At the Closing Commissioning Service of the 136th session of the South Annual Conference, Bishop Marvin C Zanders II appointed the Rev. David W. Green, Jr. the Pastor of Bethel AME Church Pensacola, Florida. Bethel Pensacola is the First Church in the Pensacola – Panama City District.
Reverend Green earned an Associate of Arts in Religion from Santa Fe College in 2019 and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from the University of Florida in 2021. He completed a Master of Divinity in May 2023 and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University.
He was ordained an Itinerant Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church on December 18, 2021, and an Itinerant Elder on October 19, 2023. He previously served as Pastor of Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Green Cove Springs, Florida, and currently serves as Senior Pastor of Mount Olive A.M.E. Church in Evinston, Florida.
He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. He enjoys reading, cherishing time with friends and family, and preaching the liberating Gospel of Jesus Christ.
