ministerial staff
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Reverend William F. Wright Jr.
Pastor Wright is led by God and has achieved many goals in his 39 years as Senior Pastor of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.
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Rev. Dr. Lawson L. Butler
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Farlicher Earle- Kornegay
Psalm 91
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. -
Dr. Marilyn Lewis
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand year as one day.
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Dr. Linda D. Inman
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand year as one day.
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Deborah Gwynn Holland
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
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Brenda Reaves
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
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Amos A. Green
Psalm 61 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.



Reverend William F. Wright Jr.
Rev. William Frank Wright, Jr. was born in Aiken, SC to Mr. William Frank and Mrs. Willie Weaver Wright. He was reared in Nash County, NC and graduated from Nash Central High School. He matriculated at North Carolina A and T State University in Greensboro, NC and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1979, he received the Master of Divinity Degree from Shaw University, Raleigh, NC.
Rev. Wright worked for 19 years with Lorillard Corporation in Greensboro, NC and retired as a Manager. He also served on the Lorillard Credit Union’s Board of Directors.
Rev. Wright was called to the Gospel Ministry in 1975 and was licensed by the Guilford Association and moved forward to continue the Lord’s calling with his first pastorate at West End Baptist Church in Reidsville, NC.
Here at New Zion, we know Pastor Wright to be an old- fashioned preacher who can preach, pray and sing. He is wrapped in educated packaging, filled with the Essence of Love, and God’s Precious Holy Spirit. Being one of the descendants of a long line of eloquent South Carolina preachers, Pastor Wright is a regionally renowned evangelist and preaches many revivals in the Virginia, North and South Carolina areas yearly.
Pastor Wright is a member of several community and interfaith coalitions and groups. Some of which are: The Guilford County Department of Social Services Board of Directors, the Bicentennial Mosaic Partnership Project, Ole Asheboro Planning Advisory Committee, The Malachi House II Board of Directors, Greensboro Housing Resource Board, Greensboro Fair Housing Board, Greensboro Human Relations Commission, Greensboro 100, NAACP, and the Greensboro Pulpit Forum where Pastor Wright was president for 12 years. Under his leadership, the Pulpit Forum has undertaken some of the community’s most challenging tasks, i.e., Operation Presence, the Youth and Drugs Program, Community Cal to Action against insensitivity toward the poor and the oppressed. He led the coalition which undertook the Health March in 1991 and in support of the K-Mart workers in 1996. In 2019, Rev. Wright was selected as one of ten pastors to join Hampton University’s PRIME (Pastoral Renewal Initiative for Ministerial Excellence) program where he mentors other pastors. He is one of the Faculty of those Flourishing in Ministry.
Pastor Wright is led by God and has achieved many goals in his 40+ years as Senior Pastor of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Inc., whose congregation, under the leadership of Pastor Wright was blessed to move into its current $8.1 million state-of-the-art worship facility in August 2016. However, more importantly, he strives to grow spiritually in the knowledge of Jesus Christ and the Great Commission.
On a personal level, Pastor Wright is married to the lovely, Mrs. Narcissus Hargrove Wright of Henderson, NC. He is the proud father of four children: Billy, Wendi, Nicole and Ashley. He is well known in the Greensboro Community as “Pastor’s Pastor”, a “member’s Mentor” and a Friend to all.



Rev. Dr. Lawson L. Butler
Impact Scripture: Romans 8:28 – And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Areas of Ministry: Preaching, Teaching, Lay Counseling, Marriage Ministry
Education:
- BS Art Education;
- BA Ministry;
- MS Nuclear Theory;
- MS Education;
- Doctorate Christian Education
Personal Thoughts on Ministry:
As expressed in Matthew 28:19- 20 (19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.) the church mission is to evangelize and edify. All ministries in a local church should either be doing these two things or support the doing of them. To do them according to God’s word they must be undergirded with Faith, Hope, and Love (1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.)
- lawson.butler@yahoo.com
- 336-987-2868



Farlicher Earle- Kornegay
Impact Scripture:
Psalm 91
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Areas of Ministry:
- Communications Ministry
- Missionary Circle
- Sunday School sub-superintendent Board of Directors
- Women’s Fellowship
- Seniors Ministry(inactive)



