Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church - Julian Pridgen For Bishop 2024

Hello, my name is Julian Pridgen and I'm a candidate for the Workplace of Bishop in our precious Zion. I was birthed and raised in a place called Whiteville, North Carolina, a small southeastern farming community situated in the coastal plains of the state. When it comes to church, my family members's roots are deeply planted in the St. Mark AME Zion Church, Whiteville, where the Pridgen name is etched in the keystone of that structure today. My love for Christ and the church is longstanding as I have actually offered the church from a little young boy as an acolyte, usher, aide superintendent of the church school, Christian education and learning, pastor, and a lot more. After finishing high school, I joined the USA Marine Corps, where I continued to be up until my retired life. And while in the Marine Corps, I accepted the call to teach and offered Zion churches in the southwestern Delta Episcopal District and eastern North Carolina. Throughout the yea