Rev. Dr. Lonnie L. Slater is the Pastor of the Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Kathleen, Georgia. "The church where you can feel the difference"--because we are making a difference. He also currently serves as the President, 6th District of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia. Inc. (GMBC) and is an adjunct professor at the Fort Valley State University. Rev. Slater began preaching the Gospel of Jesus the Christ on April 5th 1991 at the United Baptist Church Okinawa, Japan. He has served in a myriad of church positions and has ministered in Japan, Turkey, and Germany as well as various places in the United States. Rev. Slater holds a Bachelor of Theology degree from Sacramento Theological Seminary and Bible College in Sacramento, CA; Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Religious Education from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. He has an earned Doctorate of Ministry in Biblical Preaching from Clamp Divinity School of Anderson University in Anderson, SC.

 

His dedication and drive comes from the passage, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to Me." (Matthew 25:40). Rev. Slater believes the church must be biblically literate, socially conscious, relative to the times, active in the community and led by the Holy Spirit.

 

Rev. Slater is a native of E. St. Louis, Illinois and is a retired Chief Master Sergeant (E9) from the U.S. Air Force after 28 years of service. Rev. Slater is married to the former Kerry L. Cunningham of Heath Springs, South Carolina. They united in February 1987 and have been together for 35 years.

 

Favorite Verse:

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Joshua 1:8 KJV