Dr. Marilyn Lewis
Impact Scripture:
2 Peter 3:8-9 Unwilling for Any to Perish
8 But, beloved be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand year as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Areas of Ministry:
- President of the Associate Ministers
- Prayer Ministry (WOW)
- Dance Ministry
- Choir
- Sunday School Teacher
- Church Council
- Missionary
- Guilford County Union Executive Board
- Guilford County Union Youth Representative
- President of the Rowan Woman’s Auxiliary
- Pulpit Forum Liaison for New Zion
- Pulpit Forum’s Secretary
Education:
- Doctor of Theology – Andersonville Theological Seminar
- Bachelor of Ministry – Vintage Bible College/Seminary
- Associate in Biblical Studies – Vintage Bible College/Seminary
- Master of Theology – Vintage Bible College/Seminary
- Certified Microbiologist by The American Society of Clinical Pathologist
- Bachelor of Science – Bennett College
Personal Thoughts on Ministry:
Ministry is what we do for God and it is God’s Word in action. Ministry is something we should have zeal, compassion, sincerity, love and joy. Ministry is what God gives to us to go forth and share his Gospel with others to bring them to salvation no matter what capacity of the ministry it may be.
- maxie.kinglewis15@gmail.com
- 336-337-0930



Dr. Linda D. Inman
Impact Scripture:
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Areas of Ministry:
- Music Ministry
- Floral ministries
- Special events
Education:
- Undergraduate Degree: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
- Graduate Master’s Degree: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters: Shaw University, Raleigh, NC
*17th President of the Woman’s Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Convention of North Carolina an auxiliary of the General Baptist Convention of North Carolina.
Personal Thoughts on Ministry:
I am so humbled to know that God has called me to share His gospel.
I ditto the words pinned by Lela B. Long in 1925, “JESUS IS the sweetest name I know, and He is just the same as His lovely name, and that is the reason why I love Him so; Oh, Jesus is the sweetest name I know”. Every time I hear the name, Jesus, my heart leaps for joy! Why? It is because I can witness that He has never left nor forsaken me. Anytime I call on the name of Jesus, He comes to my rescue. He may not come when I want Him, but He’s ALWAYS on time.
God opens His ears to us as Christians when we pray and demonstrate our love for Him by working TOGETHER. He leads us if we will heed to His instructions and directions. I thank God daily for choosing me to be one of his servant!
- Inmanwc@mail.com
- 336-970-1307



Deborah Gwynn Holland
Impact Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11-13
- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
- Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Areas of Ministry:
- Dorothy Hyde Food Pantry
- Health and Wellness Ministry
- Emergency Response Team
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing-NCA&T State University
- Seminary Studies-Jacksonville Theological Seminary
- Seminary Studies-Liberty University
- Currently working on Masters in Biblical Exposition-Andersonville Theological Seminary
Personal Thoughts on Ministry:
If you do not put anything into it you will not get anything out of it! “The Harvest is Plentiful, but the Laborer’s are few.”
- deborahgwynnholland@gmail.com
- 336-340-7691



Brenda Reaves
Impact Scripture:
1 Peter 2:9
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.”
Areas of Ministry:
- Women’s Fellowship
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sunday School Teacher
Education:
- Associate in Biblical Studies – Vintage Bible College/Seminary
Personal thoughts on Ministry:
I believe that God pours into all that He has called out of the world. He placed such a hunger in me for the knowledge of Him, I understood the knowledge was not to keep myself. It was to be poured out onto others that were sent my way. He continues to fill me and I keep pouring out into others.
- cryptobrenda@gmail.com
- 336-501-7722



Amos A. Green
Impact Scripture:
Psalm 61 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Areas of Ministry:
- Technology Ministry
- Christian Education Ministry
- Bible Study Instructor
- Young Adult Ministry
- Church Council
- Board of Directors
Education:
- Master of Divinity – Central Baptist Theological Seminary
- Master of Business Administration – Fayetteville State University
- Bachelor of Science – Jackson State University
Personal Thoughts on Ministry:
“The better we understand the word of God, the more effectively we can implement it in our daily lives. We cannot put our ministry in action if we do not know/understand it in the context of the Word of God.”
- amosgreenagm@gmail.com
- 915-356-0222