Doctor
Deloris McNeal Young
Senior
Pastor
Dr.
Deloris M. Young is the founder and senior
pastor of the Greater Pentecostal Temple,
Inc., in Hardeeville, South Carolina. She
is a District Superintendent of the
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW)
and holds the distinct honor of being the
first woman appointed to that position in
the state of Georgia.
Dr.
Young was born the youngest of 11 children
to the late James and Josephine McNeal.
She attended public school in Chatham
County and graduated from Richard Arnold
High School. Pastor Young received her
Bachelor’s of Art degree in Theology and
Masters Degree in Pastoral Counseling from
Zoë University in Jacksonville Florida
and her Doctoral Degree in Pastoral
Psychology from Jacksonville Theological
Seminary.
Dr.
Young was baptized in the name of Jesus
and filled with the Holy Spirit at an
early age and served under the leadership
of Pastor J.L. Young. In 1972 she began to
evangelize and was ordained in 1981 by the
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.
Dr.
Young has taken advantage of many
opportunities to serve the Lord in various
diverse positions at the state and
national levels. Some of her current
positions include Constitution and By-laws
Committee member for the Georgia Diocese,
Georgia State Council Advisory Board
member, Presidential Congress member and
the David L. Ellis Scholarship Fund
Committee member. She has served as the
President and Secretary of the Georgia
State Council Missionaries and Christian
Women’s Auxiliary and Chaplain and
Constitution and By-laws Chairperson for
the Young People’s Department. Her civic
accomplishments include serving on the
LowCountry AIDs Prevention Coalition,
Island Health Care Medical Facility Board
of Directors; lifetime member of the
National Council of Negro Women; member of
the South Carolina Chapter of the NAACP,
M.L.K. Garden of Light Committee member
and CEO of Greater Pentecostal Temple Gift
Shop. Dr Young is also the former pastor
of Mount Zion Holiness Church in
Ridgeland, South Carolina.
|
