MT. ZION A.M.E. CHURCH NYC

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church is an inter-generational church focusing on the spiritual, educational, social and economic growth of its members and East Harlem

Mount Zion A.M.E. Church has experienced the diversity of God and has witnessed how He works for those according to His purpose. Among those that pastored Mt. Zion was the late Rev. Alvin J. Simmons. In 1950, the mortgage was paid in full; in 1953 the late Reverend William Lee Freeman assumed the pastorate, stimulating a membership of 772 and the Young People’s Choir was formed; in 1962 Reverend Wendell Foster served as pastor; in 1965 the late Presiding Elder Reverend John G. Ragin was appointed pastor; in 1973 the late Reverend Lawrence S. Odom was followed by: The late Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. O’Neil Mackey, Sr., the late Reverend Carl F. Hunter, the late Reverend Theodore R. Kelsey, Reverend Robert A. Brown, Sr., Reverend Jo-An L. Owings, and now our newly appointed Servant Leader, Reverend Kahlil G. James.