Rev. Kelly Coleman

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Guest Speaker Bio: Minister Kelly Coleman

The Mount Zion Brotherhood Ministry is honored to welcome back Minister Kelly Coleman as the guest speaker for our Father’s Day worship service.

Minister Coleman is a proud Seattle native who grew up in the Beacon Hill community. At the early age of 10, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, beginning a lifelong journey of faith and service. Since 1994, he has been a devoted member of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, where he has served faithfully in numerous leadership roles.

Currently, Minister Coleman serves as a Senior Leader at Tabernacle, working alongside Rev. Dr. Robert Manaway, Sr. to advance the church’s mission. He provides oversight for the Diaconate Council, the Church School program, and several key outreach and benevolent ministries. As the Church School Co-Superintendent, he also manages Tabernacle’s innovative online Sunday School Series. Over the years, he has represented the church through active involvement with the N.A.A.C.P. and the Evergreen Baptist Association.

Beyond the church walls, Minister Coleman is equally committed to his professional and community endeavors. In his role as a Microsoft Engineering Manager, he champions Diversity and Inclusion initiatives and raises awareness for Neurodiversity. He is also a dedicated parent volunteer, investing in the next generation through advocacy and mentorship.

Minister Coleman treasures his family and gives God glory for his wife, Sabrina, and their two beloved children, Lauryn and Gabriel. His life is a testimony of faith, service, and dedication to both God and community.

 

Rev. Dr. Julie Vaughn

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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)

Charlie L. Jackson

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Charlie L. Jackson a native of Mississippi was ordain in 1976 by his pastor the late Rev. Dr. S.L. Spann of the Greater Fairview Missionary Baptist Church, Jackson, MS. He served there as an associate minister until he relocated to Washington State in 1979.

Education was important to Charlie, so he studied at Mississippi Baptist Seminary, Puget Sound Christian College, Seattle University and International Seminary where he earned a BA in theology and received an honorary doctorate.

A lover of music, he sang in church and community choirs that performed all over the south. He sang with groups here in Washington too; The Jackson Singers, a group composed of the Jackson brothers and their wives and the Brothers in Christ , a group composed of Christian men from churches in the Seattle area. These groups performed in churches all over Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and in Canada.

In Washington he served as an associate minister under Rev. Mozelle Anderson, Calvary Hill Baptist Church-Seattle and Rev Mathew McSwain Second Baptist Church-Everett. He’s pastored two churches: Saint Matthews Baptist Church-Seattle from 1985-1987 and Second Baptist Church-Everett from 1991 -2020.

Charlie retired as pastor of Second Baptist Church in June of 2020 after 29 years of service.  He continues to serve the Lord, sing and preach the word  as opportunities present.

 

Bible Study Class In Colossians

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Bible Study Class In Colossians
A six week study in Colossians will meet by ZOOM from
10am to 11:30am on Thursdays July 2nd -August 6th, 2020.
More details and registration:
Call -206-722-1593(h)
Email – carriemx@msn.com
Deadline for registration is June 28, 2020
There is limited space so register earlier.
Deacon C Maxine Jenkins
Sister Yvonne Chandler

 

Bible Study Registration
“The Study of Colossians”
July 2, 2020 to August 6, 2020 (6 weeks)
ZOOM on Thursdays from 10am to 11:30am
Bible is the text books
Name__________________________________________________________________
Address___________________________________ City_____________ Zip code______
Cell Phone________________________________ Hone Phone_____________________
Email___________________________________________________________________
Registration Deadline is June 28, 2020
Email by attaching the completed registration form to:
carriemx@msn.com and chandleryih@hotmail.com

 

Please complete the attached form and send it to the indicated individuls emails. If you can’t complete the form send the indicated information above to carriemx@msn.com and chandleryih@hotmail.com

Please download the form: Bible Study Class In Colossians

Mount Zion Baptist Church Landmark

Mount Zion Baptist Church Designated a Historical Seattle Landmark

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On October 18, 2017, the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board voted UNANIMOUSLY to approve the designation of Mount Zion Baptist Church a Seattle Landmark. The designation is based upon satisfaction of six Designation Standards (SMC 25.12.350). Mount Zion Baptist Church joins only three other Seattle Landmarks that have met all six standards: the Space Needle, the Science Center, and Key Arena.

