Licensed to Preach on March 16, 2002 by Elder William Jerome Tucker, pastor of the Rose of Sharon Primitive Baptist Church 3903 Milford Road, Nashville, Tennessee 37209. 

Ordained an Elder of the Cumberland Association of Primitive Baptist on June 6, 2004 by the Presbytery; Elders Anthony Maurice Johnson, Frank Ogilvie, Dr. J.L. Fitzgerald, Walter Hardemon, Carl Blackmon. Moderator Hewitt Sawyers, Vice-Moderator Richard Lloyd, and Assistant Clerk Elder Monte Lester. 

Registered with the National Convention of Primitive Baptist.