Candidate For Bishop AME Zion Church 2024- Rev. Julian Pridgen

https://youtu.be/MBdfGiQz8jg?si=KGbX-Ml7yPILo3nL Hey there, my name is Julian Pridgen and I'm a candidate for the Workplace of Bishop in our precious Zion. I was born and raised in a place called Whiteville, North Carolina, a small southeastern farming community located in the coastal plains of the state. When it concerns church, my family's origins are deeply planted in the St. Mark AME Zion Church, Whiteville, where the Pridgen name is etched in the keystone of that framework today. My love for Christ and the church is longstanding as I've served the church from a little boy as an acolyte, usher, aide superintendent of the church school, Christian education, pastor, and much more. After graduating senior high school, I signed up with the United States Marine Corps, where I continued to be up until my retired life. And while in the Marine Corps, I accepted the call to preach and served Zion churches in the southwestern Delta Episcopal District and eastern