Minister David Taylor, Featured Preacher
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Mount Zion Baptist Church

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Minister David Taylor
Minister of the Gospel

Minister David Taylor was born in Galveston, Texas, where he faithfully served under Pastor Charles E. Wheat at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church for more than 25 years.

He answered his call to preach in 2015 and was later licensed at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle in 2019.

Minister Taylor is a devoted member of Mount Zion Baptist Church and brings a heart for ministry, leadership, family, and service. He holds degrees in Social Behavioral Science, Liberal Studies, and Business Administration, and is preparing to continue his theological training at Seattle Pacific University.

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Rev. Dr. Julie Vaughn was called into the ministry in May 1999. She was licensed to preach the gospel on August 22, 2005, by Rev. Dr. Lee Arthur Madison at St. John Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington. She was subsequently ordained five years later at First Baptist Church of South Richmond under Rev. Dr.

Dwight Clinton Jones. In 2008, she received endorsement from the Baptist General Convention in Richmond, Virginia, and later from the American Baptist Home Mission Society in 2014.

Throughout her journey, Dr. Vaughn became a board-certified chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains and founded Hope Angels Ministry. She recently completed her doctorate in bioethics in December 2023. Her academic credentials include a Master of Arts in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago (2020), a Doctorate in Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Master of Divinity and Master of Christian Education from Virginia Union University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology.

Dr. Vaughn has served as the American Baptist Home Mission Society Area 7 WA liaison for the past seven years. She is actively involved as a member of the Kindred Health Equity Committee, serving as their Clinical Ethicist, and the Patient Safety and Reliability Committee, where she provides advisory support. Additionally, she is a member of the American Bioethics Humanity Society Affinity Groups.

Her passion is to empower others to utilize their gifts, talents, and services to make a positive impact. Dr. Vaughn is the author of numerous articles, including her upcoming publication in February 2025 titled The Role of the Hospital Chaplain at the End-of-Life Care: Case Studies of Healing, featured in the Journal of Ethics. She is also the author of Providing Chaplaincy to the Youth and Young Adults Marginalized in King County.

Currently, Dr. Vaughn serves as an associate pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington, and actively participates in various church committees. She is a mother, grandmother, and a devoted child of God, committed to seeking after God’s own heart. Her ministry is rooted in the scripture:

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” (Isaiah 61:1)