The features and characteristics of the property identified for preservation include: the site; the exteriors of the church building, educational unit, the Gideon Bell Tower, the interior of the sanctuary, the James Washington, Jr. sculpture “Oracle of Truth” and exempts all elements of the building and site that are liturgical in nature.

Mount Zion Baptist Church was organized in 1890, thirty-eight years after the establishment of Seattle as a city, ten years before the beginning of the 20th Century, and a year after Washington territory became one of the United States. We thank God for the small group of African American Christians, who migrated to Seattle from the south in search of better opportunities and a better life for their families. It is on their legacy of faith we must continue to build. Reverend Dr. W. D. Carter, the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church (1912 – 1925) and the congregation purchased the land and hired African American architects Harry and E. R. James to build the first church at the 19th Avenue location. Pastor Carter was a compassionate man who became active in the social and civic affairs of Seattle speaking out on behalf of the young people. The Boys and Young Men’s Community Club of Mount Zion Baptist Church was under his direct management. The youth benefited both socially and spiritually.

Mrs. Corrine Carter was equally as busy with African American girls and young women. She was a trained Y.W.C.A. Executive. She used her gifts and talents to organize the first Negro Branch of the Y.W.C.A. in Seattle. It was named the Phillis Wheatley Branch.

Years later, in 1958, the Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney became pastor. Under his leadership, an educational wing was built in 1962 and the current church in 1975. The church has a unique Afrocentric structure that expresses the history of African and African- American faiths. African Heritage is seen in the structural design, from within and without the church. Each element of the design and structure of the church was carefully

orchestrated by the Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney in conjunction with the Architectural Firm of Durham, Anderson, and Freed.

Easter Production Mount Zion Seattle 2015

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This video is from our Easter Production 2015, including the Calvary scene.

To see more Mount Zion Baptist Church videos, go to our YouTube channel.

What is Mount Zion Baptist Church Christmas Day of Caring?

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Hundreds of area families received gifts of clothes, financial assistance, and — probably best of all for many attendees — toys Saturday at the corner of Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney Ave (19th Ave) and E Madison.

Learn about the Mount Zion Baptist Church Christmas Day of Caring and consider donating or becoming a sponsor:

Georgia’s SEEP Blog

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If you have never picked berries with children under thirteen, you have missed one of life’s treats. And you don’t need twenty-three children: fewer will do. Though Dr. McDade tried hard to leave Mount Zion before 10:00 a. m., the two vans left for Carnation and Remlinger Farms at 10:40 a. m. When we arrived, Mrs. Acox, asked if the travelers were hungry. Of course, they were although Dr. McDade warned that we would be picking berries as the temperature rose. They ate.

We separated into several groups after some students got a brief guide on which berries to pick. They could have picked at least twice as many berries had they not run back and forth to show one of the adults how big a berry was. They compared their big berries to others’ berries. One said, “I love to pick strawberries; I love to pick raspberries!” Said another, “ I love to pick anything!”

Somebody wanted to know if it had been this hot the one day Dr. McDade picked cotton when she was thirteen.

One was disappointed when Dr. McDade did not remember he had come last year. They talked about the jam “they” would make. They ran over to other groups of students to show how many berries they had picked. And they loved tasting the berries. Not one complained to Dr. McDade about the heat. What Dr. McDade did not know was that Mrs. Acox had told them they had to fill their boxes. Many of them were working to do just that. We picked $127.60 worth of berries, almost sixty-four pounds!

Dr. McDade was determined to get strawberries though the season had ended, so she asked the young cashier where the strawberries were and if they could see them. Some of the children had not seen strawberries growing. She and about half of the gang traipsed over recently plowed rows to the strawberry fields. Corn, that one was certain was wheat, was between the strawberries and raspberries. Of course, we found berries, not many, not big ones too often. But once one person tasted one and exclaimed how sweet it was, all of them searched more diligently. We managed to almost fill some of the little boxes. The Remlinger cashier did not charge us. By this time Dr. McDade did not dare mention blueberries.

We drove to the farmhouse store where we got water and looked at the produce and beautiful yard.

Then we were off to Boehm’s—for some of the best candy in the world. Selecting one treat from among so many was not easy, but we managed to get an array of candy. How often do we get to Issaquah?