Pastor
Samuel R. Jackson
Pastor Samuel R. Jackson was born and raised in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated 3rd in his class from Gadsden High School in 1979, where he also was the first African American to be elected Senior Class President. He moved to Chattanooga, TN. initially in 1983 working as a retail manager for Genesco, Inc. based in Nashville, TN. in Chattanooga and later in Atlanta, GA., where he
received numerous awards, including Manger of the Year. He united with the Hopewell Baptist Church in Norcross, GA. under the tutor ledge of Dr. William L. Sheals in 1987 and accepted his call and was licensed in the Gospel Ministry in 1989. Beginning in 1992, Pastor Jackson served as Pastor of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Chamblee, GA.
Later the church relocated to Atlanta under Pastor Jackson’s leadership. He and his family relocated to Chattanooga in 2000.
In terms of his education, he matriculated at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL., Jacksonville States University, Jacksonville, AL., Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. and Georgetown University, Washington, DC. While in school, he made the Dean’s List each semester in attendance and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, graduating Summa Cum Laude, was named a James Madison Fellowship graduate recipient, and earned his Master’s of Arts Degree in History. His theological studies include Carver Bible Institute, where he was awarded a Teacher’s Certificate, and the Dallas Theological Seminary in conjunction with the Urban Alternative Ministry. He presently teaches American Government and history at Ridgeland High School, Rossville, GA.
In addition to serving as the Pastor of Mount Calvary, Pastor Jackson also served in that capacity at the Hopewell Baptist Church of Dalton, GA. before taking over the helm at the Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, where he has served since 2005. He has been involved in numerous civic and community endeavors in each city in which he has served, especially in areas involving our youth and seniors, receiving the E. Franklin Frazier Community Service award in Atlanta, working with the United Way in Atlanta and Dalton, and was the visionary for the Jubilee Celebration in Chattanooga, honoring Civil Rights leaders and commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th Anniversary.
