regional Vice President for the Southwest Region. He works
with the Evangelism Board of the convention and previously has
served as a seminar leader in the Sunday School and NBC Administrators
Division of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education.
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