Our Lead Pastor
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Pastor Gonzalee Martin & Mazell Martin
Luke 12:48
Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
In 1994, Pastor Gonzalee Martin was called into the service of the Lord topreach and teach His Word. The same year he preached his first sermon on his birthday, which was November 13, at The Tabernacle Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Calvin Perry.
In September of 2004, Pastor Martin was ordained under Pastor Samuel Walker, Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, The Moderator of the Northern Indiana District Association along with other Pastors and Ministers of Northern Indiana District Association. Pastor Martin was born in Edgefield, South Carolina on November 13, 1950.
As a young child he was raised in a Christian home by his grandmother who made sure he attended Sunday School and Church each Sunday. While attending Tennessee State University, he was able to take some Theology courses. After been called into the Ministry he also took a course at Fort Wayne Bible College in Urban Theology.
Pastor Martin holds two degrees, B.S. from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee and a M.S. from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1969, he married Mazell Still and they were blessed with two children; Modneska L. Perry and Brian Alexander Martin and five grandchildren.
Pastor Gonzalee Martin
In November of 2004, Tabernacle Baptist Church called him to be their pastor. As pastor, Rev. Martin, feels that God has placed him in the two most spiritual rewarding positions there is.
As an Agricultural Educator for Purdue University, he is responsible for educating farmers on the best method to reap the greatest harvest and as a Pastor, God has called him to feed his sheep so that they can reap the benefits from the greatest gift: Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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