Mount Zion Baptist Church will honor Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney for his decades of service building the house of worship at 19th at Madison:

Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney will be honored for more than 45 years of service and leadership at Mount Zion Baptist Church. On Pastor Emeritus Sunday, Rev. McKinney will once again deliver sermons at both worship services in the sanctuary that he helped build.

During his time as Senior Pastor of Mount Zion, Rev. McKinney served in the church and community. He mentored over 40 ministers of the Gospel and has preached and lectured throughout the nation.  Always committed to social justice, he was a founding member of the Seattle Civil Rights Commission and he facilitated the only visit of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Seattle. With a constant eye to the future, Rev. McKinney also oversaw the building of the church’s educational unit and encouraged economic development in the church and the community.

WHO: Mount Zion Baptist Church
WHAT: Pastor Emeritus Sunday
WHEN: Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Worship Services
WHERE: Mount Zion Baptist Church 1634 – 19th Ave  Seattle, WA

“If you were mentored, baptized given the right hand of fellowship, got a job or just simple march for equal justice and civil rights or served with Dr. McKinney or enjoy a moment of reflection with the world renown ”Living Legend” your attendance would be greatly welcome at Mount Zion Baptist Church Emeritus Sunday Celebration,” The Seattle Medium writes.