Julian Pridgen For Bishop 2024 AME Zion Church

Hello, my name is Julian Pridgen and I'm a candidate for the Workplace of Bishop in our cherished Zion. I was birthed and raised in a location called Whiteville, North Carolina, a small southeastern farming community situated in the coastal plains of the state. When it involves church, my household's origins are deeply planted in the St. Mark AME Zion Church, Whiteville, where the Pridgen name is engraved in the keystone of that structure today. My love for Christ and the church is historical as I have actually offered the church from a little boy as an acolyte, usher, assistant superintendent of the church school, Christian education, priest, and even more. After graduating secondary school, I signed up with the USA Marine Corps, where I continued to be until my retired life. And while in the Marine Corps, I accepted the call to preach and offered Zion churches in the southwestern Delta Episcopal District and eastern North Carolina. Over the years, I h...